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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">It is a pleasure and a privilege to invite you to Cape Town, South Africa. Registration and Abstract submission for the 28th International Nuclear Physics Conference (INPC 2022) are now open at
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The INPC 2022 will be held, for the first time on the African continent, in Cape Town, South Africa from 11 to 16 September 2022. Held every three years, the conference follows those in Glasgow 2019, Adelaide 2016
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The INPC series is overseen by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP). The conference program spans a wide range of topics and is inspired by the very latest results, developments and innovative
ideas across the breadth of nuclear physics, from hadrons to nuclei, fundamental science to applications.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The conference topics are broadly based on:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Hadron Structure and Spectroscopy</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> QCD Partonic Phenomena</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Hot and Dense Nuclear Matter</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Nuclear Structure</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Nuclear Reactions</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Nuclear Astrophysics</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Nuclear Applications and Societal Impact</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Neutrinos and Nuclei</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Fundamental Interactions and Symmetries</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> New Nuclear Physics Facilities and Instrumentation</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Quantum Computing, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Nuclear Physics</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Science Outreach and Education </span>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The pandemic has generated significant perturbations both on an individual level as well as for society at large. It is still early to make a judgment on how the pandemic will evolve and there are many unknowns.
Nevertheless, we are optimistic that the world will recover, making it possible to proceed with an in-person conference.</span>
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">However, we will continue to monitor the situation and any changes will be communicated.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The members of the local organising committee look forward to welcoming you to the 28th International Nuclear Physics Conference 2022 in Cape Town, South Africa</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Yours sincerely,</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Faοηal Azaiez (chair) and Mathis Wiedeking (co-chair)</span></p>
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