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2003 NUCLEAR SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM AND MEDICAL
IMAGING CONFERENCE including SYMPOSIUM ON NUCLEAR POWER SYSTEMS and 13TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON ROOM TEMPERATURE SEMICONDUCTOR X- AND GAMMA-RAY DETECTORS |
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Doubletree Hotel Portland – Columbia
River & Jantzen Beach The 2003 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC) will be held from October 19-25, 2003 in Portland, Oregon at the DoubleTree Jantzen Beach and Columbia River facilities. The NSS and MIC meetings will be chaired by Uwe Bratzler and Michael King, respectively. Scientists and engineers in the field of Nuclear Science and Medical Imaging will participate and present original work in a variety of subject areas. On October 22nd, the Symposium on Nuclear Power Systems, chaired by Jay Forster, will continue the tradition of meeting in conjunction with the NSS/MIC. From October 20-24 Ralph James and Paul Siffert will host the 13th Room Temperature Semiconductor X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Detectors Workshop. Satellite workshops, such as Hadron Therapy, Global Detector Network, Compton Camera, and others will take place during the week. The entire week should be technically stimulating and foster collaboration among the nuclear science and medical imaging communities. Portland has much to offer. The Pacific shore to the
west offers a spectacular, rugged coastline, sport fishing, and
great opportunities for beachcombing. Wineries and tasting rooms
dot the landscape. The Cascade Mountains provide extraordinary skiing
(year-round at Mt. Hood), climbing, fishing, and picnicking. The
Columbia River Gorge to the east of Portland offers stunning scenery
of waterfalls and numerous opportunities to sample the fruits and
wines produced in the region. You might consider seeing Mount St.
Helens and take notice of nature’s splendor and its ability
to recover from catastrophic volcanic emissions, or visit Crater
Lake to the south, Oregon’s brilliantly blue showpiece and
national park. The parks beckon visitors from around the world with
hiking, photography, river rafting, camping, and a long list of
other outdoor activities. The conference will arrange a selection
of programs for you and your companions that will provide an attractive
shopping bag of alternative activities. Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS) Having received a record number of over 600 contributions from colleagues working on numerous NSS topics from around the world (and 1,200 contributions for the overall NSS/MIC), we have decided to expand the NSS program this year both in terms of days and content. While the traditional NSS Parallel and Poster Sessions, Workshops and Short Courses offer the opportunity for very detailed, dedicated and highly specialized presentations and discussions by world experts in the corresponding fields, Plenary Sessions have been added to provide overview and help to integrate the NSS program as events where all attendees may participate, and also meet with each other. The NSS Poster Sessions are given special attention this year as there will be no scheduled NSS oral sessions during the 2-hour poster sessions. All conference participants are invited to the Poster Sessions with poster authors present and available for discussions. Joint NSS/MIC and NSS/RTSD events will also be offered. This year’s NSS will start on Monday, October 20 and will run through Friday, October 24, 2003. One of the true highlights will be the traditional Tuesday NSS Opening Session (9:00-12:00) that includes very prominent experts and leaders in our fields for exciting plenary presentations on the most outstanding current and planned research projects. The speakers will be Prof. Yoji Totsuka, Director General of KEK Japan; Prof. Keith Hodgson, Director of the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory USA; and Prof. Edward Kolb, founding head of the NASA/Fermilab Astrophysics Group at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and a Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Chicago, USA. The Opening Session is then followed by the NSS Luncheon (12:00-14:00) during which Prof. Hitoshi Murayama of the University of California, Berkeley, will tell us about the "Mysteries and Future Directions in Particle Physics". General information, including an online version of the detailed NSS program, can be found on our conference website, http://www.nss-mic.org/2003, but please feel free to contact us at any time for feedback, suggestions, questions or advice, and in particular if you feel that we can be of help to you – our e-mail address is nss2003@cern.ch. Uwe Bratzler is the NSS Program Chair and Maxim Titov the NSS Deputy Program Chair.
Medical Imaging Conference (MIC) Following these plenary sessions there will be seven oral sessions and six poster sessions. The oral sessions will continue to be in single session format. Due to the phenomenal growth of MIC, the posters will only be able to be up for approximately two days each. Posters 1 through 177 will be placed in numerically ascending order in the DoubleTree Ballroom of the Columbia River Hotel between 6 p.m. on Tuesday, October 21, and 10 p.m. on Thursday, October 23. Similarly, posters 178 through 354 will be in the Salon 1 East Ballroom of the Jantzen Beach Hotel between 6 p.m. on Thursday, October 23, and 9 p.m. on Saturday, October 25. Posters are assigned to sessions such that every third poster should have a presenter present during a session. The poster hall will be open 24-hours per day to allow off-hour viewing. On Friday afternoon a third plenary session will be held. Dr. Steve Webb, author of From The Watching Of Shadows, will review the fascinating historical foundations of tomographic imaging. This will be followed by an open business meeting of the Nuclear Medicine and Imaging Sciences Technical Committee (NMISTC) which sponsors MIC. At this meeting the 2003 Young Investigator, Student Travel, and other awards will be announced, and plans for future MIC’s will be discussed. Friday night the MIC banquet will be a Columbia River cruise on board the beautiful "Portland Spirit". The ship will meet guests at the Jantzen Beach DoubleTree boat dock and cruise up-river with a buffet dinner, wine tasting, and music. We encourage all interested to buy their tickets early as seating will be limited. There are also four exciting MIC short courses that will be held before the official start of the MIC. Additionally there will be two joint oral sessions with NSS and RTSD on Tuesday. Micheal King is the MIC Program Chair and Stephen Glick the Deputy MIC Program Chair. 13th Room Temperature Semiconductor X-ray and
Gamma-Ray Detectors Workshop It is our sincere hope that this conference will facilitate cross-fertilization of research and spawn creative ideas, and that these ideas will be incarnated into knowledge, lending to new directions and thrusts. We urge you to take time at this meeting to build on the commonality of your work with colleagues within the RTSD, NSS and MIC conferences, and to share your data, energy and experience, and explore ways to enhance cooperation and collaboration with others. We have chosen to hold this meeting in conjunction with the IEEE NSS and MIC meetings for the purpose of encouraging information exchange between a much larger body of scientists and engineers who have an in-depth knowledge of detectors, instrumentation, nuclear science and technology, and medical imaging. Joint sessions between the NSS and Satellite on Interconnect Technology are planned to help bring people together with common interests and offer the right environment for the creation of new and fruitful associations. Ralph B. James and Paul Siffert are the RTSD Program Co-Chairs Symposium on Nuclear Power Systems (SNPS)
And more For further information please call Jay Forster, SNPS Program Chairman,GE Nuclear Energy, M/C 334, 175 Curtner Ave., San Jose, CA 95125: Phone: +1 408 925-5090; Fax: +1 408 925-2923; E-mail jay.forster@gene.ge.com Short Courses
All courses include refreshments, lecture notes, and a certificate of completion as part of the registration fee. Full day courses also include lunch. Detailed descriptions of the courses may be found at www.nss-mic.org/2003/SC2003.html. Steve Derenzo, Short Course Chair Registration This year, in addition to discounted registration fees for students, we are offering discounted fees for the Continuing Education Program. Please check the NSS/MIC web site, www.nss-mic.org/2003/nsshome2003.html, for details about the courses, dates and fees. Note that the early registration deadline is September 26. The special hotel conference rates are available up to and including October 1. Advance registration savings are $110 for regular registration, $50 for students, and $50 for retired or unemployed IEEE members. Of course, there are the special rates for IEEE members, which are up to $110 less than those for non-members. Student travel awards will also be available, with preference given to those who are presenting at the NSS and MIC. Judy Sanders, Registration Chair Social Events
Detailed descriptions can be found at the NSS/MIC web site. You are also cordially invited to attend the two general interest talks that we have arranged for the meeting:
Some of the trips into the mountains could be chilly and rainy so it is advisable to bring along raingear, such as a raincoat, hat and umbrella. Bring along a sweater, jacket, scarf and gloves. If you find that you don’t need them, you can leave them on the bus during the tour. Wear sturdy walking shoes or sneakers. If you register for the tours during pre-registration you will receive a five-dollar discount for each tour selected. Marie James, Companion Program Chair Other activities to be held during the week include an Exhibition Program that will be open from Tuesday afternoon through Thursday afternoon. Many companies involved in Nuclear Science and Medical Imaging Instrumentation will be present to discuss the technical details of their products. Tuesday evening the exhibitors will host an opening reception from 5:00pm – 7:00pm. On Wednesday evening from 6:00pm to 9:00pm, the conference will host the General Welcome Reception for all attendees in the Mt. St. Helens Ballroom; and, weather permitting, use of the outside deck adjacent to the boat dock will also be available. The view you will see from this area of the hotel is that of Mt. St. Helens, which is breathtaking, especially at dusk. Are you a member of IEEE? You can join IEEE and NPSS on line by going first to the NPSS home page located at: http://ehw.ieee.org/soc/nps By selecting ‘Join NPSS’ you will jump to the page with options for joining or renewing either as regular members or as students. Students planning to come to the conference are particularly advised to join IEEE/NPSS prior to registering for the conference. Considerable money will be saved by doing so. Students need the endorsement of their IEEE member faculty advisor for acceptance as an IEEE Student Member. Non-member registrants at the conference who wish to join IEEE will be given a promotional benefit of $50 toward their 2004 IEEE membership fee, membership in NPSS for 2004 and a subscription to either TNS or to TMI for 2004. What are you waiting for? Apply for membership today! See Vernon G. Price, the NPSS Membership Committee Chair, at the IEEE membership desk. Conference Website Ralph B. James, General Chair, can be reached at Bldg. 460, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 40 Brookhaven Avenue, Upton, New York 11973; Phone: +1 631-344-8633; Fax: +1 631-344-5584; E-mail: rjames@bnl.gov; or Bonnie Sherwood, Conference Coordinator, also at Brookhaven National Laboratory; Phone: +1 631-344-7250; Fax: +1 631-344-5584; E-mail: sherwood@bnl.gov. |
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