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PREFACE ORGANIZERS AND SPONSORS INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEE PROGRAM COMMITTEE CONFERENCE MESSAGES 85th ANNIVERSARY OF PROFESSOR T. NEJAT VEZIROGLU 75th BIRTHDAY OF PROFESSOR V.V. SKOROKHOD 70th BIRTHDAY OF PROFESSOR D. K. ROSS 150th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTHDAY SVANTE ARRHENIUS PIERRE VICTOR AUGER IN MEMORY OF Yu.F. SHMALKO IN MEMORY OF N.S. ASTRATOV IN MEMORY OF Yu.A. OSSIPYAN 115th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTHDAY P. KAPITSA TOPIC 1 METAL HYDRIDES TOPIC 1.1 PREPARATION AND PRODUCTION OF METAL HYDRIDES TOPIC 1.2 PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF METAL HYDRIDES TOPIC 1.3 UTILIZATION OF METAL HYDRIDES TOPIC 2 CARBON NANOSTRUCTURAL MATERIALS TOPIC 2.1 PREPARATION AND PRODUCTION OF FULLERENES AND OTHER CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES TOPIC 2.2 PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES TOPIC 2.3 HYDROGEN STORAGE IN NANOSTRUCTURAL CARBON TOPIC 2.4 OTHER APPLICATIONS OF CARBON NANOMATERIALS TOPIC 3 MATERIALS FOR FUEL CELLS TOPIC 4 HYDROGEN ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS TOPIC 5 CARBON NANOMATERIALS IN CLEAN ENERGY HYDROGEN SYSTEMS ANNEX