Conference and Call for Papers: Quality of Life

Fourth International Conference QoL 2008:
Quality of Life Improvement through Social Cohesion
Wrocław, 15-18 September 2008

SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE
The QOL’2008 Conference aims at providing a forum for scientists to exchange up-to-date knowledge and also at setting goals for future research.

Three previous Conferences on Quality of Life Research, organised by us, took place in September 9-11, 1999, in September 18-20, 2002 and in September 14-16, 2005. List of publications after these conferences can be found on website: http://statystyka.ae.wroc.pl/english/publikacje.htm.

All aspects of quality of life will be considered, ranging from the description of the real data to fundamental methodological questions with particular emphasis on the various aspects of improving the quality of living.

The topics of the Conference include among others:
- social indicators and reporting,
- life’s domain oriented researches,
- social cohesion,
- comparative studies,
- economic aspects of quality of life,
- welfare society,
- philosophical and methodological aspects of quality of life research,
- health-oriented quality of life.
The Program Committee expects survey papers as well as original contributions.

ORGANISER
Department of Statistics at Wrocław University of Economics http://statystyka.ae.wroc.pl/english/index.html
General Chairman:
Prof. Walenty Ostasiewicz
Program Committee Members
Prof. Mario Bolzan
Prof. Stanisław Maciej Kot
Prof. Wolfgang Glatzer
Prof. Irena E. Kotowska
Prof. Achille Vernizzi

CALL FOR PAPERS
Abstracts of the conference papers written in English should be submitted to:
Dr Dariusz Biskup
e-mail: dariusz.biskup@ae.wroc.pl
The only restriction for the format of the abstracts and the full papers is they should be written in Microsoft Word 1997-2003.

OUTLINE OF CONFERENCE PROGRAM
September 15, 2008 (Monday):
Registration and Welcome Party
September 16-17 (Tuesday-Wednesday):
Sessions with English language
Evenings of Tuesday and Wednesday:
Banquet and social events
September 18 (Thursday):
Sessions with Polish language admissible

CONFERENCE SITE
“Wrocław” Hotel
Wrocław, Powstancow Slaskich str. 7
http://www.orbis.pl/en/orbishotels/wroclaw/hotel_orbis_wroclaw

REGISTRATION ON WEBSITE
Registration should be made by April 30, 2008. The registration form is available on the conference website: http://statystyka.ae.wroc.pl/qol2008. Deadlines given on website are not strict, because we still are waiting for new participants, but Organizing Committee is able reserve accommodation only for anybody registered till the end of April. Organizers will help later registered participants in finding accommodation.

CONFERENCE FEE
The conference fee will be 250 EURO (=900 PLN). This includes a copy of the conference proceedings, attendance at seminars, lunches, refreshments and the conference dinner.
The deadline for the payment is 31st of May, 2008.
Name of the bank: BANK ZACHODNI WBK S.A. 17 O/WROCLAW
Address of the bank: 50-373 Wroclaw, Powstanców Slaskich str. 145
The account number: PL 07 1090 2529 0000 0006 3400 0503 with title "QOL2008"
Recipient’s name: Akademia Ekonomiczna we Wroclawiu
Bank SWIFT code: WBKPPLPP

CONFERENCE LANGUAGE
The official language of the sessions in two first days of conference will be English. Last day Polish language is also admissible.

CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS
Accepted papers which will arrive before June 15 will be published in the conference proceedings. Selected papers will be published in the form of contributed volume.

ACCOMMODATION
It will be possible to make reservations for the “Wroclaw” hotel. Price for a single room is about 65 EURO per night or 40 EURO for a place in a double room.
It will be also possible to make reservations in a student hotel (about 15 EURO per night)
Details about the possible hotel reservations will be available at the conference website.
It is possible to make reservations for the “Wroclaw” hotel (http://www.orbis.pl/en/wroclaw/hotels/orbis_wroclaw). Price for a single room is about 65 EURO per night or 40 EURO for a place in a double room. It is also possible to make reservations in a student hotel (about 15 EURO per night).If you'd like to make a reservation, please send an email containing:1. Name of the person (persons) and number of places to be reserved. 2. Name of the hotel (“Wroclaw Hotel” or Student Hotel).3. Date of the arrival (not earlier than the 15th of September).4. Date of departure (not later than the 18th of September).5. Type of room (single or double).to dariusz.biskup@ae.wroc.pl till the end of April. After this deadline all the reservations will have to be done individually by the conference participants.

CORRESPONDENCE
All correspondence should be addressed to:
Dr Dariusz Biskup
Department of Statistics
Wrocław University of Economics
Komandorska 118-120
53-345 Wrocław, Poland
Tel. +(48 71) 36 80 356
Fax. +(48 71) 36 80 356
e-mail: dariusz.biskup@ae.wroc.pl

CONFERENCE NEWS
All the information on the Conference will be available at http://statystyka.ae.wroc.pl/qol2008.
The registered participants will be also informed about further details on the conference by e-mail.

Best regards
Cyprian KozyraCyprian.Kozyra@ae.wroc.pl