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preparation for the 16th Real Time Conference (RT-2009) is now well
under way. The decision was taken a year ago by the CANPS committee
to hold the conference in Asia. The committee had the difficult
task to select from three very attractive proposals, two coming
from China, and one from Japan. The Beijing proposal was selected
by the committee.
The conference will be hosted by the Institute of High Energy Physics
(IHEP) in Beijing. Keeping the tradition of RT-2005 (Alba Nova University,
Sweden) and of RT-2007 (FERMILAB), the RT-2009 conference will be
institute based. This option is well adapted to a small conference,
such as Real Time. The conference will begin on May 10, 2009.
The Institute of High Energy Physics is located in the west side
of Beijing, about 12 km from the city center. There is a Holiday-Inn
hotel within walking distance of the institute, and the institute
also operates a guest house on its site. Even if not centrally located,
the site offers very convenient access to the city center. There
is a subway station within a 10 minute walk from the hotel. The
subway line goes directly to the city center, with stations at the
Forbidden City and Tiananmen Place.
The general chair of the conference is Professor Yifang Wang, associate
director of the institute. He is assisted by Professor Yantai Shu,
from the Tianjin University, co-chair of the conference, and by
professor Zhen’An Liu, chair of the local organizing committee.
More information will become available soon.
Jean-Pierre Martin, chair of the Computer Applications in Nuclear
and Plasma Science Technical Committee can be reached at the University
of Montreal, RJA Lévesque Laboratory, Montreal (QC), Canada
H3C 3J7; Phone +1 514 343 7340; E-mail: jpmartin@lps.umontreal.ca
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