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style="font-size: 20pt;">Frontiers
and Careers in Photonuclear Physics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(108, 108, 108);">Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span
style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(108, 108, 108);">August 7-9,
2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span
style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(108, 108, 108);"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Chair: Nicholas
Zachariou (<a href="mailto:nicholas@jlab.org"><span
class="Hyperlink1">nicholas@jlab.org</span></a>) University of
South Carolina<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">European Chair: Wim
Cosyn (<a href="mailto:wim.cosyn@ugent.be"><span
class="Hyperlink1">wim.cosyn@ugent.be</span></a>) Gent
University</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><i><span
style="color: red;">REGISTRATION CLOSING SOON (JUNE 30<sup>th</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
style="color: windowtext;">To register
click </span><a
href="http://www.physics.sc.edu/%7Efrontiers2014/Site/Welcome.html"><i>here</i></a><span
style="color: windowtext;"> and complete the form.
The registration deadline is June 30<sup>th</sup>. As quite a
number
of people have already expressed their interest in attending,
registering early
is recommended. If we reach full capacity before the
registration
deadline, a waiting list will be made. The website has been
updated with
further travel and location information. Please see below for
details regarding
the Registration fee and updates regarding lodging options for
Saturday night. <b>We will be contacting participants via
email for collecting registration fees.</b></span><i
style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>DESCRIPTION</b>: <span style="text-align:
justify;">The
conference aims to bring together nuclear and particle physics
Ph.D. students
and post-docs to discuss research and career perspectives in a
friendly
environment. The participants will be given a chance to present
their research
during oral presentation sessions. There will also be panel
discussio</span><a name="GoBack" style="text-align: justify;"></a><span
style="text-align: justify;">ns with leading experts, focusing
on how to effectively build
out a career in the field, The goal is to address important
aspects of a young
scientist’s career beyond research, such as creating an
effective curriculum
vitae and effectively interviewing for positions. The meeting
will introduce
young researchers to some of their peers from different parts of
the world and
provide them with information, opportunities, and guidance on
prospective
career paths.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;mso-pagination:none">The
conference is modeled on the recent successful program of Gordon
Research
Seminars associated with Gordon Research Conferences, but it is
independent of
the Gordon Research Conferences organization. The conference does
immediately
precede the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Photonuclear
Reactions and aims
to increase attendance and involvement of young scientists in the
GRC. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;mso-pagination:none"><b>FORMAT AND SCHEDULE</b>: The
Conference starts on Thursday, August
7, 2014 with a reception at 6 PM followed by talks. The program on
Friday
August 8 will follow a format similar to the GRC, having a 3-hour
morning and
3-hour after dinner plenary sessions. The afternoon is free for
participants to
either take part in planned excursions or to engage in their own
activities.
The conference will end on Saturday, August 9 after a morning
session and early
afternoon panel discussion.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;mso-pagination:none"><b><span style="color: red;">KEY
DATE: Registration Deadline June 30, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;mso-pagination:none"><b>REGISTRATION FEE</b>: The
Conference Registration fee is set at $150.
It will cover food, drinks, and conference supplies. More info on
how to pay
will be sent out to registered participants prior the meeting.
Dorm rooms at
MIT will be available for participants from Thursday August 7<sup>
</sup>to
Saturday, August 9, 2014. The rates for rooms at MIT are
$69/Single-occupancy
room and $46.50/double-occupancy room per person. For Saturday
night lodging options, see
below.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;
mso-pagination:none"><b>SATURDAY NIGHT ROOM OPTIONS</b>:
Participants
who will be attending the GRC will need to make their own
accommodation plans
for Saturday night.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;mso-pagination:none">As
accommodation in Boston during a summer weekend can get quite
expensive, we
have options on several rooms (doubles and triples, 20 beds total)
at the <a href="http://www.40berkeley.com/">40Berkeley
hotel</a>, located in downtown
Boston and easily reachable from MIT. If
you are interested in taking one of the available spots for
Saturday night, you
can indicate this on the registration form.
Final prices haven’t been set yet but current estimates are $75
for a
bed in a double room and $55 for a bed in a triple room.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;mso-pagination:none">GRC
participants can also get discounted rates from two hotels in the
Boston area.
More info can be found at: <a
href="http://www.grc.org/sites.aspx?id=2"><span
class="Hyperlink1">http://www.grc.org/sites.aspx?id=2</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;mso-pagination:none"><b>FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE</b>: <b>If
you
need financial assistance please indicate this when registering.
We have
resources to support participants attending our seminar and we
will contact you
individually. The support will be in the form of reimbursement.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;mso-pagination:none"><b>LOCATION</b>:
The conference will take place at MIT. The
plenary sessions and panel discussions will be held in the Kolker
Room at the
Laboratory of nuclear science and attendees will be rooming at the
MIT dorms. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none"><b>WEBSITE</b>:
Info about the conference will be posted
at: <a href="http://www.physics.sc.edu/%7Efrontiers2014/">http://www.physics.sc.edu/~frontiers2014/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;mso-pagination:none">Please
check back for updates on deadlines and updates. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;mso-pagination:none"><b>OTHER INFO</b>: The
Gordon Research Conferences offers bus transportation (for a fee)
from Boston
Logan Airport to the Photonuclear Reactions GRC in Holderness, NH
on Sunday,
August 10.</p>
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