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XXIX OSTIV-Congress 2008 Lüsse-Berlin, Germany
6 August – 13 August 2008
The XXIX Congress of the „International Scientific and Technical Organisation for Soaring Flight“ – Organisation Scientific et Technique Internationale du Vol à Voile (OSTIV) - will be held at the site of the 30th World Gliding Championships in the Open-, 18m- and 15m Class, Lüsse, Germany
The Congress addresses all scientific and technical aspects of soaring flight including motorgliding, hanggliding , paragliding, microlight and ultralight sailplanes.
Opportunity of presentation and discussion of papers is given in the following categories:
Meteorological Sessions: Meteorology, Climatology, Atmospheric Physics.
Technical Sessions: Aerodynamics, Structures, Materials, Design, Maintenance.
Training and Safety Sessions: Training and Safety, Coaching, Health, Physiology, etc.
Joint Sessions: Scientific and technical topics, review or news, presented in an informative and entertaining way for the broader interest of the World Gliding Championships and OSTIV.
Topics on instrumentation, electronics, safety, statistics and other system technologies will be included in the sessions for which the application of the technology is most relevant.
The deadline for the Abstracts - max. two A4 pages including figures - was 15 May 2008. If you missed the deadline, kindly submit your abstract as soon as possible to the OSTIV Secretariat. Letters of acceptance together with instructions for paper preparation will be mailed as abstracts are received. The deadline for the paper - max. about 10 pages including figures - is 15 July 2008.
Please use the form below to send a copy of your Abstract to the OSTIV Secretariat, clearly marked by either meteorological-, technical-, training and safety- or joint session.
Oral presentations at the Congress will be limited to 30 minutes and should consist of highlights of the written paper.
The paper will be published in OSTIV’s refereed, international journal Technical Soaring (ISSN 0744-8996) after the Congress.
There is no registration fee for the Congress!
If you would like further information about OSTIV or the Congress, or if you wish to attend the Congress, please complete the form below and send it to the OSTIV Secretariat.
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Fax: (+31) 15 2783533, email: l.m.m.boermans@tudelft.nl
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