Manuscripts and Proceedings

The full proceedings of the conference will be published by Trans Tech Publication, Uetikon-Zuerich, Switzerland, in Defect and Diffusion Forum. The maximum length of the contributed papers is 6 pages and 12 pages for invited talks.

Authors are strongly requested to comply with all the publisher requirements - Author Instructions for Papers.

Manuscripts in triplicate in camera ready form and signed Copyright Transfer Agreement must be remitted at the conference desk on the day of arrival.

All the contributions will be reviewed during the conference by conference attendees. The referees will receive the contributions to be reviewed on the second day and are kindly asked to return their conclusions by the end of the conference. The deadline for receiving the revised versions, if any, at the conference secretary will be

    November 15, 2004.

The manuscripts which have not been returned to the conference secretary in their final form at this date will not be included in the proceedings, whatever their status.

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