Scope and Program

Thematical scope of the XXIII Czech–Polish Seminar included all its traditional subjects:

Ferroelectric and structural phase transitions
Dielectric and microwave properties, THz and IR spectroscopy
Liquid crystals and polymeric liquid crystals
Structural and microstructural properties
Inelastic light and neutron scattering
Domains and domain boundaries
Ferroelectric thin and thick films
Nanomaterials and size effect
Piezoelectrics and pyroelectrics
Relaxor ferroelectrics
Multiferroics
Ionic conductors
Applications

Invited speakers

S. Pamir Alpay (USA)
Bartek Andrzejewski (Poland)
Petr Bednyakov( Czech Republic)
Elena Buixaderas (Czech Republic)
Jan Dec (Poland)
Mael Guennou (Luxembourg)
Yachin Ivry (Israel)
Irena Jankowska–Sumara (Poland)
István Kézsmárki (Germany)
Pawel Lawniczak (Poland)
Pavel Marton (Czech Republic)
Pavel Mokrý (Czech Republic)
Serge Nakhmanson (USA)
Patrycja Paruch (Switzerland)
Krystian Roleder (Poland)
Shun-Ichi Suwa (Japan)

Schedule

Technical program of the XXIII Czech–Polish Seminar was scheduled from Monday, May 21 till Friday, May 25. Wednesday afternoon was reserved for a sightseeing tour.

	Monday May 21	Tuesday May 22	Wednesday May 23	Thursday May 24	Friday May 25
7:30–8:50		Breakfast	Breakfast	Breakfast	Breakfast
8:50–9:00		Opening	Breakfast	Breakfast	Breakfast
9:00–10:30		Session 2	Session 6	Session 8	Session 12
10:30–11:00		Coffee break	Coffee break	Coffee break
11:00–13:00		Session 3	Session 7	Session 9
13:00–15:00		Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
15:00–16:30		Session 4	Excursion	Session 10	Departure to Prague
16:30–17:00	Registration	Tea time		Tea time
17:00–18:00	Registration	Session 5		Session 11
18:00–19:00	Session 1	Poster session I	Dinner	Session 11
19:00–20:00	Dinner	Dinner	Poster session II	Conference dinner
20:00–???	Welcome party			Conference dinner

The official language of the conference was English.