Forthcoming Institute Conferences

The IOP Nuclear and Particle Physics Divisional Conference

Introduction

PDF version of the first announcement and call for papers

Four Institute of Physics subject groups will be holding their annual conferences jointly under the umbrella of the Nuclear and Particle Physics Divisional Conference in 2007. Nuclear Physics, High Energy Particle Physics, Gravitational Physics and the newly-formed Astroparticle Physics Group will meet together for the first time. Together, they will form the largest, most exciting and broadest ranged NPP divisional conference ever held. Over the course of the three days, there will be joint plenary sessions covering topics of broad interest to all delegates, from the Higgs to cosmology, as well as separate sessions for each of the groups. The theme of the conference is Future Facilities, in which each of the four communities will be showcasing the new physics that they will be addressing in the coming decade. The conference will also provide opportunities for research students and young postdocs to present their work during the many parallel sessions.

Location
The conference will be held at the University of Surrey, Guildford Campus, one of the largest and most accessible conference venues in Surrey.

The campus is located directed off the A3 and only 9 miles from the M25 motorway. It is easily accessible by rail and air with a regular service operating from London Waterloo, also the terminus for Eurostar. Gatwick and Heathrow International Airports have convenient links to Guildford with an approximate journey time of 45 minutes.

Accommodation will be provided on campus, a short distance from the conference technical sessions.

Plenary speakers

• The Grid
  Dr David Britton, Imperial College London, UK
  
  
• Developments in Particle Accelerators
  Professor Ken Peach, John Adams Accelerator Institute, UK
  
  
• The Standard Model
  Dr Tara Shears, University of Liverpool, UK

HEPP Speakers

• The SuperLHC
  Dr Craig Buttar, University of Glasgow, UK
  
  
• The International Linear Collider
  Dr Mark Thomson, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
  
  
• Neutrino Masses and Mixing
  Dr Geoff Pearce, CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
  
  
• Electroweak Physics
  Dr Pippa Wells, CERN, France
  
  
• Searches for the Higgs Boson
  Dr Pedro Teixeira-Dias, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
  
  
• Beyond the Standard Model
  Dr Benjamin Allanach, DAMTP, University of Cambridge, UK
  
  
• Parton Distribution Functions at the LHC
  Dr Robert Thorne, University College London, UK
  
  
• Future Prospects for b Physics
  Dr Franz Muheim, University of Edinburgh, UK
  
  

Outline programme
Tuesday 3 April
Plenary and parallel sessions
Exhibition
Evening public lecture
Dinner

Wednesday 4 April
Plenary and parallel sessions
Nuclear Physics Group AGM
High Energy Particle Physics AGM
Astroparticle Physics Group AGM
Exhibition
Poster Session and reception
Conference Dinner

Thursday 5 April
Plenary and parallel sessions
Exhibition

On Monday 2 April, there will be a PPARC Town Meeting and a nuclear physics satellite meeting on "Next Generation Isomers". These meetings are not part of the conference programme.

Call for abstracts                
Abstracts in the areas of Nuclear Physics, High Energy Particle Physics, Gravitational Physics* and Astroparticle Physics are invited for parallel session talks and poster presentations. Talks will be 15 minutes in length.

*Abstracts for Gravitational Physics are for POSTER presentations only.

Submission
Submit your abstract on-line
Abstracts should be a maximum of 50 words in length (not including title, authors' or speakers' name and affiliation).  Please submit your abstract as either a Word document file or plain text following the guidelines below. The abstract deadline is 31 January 2007.

• The title of the abstract should be in lower case with only the first letter capitalised
• If submitting plain text, any equations and formulas should be submitted in Latex
• Indicate preference for oral or poster work
• Indicate whether the work is predominately student work

Presenters will receive a reference number confirming successful submission. Please quote this number if making subsequent enquiries regarding your abstract. Presenters may also view their abstract on-line via the members' area http://members.iop.org/, instructions will be provided in your confirmation e-mail.

If you are unable to submit your abstract on-line or encounter any problems, please send a copy to claire.garland@iop.org

Exhibition
An exhibition on related products and techniques will be held alongside the conference to provide facilities for leading manufacturers to display their latest technology available. For exhibition opportunities please contact claire.garland@iop.org

Key Dates

Organising Committee
J Al-Khalili (Surrey) co-chair
M Green (Royal Holloway) co-chair
A Murphy (Edinburgh)
D Shaul (Imperial)
Z Podolyak (Surrey)
P Stevenson (Surrey)
P Walker (Surrey)

Enquiries
To receive regular updates on the Nuclear and Particle Physics Divisional Conference, please contact:

Claire Garland
Institute of Physics
76 Portland Place
London W1B 1NT

Tel: +44 (0)20 7470 4800
Fax: +44 (0)20 7470 4900
E-mail: claire.garland@iop.org

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