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<div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><strong>FIRST
ANNOUNCEMENT<br>
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<strong>6th International Conference on Physics Opportunities at
an Electron-Ion Collider (POETIC6)<br>
</strong><br>
September 7-11, 2015<br>
Ecole Polytechnique<br>
Palaiseau, France<br>
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We are pleased to announce that POETIC6, the 6th edition of the
International Conference on the "<strong>Physics Opportunities
at an ElecTron-Ion Collider</strong>" will take place at Ecole
Polytechnique in Palaiseau, France from <strong>Monday,
September 7th to Friday, September 11th 2015</strong>, a few
weeks before the National Science Advisory Committee recommends
a new Long Range Plan to the United States' DOE and NSF.<br>
<br>
In the midst of this much-anticipated report, and following
earlier workshops at Stellenbosch, Bloomington, Valparaiso,
Jyvaskyla and Yale, it is timely for the POETIC series to become
an international conference. The primary goal will remain to
continue the advancement of the field of electron-ion collider
physics.<br>
<br>
While the central theme of the conference will be the physics of
a future electron-ion collider, the workshop will also cover
strongly-related physics in the CEBAF, RHIC, and
LHC experimental programs. The conference will aim primarily at
developments on the theory/phenomenology side, but the latest
accelerator and experimental developments of interest will also
be reviewed. It will foster exchanges between theory,
phenomenology and experiment.<br>
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The conference will cover topical issues at the frontier of
hadron structure and explore outstanding open questions. Topics
discussed will include:<br>
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<div>• QCD at high parton densities and small-x evolution: BFKL,
Color Glass Condensate.</div>
<div>• Quark and gluon content of nucleons and nuclei: (nuclear)
parton distribution functions, hadron and jet fragmentation.</div>
<div>• Spin and 3D structure: helicity distributions, transverse
momentum dependent (TMDs) and generalized parton distributions
(GPDs).</div>
<div>• The properties of colored probes in cold nuclear matter:
modifications of quarkonia production, jet formation and
evolution, hadronization.<br>
• Complementarity and connections of EIC physics with p+p, p+A
and A+A collisions: high-pt processes, diffraction,
multi-parton interactions, quark-gluon plasma, colored probes
in hot nuclear matter.</div>
<div>• Physics beyond the Standard Model and connections to
other areas in physics.</div>
<div>• Future DIS facilities: accelerator and detector
developments.<br>
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The conference will be held within the Ecole Polytechnique,
close to Paris and with convenient public transportation to
its center. In addition to the plenary sessions, parallel
sessions will also be organized if deemed necessary. Young
physicists, post-docs and students, are especially encouraged
to attend; some financial support will be available for them.<br>
<br>
More detailed information will be provided in a second
circular later this year. In addition, updates will be
regularly posted on the conference web site <a
href="http://poetic6.sciencesconf.org/" target="_blank"
style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">http://poetic6.sciencesconf.org</a></div>
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<div><strong>Contact:</strong> <a
href="mailto:poetic6@sciencesconf.org" target="_blank"
style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">poetic6@sciencesconf.org</a><br>
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<div>We are looking forward to seeing you in Palaiseau!<br>
<br>
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<strong>Local Organizing Committee</strong></div>
<div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px">
<p>François Arleo, LLR Ecole Polytechnique - IN2P3,CNRS<br>
Raphaël Dupré, IPNO Université Paris XI - IN2P3,CNRS<br>
Cyrille Marquet (<strong>Chair</strong>), CPhT Ecole
Polytechnique - CNRS<br>
Bernard Pire, CPhT Ecole Polytechnique - CNRS<br>
Franck Sabatié (<strong>Chair</strong>), SPhN-IRFU CEA <br>
Ingo Schienbein, LPSC - IN2P3,CNRS<br>
Gregory Soyez, IPhT CEA <br>
Samuel Wallon, LPT - Université Paris XI,CNRS</p>
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<strong>International Advisory Committee</strong><br>
<br>
Nestor Armesto (Santiago de Compostela, Spain)</div>
<div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Elke
Aschenauer (Upton, United States)</div>
<div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Daniel
Boer (Groningen, Netherlands)</div>
<div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Marco
Contalbrigo (Ferrara, Italy)</div>
<div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Markus
Diehl (Hamburg, Germany)</div>
<div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Rolf
Ent (Newport News, United States)</div>
<div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Max
Klein (Liverpool, United Kingdom)</div>
<div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Andrzej
Sandacz (Warsaw, Poland)</div>
<div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Marco
Stratmann (Tuebingen, Germany)</div>
<div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Lech
Szymanowski (Warsaw, Poland)</div>
<div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Tony
Thomas (Adelaide, Australie)</div>
<div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Thomas
Ullrich (New Haven, United States)</div>
<div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Raju
Venugopalan (Upton, United States)</div>
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