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XIV Workshop on Resistive Plate Chambers and related detectors (RPC2018)
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, February 19-23, 2018
Bulletin No. 3
The XIV workshop on Resistive Plate Chambers and related detectors (RPC2018) will take place for the first time in the American continent. RPC2018 continues the tradition of regular scientific meetings, first started in 1991 at Lecce, with following editions in Roma, Pavia, Napoli, Bari, Coimbra, Clermont-Ferrand, Seoul, Mumbai, Darmstadt, Frascati, Beijing, and Ghent.
The RPC detection technique has found large application in LHC detectors and in astroparticle physics experiments. This edition of the workshop will focus on the design, performance and possible upgrade scenarios of large RPC systems, ageing and detector materials studies, electronics for RPCs, detector gas studies, applications of RPC detectors outside (astro) particle physics, and new ideas for RPC systems. Specially concentrating our attention to new collaborations and participations in America, from Canada to Argentina. We are also adding, for the first time a “hands on RPC detector school” for graduate students, a half a week before the Workshop (more information in next Bulletin). The workshop will have invited reviews and selected contributions, as well as a poster session. Limited support will be available for young deserving scientists.
Further information can be found on the workshop website: http://fismat.ibero.mx/rpc2018
Local Organizing Committee:
Guy Paic, Ciencias Nucleares UNAM Antonio Ortíz, Ciencias Nucleares UNAM Eduard de la Cruz, CINVESTAV Humberto Salazar, BUAP Arturo Fernández, BUAP Cecilia Uribe, BUAP Isabel Pedraza, BUAP Fabiola Vázquez, IBERO Cristina Oropeza, IBERO Rodolfo Estrada, IBERO Salvador Carrillo, IBERO, (chair)
International Advisory Committee
Stefano Bianco, INFN Frascati Roberto Cardarelli, INFN Roma2 Paulo Fonte, LIP Coimbra Diego Gonzalez-Diaz, IGFAE Norbert Herrmann, Heidelberg Univ. Giuseppe Iaselli, INFN Bari Alfredo Musso, INFN Torino Naba K. Mondal, TIFR Sung K. Park, Seoul Univ. Vladimir Peskov, CERN Rinaldo Santonico, INFN Roma2 Archana Sharma, CERN Yi Wang, Tsinghua Univ. Akira Yamaguchi, Tohoku Univ. Bing Zhou, Michigan Univ. Michael Tytgat, Univ. Ghent (former chairperson)
XIV Workshop on Resistive Plate Chambers and related detectors (RPC2018)
Registration Fee
The workshop fee is 150 € to be paid through credit card or in cash at the workshop. The fee includes:
• Welcome reception • Special dinner • An afternoon excursion • Equipment at the conference room. • Coffee breaks and drinks • Proceedings.
For those who are not staying at the Hotel venue of the event the registration fee will be 250 €.
The additional social event (not included in registration fee) will be a whale photo safari.
Venue
RPC2018 will be held at Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco named as “La ciudad más amigable del mundo” (The Friendliest City in the World). Gold beaches embrace the calm waters of the Bay of Banderas, one of the largest, deepest bays in the world. This aquatic haven is home of myriad species, a source of both abundant seafood and diverse recreational activities. It shelters Puerto Vallarta from storms and provides a protected habitat for endangered sea turtles and whales that give birth on its shores and its warm waters each year. The heart of the city remains in Old Town and the lively Malecón that runs along the shoreline and retains its rustic charm and small Mexican town ambient.
The conference will be held with all the commodities and facilities of an all-inclusive hotel. The Hilton Puerto Vallarta Resort is in the Zona Hotelera of Puerto Vallarta.
Format of the workshop
Talks are by invitation and by selection of contributing papers. A poster session is foreseen as well.
All meals are included, if staying at the Conference Hotel.
Accommodation
A number of rooms have been reserved for the duration of the conference in the hotel where the workshop is held. The reservation will expire on December 10th, 2017. Credit card reservation will ensure your stay and a two nights charge will be made to secure your place and rate. The remaining nights can be paid at the end of your stay.
Participants must contact Denisse Olvera, Conference Service Manager, [email protected] to make the necessary arrangements for your accommodation at the Conference Hotel. Send the PDF format http://fismat.ibero.mx/rpc2018/home/accomodation/RPC-2018_Hilton_Reservation_Conference_Hotel.pdf to complete your reservation.
XIV Workshop on Resistive Plate Chambers and related detectors (RPC2018)
The Following prices are based on current exchange rate:
§ Single Room reservation per night, all meals included 145 €
§ Double Room, each person per night, all meals included 115 €
We strongly recommend you to stay at the Hotel venue of the event. The organizers have made a great effort to guarantee a very accessible price. Additional near by hotels can be found at the conference web page.
Travel
Puerto Vallarta is easily connected by airplane from Canada, USA, and many cities from Mexico. If coming from Asia or Europe you must make a stop in Mexico City and then from there you will find many local airlines that have daily flights to Puerto Vallarta.
The following airlines flight to Puerto Vallarta:
* Interjet https://www.interjet.com/en-us
* Aeromexico https://aeromexico.com/en-us
* Volaris http://www.volaris.com (Note: usual size of cabin luggage has extra charge)
More details can be found on the conference web page.
Social program
A welcome reception, social dinner and one afternoon excursion to Downtown Puerto Vallarta are planned and included in the conference fee.
As a special presentation we will have a Tequila tasting and sampling event.
An additional social event (not included in registration fee) will be a whale photo safari: Each winter, the humpback whales migrate from their arctic feeding grounds to breed and rear their young in the sheltered coasts of Banderas Bay. This makes Puerto Vallarta one of North America’s premier whale watching locations. Because of this the whale sighting is guaranteed. The cost of this excursion will be:
§ 30 € if you are paying the whole registration fee. § 60 € if you were granted with support or you are an accompanying person (not paying fee)
Please confirm by February 9th if you are interested in this excursion: [email protected]
XIV Workshop on Resistive Plate Chambers and related detectors (RPC2018)
Important dates program
10 November, 2017: Closing of support request 10 December, 2017: Expiration of hotel reservation (special rate) 15 December, 2017: Closing of call for abstracts (extended) 20 December, 2017: Abstract acceptance 9 February, 2018: Closing of registration
Taxis from airport to your hotel
Please select taxis inside the airport easily find with TAXI .
• 1 – 3 passengers sedan-car $239.00 pesos (like 10 Euros) • 1 – 5 passengers van $457.00 pesos (like 20 Euros)
Registration
All participants are requested to register through the conference web site http://fismat.ibero.mx/rpc2018
Contact
e-mail: [email protected]
