PAC2003 was held in Portland Oregon on May 12-16. The scientific program, guided by Program Committee Co-Chairs Alan Jackson and Ed Lee of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, was a success in attracting presentations that covered both traditional and new topics in accelerator science, technology and applications. Dr. Robert Siemann of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, who served as Conference Chair, and his conference staff are completing conference activities.

Despite a combination of budget strictures at US Government sponsored labs and the travel limitations from Asian labs due to the SARS epidemic, 1135 participants registered at PAC03. 1,467 abstracts were submitted and we expect to publish about 1,147 papers. The accompanying industrial exhibit provided opportunities to meet with vendors in various accelerator technologies.

The Particle Accelerator Science and Technology Award for PAC2003 was presented to Keith Symon of the University of Wisconsin and to Stephen Milton of Argonne National Laboratory by our NPSS president, Ed Hoffman. Other accelerator prizes and student travel awards were also presented at the awards ceremony on May 14. Portland provided a pleasant conference venue with only a brief, refreshing shower to complement the otherwise sunny weather.

Bruce Brown, the Particle Accelerator Science and Technology Committee chair, can be reached at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, MS221, P.O. Box 500, Batavia, IL 60510; Phone: +1 630 840-4404; Fax: +1 630 840-6311; E-mail: bcbrown@fnal.gov.

Bruce Brown
NPSS PAST
Technical Committee Chair

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