Forthcoming Institute Conferences
Electrostatics 2007
| Date: | 25 March 2007 to 29 March 2007 |
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| Venue: | St Catherine's College, Oxford |
| Organised by: | The Electrostatics Group |
| Sponsored by: | Co-sponsored by ESDA, ISSA Electricity Section and Journal of Electrostatics |
Introduction
The College does have a car park, however spaces are limited. Conference attendees are requested not to park at the front of the College or on the service road. Please e-mail the organisers andrew.martin@iop.org.
Click on the links below to find out more about the following sections on the page:
| Programme and registration: | Jan '07 |
| Early fee deadline: | 20 Feb '07 |
| Late fee deadline: | 6 March '07 |
| Workshop: | 25 March '07 |
| Conference: | 26–29 March '07 |
General Information
The conference is organised by the Electrostatics Group and the Institute of Physics and continues the International Conference series on Electrostatics which takes place in the United Kingdom every four years. Static electricity is one of the oldest known physical phenomena and it has been studied since the time of the ancient Greeks. The subject remains one of great importance into the 21st Century. Indeed, research into MEMS, various aspects of bio-electrostatics and environmental electrostatics are becoming increasingly important, while ESD and electrostatic hazards continue to be major commercial and industrial issues.
The scope of the conference is broad, covering general electrostatics and a range of specialist topics relevant to current research and industrial concerns. Electrostatics 2007 will bring together experts from academia, research laboratories and industry. You will be ensured of a warm welcome to Electrostatics 2007 in the vibrant and historic city of Oxford, with its long and renowned reputation for academic excellence.
Sponsors, Co-sponsors
The organisers gratefully acknowledge support from the following organisations:
ESDA
ISSA Electricity Section
Journal of Electrostatics
Institute of Physics Publishing
Ansoft
Sponsors of the conference bags
Agilent
Silver sponsors
IDB Industrial Development Bangor
Bronze sponsors
Speakers and Titles
The following Plenary speakers have been confirmed:
•The Bill Bright memorial lecture
Ignition risks from static electricity - problems solved?
Dr Martin Glor (Schweizerisches Institut zur Förderung der Sicherheit)
•Process and Applications of Electrostatic Fiber Formation
Professor Greg Rutledge (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
•Electric charges and forces in atomic force microscopy and nano-xerography
Professor Andreas Stemmer (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Center)
Monday 26 March 2007
Hazards 1
Hazards 2
ESD/EOS
Poster Session A
Environmental Electrostatics
Tuesday 27 March 2007
Nanoelectrostatics 1
Modelling and Simulation
Applications
Poster Session B
Atmospheric Electrostatics
Wednesday 28 March 2007
Nanoelectrostatics 2
Bioelectrostatics
Fluids
Poster Session C
Planetary Electrostatics
Thursday 29 March 2007
Materials and Testing
Powders and Aerosols
Instructions for Oral Presentations
Presentation Equipment
The lecture theatre will be equipped as standard with the following audio visual equipment:
- Overhead Projector
- Data Projector
- PC with PowerPoint facilities (Office 2003 and Windows XP)
- Laser Pointer
Should you wish to use any additional audio visual equipment or intend to present from a Macintosh computer, please contact andrew.martin@iop.org
Presentation Information
Please introduce yourself to the chairperson of your session, prior to the session commencing.
Speakers intending to use PowerPoint are asked to bring their presentations on CD or USB memory stick and pre-load them onto the PC located in the lecture theatre. Please save your presentation into the appropriate prenamed session folders that will be located on the desktop of the PC using your surname and initial.
Direct connection of personal laptops is an acceptable but not preferred alternative to this. If it is totally necessary for you to use your own laptop, please set it up in the break prior to your session.To maximise compatibility, particularly for the inclusion of multimedia components, PowerPoint presentations should have been saved using PowerPoints "Package for CD" facility.
The lecture theatre is quite large, therefore speakers intending to use overhead transparencies should ensure that the slide is legible if held at arms length.
Oral Presentations will be 30 minutes in duration (25 + 5 minutes for questions). Please prepare your presentation to match this time frame as the session chairs will be enforcing the allocated times. A digital clock will be available in the lecture theatre.
Instructions for Poster Presentations
Each poster board measures 2.0m high x 1.0m wide (portrait) and all posters must fit within these dimensions. The boards are velcro compatible and velcro will be provided. Each poster has been assigned a unique poster number (example P1.01) to assist poster presenters locate their board.
All posters will be displayed in Room A of the Bernard Sunley building and the foyer of the Bernard Sunley Theatre.
Each presenter is responsible for ensuring that their poster board is displayed in the correct session on the allocated board, as specified in the conference programme (available above). Presenters should utilise the morning or lunch break to erect their poster and ensure that the posters are removed at the end of the days proceedings.
Workshop
The workshop is aimed at those who wish to learn more about the principles of the subject and its implementation. The workshop will provide a discussion forum on the fundamentals, theory and hazards of electrostatics, and is sure to feature some memorable demonstrations.
For a programme of the workshop download the PDF document available here.
Speaker biographies and outlines of presentations are available in PDF format here.
The fees for attendance are as follows:
| Attendance at the workshop only: | £199.00 (plus VAT) |
| Discounted price (conference attendants only): | £159.00 (plus VAT) |
To book a place at the workshop please use the registration form and tick the appropriate box.
If you require accommodation for Saturday 24th March, please tick the appropriate box on the registration form.
Exhibition
An exhibition on related products and techniques will be held alongside the conference. It will provide an opportunity to view the latest technology available from leading manufacturers. For further details about the exhibition or on how to exhibit, please e-mail andrew.martin@iop.org.
The exhibition will open on Monday 26 March at 10:30 hrs and will close on Wednesday 28 March at 16:30 hrs.
The list of current exhibitors is:
Agilent - Silver Sponsor
Bfi-OPTiLAS
CST (Computer Simulation Technology)
Institute of Physics Publishing
Vector Fields
Please note that we are still accepting late contributions for poster presentations. Please submit your abstract to andrew.martin@iop.org as soon as possible.
Papers will then be due at the conference.
Papers will be published in the Journal of Physics: Conference Series, available after the conference.
Submission of papers to JPCS and JPhysD
Submission of papers to JPCS
Papers will be published in the Journal of Physics: Conference Series, available after the conference. Delays have been experienced with regard to the refereeing of papers for this Journal. Referees' comments will be forwarded to authors by e-mail in due course along with the date by which amended papers should be submitted by.
It is likely that this journal will be published in September 2007.
Submission of papers to Journal of Physics D
Please note that the Journal of Physics D will be publishing selected articles in a special issue, decided on the basis of the paper submission and conference presentation at the conference. Further details will be publicised here in due course.
For information on how to get to Oxford please visit the University of Oxford website at
http://www.ox.ac.uk/aboutoxford/how.shtml
St Catherine’s College, Oxford, founded in 1962 is situated on the periphery of the city centre with easy access to social, cultural and historic sights. For further information about Oxford and Oxford University visit http://www.ox.ac.uk/aboutoxford/
St Catherine’s College, Oxford, founded in 1962 is situated on the periphery of the city center with easy access to social, cultural and historic sights.
It is recommended that visitors arriving at the bus or train station take a taxi to the College, especially if they are bringing luggage. A taxi journey to the College costs approx. £5–£6. The walk from the City Center to St Catherine's will take between 15 and 20 minutes.
Most local bus stops are located on Cornmarket and Queen Street, and national buses arrive at Gloucester Green Bus Station on George Street. From any of these, make your way to Broad Street (opposite Debenhams). Continue to the end of Broad Street, (past the Sheldonian Theatre on the right). At the traffic lights go straight on into Holywell Street, and at the end of this turn left into St Cross Road. Cross the road at the pedestrian crossing (St Cross Church is on your right) and take the next main right into Manor Road. Go over the bridge and St Catherine's is on your right
The College does have a car park, however spaces are extremely limited and delegates are best advised not to arrive by car.
The College's address is: St. Catherine's College, Manor Road, Oxford, OX1 3UJ, United Kingdom.
Accommodation in single standard and en-suite facilities has been reserved for participants. The facilities are located on the St Catherine’s College campus and a walking distance from the lectures.
All rooms are equipped with tea and coffee making facilities, soap, linen and towels. All standard bedrooms have a wash-basin and sharing showering facilities on each floor. En-suite rooms are equipped with their own shower.
If you require a double bedroom, please contact the Institute.
Conference Residential Packages
Please note that the College operates on a 24-hour delegate rate basis only.
To book your accommodation, you should select the full conference residential package. The package starts with Sunday evening and finishes with Thursday lunch. For details about what items are included in the package, please go to section on “Conference Registration”. We regret that we cannot offer any non-residential packages for conference registration to delegates.
The standard residential conference package
Please Note: The Standard Residential Conference Package has now reached it full allocation and is no longer available. En-suite residential packages are still on offer.
The en-suite residential conference package (from Sunday dinner to Thursday lunch) includes the following items:
- Scientific programme (workshop not included)
- 1 copy of the Conference Proceedings
- Exhibition
- Lunch and refreshments according to programme
- Dinner on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday
- 1 place at the Conference Dinner on Tuesday evening
- Welcome reception Sunday
- B&B accommodation in single en-suite facilities for 4 nights (Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed)
All lectures, poster sessions and the exhibition will take place in the Bernard Sunley building.
Social Events
Welcome reception, 25 March, 18:30 – 19:00 hrs
A wine reception will take place on Sunday evening for conference delegates. The reception will take place in the Junior Common Room.
Conference dinner, 27 March, 19:00 hrs
The dinner will take place in the dinning hall and will be preceded by a drinks reception in the Junior Common room.
Online Registration has now closed. If you would still like to register for this conference please download the PDF registration form below and fax it to Andrew Martin on the following number +44 (0)20 7470 4900.
Download a form in PDF format here.
Conference Packages:
| En-suite residential package | |
| Full member*: | £567.00 |
| Non-member**: | £620.00 |
| Concessionary***: | £420.00 |
Please Note: An additional £20.00 late registration charge now applies to the above packages
Membership categories:
*Members of the Institute of Physics
The member rate is available to:
- All members of the Institute of Physics including those with applications pending Staff at Institute Affiliated Plus Schools
- Members of co-sponsoring UKCPO organisations (see list of cosponsors in this booklet)
- Members of other Physics societies which have a Companion Society or other collaboration agreement with the Institute of Physics (see list of co-sponsors for this conference)
- Members of the Business Affiliates Network
**Non-members of the Institute of Physics
Registrants paying this fee will automatically become affiliate members of the Institute of Physics for 12 months.
As an affiliate member you will be entitled to attend all future Conferences at the members’ rate for the year and join one technical or professional group at no charge. Membership of the Institute of Physics is open to all those that have an interest in physics, for more information see http://iop.org /Membership/index.html.
***Concessionary Rate
The concessionary rate is available to student/retired members of the Institute of Physics, and those on a career break or a low income.
Value Added Tax - Charges shown in this document are exempt from VAT, unless otherwise indicated. Where VAT is applicable it is calculated at the current standard rate of 17.5%. If the rate is altered as a result of government legislation charges may be adjusted accordingly. A Tax Invoice/Receipt will be issued to those indicating that this is required on the Registration Form. The Institute’s VAT registration number is 461-6000-84.
Payment of Fees - Please note that payment must be received prior to the conference to guarantee your booking. All payments must accompany the hard-copy registration form.
Methods of payment for postal registrations:
a) Cheque, Bank Draft: Payable to the Institute of Physics in either Pound Sterling, Euros (rate of 1.46) or US Dollar (rate of 1.80);
b) Bank Transfer: Payable to the Institute of Physics, Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, 9-13 Brompton Road, Knightsbridge, London SE3 1DD;
- UK Pound Sterling payments to account number 0253575 Sort Code 30-94-81;
- € Euro payments (exchange rate 1.46 to account number 86000359, Sort Code 30-94-81;
- $ US Dollar payment (exchange rate of 1.80) to account number 11306596, Sort Code 30-94-81;
A copy of the instructions to the bank should be enclosed with the Conference Registration Form
c) Credit Card: Master/Visa/American Express.
Registrants who cancel their booking before the cancellation deadline of 13 March 2007 will receive a full refund minus a 20% administrative charge. All cancellations must be in writing (please note that organisers cannot accept any cancellation made over the telephone, unless it is accompanied by a cancellation of the booking in writing). No refund can be made to those notifying cancellation from 14 March 2007.
Visitors from many countries do not require a visa to enter the UK but you should check with your travel agent. Participants who do require a visa should allow plenty of time for their application to be processed. Note the Institute can issue letters of invitation to ONLY those participants giving a presentation at the conference. For those not making a presentation, the Institute will send confirmation of payment upon registration for the conference.
In all cases please quote the name of the participant and the conference reference code 760. A copy of the instruction to the bank should be enclosed with the Conference Registration Form. Applications received without payment or details of how payment will be made (see section above on methods of payment for postal registration) will not be accepted.
The conference is offering up to 10 student bursaries and will be bestowing an award for the best presentation at the meeting by a student researcher. Applicants should be active student members of the Electrostatics Group and should be presenting a paper at the conference (poster or oral).
Anyone wishing to submit an application, should submit a certificate or letter stating that they are a student (signed by the supervisor and school/University representative) and a brief explanation why they should be awarded a bursary.
Please e-mail your applications to andrew.martin@iop.org.
Programme Committee
N Green (University of Southampton)
L Gaunt (University of Southampton)
G Harrison (University of Reading)
P Holdstock (Holdstock Technical Services)
M Taylor (University of Wales, Bangor)
J Smallwood (Electrostatic Solutions)
D Henshaw (University of Bristol)
H Morgan (University of Southampton)
International Steering Committee
Dr Ullrich von Pidoll (PTB, Germany)
Dr Jaakko Paasi (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland)
Professor Thomas B Jones (University of Rochester, USA)
Professor Lucian Dascalescu (University of Angouleme, France)
Professor Mark Horenstein (Boston University, USA)
Dr Lars Fast (University of Uppsala, Sweden)
Professor Ed Law (University of Georgia, USA)
Professor Akira Mizuno (Toyahashi University of Technology, Japan)
Dr Martin Glor (Swiss Institute for the Promotion of Safety and Security)
Professor Peter Castle (University of Western Ontario, Canada)
Professor Antonio Castellanos (University of Seville, Spain)
Further Enquiries
Andrew Martin, Institute of Physics, 76 Portland Place, London W1B 1NT, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 20 7470 4800; Fax: +44 (0) 20 7470 4900, Email: andrew.martin@iop.org.