1. Accommodation is provided in hotel Slavija-Spektar at reduced prices for the participants of the Symposium. Please choose according to your preferences and book by filling the registration form and send it to contact@archaeometry.ukim.edu.mk by 15 th of July 2008: Accommodation THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE IN THE SYMPOSIUM VENUE AND HOTEL ACCOMODATION IN REGARD WITH THE FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CURRENT PLACE IS Hotel Slavija-Spektar, Ohrid, http://www.slavijaspektar.com.mk (located on the lake shore, 3 km from the city center) Additional information can be obtained at www.archaeometry.ukim.edu.mk/news.php Coordinator: Prof. Dr Biljana Minceva-Sukarova Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences & Mathematics Arhimedova 5, 1001 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia Tel: +389-2-3249955, Fax: +389-2-3226865 E-mail: biljanam@iunona.pmf.ukim.edu.mk BALKAN SYMPOSIUM ON ARCHAEOMETRY Science Meets Archaeology & Art History 18 th -20 th September 2008 Ohrid Republic of Macedonia Second Announcement REINFORCEMENT OF THE RESEARCH CAPACITIES OF THE SPECTROSCOPY LABORATORY FOR ARCHAEOMETRY 30 €27 €24 €double room 1 /2 40 €36 €32 €single room 1 /1 FBHBBB Hotel Slavija-Spektar

2. LIST OF INVITED LECTURERS  Akyüz Sevim, Department of Physics - Istanbul University and Istanbul Kultur University, Istanbul, Turkey;  Benslimane Rachid, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco;  Civici Nikola, Department of Instrumental Analytical Methods, Institute for Nuclear Physics, Tirana, Albania;  Colomban Philippe, LADIR-CNRS, Paris, France;  Dimitrova Elizabeta, Institute of History of Art and Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, University "SS. Cyril & Methodius“, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia;  Holclajtner-Antunovic Ivanka, Faculty of Physical Chemistry, Belgrade, Serbia;  Karydas Andreas, National Center of Scientific Research "Demokritos", Athens, Greece;  Kuleff Ivelin, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Sofia, Bulgaria;  Minčeva-Šukarova Biljana, Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University "SS. Cyril & Methodius“, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia;  Mitrevski Dragi, Institute of History of Art and Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, University "SS. Cyril & Methodius“, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia;  Pantos Emanuel, Daresbury Laboratory, UK;  Piccardo Paolo, Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Genoa, Italy;  Radvan Roxana, National Institute of Research & Development for Optoelectronics, Bucharest, Romania;  Vandenabeele Peter, Department of Archaeology & Ancient History of Europe, Ghent University, Belgium.  Varella Evangelia, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.  Invited lectures will take place in the Conference Room of the Hotel Slavija-Spektar. They are planned for 30 minutes each, including a discussion. Session chairs will be strict with time limitations as it is essential to keep up to the busy schedule. Presenting authors are kindly asked to bring their presentations as Power-Point or PDF-files on a memory stick or on a CD. Authors are advised to load and check their presentations with the IT personnel in advance (the day before their presentation or at least one hour before the beginning of their session).  Poster session is scheduled for Friday, 19 th September, 16:30–18:00, in one of the halls in the Hotel. The aproximate space for each poster is 85 cm width by 120 cm height. Mounting supplies for posters will be available in the poster area. Authors are kindly asked to have their posters mounted at the beginning of the first day of the conference and to remove them at the end of the last day of the conference. Social program:  Friday evening – Symposium Dinner  Saturday afternoon - Excursion: boat trip to St. Naum and/or visit to Ohrid. The Balkan Symposium on Archaeometry is organized in the framework of the FP6 Project “ Reinforcement of the research capacities of the Spectroscopy Laboratory for Archaeometry ” granted to the Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, "SS. Cyril & Methodius “ University, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia.