On behalf of the Organizing Committee of «KUNMING - PM'2012», we greet you and inform you with pleasure that the Organizing committee continues receiving applications and registration fees from the participants of the Conference, and making arrangements in Kunming and Moscow for preparation of the working and cultural programs of the Conference.

To date, the number of the registered participants is about 70 persons from different countries.

For the conference in Kunming, the Organizing committee has booked the rooms in the Empark Grand Hotel Kunming *****, situated in the central part of Kunming. The plenary sessions and the poster session will take place in the conference hall of the hotel.

The hotel has:

- standard rooms, single accommodation(North Building): RMB 460;

- superior rooms, single or double accommodation: RMB 740/700;

- deluxe rooms, single or double accommodation: RMB 840/800.
(USD prices are based on the exchange rate on the arriving day)

There are a business center and free Wi-Fi in the hotel.

There are several restaurants in the hotel, including a Japanese restaurant with two separate halls with tatami, a Chinese restaurant «Golden Century» specializing in the local cuisine, and a restaurant «Golden Resources» offering a smorgasbord of the international cuisine and seafood.

The hotel is located in a 10,000-sq.m garden with 90 pools. On the first and second floors of the hotel, there is a huge entertainment complex; there is a fitness center with cardio-vascular and press machines.

To participate in the Conference
please fill in the forms of preliminary registration and send to pr@supermetal.ru or pmacc@ipm.com.cn or by fax:
+7(495)5360980; +7(499)7334453; +86(871)8329961

The participants of the Conference will have an opportunity to demonstrate their production samples, functional models, and other exhibits.
Publication of the Conference Proceedings is planned.
Social events will be offered to the participants of the Conference and accompanying persons.

Kunming Institute of Precious Metals was originally established in 1938. It has been the only one comprehensive research institute specialized in investigation and development of precious metals multi-disciplinary fields, and also the main force of precious metals knowledge and technology innovations in China. This Institute possesses strong capabilities of both basic investigation and comprehensive conveyance development of applied technology. It has been honored as the “Cradle of Platinum Group Metals”.