The 49^th General Meeting of the International Association “Intercable” will take place in Vienna, Austria, from June 15^th till 20^th of 2015. Within the framework of the General Meeting, there will be a Scientific & Technical Symposium on the following topics:

Session 1: The state of the cable industry across the CIS countries, EU and China.

Session 2: New innovative materials in cable manufacturing and their processing technologies.

The program of the General Meeting and the Scientific & Technical Symposium consists of the following work schedule:

June 15^th (Mon): participants' arrival. Board meeting (for the IA “Intercable” Board members only)

June 16^th (Tue): General Meeting of the IA “Intercable” members (elections to the Association’s management and control bodies), followed by the Scientific & Technical Symposium

June 17^th (Wed): continuation of the Scientific & Technical Symposium

June 18^th (Thu): excursion program (technical tour to Gebauer & Griller)

June 19^th (Fri): excursion program continued (technical tour to Borealis AG)

June 20^th (Sat): participants’ departure

Participants will be accommodated at “Palais Hansen Kempinski Veinna,” Schottenring 24, 1010 Vienna, tel. +43 1 236 1000, web: www.kempinski.com/en/vienna. The room rates are €260/night/single room and €280/night/double room. These rates include breakfast and Wi-Fi Internet access.

The above room rates are offered based on an advance registration with the IA “Intercable” (via a completion of the attached Registration Form). The accommodation can be paid for by either a credit card authorization or by a bank transfer according to an invoice from the hotel. Prepayment is required. The registration fee for every second and subsequent participant is €200/person. Completed Registration Forms for the participation in the 49^th General Meeting of the IA “Intercable” and the Scientific & Technical Symposium are to be submitted by e-mail to intercable@mail.ru or fax at +7 (495) 362-60-42 by March 1^st of 2015. Your participation will be confirmed only after a duly completed Registration Form is received by our office.

Please, note that during this General Meeting, there will be elections to the Association’s management and control bodies: the President, Vice President, Board members and members of the Revision Committee. Therefore, your participation is highly desirable and I very much hope to see representatives of all of our members in Vienna.