Contributed papers (oral and poster  presentations) are invited.

Persons planning to offer oral or poster presentation should send a one page abstract by 30 September 1999.

In the registration form the authors should indicate the preferred mode of  presentation: oral or poster. 
The abstract will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee and, if accepted, will scheduled for oral or poster presentation. 
A notice of acceptance will be mailed by 30 October 1999 together with the time schedule of  presentation.

The abstracts shall state: title, authors (presenting author underlined), affiliation and it  shall consists of a single A4 page, single spaced ,
using preferably the character "Times New Roman, 12-Point".  A margin of 3 cm must be left on both sides. 
The abstract  shall be submitted electronically as RTF (Rich Text Format) file, on a 3.5" diskette or by e-mail as attach file,  or by mail  as paper copy.

Slide and transparency  projectors are available for oral presentation.
The poster dimension shall  be 120 cm wide and 100 cm height and  will be on display throughout the meeting.

Abstract shall be submitted to:

Prof. Giorgio Montaudo
Department of Chemistry
University of Catania
Viale Andrea Doria, 6
95125 Catania (Italy)
e-mail: cnr-ictmp@dipchi.unict.it