37^TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PLASMA SCIENCE
Marriott Waterside, Norfolk, VA, USA
June 20 – 24, 2010
www.eng.odu.edu/icops2010

We wish to extend a cordial invitation to the 37th IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS) to be held in Norfolk, VA, USA, from June 20 to June 24, 2010 with a mini-course scheduled June 24 and 25. The conference venue is the Marriott Waterside hotel located in the center of downtown Norfolk. Norfolk is a city of some 238,832 residents and more than 100 diverse neighborhoods. It is the cultural, educational, business and medical center of Hampton Roads, hosts the world’s largest naval base, the region’s international airport and is one of the busiest international ports on the East Coast of the United States.
     Plasma science covers a wide range of topics. ICOPS 2010 will offer a rich technical program that spans the many fundamental as well as applied aspects of the field. The topics are:

• Basic Processes in Fully and Partially Ionized Plasmas
• Microwave Generation and Plasma Interactions
• Charged Particle Beams and Sources
• High Energy Density Plasma Applications
• Industrial, Commercial and Medical Plasma Applications
• Plasma Diagnostics
• Pulsed Power and Other Plasma Applications

     The conference program will include plenary, oral, and poster sessions. There will be four plenary talks presented by international leaders in the plasma physics community; one plenary presentation will be an address by the 2010 IEEE Plasma Science and Applications Award recipient. In addition, for this conference, we plan to have a special oral session on the emerging field of Plasma Medicine.
     As part of ICOPS 2010, a 1.5-day minicourse on low-temperature plasma modeling and simulation will be offered on Thursday afternoon, June 24th and Friday, June 25th. The minicourse will be held at the Marriott hotel. A group of international experts from academia and industry will provide a set of comprehensive lectures on modeling techniques for low-temperature plasmas and their applications. The mini-course organizer is Prof. Demetre Economou, University of Houston.
     The deadline for abstract submission is January 15, 2010. Abstract submission is done via the conference web site. Please go the conference web site for information on registration, hotel reservation, travel, social events, etc…
     Mounir Laroussi, General Chair of ICOPS 2010 can be reached at the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, 231 Kaufman Hall, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, 23529. Email: mlarouss@odu.edu