Flyer (PDF Format): Download here

Organizers:

Per-Erik Bengtsson (Lund Institute of Technology, Lund)
Henning Bockhorn (Universitat Karlsruhe)
Pascale Desgroux (PC2A, Université Lille 1, Lille)
Klaus-Peter Geigle (DLR, Stuttgart)
Douglas A. Greenhalgh (Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh)
Fengshan Liu (NRC Canada, Ottawa)
Hope Michelsen (Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore)
Christof Schulz (IVG, Universitat Duisburg - Essen)
Greg Smallwood (NRC Canada, Ottawa)
Rainer Suntz (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
Kevin Thomson (NRC Canada, Ottawa)
Stefan Will (Universitat Bremen)
Giorgio Zizak (CNR-IENI, Milano)

Local Organizers:

Francesco Cignoli
Silvana De Iuliis
Silvia Maffi

Giorgio Zizak
telephone: +39 02 66173304
email: zizak@ieni.cnr.it

Raffaella Molena
telephone: +39 02 66173317
fax:  +39 02 66173321
email: molena@ieni.cnr.it

Co-organized with:

Italian Section of The Combustion Institute
CNR Dipartimento Energia e Trasporti

CeNIDE - Center for Nanointegration Duisburg - Essen

Location:

Villa Monastero - Varenna - Lecco - Italy
visit: www.villamonastero.eu

Travel information:

By plane: from the airports of Milano Linate or Milano Malpensa take shuttle buses to Central Station (about 20 min from Linate and one hour from Malpensa) from where there are trains to Varenna (direction Sondrio/Tirano)

FROM MILANO

By train: from Central Station take a train to Sondrio/Tirano direction and stop in Varenna (about one hour trip).

Download train timetable.

By car: from Milano take the road toward Lecco (SS36); when you get in Lecco pass through a long tunnel under the city. At the end of the tunnel you can:
1) exit at Abbadia Lariana/Mandello/Varenna and follow the road along the lake (S. Prov. 72). This is a panoramic road (about 1 hour to Varenna) or
2) alternatively continue on the SS 36 and exit at Bellano. Descend from the hill, in Bellano turn left toward Varenna (about 20 min to Varenna).

Villa Monastero is placed in Varenna close to the main square and the church

Program:

An official program will be posted here closer to the time of the workshop
The forth international workshop and meeting on LII will combine technical presentations and discussions related to the scientific development of the laser-induced incandescence technique.

Arrival, Check-in / Registration, and Welcome:

Delegates are expected to arrive on Sunday, 18 April. Check-in for pre-registered delegates or registration will be possible in Villa Monastero during Sunday afternoon. Registration will also be possible on Monday 19 April, morning. A welcome get-together on Sunday evening is also planned. Further details will be made available closer to the time of the workshop.

Technical Presentations (Monday, April 19 - Tuesday, April 20):

Four technical sessions are planned during the workshop with the following main topics:

Session A - Soot properties and LII signal in standard flames

Optical properties; aggregation; coated particles; adsorbed PAH; property variations in flames and how they effect signals 

Session B - LII models and validation

Basic understanding and mechanisms; models comparison; models validation

Session C - Extending LII

Combining LII with other techniques; comparing LII to other techniques such as SMPS, PIMS, fluorescence; NOC; nascent soot particles; non-soot particles 

Session D - LII under various conditions

High/low pressure conditions; turbulent and technical flames; engines; environmental applications

Lake tour /Banquet dinner:

A short excursion and a social dinner are planned for Monday late afternoon and evening.

Lodging:

A number of rooms at special price are booked at the Royal Victoria Hotel. Delegates can directly contact the hotel for reservation specifying their attendance to the LII workshop.
Hotel Royal Victoria
Piazza S. Giorgio, 2
23829 Varenna (LC), Italy
telephone: +39-0341.815111
fax:  +39-0341.830722
email: info@royalvictoria.com
visit: www.royalvictoria.com

Download the Hotel Reservation Form (PDF Format): Download here

DEADLINE: March 13, 2010
for:
- Registration with reduced fee
- Hotel reservation with reduced fee
- Abstract submission for oral presentation

(After deadline works can be presented only as posters, and room reservation
 can not be guaranteed)

Call for Contributions:

Major interest of the workshop lays in new, unpublished results and ideas about LII. Participants whishing to present a contribution are asked to prepare 1-page abstract, preferably as a PDF file, to be submitted by March 13, 2010. The paper shall indicate the complete addresses of each author and the e-mail of the corresponding author. After deadline abstracts will be accepted only for poster presentation.

Call for papers: Download here

Please use the provided template for submission of abstracts (RTF Format): Download here .

Abstract should be sent by email to: zizak@ieni.cnr.it

In order to facilitate the organization of the workshop authors are required to indicate in the email their preference for oral or poster presentation. For oral presentation please indicate the session (A, B, C, D) which the paper belongs to.

Participants are encouraged to exhibit a poster of their work (with or without oral presentation). Posters will stay on for the whole workshop, promoting author presentation and spontaneous discussion.

2010 Workshop Booklet:
Program and abstract presentations: Download here

 

Registration:

Registration types and fee

REGULAR
The Regular registration fee includes the attendance to the scientific sessions, coffee breaks, lunches, lake excursion and banquet dinner

STUDENTS, PhDs
A reduced fee has been established  for students and PhDs to encourage their participation. Students and PhDs have the same privileges as the Regular participants. In addition a limited number of rooms (13 people max.) free of charge are made available in Villa Monastero. Accommodation will be on a first registered - first served basis. Official document is required to certify student position.

ACCOMPANYING PERSON
Extra tickets for lake excursion and banquet dinner are available for accompanying persons.

Advance registration

All participants are asked to pre-register for the 4th International Workshop and Meeting on Laser-Induced Incandescence in order to benefit from a reduced registration fee and to make easier the workshop organization.

Please download your registration form (PDF Format): Download here and send it by fax to:

ITALIAN SECTION OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE
c/o MCM - Eventi e Congressi
Rione Sirignano, 5
80121 Napoli, Italy
Fax: +39-081664372

Cancellation and Refunds

Participants may withdraw their registration application, in writing, to info@mcmcongressi.it, or by fax: +39-081664372 prior to April 7, 2010. No request for refunds will be accepted after this date. All refunds will be subjected to a set administration fee € 50. All refunds will be processed after the end of the workshop.