AIR-TRAFFIC PROBLEMS

RadChem 2010 Emergency Phone number is   +420 728 259 376

Information on the actual situation at Prague Ruzyne airport (including telephone numbers to non-stop information service) can be found at http://www.prg.aero/en/.

News Release 18/04 13:00

The operation of Prague Ruzyne airport will not start before Monday, April 19th, 12:00.....

News Release 18/04 09:50

Nothing new regarding the re-opening of the Prague Ruzyne airport - the operation will not start before Sunday, April 18th, 12:00.

Important notice to poster presenters!

Due to the unfortunate coincidence of the RadChem with the infamous Eyjafjallajökull explosion and due to the non-existing air traffic over the Europe, a number of participants, especially those from the overseas, are not able to come. Therefore, the programme of the meeting has to be modified. As one of the changes, we decided to give a chance to poster presenters to advertise their posters in improvised informal short verbal presentations – „Poster Appetizers“ (3-5 min long, with 3 PowerPoint slides at maximum).

Each poster session will be preceded by this poster „Appetizer“ session the same day (for details see the daily program update).

Therefore, all the poster presenters are kindly requested to prepare and present such an “Appetizer”.

News Release 17/04 18:50

The operation of Prague Ruzyne airport will not start before Sunday, April 18th, 12:00.

  • All the registered participants who paid their registration fees and who will be unable to come to Marianske Lazne will receive their Booklets of Abstracts and other conference materials by mail; after the Conference Proceedings are published, they will also receive a CD ROM with this special issue of the Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry.
  • Poster presenters who will not make it for the conference are welcome to upload their posters to the on-line registration system Indico making aware the Conference Secretariat of their wish to have the poster printed and displayed.
  • The papers of these participants, that were accepted but will not be presented, may be uploaded to the on-line registration system Indico. These papers will be considered for the publication in the Conference Proceedings together with the papers that will have been actually presented. The special extended deadline for submission of such papers is 30 April. All submitted papers will undergo the same peer review procedure.

    • Regarding the refund of the conference registration fee, unfortunately, we are not in a position to make any final statements at this moment. Following the conference announcement (http://www.radchem.cz, Registration / Abstracts, Cancellations & Liability / Insurance):
    "For cancellations made after 5 April 2010, no refund of the registration fees or of the price of the Post Conference Tour (if applicable) will be done. The payment for accommodation will be refunded except for the one night deposit (where applicable)."
    However, we are aware of the "vis maior" situation and we will do our best to handle it so as some refunds can be made. Unfortunately, the balance of the accounts will not be finalised before June what is also the first date when a firm statement about the refund can be done.

    All the other measures regarding RadChem 2010 remain unchanged as listed below.

    News Release 17/04 08:40

    The operation of Prague Ruzyne airport will not start minimally till Saturday 17.4. 18:00.
    All the measures regarding RadChem 2010 remain unchanged as listed below.

    News Release 16/04 18:15

    Dear Colleagues,

    Airport Prague - Ruzyne has been closed today at 12:00 for the rest of the day because of the volcanic ash cloud spreading over most of the Europe. The official forecast for the coming days has not been issued, yet, however the simulations available on the web are not very promising and it is probable that your arrival to the conference will be more complicated than expected. Therefore, the following measures are taken:

    1) The conference will start as scheduled and all the arrangements (transportation from Prague etc.) on Sunday will run as announced.

    2) Later today, a RadChem 2010 emergency phone line will be opened where we will try to assist you in case of any problems with reaching the conference venue.

    3) A service was established that will enable us to post the most actual information and news on the RadChem web page.

    4) If the arrival of some participants is delayed, the conference programme will be modified accordingly to allow for all the presentations to take place.

    5) If the air-traffic is restored later than on Sunday morning, we will try to arrange some alternative transportation of the delayed participants from Prague to Marianske Lazne.

    6) If you decide to change your transportation from plane to train, you do not have to go via Prague. Marianske Lazne can be easily reached from Cheb (Eger) or Plzen (Pilsen).

    We are very sorry for the problems that really are well beyond the reach of our influence....

    Jan John
    on behalf of the Organising Committee