ICO/ICTP GALLIENO DENARDO PRIZE 2009 - Call for nominations Addressed to young researchers (less than 40 years old on December 31 of the year for which the award is given), from developing countries (as defined by the United Nations), who conduct their research in a developing country, and who are active in research in Optics and have contributed to the promotion of research activities in Optics in their own or another developing country. Chair of the Award Committee: Prof. Ahmadou Wagué, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Techniques, University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal, phone +221 33 864 59 82, fax +221 33 824 63 18, e-mail
ICTP Representative: Prof. Joseph Niemela, ICTP, MB room 275, Strada Costiera 11, 34014 Trieste, Italy, e-mail: