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Subject: QM2008: First announcement


                          First Announcement
                 Quark Matter 2008, JAIPUR-INDIA
                          February 4-10, 2008



Dear Colleagues,

With great pleasure we bring to you the first announcement of Quark Matter 2008,
the 20th International Conference on Ultra-Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions,
to be held in Jaipur, India during February 4th to 10th, 2008 with February 3rd
being student's day.

Web-site of the conference, which will be updated regularly, is located at

   http://www.veccal.ernet.in/~vecpage/QM2008/index.htm

 (soon the page will be located at http://www.veccal.ernet.in/qm2008.html)

Pl. consult the web page for all regular updates. We provide below some relevant
information.


Location:
=========
Birla auditorium, Jaipur, one of the best known ultra-modern convention centre in
India. Seven days duration of the conference will include student's session,
academic sessions, excursion and cultural evening.

Topics:
=======

The scientific program of the conference will include the following topics:

  * Global and Collective Dynamics in A+A collisions
  * Jets in Heavy Ion Collisions
  * Strangeness Production
  * Heavy Flavor and Quarkonia Production
  * Electromagnetic Probes
  * Low p_T Hadron Correlations and Fluctuations
  * QCD at High Temperature & Density
  * Critical Point in QCD Phase Diagram
  * Low-x Parton Dynamics, Initial Conditions and Thermalization
  * Role of QCD Phase Transition in Astrophysics
  * New Theoretical Developments
  * Future Experimental Facilities



Fellowships for young participants:
===================================

Financial support will be available for students and young post-doctoral fellows
under the age of 35. Application procedure will be announced in the near future.

Weather in Jaipur during the conference:
========================================

Jaipur, one of the best known tourist destination in India is known as India's
'pink city' famous for its royal festivities and hospitalities. Jaipur is one
of the main attractions in tourist golden triangle, with New Delhi and Agra being
the other members. The average temperature in February in 10-15 degree Celsius.

Hotel:
======

We are in the process of negotiations with various hotels in Jaipur for best rates.
A range of hotels (2* to 5*) are available whose prices ranges from $40 to $250
per room per night. We will provide all details very soon in the conference web page.

Travel:
=======

New Delhi, about 60 km from Jaipur, the conference venue is very well connected
with the world through Indira Gandhi International Airport. Domestic airways,
national highways and railways connect Jaipur to New Delhi and all other Indian
cities. Details will be made available in the conference website.

Nearby meetings:
================

A few meetings are in considerations after QM conference. The definite topics, date
and location will be announced later.

Registration Fees
=================

Early Registration fees:
========================
Regular participants: USD 440.00
Students and Post-docs: USD 220.00

Late Registration fees:
=======================
Regular participants: USD 500.00
Students and Post-docs: USD 250.00

Important Dates:
=================

  Pre-registration questionnaire Due June 15th, 2007
  Early registration begins September 1st 2007
  Second Announcement : August 15th 2007
  Fellowship Application begins: July 2007
  Abstract Submission deadline: October 30, 2007
  Late Registration begins: Nov 1st 2007
  Third announcement: Nov 1st 2007


Contacts:
=========

 E-mail: qm2008_at_veccal.ernet.in

 Sincerely yours,

 Bikash Sinha (Chairman, Organising Committee)
 Y.P. Viyogi (Co-Chair)

 Subhasis Chattopadhyay, Jane Alam (Conveners)

   (On behalf of the Organising Committee)
=================================================

International Advisory Committee
=================================

AYMAR R. (CERN)
BLAIZOT, Jean-Paul  (FRANCE)
Bolek Wyslouch (USA)
BRAUN-MüNZINGER, Peter  (GERMANY)
DREMIN, Igor M.  (RUSSIA)
ESKOLA, Kari  (FINLAND )
GAARDHOJE, Jens Jorgen (Denmark)
GAVAI R. V. (INDIA)
GUSTAFSSON, Hans Ake (Sweden)
GUTBROD, Hans  (GERMANY)
GYULASSY, Miklos  (USA) *
HALLMAN, Timothy  (USA)
HAMAGAKI, Hideki  (JAPAN)
HATSUDA, Tetsuo  (JAPAN)
HUANG, Huan-Zhong (USA)
JACAK, Barbara  (USA)
JENNI, Peter (CERN)
KAJINO, Taka (Japan)
KODAMA, Takeshi (BRAZIL)
LEE, T. D. (USA)*
LEVAI, Peter  (HUNGARY)
MCLERRAN, Larry  (USA)
MüLLER, Berndt  (USA)
PAIC, Guy (MEXICO)
RAHA Sibaji (INDIA)
RICCATI, Lodovico  (ITALY)
RITTER, Hans Georg  (USA)
SATZ, Helmut (GERMANY)
SCHUKRAFT, Jurgen  (CERN)
SCHUTZ, Yves  (France)
SHURYAK, Edward V.  (USA)
STACHEL, Johanna  (GERMANY)
STOCKER, Horst (GERMANY)
TSERRUYA, Itzhak  (ISRAEL)
WANG, Xin-Nian  (USA)
YOUNG, Glenn R.  (USA)
ZAJC, William A.  (USA)
ZHAN, Wenlong (CHINA)

(* yet to be confirmed)


Organising Committee
====================

Madan M. Aggarwal (Chandigarh)
Jan-e Alam (Kolkata) (Convener)
Arup Bandyopadhyay (Kolkata)
Debadesh Bandyopadhay (Kolkata)
Rahul Basu (Chennai)
Rakesh K. Bhandari (Kolkata)
Subhasis Chattopadhyay  (Kolkata) (Convener)
Sukalyan Chattopadhyay (Kolkata)
Asis Chaudhury (Kolkata)
Sourendu Gupta (Mumbai)
D. P. Mahapatra (Bhubaneswar)
Amruta Mishra (New Delhi)
Bedangadas Mohanty (Kolkata)
Ajit K. Mohanty (Mumbai)
Vaishali Naik (Kolkata)
Tapan K. Nayak (Kolkata)
Sudhir Raniwala (Jaipur)
Sourav Sarkar (Kolkata)
Bikash Sinha (Kolkata) (Chair)
Dinesh K. Srivastava (Kolkata)
Y. P. Viyogi (Bhubaneswar) (Co-Chair)












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