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IGC 2015, Vilnius
34th International Gemmological Conference
at a glance
Important dates
15th April
4th May
29th January
29th January
23-25/08/2015
26-30/08/2015
26-29/08/2015
31/08/2015-03/09/2015
Deadline to submit the Abstracts
Early Bird (EB) registration and payment
Launch of the conference website
Conference registration online from
Pre-conference tour
Conference
Guest program
Post-conference tour
Package prices
Early Bird (untill 4th May)
Standard (from 4th May)
Pre-conference tour
Conference
Guest program
Post conference tour
380 EUR
550 EUR
380 EUR
550 EUR
420 EUR
600 EUR
420 EUR
600 EUR
Accommodation
This is the accommodation we offer to stay in Vilnius.
Rates for these conference hotels are negotiated.
Availability with special rates is served on first-come, firstserved basis. Because of the tourist season, booking could
be guaranteed untill 4th May, 2015
Venue
The IGC 2015, 34th International Gemmological
Conference, will take place at Vilnius University. This is one
of the oldest Universities in Europe which count more than
400 years.
Address: 3 Universiteto St, LT-01513 Vilnius, Lithuania
Conference Programme
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Conference participation (4 days)
Copy of proceedings
4 lunches + 3 dinners
GALA Dinner in Trakai Castle
Vilnius Guided tour
Amber museum and gallery visit
Museum of Church Heritage (including gems)
Palace of Grand Dukes
Guide Services
Transportation
550 EUR (EB price)
Guest Programme (4 days)
• Vilnius guided tour
• Amber museum and gallery visit
• Palace of the Grand Dukes
• Kernavė Archaeological site (UNESCO world heritage)
• Open Air Museum of the Centre of Europe visit
(Geographical midpoint of Europe)
• Museum of Church Heritage (including gems)
• Druskininkai resort town & Grutas Park
• 4 lunches + 3 dinners
• GALA Dinner in Trakai Castle
• Guide services
• Transportation
380 EUR (EB price)
Tours
Pre-conference trip “Feel
Lithuania” (3 days)
Geological & cultural tour
• Neogene quartz sand quarry and processing (Anykščiai)
• Karst Sinkholes (Biržai)
• Lithuanian bread baking
• Pakruojis Manor visit
• Devonian dolomite quarry
• Hill of Crosses
• Amber processing factory
• Karpėnai Permian limestone quarry & Šaltiškiai Treassic
clay quarry
• 3 lunches + 2 dinners
• 2 nights in the hotel & evening programme
• Guide Services
• Transportation
380 EUR (EB price)
Post-conference trip ”Amber
Road” (4 days)
• Visiting Devil’s Museum and Museum of Artist M.K.
Čiurlionis (Kaunas city)
• Botanical Park and Amber Museum (Palanga resort
town)
• Curonian Spit National Park
• Amber-catching on the shore of the Baltic sea
• Boat trip from Nida resort town to Minge village
• Visiting Ornithological Station in Vente Cape
• 4 lunches + 3 dinners
• 3 nights in the hotel and evening programme
• Guide Services
• Transportation
550 EUR (EB price)
Papers
Deadline to submit the abstracts: 15th April
Template: please download MS Word template
IGCWordTemplate.zip from the following website:
http://www.vtex.lt/igc34/ (Read the instructions below):
Abstracts are to be in English
Abstracts must be submitted in *.doc (Windows or Mac)
format.
The type area is 17 cm wide and 20.7 cm long. The
following margin settings for A4 size paper will produce
the correct result: top 4.5 cm; bottom: 4.5 cm; left and
right: 2.0 cm.
Paragraphs are to be formatted in single line spacing.
The recommended type font for running text (body text)
is 10 point Myriad Pro but you are allowed to use Times
New Roman font as default font.
Title: 14pt, bold, centered. Hyphens should be excluded.
Author’s name(s): 12pt, bold, centered. Author’s
affiliation(s): 10pt, roman, centered, below the name.
Indicate the authors’ affiliation, city, country and
e-mail address. Use superscripted numbers to identify
the connections between multiple authors and their
affiliations.
Section headings should be formatted bold, and only the
first letter and proper names are capitalized.
Tables and figures are to be included in text and to
respect the above margin sizes. Avoid using illustrations
taken from the Web. Use figures minimum of 300 dpi
resolution. Captions of both tables and figures should be
concise, but as informative as possible.
References are to be mentioned in the text, e.g. (Hänni et
al., 1982). Examples of references:
Hänni, H.A., Schmetzer, K., 1982. New rubies from
Morogoro area, Tanazani. Gems & Gemology, 27(3), 156167.
Kane, R.E., 1982. Graining in gem diamond. In D.M. Eash,
Ed., International Gemological Symposium Proceedings
1982, Gemological Institute of America, Santa Monica,
CA, pp. 219-235.
Strack, E., 2006. Pearls. Rühle-Diebener Verlag GmbH,
Stuttgart, 696 pp.
Poster session will be arranged, as well. More info is
coming.
More details and instructions of formatting of your
abstract you will find in the MS Word template package
for IGC34 Proceedings.
Keywords: 10pt, roman. Use bold for the word
“Keywords”.
Payments
Contacts
Payments should be made to our partner “Verslas ir
Poilsis” account. When making a transfer, please indicate
that this is “for the participation at IGC Conference and
services”. See details below:
Registration,
pre and post-trips,
guest program:
Conference facilities,
accommodation,
special needs
Marius Krutkis
E-mail: marius@virp.lt
Ph.: +370 5 279 99 88
Mob.: +370 672 541 40
Danute Griciene
E-mail: danute@virp.lt
Ph.: +370 5 2126063
Mob.: +370 679 94488
IGC 2015
Company name: Verslas ir Poilsis Ltd.
Company code: 302250863
VAT: LT100004700211
Bank Account: LT48 7044 0600 0800 7263
Bank: SEB bank
Bank code: 70440
SWIFT: CBVILT2X
Address: Mokslininkų str. 6A,
LT-08412 Vilnius, Lietuva
e-mail: info@virp.lt
www.verslasirpoilsis.lt