[Cuga] GHP workshop, April 8-10, 2015 , in Baltimore, MD- A message from John Arrington

[Lorelei Chopard]

Dear Colleagues,

This is the first circular of the
6th Workshop of the APS Topical Group on Hadronic Physics
(GHP15) which will be held on 8-10 April 2015
in Baltimore, MD, USA.

The GHP workshop provides a great opportunity for nuclear and particle 
physicists
to meet and discuss their common interests  in hadronic interactions. The
topics of the workshop include:
Light and heavy quark mesons & baryons
Exotic hadrons
Nucleon spin physics & hadronic structure
AdS/QFT, novel phenomena
Future facilities
Lattice QCD
Physics of the quark-gluon plasma
Physics of gluon saturation


The scientific program will consist of invited talks,
contributed talks and posters and is overseen by
the program committee:

Christine Aidala (Univ of Michigan)
John Arrington (Argonne Natl Lab)
Matthias Burkardt (New Mexico State Univ)
Leonard Gamberg (Penn State Berks)
Ken Hicks (U. Ohio)
Peter Petreczky (Brookhaven Natl Lab), Chair
Paul Reimer (Argonne Natl Lab)
Craig Roberts (Argonne Natl Lab)
Susan Schadmand (Forschungszentrum Juelich)
Raju Venugopalan (Brookhaven Natl Lab), Co-chair
Ramona Vogt (Lawrence Livermore Nat Lab and UC Davis)
Feng Yuan (Lawrence Berkeley Nat Lab)

Venue, accommodation and travel information:
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The workshop will take place in Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor hotel.
A block of 100 rooms has been reserved for workshop participants.
Baltimore can be easily reached from three airports:
Baltimore/Washington International Airport (BWI), about 10 miles south of
Baltimore; Washington National Airport (DCA), located about 41 miles
from the venue; and Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD),
about 70 miles away from Baltimore. Baltimore can also easily be
reached by train from cities along the East Coast.

Important deadlines:
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21 February 2015, deadline for abstract submission (talk or poster)
20 March 2015, deadline for registration

Registration:
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The online registration is now open at
http://jlab.org/indico/event/GHP2015#registration

While we have worked hard to keep the costs low, there is a very
modest registration fee, especially for students. There are discounts
for GHP members:
Regular: $100 ($120 for non-members)
Students: $20 ($40 for non-members)

Social Dinner:
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There will be an (optional) social dinner on 9 April 2015 at the
Rusty Scupper, on the waterfront promenade in Baltimore's Inner Harbor.
THe cost of the dinner is $50/person.  Payments must be made during
the registration, along with the menu choice.

For more information visit
http://jlab.org/indico/event/GHP2015
or contact us by e-mail:
ghpworkshops at gmail.com

Looking forward to meeting you in Baltimore,

Christine Aidala, John Arrington, Matthias Burkardt,
Ken Hicks,  Peter Petreczky, Craig Roberts, Susan Schadmand,
Raju Venugopalan, Ramona Vogt, Feng Yuan (organizers)