Only international conferences are sponsored. Such confer- ences have an international scientific advisory committee, and move among different countries and continents. The participation should be genuinely international, and not constitute effectively a national or regional conference to which a few physicists from outside are invited. Generally satellite conferences are not sponsored separately, but are implicitly endorsed by sponsorship of the main conference. Conferences that are approved for sponsorship under this item are eligible for consideration for travel grants.
Most international conferences charge a registration fee.
Conferences organizers must publish the statement given in section 4. Conference organizers may request a travel grant to be used to assist with travel costs of scientists from developing countries. Funds from these grants are distributed by conference organizers. Precise beginning and ending dates, location of the conference, and name and address of the conference secretary or chief organizer are required. Conflict of dates with those for related conferences should be avoided.