Extended Abstract Preparation

The extended abstract, footnotes, references and any graphics should fit on one side of A4 or 8 ½ x 11 inch paper with 2 cm margins all round. Use 12 point or a larger font, preferably Times New Roman, single line spacing and length up to one full page. List the names and affiliations of all authors. On a separate page, submissions must include the following information about the contact person for the paper: name, full address, telephone and fax number, and e-mail address. Please indicate whether you prefer an oral or a poster presentation.

Abstract Submission

Extended Abstract Submission Deadline: 15 January, 2002

Extended abstracts can be submitted electronically as attachment files to: icppp@mie.utoronto.ca. Please use the word ABSTRACT in the subject line of your message. We will accept the following file formats: MS Word, Postscript and PDF. If you prefer to submit one or more abstracts by mail, please send four copies to:

Jose Garcia, Secretary XII-ICPPP
Photothermal and Optoelectronic Diagnostics Laboratories
University of Toronto
5 King's College Road, Toronto, M5S 3G8
CANADA

Publication of Conference Proceedings

We are happy to announce that a deal has been reached with the American Institute of Physics (AIP) to publish the Proceedings in the Review of Scientific Instruments (RSI). All manuscripts will be collected on the first day of the Conference (strict deadline) and will be published in a supplementary issue of the journal as regular research papers, subject to peer-review acceptance as per the usual rules of research paper publication in RSI. There will be five journal pages allowed for plenary and invited papers and three pages allowed for contributed papers. Details of manuscript page preparation will be given at a later date.