The RADECS Conference and Workshop are international technical meetings, organized in Europe. The first RADECS Conference was organized in 1989 by the University of Montpellier, and since then the RADECS Conference and RADECS Workshop have run in alternate years. Both the RADECS Conference and Workshop address technical issues related to radiation effects on components, electronic devices, sensors, integrated circuits, as well as radiation hardening, new radiation testing methods, models and simulation techniques. This field is of importance for the space, nuclear and defense industries, as well as for research in high-energy physics. The IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society (NPSS) has been a technical sponsor of both the RADECS Conference and Workshop since 1991, and an issue of IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science highlights technical work reported at these meetings.

The main theme of Workshop RADECS2004 will be: “Radiation Effects on Optoelectronic Components and Photonic Devices.”

This subject has been identified as of general interest for the radiation community and also represents a large area of Spanish research in radiation effects.

Other topics to be addressed will be:

• Basic mechanisms of radiation effects.
  
• Radiation effects on materials, devices and circuits.
  
• Single Event Phenomena.
  
• Total dose and dose-rate effects.
  
• Displacement damage effects.
  
• Radiation environment, characterization and modeling: Ground level and Aerospace.
  
• Radiation hardening techniques on circuits and systems.
  
• Radiation test methods, metrology and test facilities.
  
• Nuclear power plants and high-energy physics.
  
• New developments of interest and radiation effects on new technologies.
  
• Other topics related to radiation effects on components and systems.

Invited talks and a round table will take place during the Workshop.

Workshop RADECS2004 will take place in Madrid from 22nd to 24th September 2004 at CIEMAT (Research Centre for Energy, Environment and Technology). This is the first time that the RADECS Workshop will be organized in Spain. The INTA (Spanish Institute for Aerospace Technology) is leading the RADECS Workshop organization in collaboration with Tecnologica Componentes Electrónicos and Alcatel Espacio.

A Grants program for students and young graduates will be established. It will be sponsored by MCYT (Science and Technology Ministry) and the CSIC-MCYT (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas)

The papers from Workshop RADECS2004 will be published after the event and sent to all attendees, and a selection of these papers will be in an issue of IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science.

More Information about the workshop is available at:
E-mail: Radecs_Hlt642604452BM_1_004 @inta.es
Web pages: http://www.radecs.org
Fax: +34 91 5359617

MADRID, the capital of Spain, is the city where Workshop RADECS2004 will take place. Located in the heart of the Iberian peninsula, it is right in the center of the Castillian plain 646 meters above sea level, and has a population of over three million. It is a cosmopolitan city, a business center, headquarters for the Public Administration, the Government, the Spanish Parliament and the home of the Spanish Royal Family, Madrid also plays a major role in both the banking and industrial sectors. Most Aerospace, Electronics and Communications industries are clustered round the northern fringe of the city.

Madrid is characterized by intense cultural and artistic activity and a very lively nightlife. The grand metropolis of Madrid can trace its origins to the times of Arab Emir Mohamed I (852-886), who ordered the construction of a fortress on the left bank of the Manzanares River. Madrid later became the subject of a dispute between the Christians and Arabs until Alfonso VI conquered it in the 11th century. At the end of the 17th century, a defensive wall was built for the protection of the new outlying areas, tracing the roads of Segovia, Toledo and Valencia. During the 18th century, under the reign of Carlos III, the great arteries of the city were designed, such as the Paseo de la Castellana, Paseo de Recoletos, Paseo del Prado and Paseo de Acacias. At the beginning of the 19th century, Joseph Bonaparte undertook the reform of the Puerta del Sol and vicinity. The commercial street known as the Gran Va was built as an east-west avenue at the start of the century. In the 1950’s, a north-south boulevard called Paseo de la Castellana was extended, and modern buildings were erected which house the major financial institutions. What remains today of the distant past are mainly the Baroque and neoclassical structures of the 17th and 18th centuries, such as the Plaza Mayor (Main Square) and the Palacio Real (Royal Palace).

Madrid is also famous for its Museums. It has three wonderful art museums, the most well known of which is the Museo Nacional del Prado.

You can find more information about Madrid in the following website: http://www. red2000.com/spain/madrid/

Harold L. Flescher
Liason to RADECS Conferences and Workshops
Div. IV Director