2007 PARTICLE ACCELERATOR
CONFERENCE PAC07
June 25-29, 2007
Albuquerque, NM

Plans for PAC'07, the 22nd conference in this highly successful conference series for accelerator science engineering and technology, are going very well. See the web site http://pac07.org/ for more details and the invited speaker program. To date, 1813 abstracts have been submitted to the on-line JACoW site. On the basis of historic ratios of abstract submissions to conference attendees, attendance at the conference in Albuquerque, NM, June 25-29, 2007, could exceed 1400, making for the possibility of an extremely successful conference both scientifically and financially. On-line registration for delegates and for exhibitors began on January 10, 2007. Members of IEEE-NPSS and APS-DPB have a 10% discount on the conference registration fee. We have tried to encourage individuals to join a professional society by including the following message in the opening registration page “Volunteers, who are members of either IEEE-NPSS or APS-DPB, make it possible for important information exchange with colleagues at conferences such as the PAC series. Technical societies help our professional interests in many ways other than just supporting conferences. Prizes for significant contributions in accelerator technology, recognition for many years of contributions by awarding senior and/or fellow levels, support of publication processes and student support are just a few of the activities provided by our technical societies. Please consider joining if you are not already a member. Help make us stronger.”
We expect at least 50 industrial exhibitors participating at the conference, having provided adequate space (80 separate booths available) for all of their interests and being well located within the poster paper area for good interactions with attendees.
Plans are also underway for two special events associated with the conference. The first is a science, engineering, and technology expose for the residents of New Mexico at the Albuquerque Convention Center Garden Foyer on the Saturday prior to the conference, June 23. Participants will be from Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratory, University of New Mexico and some of the industrial exhibitors that have booths and exhibits at PAC07. Also included are the technical societies of IEEE and APS. The second is a special Teachers Physics Day on Wednesday, June 27, providing a full day of professional development geared to physics teachers that includes hands-on workshops presenting innovative, classroom-ready activities for physics students; research talks on accelerator technology and their applications for our daily life, a welcoming breakfast where they can network with fellow teachers and a luncheon where they can network with each other and conference participants.
A special student poster session will be held Sunday, June 24, to encourage the interaction of students with other students, colleagues and peers Students, whose attendance is being partially sponsored by the conference, will be included in this opportunity to interact with others in the accelerator-related fields.
Stan Schriber can be reached by E-mail at schriber@cnsp.com.