08-10 September 2011

It is a great pleasure to invite you to participate in the 2nd CEFSER Workhop on Persistent organic pollutants in food and the environment that will be held at the Faculty of Technology, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia, September 08-10, 2011. This is the second international meeting organized within the FP7 project CEFSER coordinated by the Faculty of Technology and funded by the European Commission. It is planned as a forum for the exchange of know-how and experience and for communicating the research results to the interested audience, covering the state-of-the-art and the latest trends in the food and environmental safety domains. The Workshop will also serve as a meeting point for the scientists from the Western Balkan Countries with the colleagues from the EU Member States, giving them a chance to discuss collaboration opportunities and possibilities for joint research activities. Therefore, a special session of the Workshop is dedicated to presentation of the EC funding opportunity and past and ongoing WBC's projects funded by the EC.

• Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin (PCDD), polychlorinated dibenzofuran (PCDF) and PCB levels in biotic and abiotic matrices

Participants can obtain accommodation for the conference days at their own cost. Transfer from the station/airport to the hotel upon arrival and vice versa is at own convenience of the course participants, as well as the transfer from the hotel to the course venue. The detailed information on how to get to the course venue will be provided in advance.

In order to motivate scientists from Western Balkan Countries to participate in this triple event, few grants will be available for the participants from this region (Albania, Bosnia and Hertzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia). Selected number of candidates from all WBCs with the most successful applications (CVs and brief description of the area of work and motivation for the participation written on maximum 1 page (sent attached to the completed registration form) will be granted. The maximum grant for covering both the accommodation and travel costs is 250 euros. Only upon the submission of the original tickets and/or receipts to the course organizer (Prof. B. Škrbić, Faculty of Technology, University of Novi Sad), the reimbursement of costs will be made up to the maximum of the approved grant amounts.

Oral presentation will take place in following forms: invited plenary lectures, session lectures and regular (authorial) presentations. Plenary speakers will have 30 min for presentation, while session and regular presentations will be given in 20 min and 15 min, respectively, including time for discussion. Overhead and PC projectors will be provided. Should you need extra equipment, please, contact the organizers in due time.

The maximal width of posters is 90 cm, and the length, 140 cm. The boards are of hard wood, adhesive tape will be provided. The poster presenters are responsible for setup and takedown.

The best poster presentations of young scientists will be awarded by 60 Euros for 1st place, 40 Euros for 2nd and 30 Euros for the 3rd place. Please see Poster competition section.

The abstracts and manuscripts should be formatted in accordance to the instructions given here and sent in e-mail attachment (*.doc) not later than deadlines (for abstract submission July 30, 2011, for manuscript submission August 10, 2011) to the address: ftevents@tf.uns.ac.rs.

It is planned to organize several seminar sessions by Serbian distributors of the supplies and/or equipment for analytical laboratories and food companies, introducing the registered participants with the recent trends and strategies for advanced food quality/safety and environmental control.

Please notice, registration for vendor seminars will be available only for the registered participants. There is no registration fee for vendor seminars.

Đokić, G., Radulović, T.

S. Kečkeš

Kovalczuk, T., Zrostlíková, J., Patrick, J. K. Siek, K., Hajšlová, J.