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Dear Colleagues,<br class="">
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We are pleased to announce MPGD 2017, the 5th International
Conference on Micro-Pattern Gas Detectors, which will take place
at Temple <br class="">
University in Philadelphia, USA, from Monday, May 22nd to
Friday, May 26th 2017.<br class="">
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This conference is dedicated to review:<br class="">
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(a) MPGD detector technologies,<br class="">
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(b) Related detector technologies (e.g. RPC's and TPC's),<br
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(c) Applications at future nuclear and particle physics
facilities and<br class="">
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(d) Commercial applications and production.<br class="">
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Modern photolithographic technology on flexible and standard PCB
supports has allowed the invention and development of novel and
very <br class="">
robust Micro-Pattern Gas Detectors (MPGD: such as GEM,
Micromegas, THGEM and others). This technology offers the
potential to develop <br class="">
new detectors with very high spatial resolution, high rate
capability, large sensitive area, high operational stability,
radiation hardness and good <br class="">
time resolution. In addition, the design of MPDGs is now mature
for industrial production. Nowadays the progress is so advanced
that the possibility <br class="">
to apply these technologies beyond nuclear and particle physics
such as medical imaging, homeland security, beam monitors and
neutron detection <br class="">
has become fully realistic.<br class="">
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The program will consist of invited and contributed talks for
both oral and poster presentations. We strongly encourage the
submission of abstracts. <br class="">
Postdocs and students are especially encouraged to attend the
conference. The conference will be followed by a meeting of the
RD51 Collaboration, <br class="">
the world-wide community dedicated to the development and the
dissemination of the MPGD technology and its application.<br
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WWW page:<br class="">
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All relevant information for the meeting can be found on the
conference home page: <br class="">
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Important dates:<br class="">
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Deadline for abstract submission: Friday, February 28, 2017<br
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Deadline for registration: Friday, March 31, 2017<br class="">
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Abstract submission, registration and conference fee:<br
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The registration process involves two steps:<br class="">
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Step 1: Register through INDICO (Create account first)<br
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Step 2: Payment of registration fee and on-campus housing
through Temple University payment (Create account first)<br
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- General registration fee: $475<br class="">
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- Student registration fee: $375<br class="">
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The registration fee includes the reception, banquet dinner,
coffee breaks, breakfast and proceedings. Payment for on-campus
single room
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system. Payment for accompanying persons can be also made
during Step 2.<br class="">
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There will be a late fee of $50 for registration fee
payments after March 31, 2017.<br class="">
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Abstract submission:<br class="">
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Venue:<br class="">
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The MPGD 2017 Conference will take place on the Main Campus
of Temple University in Philadelphia. The meeting will take
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conference area (3rd floor) of Morgan Hall, North Tower. <br
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Venue street address: 1398 Cecil B. Moore Ave.,
Philadelphia, PA 19122<br class="">
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Conference facility: Morgan Hall D301<br class="">
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Accommodation:<br class="">
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Single-room accommodations are provided on-campus in the
newly constructed Morgan Hall. We strongly encourage you to
take advantage of this <br class="">
beautiful housing facility. The total cost of $75 / night
includes high-speed internet connection. The facility is
operated in a hotel-style manner with <br class="">
check-in / check-out and front-desk service. Students will
assist you with luggage and other logistic needs.<br
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Morgan Hall is also the location of the conference venue.
Payments for accommodation should be made through the
general registration / payment process.<br class="">
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Hotel accommodations on-campus in the Conwell Inn and in
Center City of Philadelphia, PA are substantially more
expensive. A selection of hotels in <br class="">
Center City are provided below:<br class="">
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(1) DoubleTree Hotel<br class="">
(2) Club Quarter Hotel<br class="">
(3) Sheraton Hotel<br class="">
(4) Hampton Inn<br class="">
(5) Days Inn<br class="">
(6) Hilton Garden Inn<br class="">
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Travel information:<br class="">
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Contact: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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We are looking forward to welcoming you in Philadelphia!<br
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Sincerely,<br class="">
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Matt Posik and Bernd Surrow<br class="">
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On behalf of <br class="">
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The Local Organizing Committee:<br class="">
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Klaus Dehmelt (Stony Brook University)<br class="">
Kondo Gnanvo (University of Virginia)<br class="">
Tom Hemmick (Stony Brook University)<br class="">
Marcus Hohlmann (Florida Institute of Technology)<br
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Nilanga Liyanage (University of Virginia)<br class="">
Dick Majka (Yale University)<br class="">
Matt Posik (Temple University) (Co-Chair)<br class="">
Bernd Surrow (Temple University) (Co-Chair)<br class="">
Craig Woody (BNL)<br class="">
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International Organizing Committee:<br class="">
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Alessandro Cardini (INFN, Cagliari)<br class="">
Klaus Desch (Bonn University)<br class="">
Theodoros Geralis (NCSR Demokritos, Athens)<br class="">
Ioanis Giomataris (CEA, Saclay)<br class="">
Tatsuo Kawamoto (ICEPP, Tokyo)<br class="">
Atsuhiko Ochi (Kobe University)<br class="">
Venetis Polychronakos (BNL)<br class="">
Leszek Ropelewski (CERN)<br class="">
Archana Sharma (CERN)<br class="">
Maxim Titov (CEA, Saclay)<br class="">
Andy White (University of Texas, Arlington)<br class="">
Joerg Wotschack (CERN)<br class="">
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The International Advisory Committee:<br class="">
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Ties Behnke (DESY)<br class="">
Ronaldo Bellazzini (INFN, Pisa)<br class="">
Giovanni Bencivenni (INFN, LNF)<br class="">
Amos Breskin (Weizmann Institute)<br class="">
Paul Colas (CEA, Saclay)<br class="">
Georgios Fanourakis (NCSR Demokritos, Athens)<br class="">
Silvia Dalla Torre (INFN, Trieste)<br class="">
Klaus Dehmelt (Stonybrook University)<br class="">
Harry van der Graaf (NIKHEF)<br class="">
Junji Haba (KEK)<br class="">
John Jaros (SLAC)<br class="">
Takeshi Matsuda (KEK)<br class="">
Eraldo Oliveri (CERN)<br class="">
Werner Riegler (CERN)<br class="">
Fabio Sauli (TERA Foundation)<br class="">
Toru Tamagawa (RIKEN)<br class="">
Toru Tanimori (Kyoto University)</div>
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