Travaux 34/2003 [antikvár]

TRAVAUX, Vol. 30. 2003. No. 34. OPENING CEREMONY The palace of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Zagreb (HAZU) Greeting Address of Prof. Dr. Olga Lahodny-Sarc Ladies and Gendemen, As the Chairperson of the Organizing Committee of the 14th hitemational Symposium of ICSOBA I have a privilege and pleasure to welcome you as participants of this festive session on 40 years of ICSOBA activity. On behalf of die Organizing Committee I want to express my appreciation to all participants and particularly to the authors of works to be presented. I address our thanks to the president of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Professor Ivo Padovan, coming here to share our pleasure to welcome you. Our appreciation goes to the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts that has founded and supported 40 years International Committee for the Study of Bauxite, Alumina and Aluminium. Our thanks go to sponsors: Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of Croatia, Foundation of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, and to the Metallurgical Faculty of the University of Zagreb for their financial support of this meeting. The scientific and technical programme includes the actual slate in the aluminium industry and the future challenges of non-bauxite raw materials processing, long-term forecasting of production and worid prices