1. Strangeness in Quark Matter 20071 24 – 29 June 2007 Levoča, Slovakia

2. Strangeness in Quark Matter 20072 Organization Local organizing committee Ladislav Šándor (Slovak Acad. Sci. Košice) – co-chair Karel Šafařík (CERN) – co-chair Emanuele Quercigh (CERN) Ivan Králik (Slovak Acad. Sci. Košice) Jozef Urbán (Šafárik University Košice) Ján Pišút (Comenius University Bratislava) Boris Tomášik (M.Bel University Banská Bystrica) Vojtěch Petráček (Czech Tech. University Prague)

3. Strangeness in Quark Matter 20073 Programme structure Symposium for students and from students 1 day (19 talks, 20min each, Sunday) Plenary sessions 3 and ½ day (54 talks, 20–35min each, Mon - Thu) Conclusion talks ½ day (4 talks, 35–45min each, Fri morning) ½ day excursion (Pieniny, Wed afternoon) Proceedings will be published in J.Phys.G.

4. Strangeness in Quark Matter 20074 Financial matters conference fee (including welcome reception, conference dinner, lunches, excursion, proceedings) 360 EUR, for students 210 EUR low cost accommodation – prices 10 – 65 EUR additional support for students 8 students fully supported 6 students partial support support for younger post-docs 2 fully supported 10 partial support main financial support (in order of importance) CERN Prešov Self-governing Region Journal of Physics G Slovak Physical Society Slovak Academy of Sciences we discussed with various funding agencies to grant support to young scientists (with different success) INFN, IN2P3, GSI, BNL, LBNL

5. Strangeness in Quark Matter 20075 Some facts Full budget 1.3 MSKK (38 kEUR) –about 20% from sponsors Number of participants 106 –11 Slovakia –18 USA –18 students –21 different countries –30 participants supported Number of talks 77

6. Strangeness in Quark Matter 20076 Future Thanks for help of advisory committee ! Questions –Student symposium ? –Parallel sessions ? –Overview versus original talks ? Problems –Late payment of fees –Visas Very good collaboration with SATEL travel agency and local administration