---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: QM2005_Conference_2nd_Circular From: qm2005@qm2005.kfki.hu (Quark MAtter 2005 Conf) Date: Thu, March 31, 2005 10:47 pm To: jipa@brahms.fizica.unibuc.ro -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Second Announcement - Quark Matter 2005 March 31, 2005, Budapest, Hungary Dear Colleague, It is our pleasure to invite you again to participate at the Quark Matter 2005 Conference, to be held in August 4 - 9, 2005, in Budapest, Hungary. Scientific and financial registration has been opened: ------------------------------------------------------ The scientific registration and the financial registration are now open and linked to the web-page of the meeting at http://qm2005.kfki.hu/ . Please invest your time and fill in both of these forms as soon as possible. Topics, scientific program: --------------------------- The scientific program of the conference will include the following topics: - New Results from p+p, p(d)+A and A+A Collisions: - Nuclear Stopping, Thermalization and Collective Transverse Dynamics - Nuclear Effects on Jets and Jet Correlations - Hadron Correlations and Fluctuations - Strangeness and Heavy Flavor Production - Direct Photons, Dileptons and Quarkonia - Quark Gluon Plasma, QCD at High Temperature - Physics of High Gluon Density and Saturation - Astrophysical Aspects of Quark Matter - New Theoretical Developments - Future Experiments and Facilities Abstract submission is now open: -------------------------------- The scientific registration page has been opened. Please submit your abstracts for contributed talks on the above topics before the deadline of May 20, 2005. Please select the topic of your talk from the above possibilities. Optionally, please add a link for further information or reference, for example to the arXiv.org e-print or to a .ppt / .pdf presentation of your work. This will help the International Advisory Committee in making their selection. Overall time schedule of the conference: ---------------------------------------- The overall time-table of QM2005 will be as follows: August 3, Wed: 09:00-12:30 Student Program 12:30-14:00 Lunch for Students 14:00-17:00 A: Student Program B: Teachers Workshop (for Hungarian Teachers of Physics) 19:00-20:30 Welcome Reception (for all participants) August 4, Thu: 09:00 - 12:30 Opening talks, Plenary session 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch 14:00 - 18:00 Plenary talks 18:00 - 19:30 Poster session 1 (with "Wine and cheese") 19:30 - 20:30 Cultural program 1 August 5, Fri: 09:00 - 12:30 Plenary talks 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch 14:00 - 17:30 Parallel session 1-2-3-4 August 6, Sat: 09:00 - 12:30 Plenary talks 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch 14:00 - 17:30 Parallel session 5-6-7-8 18:00 - 19:30 Poster session 2 (with "Wine and cheese") 19:30 - 20:30 Cultural program 2 August 7, Sun: 09:00 - 12:30 Plenary talks 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch 14:00 - 20:00 Excursions (optional) August 8, Mon: 09:00 - 12:30 Plenary talks 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch 14:00 - 17:30 Parallel session 9-10-11-12 19:00 - 20:30 Conference Dinner (optional) August 9, Tue: 09:00 - 12:30 Plenary talks, Closing Session Conference venue: ----------------- The location of the conference will be at the Conference Center of the Eotvos University, Pazmany Peter setany 1/A, Budapest XI, on the south western shore of the Danube river. Before the conference, we shall organize a one day pre-QM05 symposium for students on August 3. Hotel information and reservation: ---------------------------------- Conference participants can book various hotels in Budapest at a special conference rate. As the conference quotas are limited at each hotel, please book your room as soon as possible. Hotel Gellert and Hotel Mercure Duna are within walking distance from the conference venue, for other hotels you need to commute. Although the early registration fee, 410 Euro is a significant amount, we would like to call your attention to the fact that a lot of expenses can be saved on the housing. For those who arrive by car, we recommend Hotel Sunlight, a *** Hotel in the Buda hills with a beautiful panorama and a spacious parking lot, at the special 35 Euro/night single, 44 Euro/night double occupancy rate. Student housing is available at a special rate in dorm style in the Student Hostel Bolyai, 37 Euro/single, 42 Euro/double, 44 Euro/triple occupancy - the conference venue can be reached by public transportation. Please study the hotel web-pages, http://qm2005.kfki.hu/hotels.html for the available services and transportation before making your final selection. Registration fees and deadlines: -------------------------------- Early registration fee (until May 31): 410 EUR Normal registration fee (until July 15): 460 EUR On-site registration fee (after July 15): 510 EUR Student registration fee (no time limit): 410 EUR Accompanying regist. fee (no time limit): 170 EUR Registration fee covers: access to the conference facilities, proceedings, internet connections (normal & wireless), conference materials, welcome reception, lunches, coffee breaks, and two cultural events. Student registration fee includes an extra lunch and coffee breaks on the Pre-Conference Student Day in addition to the above registration fee. Accompanying registration fee covers: welcome reception, one full day excursion with lunch and two half day excursions. Fellowships for young participants: ----------------------------------- Financial support will be available for a limited number of students under the age of 35 years. Please indicate the request for financial support on the registration form. The deadline for the application is set to May 20, 2005, decision on the student support will be made by May 25. Visa information, letter of invitations: ---------------------------------------- Please check if you need a visa to enter Hungary. If you need a letter of invitation, please don't hesitate to contact us. All foreign visitors to Hungary must have a valid passport or equivalent travel documents. For more detailed visa information please check http://qm2005.kfki.hu/gen_info.pshtml Nearby scientific workshops and conferences: -------------------------------------------- We would like to call your attention to the following scientific events that will take place in the region before and after QM2005: HW2005: 29th Johns Hopkins Workshop in Theoretical Physics: Strong Matter in the Heaven August 1-3, 2005, Budapest, Hungary http://ion.elte.hu/jhw/jh.html QGPTH05: Workshop on Quark-Gluon-Plasma Thermalization August 10-12, 2005, TU Wien, Austria http://hep.itp.tuwien.ac.at/qgpth05/ ISMD 2005: XXXV International Symposium on Multiparticle Dynamics August 9-15, 2005, Kromeriz, Czech Republic http://www.particle.cz/conferences/ismd2005/ WPCF 2005: Workshop on Particle Correlations and Femtoscopy August 15-17, 2005, Kromeriz, Czech Republic http://www.particle.cz/conferences/wpcf2005/ These conferences can be easily reached from Budapest. We encourage you to visit these events. Optional Quark Matter 2005 programs: ------------------------------------ We have decided to make the conference excursions and dinner available as an option, for a separate fee, to make the scientific events more available for colleagues with a restricted budget. These can be booked at the registration page. We strongly recommend to take part in these unforgettable events: - Conference Dinner: -------------------- It will be organized on a ship that cruises the Danube with a most beautiful panorama of the World Heritage site of the Buda castle and the evening panorama of the Hungarian capital. These tours give one of the most beautiful views of Budapest, the photos on the conference web-pages only try to give some estimate on the actual views. The optional fee for this program will be 50 Euro. - Conference Excursions: ------------------------ On Sunday afternoon we offer two possibilities: a) A bus-tour of Budapest and a Hungarian Equestrian Show and dinner in Godollo. We shall drive you to a number of scenic spots in our capital with beautiful photo possibilities, then end the program with a dinner with Hungarian Gypsy music in a traditional settings. The optional fee for this program will be 45 Euro. b) A tour of the Danube band including Visegrad, a middle-age fight presentation, renaissance dances, music and food in a medieval setting in the castle of King Mathias. The optional fee for this program will be 45 Euro. - Post-conference excursions: ----------------------------- There will be organized post-conference tours to Lake Balaton, Abbey of Pannonhalma, Eger and Hortobagy. These programs will start after the end of the conference if more than 20 persons sign up. Please, visit http://www.diamond-congress.hu/qm/excursion.html . Accompanying persons program: ----------------------------- August 5: Full day excursion to Holloko (UNESCO World Heritage Site); August 6: Half day excursion to Godollo, Castle of Queen Elisabeth; August 8: Half day sightseeing in Budapest, visit to the Houses of Parliament Please, visit http://www.diamond-congress.hu/qm/excursion.html . Budapest hosts many cultural events, provides historical sights and beautiful buildings - we encourage you to explore Budapest. You may find more information at http://www.fsz.bme.hu/hungary/budapest/budapest.html . General Information: -------------------- You can find general information about visa, Budapest, weather, currency, and many other related topics (e.g. Formula 1 Car Race, 29-31 July 2005) following the links in the above web-page. Contacts: --------- E-mail: qm2005@kfki.hu Web: http://qm2005.kfki.hu/ Fax: +36-392-2727 Looking forward to an inspiring and insightful Quark Matter 2005. Best regards, yours faithfully Peter Levai Tamas Csorgo chair co-chair _______________________________________________ Brahms-l mailing list Brahms-l@lists.bnl.gov http://lists.bnl.gov/mailman/listinfo/brahms-lReceived on Wed Apr 6 02:38:48 2005
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