<html><head><style> body {height: 100%; color:#000000; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman;}</style></head><body>Desde: 09-07-2012<br>Hasta: 13-07-2012<br>Lugar: Graz, Austria<br><br><br> Dear Colleague,<br><br><br> We are pleased to announce that the registration and abstract<br> submission for the <br><br> 8th European Solid Mechanics Conference in Graz, Austria, July 9-13,<br> 2012 is now open. <br><br> For registration please use the following link:<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lamp3.tugraz.at/%7Eesmc2012/cats2/cats21/src/login/" target="_blank">http://lamp3.tugraz.at/~esmc2012/cats2/cats21/src/login/</a><br><br><br> For a link of the conference website see:<br><a href="http://www.esmc2012.tugraz.at" target="_blank">www.esmc2012.tugraz.at</a><br><br><br> The deadline for submission of abstracts for contributed papers is <strong>November<br><br><br><br><br><br> 30, 2011</strong>.<br><br><br> The general lecturer of ESMC 2012 is<br><ul><li> James R. Rice<br><br> Harvard University, USA</li></ul><br> The invited lecturers are<br><ul><li>Ferdinando Auricchio<br><br> University of Pavia, Italy<br><br> (Material Modeling and Computational Mechanics)</li></ul><ul><li>Norman Fleck<br><br> University of Cambridge, UK<br><br> (Micromechanics)</li></ul><ul><li>Peter Hunter<br><br> University of Auckland, New Zealand<br><br> (Biomechanics)</li></ul><ul><li>Robert M. McMeeking<br><br> University of California Santa Barbara, USA<br><br> (Materials and Structures)</li></ul><ul><li>Michael Ortiz<br><br> California Institute of Technology, USA<br><br> (Computational Solid Mechanics)</li></ul><br> In addition, the European Solid Mechanics Conference offers around<br> 50 Mini-Symposia which are by invitation only.<br><br><br> We hope that we will have the pleasure of welcoming you at the next<br> European Solid Mechanics Conference in Graz<br><br><br> Best wishes,<br><br> Gerhard A. Holzapfel<br><br> Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee of the <br><br> 8th European Solid Mechanics Conference<br><br> &<br><br> Ray W. Ogden<br><br> Chairman of the Scientific Committee<br><pre class="moz-signature">============================================================<br>Gerhard A. Holzapfel, Ph.D.<br>Professor of Biomechanics, Head<br><br>Graz University of Technology <br>Institute of Biomechanics<br>Center of Biomedical Engineering<br>Kronesgasse 5-I<br>A-8010 Graz, Austria<br><br>E-Mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:holzapfel@tugraz.at" target="_blank">holzapfel@tugraz.at</a><br>URL: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.biomech.tugraz.at" target="_blank">www.biomech.tugraz.at</a><br>Phone: +43 316 873 1625<br>Fax: +43 316 873 1615<br>For BMMB Journal: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.springeronline.com/journal/10237" target="_blank">www.springeronline.com/journal/10237</a><br><br>AND<br><br>Chair of Biomechanics<br>Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)<br>Department of Solid Mechanics<br>School of Engineering Sciences<br>Osquars Backe 1<br>SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden<br>E-Mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:gh@hallf.kth.se" target="_blank">gh@hallf.kth.se</a><br></pre></body></html>