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        style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
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          Announcement of the HYP2018 Conference<span style="color:red"></span></span></b></p>
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      style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">The
      13th International Conference on Hypernuclear and Strange Particle
      Physics
      (HYP2018) will take place in Portsmouth Virginia, U.S.A., from
      June 24 (Sunday
      evening) through June 29 (Friday midday), 2018.</p>
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    <p class="MsoNormal"
      style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">The
      HYP conference series brings together theoreticians and
      experimentalists
      working on hadron processes and nuclear systems containing
      strangeness, from
      single to multi-strangeness systems, and from few-body systems to
      neutron
      stars. The topics of the HYP conference have been extended to
      related fields
      such as low-energy aspects of QCD, dense and cold matter, as well
      as hadronic
      and nuclear systems with heavier flavors.</p>
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    <p class="MsoNormal"
      style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">HYP2018
      will be the thirteenth in the series of HYP conferences that were
      initiated in
      1982 in Heidelberg and held periodically every three years. After
      HYP2003 at
      Jefferson Lab in U.S.A., the conference was successfully held and
      rotated
      between Japan and Europe (HYP2006 in Mainz, Germany, HYP2009 in
      Tokyo, Japan,
      HYP2012 in Barcelona, Spain, and HYP2015 in Sendai, Japan.)</p>
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    <p class="MsoNormal"
      style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">HYP2018
      is sponsored jointly by Hampton University and Thomas Jefferson
      National
      Accelerator Facility (JLab).<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>All
      sessions (plenary, parallel, and poster) will take place in the
      Renaissance
      Portsmouth-Norfolk Waterfront Hotel, offering luxurious
      accommodations for an excellent
      rate. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The Norfolk airport
      is only 20 minutes
      away by car or taxi.</p>
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    <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i
          style="mso-bidi-font-style:
          normal"><u>Conference Website</u></i></b></p>
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          normal"><u><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></u></i></b></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><a
        href="https://www.jlab.org/conferences/hyp2018">https://www.jlab.org/conferences/hyp2018</a></p>
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    <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i
          style="mso-bidi-font-style:
          normal"><u>Scientific Program</u></i></b></p>
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    <p class="MsoNormal">The scientific program will be organized under
      the following
      topics:</p>
    <p class="MsoNormal">1.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">   </span>Production,
      structure and decay of hypernuclei</p>
    <p class="MsoNormal">2.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">   </span>Multistrange
      systems</p>
    <p class="MsoNormal">3.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">   </span>Production
      of
      strangeness</p>
    <p class="MsoNormal">4.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">   </span>Interactions
      of
      mesons and baryons with strangeness</p>
    <p class="MsoNormal">5.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">   </span>Strangeness
      in
      hadron structure</p>
    <p class="MsoNormal">6.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">   </span>Strange
      mesons in
      nuclei</p>
    <p class="MsoNormal">7.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">   </span>Strangeness
      in
      astrophysics and in extreme forms of matter</p>
    <p class="MsoNormal">8.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">   </span>Heavy
      flavor
      systems</p>
    <p class="MsoNormal">9.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">   </span>Hypernuclei
      in
      heavy ion collisions</p>
    <p class="MsoNormal">10.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Future
      experiments and facilities</p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"
      style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">The
      scientific program (Monday, June 25 to Friday, June 29) comprises
      invited talks
      in the plenary and parallel sessions, and contributed papers in
      the parallel
      and poster sessions. In addition, a few special sessions may be
      held on
      specific subjects selected by IAC and OC. The oral presentations
      in the
      parallel sessions will be selected from the contributed abstracts.<span
        style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>The call for abstracts opens
      on October 16,
      2017 and extends to March 2, 2018.</p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i
          style="mso-bidi-font-style:
          normal"><u><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Venue ( has
            changed since the
            First Announcement ! )</u></i></b></p>
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    <p class="MsoNormal"
      style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">Renaissance
      Portsmouth-Norfolk Waterfront Hotel, 425 Water Street, Portsmouth,
      Virginia,
      23704, USA.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">   </span>All sessions
      will take
      place in the hotel facilities. The conference location makes it
      easy for
      participants to relax at the beautiful Portsmouth waterside along
      the Elizabeth
      River (and visit the Nauticus Naval Museum with the Battleship
      Wisconsin) and
      enjoy a variety of foods in the restaurants along the street
      beside the hotel
      as well as in the nearby Norfolk Waterside District and MacArthur
      Shopping
      Malls. Participants can also reach famous Virginia Beach by a
      25-minute drive,
      for dinner and/or a swim in the Atlantic Ocean.</p>
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    <p class="MsoNormal"
      style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
      text-autospace:none"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i
          style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><u><span
              style="mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Submission
              of Abstracts</span></u></i></b></p>
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      style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
      text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
        New Roman""> </span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"
      style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;
mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">With
        this announcement we are
        calling for abstracts. Those who wish to give presentations at
        HYP2018 are asked
        to submit an abstract by March 2<sup>nd</sup> following the
        instructions on the
        HYP2018 web page. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>All
        the abstracts need
        to be submitted through the web system. The organizing committee
        will separate
        accepted abstracts into invited or contributed categories,
        plenary or parallel
        session presentations, and oral or poster presentations. </span></p>
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mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> </p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i
          style="mso-bidi-font-style:
          normal"><u>Registration</u></i></b></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"
      style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">Online
      registration will start on January 8, 2018.<span
        style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 
      </span>Early (price discounted) registration will extend until May
      18, 2018.</p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"
      style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">The
      early registration fee is $375, which covers the Sunday reception,
      scientific
      program events, and the proceedings.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 
      </span>A
      reduced early registration fee of $150 is offered for students.
      The
      registration fee after May 18 is $450 for regular participants and
      $225 for students.
      Payment should be done in dollars via major credit cards through
      the web page
      when registering.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>A
      boat-cruise and
      banquet dinner will be held (at an additional cost to be
      determined).<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>On-site
      payment at the same rates will be
      possible.</p>
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    <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i
          style="mso-bidi-font-style:
          normal"><u>Accommodations</u></i></b></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"
      style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">Accommodations
      with be at the conference hotel mentioned above.<span
        style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>A reservation link will be
      available on the
      conference registration webpage, and a deposit for the first night
      will be
      collected (or credit card guarantee).<span
        style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 
      </span>The number of rooms at the conference rate of $93 is
      limited, so please
      plan to book in a timely way.</p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i
          style="mso-bidi-font-style:
          normal"><u>Transportation</u></i></b></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"
      style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">The
      best way to reach the conference site is by taxi or Uber from the
      Norfolk
      airport.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>The taxi fee is
      about $35.</p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"
      style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"> </p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i
          style="mso-bidi-font-style:
          normal"><u>Social Program</u></i></b></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"
      style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">A
      welcome reception on the hotel balcony will be held on Sunday
      evening, June 24,
      2018.</p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"
      style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><br>
      A networking reception will be held at the Norfolk Waterside
      Marriott on Monday
      evening, June 25, 2018.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>The
      venue is a
      short Ferry ride across the beautiful Elizabeth River.<span
        style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>The Elizabeth River Ferry
      fare is complimentary,
      and included for the whole week with your conference registration.
    </p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"
      style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">A
      dinner and boat cruise of the Norfolk harbor area will take place
      on Wednesday
      afternoon and evening.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>The
      fee for this
      excursion and dinner will be given on the registration web page.</p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:red"> </span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i
          style="mso-bidi-font-style:
          normal"><u>Proceedings</u></i></b></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"
      style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">The
      conference proceedings, including peer-reviewed oral and poster
      presentations
      will be published.</p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i
          style="mso-bidi-font-style:
          normal"><u>Important Dates</u></i></b></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">First announcement </p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">August 1, 2017</p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">Second announcement, call for
                abstracts </p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">October 16, 2017</p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">Early registration starts</p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">January 8, 2018</p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">Deadline for abstract submission</p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">March 2, 2018</p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">Abstract acceptance/rejection notice</p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">April 15, 2018</p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">Final announcement</p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">May 4, 2018</p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">May 18, 2018</p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">HYP2018 Conference</p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">June 24 to 29, 2018</p>
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      style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">All
      the correspondence concerning the conference should be addressed
      to the
      conference secretariat: <a href="mailto:HYP2018@jlab.org">HYP2018@jlab.org</a>
      . </p>
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      Organizing Committee of HYP2018 Conference</p>
    <p class="MsoNormal">Co-hosted by Jefferson Laboratory and Hampton
      University</p>
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      style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">L.
      Tang (Hampton/JLab, Chair), R.A. Schumacher (CMU, Co-Chair), C.
      Lockwood (JLab),
      J. Cameron (JLab), S. Vermeire (JLab)</p>
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        style="color:red"> </span>(Hampton/JLab, Chair), R.A.
      Schumacher (CMU,
      Co-Chair), D. Carman (JLab), S. Gandolfi (LANL), B. Gibson (LANL),
      P. Markowitz
      (FIU), R. McKeown (JLab), J. Millener (BNL), J. Reinhold (FIU), Z.
      Xu (BNL)</p>
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      style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">H.C.
      Bhang (Seoul), E. Botta (Torino), T. Bressani (Torino), C.
      Curceanu (Frascati),
      D.H. Davis (London), <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A.
      Feliciello
      (Torino), <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>V.N. Fetisov
      (Moscow), A. Gal
      (Jerusalem), B.F. Gibson (Los Alamos), J. Haidenbauer (Juelich),
      K. Imai
      (JAEA/J-PARC), T. Kishimoto (Osaka), H. Lenske (Giessen), Y. G. Ma
      (Shanghai), J.
      Mares (Rez), D.J. Millener (BNL), T. Motoba (Osaka), T. Nagae
      (Kyoto), S.N.
      Nakamura (Tohoku), H. Noumi (RCNP), M. Oka (Tokyo I. T.), E. Oset
      (Valencia), J.
      Pochodzalla (Mainz), A. Ramos (Barcelona), R.A. Schumacher (CMU),
      H. Tamura
      (Tohoku),<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>L. Tang
      (Hampton), R.G.E.
      Timmermans (Groningen), T. Yamazaki (Tokyo), S. L. Zhu (Peking)</p>
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