Dear Conference Participants,

We would like to thank you for contributing to the survey on the conference location. Upon analyzing the responses to the four options that were provided in the survey, we found that 67% of all survey participants will be able to attend the conference if held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt while 89% of all survey participants will be able to attend the conference if held in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Consequently, and in order to minimize the number of people who will not be able to attend the conference due to the current situation, we have decided to move the conference location to Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. If you will not be able to attend the conference due to this venue change, please accept our sincere apologies. It has been a very difficult decision for us because we are so keen that all the invited speakers and contributing authors are able to attend the conference. Furthermore, we have been working with the local organizing committee for several months and almost all of the arrangements in Sharm El-Sheikh were already in place when the political events in Egypt started on January 25th.

Please note that the conference date will not be changed. It will start on May 29, 2011 and end on June 2, 2011, as originally planned. However, due to the change of location we have made alterations to the following important dates:

Notification of abstract acceptance: March 15, 2011
Early bird registration deadline: April 1, 2011

The conference website will be updated shortly to reflect these location and deadline changes.
Website of Phononics 2011 conference: phononics2011.phononics.org

We look forward to seeing you in at the conference in Santa Fe on May 29th. In the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or concerns.

Yours sincerely,

Ihab El-Kady
Mahmoud I. Hussein

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Phononics 2011
phononics2011.phononics.org

Conference Chairs