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Patrick LeDû
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Chris Damerell
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Stig A. Larsson
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This year, the annual NSS-MIC visits Europe for the first time. It is being held in the city of Lyon, the ancient capital of Gallo-Roman France and the modern-day country’s second city, a hub of industry and commerce as well as a renowned center of gastronomy.
Preparations for the event have been going apace for some considerable time, but following the closing date for paper submission, the work has gone into high gear. This year’s NSS-MIC promises to be a "premier cru" in the tradition of the world’s foremost conference on detectors and instrumentation for nuclear science and medical imaging.
The call for papers produced more than 750 high quality submissions. This response, coupled with the facilities offered by the superb, new Lyon Palais de Congrès (Congress Center) has allowed the Program Committee to put together an exceptional conference. In addition to specific NSS and MIC sessions, the emphasis has been placed on plenary sessions, with the first day entirely devoted to keynote presentations, and the increasingly important, and popular, joint NSS-MIC sessions.
The Continuing Education Program this year consists of seven short courses in nuclear science and medical imaging. These provide an essential opportunity for the expert and newcomer alike to be taught by practicing experts. In addition, as a major innovation in this year’s program, three one-day Workshops have been organized covering imaging, event building and the relationship between basic science and entrepreneurship.
The choice of the Palais de Congrès has enabled the traditional industrial exhibition to take on a new dimension. The state-of-the-art exhibition hall will be used to good advantage to allow exhibitors to show their products and to meet the community in a professional and productive atmosphere. In addition to the usual booths, exhibitors will also be taking part in a series of technical seminars and product presentations.
A comprehensive and exciting Tours and Companion Program will allow its participants to sample the delights of one of the premier wine-growing areas of France with its mediaeval villages and gastronomy as well as the history and culture of Lyon itself.
The organizing committee has spared no effort to ensure that the event will be a stimulating and valuable experience for all participants. My colleagues and I are looking forward to meeting old friends and making many new ones at what promises to be an outstanding event. For those in any doubt, the working language of the NSS-MIC is English.
The 2001 Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference will be held from 3-11 November, at the Town & Country Hotel, in San Diego, California, USA.
PATRICK LE DÛ,
NSS-MIC General Chairman
Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique,
CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France
Phone: +33 1 69 08 40 73
E-mail: patrick.ledu@cea.fr
It is not possible in limited space to give full details of the program, so the reader is directed to the conference web site (http://NSS2000.in2p3.fr) for complete details of all the topics and sessions.
With only four exceptions, all the papers collected and subsequently distributed for review passed via the conference web site. Of the 779 valid papers, 741 were retained for oral or poster presentation and have been allocated as follows:
The selection of the papers for the NSS and MIC was put in the hands of 22 groups, led by a total of some 50 Convenors and Co-convenors, each treating a specific topic. The task of each group was to advertise and promote the conference in their community of interest and, with the help of reviewers, to organize the selection of papers submitted for their topic,. These groups will also have the responsibility of organizing their sessions in Lyon.
The oral presentations will be presented in 56 parallel sessions of 90 minutes each, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Some of the parallel sessions will be preceded by a short plenary session where review talks will be presented. A summary of the MIC will be presented in a session on Friday afternoon. The topics grouped under "Fundamental Technologies" are designed to provide a view of the overlap between nuclear science and medical imaging.
As a departure from previous years, the opening session on Monday, 16 October will consist of five plenary talks.
RHIC - First Beam Collisions
The physics, the machine and the detectors.
Professor Satoshi Ozaki,
Brookhaven National Laboratory,
Long Island, New York, USA.
From Free Electron Laser to Tesla and the Next Linear Collider
Professor Albrecht Wagner, DESY,
Hamburg, Germany
The CONCERT Project
A European high intensity hadron facility for multipurpose applications (hadron
physics, spallation neutron source, material irradiation, waste transmutation, muon and
neutrino beams).
Professor Jean-Louis Laclare,
CEA-DSM, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Detector Requirements for Medicine
From advanced imaging diagnostic to hadron therapy.
Professor Jean-Pierre Gerard,
U.F.R. de Médecine Lyon-Sud, France
Detectors for Physics
The past, present and the future.
Speaker to be announced.
JEAN-PIERRE DUFEY,
Chairman, Scientific Program Coordination Committee
EP Division, CERN,
1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
Phone: +41 22 767 4408
E-mail: jean.pierre.dufey@cern.ch
CHRIS DAMERELL,
NSS Program Chairman
Particle Physics Department,
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory,
Chilton, Didcot, Oxford OX11 0QX,
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 1235 446 298
E-mail: c.damerell@rl.ac.uk
STIG A. LARSSON,
MIC Program Chairman
Department of Hospital Physics,
Karolinska Hospital, 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
Phone: +46 8 5177 3172
E-mail: stig@nucmed.ks.se
The Continuing Education Program this year consists of seven short courses, two on topics from particle physics, one from astrophysics, and three on imaging.
Solid State Detectors in High Energy Physics
Sunday 15 Oct, 9:00 - 17:30
Organized by: Anna Peisert, CERN
Particle Identification at High Energies
Sunday 15 Oct., 9:00 - 17:30
Organized by: Peter Krizan, University of Ljubljana
Detectors for X- and Gamma-Ray Astrophysics
Sunday 15 Oct., 9:00 - 17:30
Organized by: Elena Aprile, Columbia University
Analytical Reconstruction Methods
Tuesday 17 Oct., 9:00 - 12:30
Organized by: Pierre Grangeat CEA-LETI, Grenoble
Detectors for X- and Gamma-Ray Medical Imaging
Tuesday 17 Oct., 9:00 - 12:30
Organized by: Olivier Peyret and Hervé Fanet, CEA-LETI, Grenoble
PET and Coincidence PET Imaging
Tuesday 17 Oct., 14:00 - 17:30
Organized by: Dale Bailey, Guy’s & St. Thomas’ Hospital, London and David
Townsend, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Discrete Reconstruction Methods
Tuesday 17 Oct., 14:00 - 17:30
Organized by: Freek Beekman, Utrecht University Hospital
FABIO SAULI,
Short Courses Chairman
CERN, EP Division, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
Phone: +41 22 767 3670
Email: fabio.sauli@cern.ch
Three one-day workshops on topics important to both the nuclear science and medical imaging communities form this year’s major innovation. The workshops are intended to broaden the scope and interest of the NSS-MIC, and have been organized largely independently from the Scientific Program, but under the same overall coordination. Full details of their programs may be found on the conference web site (http://NSS2000.in2p3.fr).
Advances in Electronic Portal Imaging
Tuesday 17th October 2000, 14.30-18.30
Chairmen:
Alberto Del Guerra
University of Pisa, Piazza Torricelli 2, 5600 Pisa, Italy and EFOMP
Phone: +39 050 911260
E-mail: delguerra@pi.infn.it
Marcel van Herk
The Netherlands Cancer Institute.
This workshop has been organized on behalf of the European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics – EFOMP (http://www.efomp.org). The goal of this workshop is to act as a bridge between the radiation detectors community and radiotherapy professionals.
The program consists of a number of invited talks, including:
Basic Science and Entrepreneurship
Thursday 19th October 2000, 09:00
Organized by: François Bourgeois
CERN, LHC Division,1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
Phone: +41 22 767 2041
E-mail: francois.bourgeois@cern.ch
Since the beginning of the 1980’s a culture of entrepreneurship has developed in major R&D laboratories all over the world and start-up companies resulting from these activities are flourishing, despite a certain lack of support and motivation in the organizations themselves. The workshop aims at highlighting the necessary factors for success and the best practices to be adopted in the specific environment of R&D laboratories.
The goal of the morning session will be to discuss what is needed for start-up companies to be successful in a basic science environment. Six entrepreneurs will give talks reporting on the problems they faced in the development of their business.
In the course of the afternoon session, major R&D laboratories will present the most recent actions taken towards the promotion of a change of culture, following their development of more pro-active technology transfer policies.
Both sessions will include a 45-minute panel discussion.
Network-Based Data Acquisition and Event-Building - "DAQ 2000"
Friday 20th October 2000, 09:00
Organized by: Beat Jost,
CERN, EP Division,
1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
Phone: +41 22 767 739
Email: beat.jost@cern.ch
After the successful workshops held on Networked Data Acquisition Systems at FermiLab in 1994 and in Osaka, Japan in 1996, it was felt that a third workshop in 2000 would be useful. This, especially in view of the fact that the experimental collaborations preparing for the startup of the LHC accelerator at CERN in 2005 will, in the course of the next 18 to 24 months, have to make technological decisions concerning their data acquisition (DAQ) and event-building systems.
The object of the workshop is to summarize the experience of experiments currently running with network based DAQ systems and the understanding of the LHC collaborations concerning their DAQ and event-building systems.
The program will include invited talks in the morning session to review the requirements for high data rate experiments and the response to these needs that can be expected from forthcoming technology. The afternoon sessions will be devoted to the presentation of papers submitted to the workshop.
The 2000 Symposium on Nuclear Power Systems (SNPS) will be held October 18 and 19, 2000 in Lyon France. The sessions will again be held in conjunction with the Nuclear Science Symposium and the Medical Imaging Conference. The technical paper sessions on nuclear power systems cover subjects currently of major interest to the operation of nuclear power stations and supporting services and suppliers, including:
Also planned is a visit to a local nuclear power station near Lyon.
For further information please contact Jay Forster, GE Nuclear Energy, M/C 801, 175 Curtner Ave., San Jose, CA 95125; Phone: +1 408 925-5090; Fax: +1 408 925-5312; E-mail: jay.forster@gene.ge.com
The title and authors of accepted papers will appear in the Conference Program Handbook. A Book of Abstracts will be handed out to participants on arrival at the conference. Full paper texts will be published in the Conference Records, a non-refereed journal of the conference proceedings, available only on CD-ROM.
In addition, authors may submit their papers to the conference issue of the IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (TNS). This is a peer-reviewed journal with significant distribution within the nuclear science and medical imaging communities. All participants will receive a free copy of the conference issue of the TNS. Alternatively, relevant papers may be submitted to the IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging (TMI); there is no special conference issue.
The NSS-MIC 2000 Industrial Program takes full advantage of the magnificent facilities of the Palais des Congrès. The 2,200 sq.m. (24,000 sq.ft) exhibition hall ("Forum") has been laid out so as to ensure easy access to all the booths with the maximum of comfort and visibility for the exhibitor and visitor alike. The program of technical seminars and product presentations associated with the exhibition will be held in the "Salon Lumière", adjacent to the "Forum".
Up to date information on the Industrial Program including the list of exhibitors, their contact information and profiles, the exhibition floor-plan, as well as details of the technical seminars and product presentations, is available on the conference web site (http:// NSS2000.in2p3.fr). At the time of writing (August 5), 48 exhibitors have confirmed their participation.
During all three days of the exhibition (17-19 October), coffee breaks will be taken in the Forum exhibition area and a cash bar will be available for light lunches as well as snacks at other times during the day.
For all information concerning the event, exhibitors are asked to contact the Exhibition Coordinator.
CHRIS PARKMAN,
Exhibition Chairman
EP Division, CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
Phone: +41 22 767 3963
E-mail: chris.parkman@cern.ch
CHRISTOPHER DAY,
Exhibition Coordinator
MCI Congress, 75 rue de Lyon, 1211 Geneva 13, Switzerland
Phone: +41 22 33 99 650
E-mail: christopher.day@mci-group.com
Participants in the 2000 NSS-MIC Tours & Companion Program will sample the natural beauty, history and culture of one of the most famous regions of France. The price of each day’s tour includes a full lunch with drinks (except where noted), the services of a very knowledgeable, tri-lingual guide (French, English and German) and all entrance fees. All tours depart from, and return to, the Palais de Congrès. Participants are invited to meet from 08:30 at the Palais de Congrès where complimentary coffee, juice and croissants will be available.
The tours are subject to a minimum participation and the detailed itinerary of each tour may be changed without prior notice. For your comfort and safety, "sensible" footwear is advised especially when visiting the old streets and villages, and wet-weather clothing should be available.
Monday 16 October, 09:30 - 17:30
Lyon City, including a cruise lunch on the River Saône
Fourvière Hill, with panoramic view of the city; antique theatres; Place Bellecour;
Place des Terreaux; the Opera; Palace St Pierre; the banks of the rivers Saône and
Rhône. Lunch on board the Hermès whilst cruising on the Saône (drinks not included).
The murals of Lyon including the Tony Garnier Urban Museum in the United States quarter.
Tuesday 17 October, 09:30 - 17:00
The Beaujolais - one of the most famous wine growing districts of France
A visit of the mediaeval town of Oingt; wine tasting at the 17th Century Château de
la Chaize (Brouilly); lunch in a Beaujolais inn; the vineyards of the "Crus du
Beaujois": Brouilly, Villié Morgon, Chiroubles, Fleurie; a tour of the "Hameau
du Vin" in Romaneche- Thorins to learn all about wine growing, followed by a taste of
the produce.
Wednesday 18 October, 09:30 - 14:30
Lyon - a look at the old city
A view of the city followed by a walk through the lanes and "traboules".
Lunch in old Lyon.
Thursday 19 October, 09:30 - 17:30
The Dombes region and the mediaeval city of Pérouges
Ornithological Park of Villars-les Dombes with 2000 birds; lunch near St.
Triviers-sur-Moignans; Chatillon-sur-Charlaronne - mediaeval houses, Gothic church,
market, flowered-decorated bridges; a tour of the mediaeval city of Pérouges, including a
taste of the "Galette de Pérouges", with a glass of wine.
Friday 20 October, 09:30 - 14:30
Lyon Fine Arts Museum
The Lyon Fine Arts Museum is housed in the former great abbey of the Ladies of St
Peter. The guided visit will concentrate on the museum’s remarkable collection of
French, Italian, Spanish, Flemish and Dutch paintings from the Middle Ages. Lunch in a
restaurant near the museum.
VIVIENNE PARKMAN,
Tours & Companion Program Chairperson
c/o Chris Parkman, CERN, EP Division,
1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
Phone: +41 22 767 396
E-mail: chris.parkman@cern.ch
Monday, Oct. 16 - Cocktail Reception
All participants are invited to a cocktail reception at the Palais des Congrès
on Monday evening, Oct. 16.
Tuesday, Oct 17 - Exhibition Inauguration
The NSS-MIC2000 Industrial Program will be inaugurated during a ceremony at 10:30
in the "Forum" exhibition hall.
Tuesday, Oct 17 - Technical Visit to CERN
During the afternoon there will be a visit to CERN, the European Laboratory for
Particle Physics, which is located near Geneva, Switzerland. Participation is limited.
Tuesday, Oct 17 - Exhibitor’s Cocktail
All participants are invited to join the exhibitors on Tuesday evening, Oct.17,
in the "Forum" exhibition hall for a cocktail reception.
Wednesday, Oct. 18 - NSS Banquet
The NSS banquet will be held on, Wednesday evening, Oct. 18 at the "Casino
Vert" in Lyon.
Thursday, October 19 - MIC Banquet
The MIC banquet will take place on Thursday evening, Oct. 19, at the "Cuvage
de Lacenay".
Friday, October 20 - Technical Visit to the ESRF & LETI
A second technical visit is proposed during the afternoon, this time to the
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility -ESRF, and the "Laboratoire
d’Electronique, de Technologies et d’Instrumentation" (Laboratory of
Electronics, Technology and Instrumentation - LETI) both situated in Grenoble, France.
Participation is limited.
This year, all registration formalities for participants are being handled electronically through the conference web site at http://NSS2000.in2p3.fr. Participants can register for the conference, inscribe for the Short Courses, the Workshops, the Tours and Companion Program, the Technical Visits, as well as all social events and request hotel accommodation. Payment may be made in several convenient ways.
Lyon has a very long history and in 1959 celebrated the 2000th anniversary of the founding of the original Gallo-Roman settlement. Following the Roman era, several hundreds of years of upheaval finally gave way to a prosperity that grew, reaching its peak during the Renaissance. By the end of the 15th century, Lyon had become an important center of trade. In the 17th and 18th centuries the Lyon silk industry dressed the rich the world over and decorated their homes.
The French Revolution in 1789 brought a temporary halt to Lyon’s expansion, but it was re-vitalized during the Napoleonic empire in the 19th Century. During World War II, Lyon was at the center of the French Resistance movement. The post-war period saw the development of its transportation system, hotel and other tourist facilities, cultural establishments and in 1960 the creation of the Part-Dieu business quarter. Today, with a population of over 400,000 (1.25 million in the urban area) Lyon has become a major metropolis and a hub of commerce and industry.
The Lyon Palais de Congrès (Congress Center) was opened in 1996. In June of that year, it hosted the "G7" summit meeting of world leaders. It offers world-class facilities enabling all the NSS-MIC events to take place under one roof and is located between the banks of the River Rhône and the 10 hectare (25 acre) Parc de la Tête d’Or (a large public park), in a complex designed by the Genoese architect, Renzo Piano. This site, "la Cité Internationale" also houses restaurants, offices (including those of Interpol, the international criminal police organization), cinemas, a top-class hotel and a museum of contemporary arts.
There are excellent public transport facilities with easy travel from the Palais de Congrès to the center of Lyon, which is only a short ride (and moderate walk) away. Lyon’s two railway stations ("Part-Dieu" and "Perrache") are within very easy reach. The "Train à Grande Vitesse" (TGV - high-speed train) connects Lyon with Paris in only two hours and Satolas airport (recently renamed "Lyon-Saint Exupéry" after the French writer and aviation pioneer) provides connections to the whole of Europe, and has direct services to the USA.
Conference
Email: ieee2000@hep.saclay.cea.fr
Web: http://NSS2000.in2p3.fr
Venue
Palais des Congrès de Lyon
La Cité Internationale
50, quai Charles de Gaulle
69463 Lyon Cedex 06
France
Phone: (International) +33 4 72 82 26 26
(France) 04 72 82 26 26
Fax: (International) +33 4 72 82 26 27
(France) 04 72 82 26 27
Web http://www.palais-des-congres.com
Conference Secretary
Frédérique Dykstra
IPN Orsay
91406 Orsay Cedex
France
E-mail: ieee2000@hep.saclay.cea.fr
Official Conference Agent
(Registration, hotels, banquets and excursions).
Carte Blanche
8, rue Henri Regnault
La Chartreuse
81100 Castres
France
Phone: +33 5 63 72 30 71
Fax: +33 5 63 72 30 32
E-mail: IEEE2000@cborg.com
Exhibition Coordinator
(All aspects of the exhibition, including the complimentary registration of
exhibitor’s staff).
Christopher Day
MCI Congress,
75 rue de Lyon
1211 Geneva 13, Switzerland
Phone: +41 22 33 99 650
E-mail: christopher.day@mci-group.com