XIV Russia/CIS/Baltic/Japan Symposium on Ferroelectricity

11-15, June 2018, Saint-Petersburg, Russia

St. Petersburg is called Venice of the North, and in fact it is “cultural capital” of Russia. The magnificent Hermitage and Russian Museum can give a flavour of the cultural image of the city, where you can find a numerous theatres and the famous Russian ballet. Famous Russian czars residences – Pavlovsk, Peterhof and Pushkin; and unforgettable boat trip through river Neva and the city channels.

St. Petersburg

Ioffe Institute Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg

Polytechnic University

The centenary of Ioffe Institute 1918-2018

1918 — The State X-ray and radiology Institute

including Physical-Technical Department was

established

1921 — Department was transformed to the

independent Institution

1960 — Institute was named as Ioffe Institute

L. D. Landau in started in the Ioffe Institute

I.V. Kurchatov – Rochelle salt

G.A. Smolensky – Relaxors, multiferroics

LOCAL CONFERENCE COMMITEES: Scientific committee Chairs :

Alexander Sigov (MIREA, Moscow, Russia)

Program Committee Chairs: Sergey Vakhrushev (Ioffe Institute, St.Petersburg, Russia) Organizing Committee Chairs: Ekaterina Koroleva (Ioffe Institute, St.Petersburg, Russia) Scientific secretary: Daria Andronikova (Ioffe Institute, S.Petersburg, Russia)

FEES AND ACCOMMODATION The conference fee cannot be announced yet but organizers are striving to

achieve the lowest cost (approx. 450€) consistent with modern accommodation

on the site. We’ll provide cheap accommodation for young participants.

WELCOME TO ST. PETERSBURG !!!