| Date | Public | Conveners | PC/Copernicus |
| 15 February 2008 | Call-for-Papers | ||
| 16 May 2008 | Receipt of Abstracts | ||
| 22 May – 04 June 2008 Transfer of abstracts until 28 May 2008 |
Convener Part 1: accept, reject, transfer, add abstracts (no oral/poster selection at this stage) Convener Part 2: convenors communicate wishes and requirements regarding room size, time blocks etc to the conference committee |
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| 05 – 17 June 2008 06 June: Programme Committee meeting |
Programme Committee Part 1: - evaluate rejected and not assigned contributions - assign time blocks, rooms, days and exact session times to each session, on the basis of convenor requests and consistency of the programme |
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| 18 June – 29 June 2008 | Convener Part 3: Now convenors select oral/poster presentations and assign the order of presentations, according to allowed time slots |
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| 30 June – 06 July 2008 | Programme Committee Part 2: finalise programme |
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| 07 July 2008 | Letter of schedule to authors Uploading meeting programme on web |
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| 18 July 2008 | Draft Programme Book to Programme Committee | ||
| 15 August 2008 | Letter of Invitation | ||
| 22 August 2008 | Programme Book/Abstract CD-ROM to printer | ||
| 25 August 2008 | Deadline for Exhibitors | ||
| 25 August 2008 | Deadline for Pre-Registration | ||
| 12 September 2008 | Deadline for Daily Programme | ||
| 29 September – 03 October 2008 | 8th EMS / 7th ECAC | ||