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Join us in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, for the 2006 ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping/ICPVT-11 Conference! More than 150 paper and panel sessions are planned, as well as tutorials, NDE and Software demonstrations, and the Student Paper Competition. The PVP Conference is a great place to present your ideas and to meet colleagues as we work to create and advance PVP technologies for our global community of practice. PVP-2006 will be held jointly with ICPVT-11. The ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Division and the International Council on Pressure Vessel Technology (ICPVT) will sponsor this Conference with participation by the Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineers, the ASME NDE Division and the ASME Pipeline Systems Division.

GENERAL TOPICS: (1) Codes & Standards; (2) Computer Technology; (3) Design & Analysis; (4) Fluid-Structure Interaction; (5) High Pressure Technology; (6) Materials & Fabrication; (7) Operations, Applications, & Components; (8) Seismic Engineering; (9) Nondestructive Examination, (10) Pipeline Systems, and (11) Student Paper Competition.

SCHEDULE: PVP abstracts are due by October 30, 2005. Authors will be notified of abstract acceptance by November 15, 2005. Draft papers are due by January 5, 2006. Paper peer review comments will be returned by February 15, 2006. Final papers in ASME format for publication must be received by March 15, 2006. All accepted papers will be published via CD-ROM/DVD.

VISA REQUIREMENTS: All U. S. citizens will require a valid passport to enter Canada from January 1, 2006