ICO XXI

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ICO - XXI ICO acknowledges the celebration of
the 60th anniversary of ICO
1948-2008
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21st Congress of the ICO (incorporating the Austr
alian Optical Society Conference)

• Monday-Friday, 7-10 July 2008
• Sydney Exhibition Convention Centre
• Darling Harbour
• Sydney, Australia

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Sydney Convention Exhibition Centre
Darling Harbour, Sydney
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Congress Features

• Registration
• At-cost for research students
• 20 free registrations for developing country
  delegates
  
• Technical Progam
• Plenary Sessions
• Parallel Contributed Paper Sessions
• Poster Sessions
• Post-deadline Session
• Abstracts book
• Publication of Papers
• Trade Exhibition
• Morning/afternoon breaks
• Lunches - local restaurants

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Congress Features

• Communications
• Internet cafe
• Student Prizes
• SPIE
• OSA
• AOS
• Social events
• Welcome Reception
• Conference Dinner
• Night Cruise Sydney Harbour
• Laboratory Tours
• University of Sydney
• C.S.I.R.O.
• Local Companies

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International Travel
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Co-located Conferences Opto-Electronics Communi
cations Conference (OECC) Australian Conferenc
e on Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT)
Monday-Wednesday, 7-9 July 2008 Sydney Exhibiti
on Convention Centre Darling Harbour Sydney, A
ustralia
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Holidays Sightseeing Opportunities

• Australia is famous for
• Ayers Rock
• Great Barrier Reef
• Kakadu National Park
• Sydney is famous for
• Harbour Bridge
• Opera House
• Bondi Beach
• Blue Mountains

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Summary
The 2008 Congress will be a world-class event
To be held at the worlds leading Convention
Centre Local Organising Committee has 20 years a
ccumulated Conference Organisation experience
Numerous optics/photonics-related international
conferences have been held with national
conferences in Australia in earlier years,
including OFS, IQEC, APCC, IOOC, OECC, COIN,
BGPP Sydney has been the worlds No.1 travel dest
ination for last 4 years