Plasma Conferences in 2001
FY-2001 National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) Research Forum, 15 - 19 January 2001 Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. Contact Martin Peng, PPPL, P.O. Box 451, Princeton, NJ 08543 USA; phone (609) 243-2305; fax (609) 243-2222.
Thirteenth Symposium on Application of Plasma Processes, 15 - 20 January 2001, Tale, Low Tatras, Slovakia. Contact Stefan Matejcik.
US Particle Accelerator School, 15 - 26 January 2001, Rice University, Houston, Texas USA. Contact Susan Winchester, USPAS.
Laser Plasma Generation and Diagnostics II, as part of High Power Lasers and Applications (LASE 2001), 23 January 2001, San Jose, California USA.
Mini-Summer School in Plasma Physics, 29 January - 2 February 2001, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Regional College on Plasma Physics, 29 January - 3 February 2001, Islamabad, Pakistan. Contact conference secretary.
European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, 4 - 8 February 2001, Quality Hafjell Hotel, Lillehammer, Norway. Contact Yngvar Thomassen, National Institute of Occupational Health, P.O. Box 8149 DEP, N-0033 Oslo, Norway; phone +47 23 19 53 20; fax +47 23 19 52 06.
Fourth Israeli Conference on Plasma Physics and Applications, 15 February 2001, Haifa, Israel. Contact Yakov Krasik; phone +972-4-829-2608.
USDOE Fusion Energy Science Advisory Committee (FESAC) Public Meeting, 27 - 28 February 2001, Hilton Hotel, Gaithersburg, Maryland USA. Contact Albert Opdenaker.
International Symposium on Low Energy Electron-Molecule Interactions (LEEMI 2001), 4 - 7 March 2001, Going/Kitzbühel, Tirol, Austria. Contact Tilmann Märk, Institut für Ionenphysik, Universität Innsbruck. Techniker str. 25, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria; phone +43-512-507-6240; fax +43-512-507-2932.
Fifth Reflectometry Workshop, 5 - 7 March 2001, National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki, Japan. Contact Kazuo Kawahata, Department of Large Helical Devices, National Institute for Fusion Science, Oroshi-cho, Toki-shi, 509-5292 Japan; phone +81-572-58-2235; fax +81-572-58-2624. Topics include experimental results in reflectometry (profile and fluctuations studies), technological developments, theory, and simulation codes.
New Century of X-Ray Astronomy, 6 - 8 March 2001, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. Contact Hideyo Kunieda, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, 3-1-1 Yoshinodai, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 229-8510 Japan; fax 81-42-759-8133. Includes plasma diagnostics of stellar corona.
Workshop on Non-equilibrium Transitions in Plasmas, 8 - 10 March 2001, Hotel Fortune Landmark, Ashram Road, Ahmedabad, India. Contact Surja Sharma, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland USA, or Predhiman Kaw, Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar, India. Topics include application of nonequilibrium phase transitions and self-organized criticality to space and laboratory plasmas. The Hotel can be contacted by phone 91-79-7552929 or fax 91-79-7552919.
Environmental Impacts of Plasma-Aided Processes, as part of Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics, Meeting of the American Physical Society, 12 - 16 March 2001, Seattle, Washington USA. Contact Sebastien Raoux, Environmental Solutions Product Division, Applied Materials, 3050 Bowers Avenue, MS 0103, Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA; phone (408) 563 4923; fax (408) 563 1696. Abstract deadline is 13 October 2000.
Current Trends in International Fusion Research: A Review, 12 - 16 March 2001, Washington, DC USA. Contact Ronald Kirkpatrick, MS B229, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87544 USA; fax (505) 665-3456. Abstracts due 30 November 2000.
International Seminar on Physics of Electronic and Atomic Collisions, 12 - 16 March 2001, Klyazma, Moscow Region, Russia. Contact Maxim Golubkov, N. N. Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Kosygin str. 4, Moscow 117977, Russia; fax +7 095 1376130.
Institute of Physics (IOP) Conference: Future of Technological Plasmas, 19 - 21 March 2001, Brighton Centre, Brighton, UK. Contact M. Rahman, Dept Physics and Astronomy, Glasgow University, Glagsow G12 8QQ, UK; phone +44 141 330 6439.
International Workshop on Blanket and Fusion Concept for the Transmutation of Actinides, 21 - 23 March 2001, General Atomics, San Diego, California, USA. Contact E. T. Cheng, TSI Research, Inc., 312 S. Cedros Avenue, Suite 309, Solana Beach, California 92075 USA; phone (858) 793-3567; fax (858) 793-0569.
Frontiers in Low Temperature Plasma Diagnostics IV, 25 - 29 March 2001, Rolduc Conference Centre, Kerkrade, The Netherlands. Contact Richard Engeln; phone 0031-40-2474880; fax 0031-40-2456442.
Symposium on Cold Atmospheric Plasma Technologies as part of the 199th Meeting of The Electrochemical Society, 25 - 30 March 2001, Renaissance Washington DC Hotel, Washington DC, USA. Contact Hana Barankova, Uppsala University, Box 534, 751 21 Uppsala, Sweden; phone +46-18-4713118; fax +46-18-555095.
Seventh Congress of the Plasma Division of the French Physical Society, 27 - 30 March 2001, Piriac sur Mer, France. Contact sfp-plasmas@cnrs-imn.fr
2001 International Sherwood Fusion Theory Conference, 2 - 4 April 2001, Santa Fe, New Mexico USA. Contact Carl Sovinec, Los Alamos National Laboratory, T-15, MS K717, Los Alamos NM 87545 USA; phone 505-667-4394; fax 505-665-7150.
Second IEEE International Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC 2001), 2 - 4 April 2001, Grand Hotel Huis ter Duin, Noordwijk, The Netherlands. Contact ESTEC Conference Bureau, P.O. Box 299, 2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands; phone +31 (0)71-565 5005; fax +31 (0)71-565 5658.
Twenty-Eighth Annual IOP Plasma Physics Group Conference, 2 - 5 April 2001, Manchester Conference Centre, UMIST, Manchester, UK. Contact Kieran Gibson.
Seventh European Conference on Atomic and Molecular Physics (ECAMP7), 2 - 6 April 2001, Berlin, Germany. Held in conjunction with the 2001 Spring meeting of the AMOP group (Atomic-, Molecular-, and Plasma Physics, Quantum Optics, Mass Spectrometry and Short-Time Physics) of the German Physical Society.
Low-Latitude Boundary Layer and Its Dynamic Interaction with the Solar Wind and Magnetosphere, 16 - 20 April 2001, New Orleans, Louisiana USA. Contact Ann Singer, American Geophysical Union, 2000 Florida Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009 USA; phone +1-202-777-7340.
Plasma Processing, Forty-Fourth SVC Technical Conference, 23 - 25 April 2001, Philadelphia Marriott Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA. Contact Ric Shimshock, Southwall Technologies, Inc.; phone 650 962-9111; fax 650 964-5986.
Plasmas in Space and in the Laboratory, 23 - 26 April 2001, Poznan, Poland. Contact Aniéla Kaminska, Institute of Electric Power Engineering, Poznan Univ. of Technology, ul Piotrowo 3A, 60-965 Poznan, Poland; phone (48.61) 782 667; fax (48.61) 782 280.
Seventh Spacecraft Charging Technology Conference, 23 - 27 April 2001, ESTEC Conference Centre, Noordwijk, The Netherlands. Contact ESTEC Conference Bureau, P.O. Box 299, 2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands; phone +31 (0)71-565 5005; fax +31 (0)71-565 5658.
Third International Symposium on Nonthermal Plasma Technology for Polution Control, 23 - 27 April 2001, Seogwipo, Korea. Contact Seok Joon Kim.
Hypersonic and Aerothermic Flows and Shocks, and Lasers, 23 - 27 April 2001, Observatoire de Paris [Meudon], France. Contact Jean-Pierre J. Lafon, Observatoire de Paris - DASGAL, 92195 Meudon Cedex, France; phone 33 - 1 45 07 78 58; fax 33 - 1 45 07 78 72.
Sheffield Space Physics Conference, 24 - 26 April 2001, Sheffield, UK. Contact Simon Walker; phone +44 (0)114 222 5235; fax +44 (0)114 273 1729.
Pulsed Plasma Surface Technologies (PPST2001), 26 - 28 April 2001, DoubleTree Guest Suites, Dana Point, California. Contact Yvonne Perano, P.O. Box 7358 Capistrano Beach, California 92624 USA; phone (949) 493-3468; fax (949) 496-4002. Topics include applications, processes, equipment and fundamental research papers, including focused tutorial workshops in pulsed plasma surface technologies and related areas. Abstract deadline is 26 February 2001.
American Physical Society April Meeting, 29 April - 1 May 2001, Washington, DC, USA. Contact Martin Lampe.
Pulsed Plasma Deposition Symposium, as part of International Conference On Metallurgical Coatings And Thin Films (ICMCTF 2001), 30 April - 4 May 2001, Town and Country Hotel, San Diego, California, USA.
Burning Plasma Science Workshop II, 1 - 3 May 2001, General Atomics, San Diego, California USA. Contact John Wesley, General Atomics.
Fourteenthth Topical Conference on Applications of Radio Frequency Power in Plasmas, 7 - 9 May 2001, Embassy Suites Mandalay Beach Resort, Oxnard, California, USA. Contact John deGrassie, General Atomics, USA, or Tak Kuen Mau, UC-San Diego, Fusion Energy Research Program, Rm. 460, EBU-II, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, Calfornia 92093-0417 USA; phone 858-534-2880 fax 858-534-7716. Topics include various areas of wave interaction with plasma, including fusion plasma science, astrophysics, plasma processing, and space propulsion.
Sixth International Symposium on Plasma- and Process-Induced Damage (P2ID'01), 13 - 15 May 2001, Doubletree Hotel Monterey Conference Center, Monterey, California USA. Contact NCCAVS Business Office, 1265 El Camino Real, California 95050 USA; fax 408-246-7700.
Plasma-based Thermal Treatment System, International Conference on Incineration and Thermal Treatment Technologies (IT3), 14 - 18 May 2001, Adams Mark Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Second International Symposium on Nonthermal Medical/Biological Treatments Using Electromagnetic Fields and Ionized Gases (ElectroMed2001), 21 - 23 May 2001, Renaissance Portsmouth Hotel, Portsmouth, Virginia USA. Contact Marcie Blanchard, KDH 231 - Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529 USA; phone (757) 683-4825; fax (757) 683-3220. Abstracts due 8 January 2001.
Ninth Workshop on the Physics of Dusty Plasmas, 21 - 23 May 2001, Iowa Memorial Union, Iowa City, Iowa USA. Contact Marcia Rogers, University of Iowa; phone (319) 335-2756; fax (319) 335-1735. Topics include laboratory experiments, space observations, theory, simulations, and microgravity experiments.
Ninth International Symposium on Gaseous Dielectrics, 21 - 25 May 2001, Turf Valley Resort and Conference Center, Ellicott City, Maryland 21042 USA. Contact Teresa Vicente, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 3461, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-3461 USA; phone (301) 975-3883; fax (301) 948-2067.
Non- Extensive Thermodynamics and Physical Applications (next2001), 23 - 30 May 2001, Villasimius (Cagliari), Italy. Contact Marcello Lissia. Plasma topics include quasi-two-dimensional turbulence in pure-electron plasma, bremsstrahlung in Argon plasma, and stellar plasmas.
2001 International Conference on Computational Science, 28 - 30 May 2001, San Francisco, California USA. Contact Kenneth Tan, School of Computer Science, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom, phone 44-289-027-4636; fax 44-289-068-3890.
Innovative Concepts and Theory of Stellarators (ICTS), 28 - 31 May 2001 Kyiv, Ukraine. Contact Vadym Lutsenko; fax (380)-44-2651368. Topics include plasma stability, transport processes, physics of energetic particles, reactor aspects, and innovative concepts. Registrations due 1 March 2001; abstracts due 1 April 2001.
Thirty-First Anomalous Absorption Conference, 3 - 8 June 2001, Doubletree Sedona Resort, Sedona, Arizona 86351 USA. Contact Juan Fernández, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS E526, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA; phone (505) 667-6575; fax: (505) 665-6386. Topics include absorption, parametric instabilities, ultra short pulse inter-actions, energy transport, hohlraum physics, hydrodynamics, implosions, x-ray lasers, particle accelerators, ionospheric phenomena, and associated diagnostics.
Twelfth IEEE Conference on Real-Time Computer Applications in Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, 4 - 8 June 2001, Palacio De Congresos, Valencia, Spain. Contact Enrique Sanchis, Dept. De Informatica y Elec., Avda Dr. Moliner 50, E-46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain; phone +34 96 316 04 53; fax +34 96 386 45 81.
US Particle Accelerator School, 4 - 15 June 2001, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado USA. Contact USPAS.
Fourteenth International Conference on Electrostatic Accelerators and Beam Technologies (ESU-2001), 6 - 9 June 2001, Obninsk, Russia. Contact Valentin Romanov, SSC Institute for Physics and Power Engineering, 1 Bondarenko Sq., Obninsk, Kaluga Region, 249020 Russia; phone 007 (08439) 98270; fax 007 (095) 2302326.
Thirty-Second AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Conference, 11 - 14 June 2001, Hilton Anaheim Hotel, Anaheim, California USA. Contact Herman Krier, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 140 Mech. Eng. Bldg., 1206 Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801-2906 USA; phone (217) 333-0529; fax (217) 244-6907.
Fourth Weakly Ionized Gases (WIG) Workshop, 12 - 14 June 2001, Hilton Anaheim Hotel, Anaheim, California USA. Contact John Lineberry, ERC Inc., 1940 Elk River Dam Road, PO Box 1581, Tullahoma, TN 37388 USA; phone (931) 393-4500; fax (931) 454-2042.
Twenty-Eighth IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science and Thirteenth IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference (PPPS-2001), 17 - 22 June 2001, Rio Hotel and Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada USA. Contact Janet Neff-Shampine, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mail Stop D420, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA; phone (505) 665-9413; fax (505) 665-2828. Abstract deadline is 12 January 2001.
2001 Particle Accelerator Conference, 18 - 22 June 2001, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Contact Catherine Eyberger, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 Cass Ave., Bldg. 401, Argonne, Illinois 60439 USA; phone (630) 252-7575; fax (630) 252-1512.
Twenty-Eighth European Physical Society Conference on Controlled Fusion and Plasma Physics, 18 - 22 June 2001, Madeira Tecnopolo Conference Centre, Funchal-Madeira, Portugal. Contact Maria Pinto, Centro de Fusão Nuclear, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal; phone +351 21 8417818; fax: +351 21 8417819. Includes satellite meetings, Fourth Europhysics Workshop on Role of Electric Fields in Plasma Confinement and Exhaust, 24 - 25 June 2001, and Fifth Workshop on Fast Ignition of Fusion Targets.
Ninth Workshop on Plasma Technology, 20 - 21 June, 2001, Hotel Heyda, Technical University Ilmenau, Germany. Contact Gabriele Nutsch, PF 100565, D-98684 Ilmenau, Germany; phone 03677 - 692835, fax 03677 - 691533. Topics include plasma spraying; and thermal plasmas and non-thermal plasmas, especially atmospheric plasmas. Deadlines for abstracts and papers are 30 March and 30 May 2001.
Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, 24 - 29 June 2001, Renaissance Waverly Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Contact Alita Roach, Los Alamos National Laboratory; phone (505) 665-6277.
IAEA Technical Committee Meeting on Research using Small Fusion Devices, 25 - 27 June 2001, São Paulo, Brazil. Contact Ivan Nascimento, Laboratory of Plasma Physics, Institute of Physics, University of Sao Paulo, Praca do Oceanografico s/n., 05508-900 Sao Paulo, Brazil; phone +55-11-3818-7001; fax +55-11-3818-7014; or Thomas Dolan, IAEA Physics Section, P.O. Box 100, A-1400 Vienna, Austria; phone +43 1 2600 21756; fax +43 1 26007 21756. Abstract deadline is 1 May 2001.
Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Computational Physics, 25 - 28 June 2001, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Campus, Cambridge, Massachusetts USA. Contact Jim Gubernatis, MS B262, T-11, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA; phone (505) 667-6727; (505) 665-4063.
Plasma Based Ion Implantation (PBII 2001), 26 - 28 June 2001, Grenoble, France. Contact PBII Secretariat, CNRS - LEMD BP 166, 38042 Grenoble, Cedex 9, France; phone (33) 4 76 88 78 84; fax (33) 4 76 88 79 45.
Sixth International Workshop on Interrelationship between Plasma Experiments in the Laboratory and Space (IPELS2001), 1 - 6 July 2001, Hotel Nikko Annupuri (phone 0136-58-3366), Niseko, Niseko-cho, Abuta-gun, Hokkaido 048-1511, Japan. Contact IPELS; phone +(81)-572-58-2186; fax +(81)-572-58-2619. Topics include potential and structural formation in fusion and basic plasma physics, such as transport barrier, double layer, radial and field-aligned electric field, bifurcation and transition in electric field structure, and rotation and shear flow.
Third International Symposium on Applied Plasma Science (ISAPS '01), 2 - 6 July 2001, The Wedgewood Resort, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA. Contact Akira Kobayashi, Osaka Univ.; phone 81-6-6879-8694; fax 81-6-6879-8689. Topics include plasma sources, propulsion, plasma diagnostics, modeling and simulations, plasma surface interactions, plasma processing such as surface modifications, cutting and welding, deposition, and plasma spraying, applications in microelectronics, environmental applications, advanced materials and characterizations, high energy processing using laser, ion beam, electron beam, and other industrial applications. The deadline for submission of paper titles and abstracts is 15 February 2001, and for registration and submission of camera ready manuscripts is 15 April 2001.
Progress in Nonlinear Science, including Topical Conferences: Mathematical Problems of Nonlinear Dynamics, Frontiers of Nonlinear Physics, and Nonlinear Oscillations, Control and Information, 2 - 6 July 2001, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Contact Alexander Malekhanov, Institute of Applied Physics RAS, 46 Ulyanov Str., 603600 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; phone/fax +7 (8312)367804.
Superhard Tool Materials on the Turn of the Centuries: Production, Properties, Applications, 4 - 6 July 2001, Kiev, Ukraine. Contact SHTM-2001 Institute for Superhard Materials 2, Avtozavodskaya St., Kiev, 04074 Ukraine. Includes laser and plasma techniques for production of materials, coatings and combined physicochemical treatment of metals and nonmetals.
International Summer School on Plasma Chemistry, 4 - 6 July 2001, Orleans, France. Contact Pascal Brault.
Fifteenth International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry, 9 - 13 July 2001, Orleans, France. Contact ISPC15, GREMI-ESPEO Université d'Orléans, 14 rue d'Issoudun, BP 6744, 45067 Orleans cedex 2, France; phone 33 2 38 56 97 30; fax 33 2 38 56 97 35. Also includes school on 4 - 6 July 2001 and workshop on 7 July 2001.
IAEA Technical Committee Meeting on Control, Data Acquisition and Remote Participation for Fusion Research, 16 - 19 July 2001, Padova, Italy. Contact Meeting Secretary, Consorzio RFX, Corso Stati Uniti 4, I-35127 Padova, Italy; phone +39-049-829-5219; fax +39-049-870-0718; or Ursula Schneider, IAEA Physics Section, P.O. Box 100, A-1400 Vienna, Austria; phone +43 1 2600 21756; fax +43 1 26007 21756.
Thirty-Eighth Culham Plasma Physics Summer School, 16 - 27 July 2001, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK. Contact Kathy Patton, EURATOM/UKAEA Fusion Association, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 3DB, UK; phone 44 1235 463635; fax 44 1235 464192. Application deadline is 25 May 2001.
Twenty-Fifth International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases (ICPIG XXV), 17 - 21 July 2001, Nagoya Congress Center, 1-1, Atsuta-nishimachi, Atsuta-ku, Nagoya, Japan. Contact Prof. T. Goto, Dept of Quantum Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464 8603 Japan.
Twenty-Second International Conference on Photonic, Electronic and Atomic Collisions (ICPEAC 2001), 18 - 24 July 2001, Santa Fe, NM, USA. Contact ICPEAC 2001, Bldg 5500, MS-6377, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P. O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6377 USA; phone +1-865-574-4779; fax +1-865-574-1118.
Thirteenth International Conference on Vacuum Ultraviolet Radiation Physics (VUV-XIII), 23 - 27 July 2001, Trieste, Italy. Contact Sincrotrone Trieste. The conference encompasses theoretical and experimental studies of the interaction of ultraviolet and soft x-ray radiation with matter over a photon-energy range of 5 eV to several keV. Major tools of investigation such as synchrotron radiation, lasers, laboratory sources, and plasma sources are important topics.
Nonneutral Plasma Physics Workshop, 30 July - 3 August 2001, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA USA. Contact C. Fred Driscoll, Physics Dept. 0319, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0319 USA; phone (858) 534-2489; fax (858) 534-0173.
Second IAEA Technical Committee Meeting on Spherical Tori and Seventh International Spherical Torus Workshop, 1 - 3 August 2001, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil. Contact Gerson Ludwig, Laboratory of Plasma Physics, National Institute for Space Research (INPE), 12201-970 Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil; phone +55-12-345-6698; fax +55-12-345-6710; or U. Schneider, IAEA Physics Section, P.O. Box 100, A-1400 Vienna, Austria; phone +43 1 2600 21756; fax +43 1 26007 21756.
Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference, 1 - 4 August 2001, Chuo University, Tokyo 112-8551, Japan. Contact AP-RASC '01 Secretariat, c/o REALIZE Inc., 4 - 1 - 4 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan; phone +81-3815-8552; fax +81-3815-8529.
Seventh International Colloquium on Atomic Spectra and Oscillator Strengths for Astrophysical and Laboratory Plasmas (ASOS 7), 5 - 9 August 2001, Queen's University, Belfast, UK. Contact Alan Hibbert, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Queen's University, Belfast BT7 1NN UK; phone +44-2890-273171, +44-2890-273189; fax +44-2890-239182. Current spectroscopic data needs for specific astrophysical and laboratory plasma applications will be featured.
Fourth Latin American Course on Plasma Processing of Materials, 6 - 31 August 2001, Argentine Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA), Buenos Aires, Argentina. Contact Adolfo Rodrigo. The course is intended particularly for residents of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
Second International Workshop on Magnetized Target Fusion, 7 - 9 August 2001, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, USA. Contact Lucy Maestas. The workshop will consist of a day of overview presentations, followed by two days contributed papers. Abstract deadline is 6 July 2001.
Waves and Wave Turbulence, 12 - 15 August 2001, Hotel Nyborg Strand, Nyborg, Denmark. Contact Mogens Levinsen, Niels Bohr Institute, Blegdamsvej 17, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark; phone +45 35 32 52 95; fax +45 35 32 54 25.
Ninth International Symposium on Science and Technology of Light Sources (LS:9), 12 - 16 August 2001, Statler Hotel, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York USA. Contact Rolf Bergman.
Seventh European Conference on Application of Accelerators in Research and Technology, 21 - 25 August 2001, Guildford, United Kingdom. Contact Brian Sealy, School of Electronics, Computing and Mathematics, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 5XH, UK; phone +44 (0)1483 879139; fax +44 (0)1483 534139.
Fifth European Workshop on Dusty and Colloidal Plasmas, 23 - 25 August 2001, Potsdam, Germany. Contact Andre Melzer; phone +49-431-880-3841; fax +49-431-880-3809. Topics include laboratory experiments, space observations, theory, simulations, and microgravity experiments.
Second International Conference on Superstrong Fields in Plasmas, 27 August - 1 September 2001, Milan, Italy. Contact Maurizio Lontano, Istituto di Fisica del Plasma, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, R. Cozzi, 53, Milano, Italy 20125; phone +39-02-66173260; fax +39-02-66173239.
Twelfth European Conference on Diamond, Diamond-Like Materials, Carbon Nanotubes, Nitrides and Silicon Carbide (Diamond 2001), 2 - 7 September 2001, Budapest, Hungary. Contact Liz Reed, Elsevier Science, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1AS, UK; phone +44 (0) 1865 843721; fax +44 (0) 1865 843958.
International Topical Conference on Plasma Physics: New Plasma Horizons, 3 - 7 September 2001, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal. Contact Tahir Farid, ITCPP--2001, Institut für Theoretische Physik IV, Ruhr Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany; phone 49 234 32 23729; fax 49 234 32 14177.
International Conference on Ion Sources (ICIS), 3 - 7 September 2001, Oakland, CA USA. Contact Martha Condon, phone 510-486-7135; fax 510-486-5788.
International Conference on Advanced Diagnostics for Magnetic and Inertial Fusion, 3 - 7 September 2001, Varenna, Italy. Contact Giuseppe Gorini, Istituto di Fisica del Plasma "Piero Caldirola", CNR, via Cozzi 53, I-20125 Milano, Italy; phone +39 02 66173257; fax +39-02 66173239.
The Sixth International School/Symposium for Space Plasma Simulations (ISSS-6), 3 - 7 September 2001, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany. Contact Copernicus Gesellschaft, Max-Planck-Str. 13 D-37191, Katlenburg-Lindau Germany; phone +49-5556-91099; fax +49-5556-4709.
Conference on Computational Physics (CCP 2001), 4 - 8 September 2001, Aachen, Germany. Contact CCP 2001 Secretariat, Research Center Juelich, John von Neumann Institute for Computing , D-52425 Juelich, Germany; phone +49-2461-61-4402; fax +49-2461-61-6656.
IAEA Technical Committee Meeting on H-Mode Physics and Transport Barriers, 5 - 7 September 2001, Toki, Japan. Contact Katsumi Ida, National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6 Oroshi-cho Toki, 509-5292, Japan; phone +81-572-58-2182; fax +81-572-58-2619; or Ursula Schneider, IAEA Physics Section, P.O. Box 100, A-1400 Vienna, Austria; phone +43 1 2600 21756; fax +43 1 26007 21756.
IAEA Technical Committee Meeting on High Average Power Drivers, 9 - 14 September 2001, Kyoto, Japan. Contact Katunobu Nishihara, Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, 2-6 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; phone +81 6-6879-8725; fax +81 6-6877-4799; or Ursula Schneider, IAEA Physics Section, P.O. Box 100, A-1400 Vienna, Austria; phone +43 1 2600 21756; fax +43 1 26007 21756. To be held in conjunction with
Second International Conference on Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications (IFSA 2001), 9 - 14 September 2001, Kyoto, Japan. Contact K. Tanaka, Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871 Japan.
Eighth International Workshop on Plasma Edge Theory in Fusion Devices, 10 - 12 September 2001, Dipoli Congress Center, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland. Contact Seppo Sipilä, Helsinki University of Technology, P.O. Box 2200, FIN-02015 Hut, Finland; phone +358-9-4513203; fax +358-9-4513195.
Fourteenth Symposium on Physics of Switching Arc, 10 - 14 September 2001, Ski Hotel - Nove Mesto na Morave, Czech Republic. Contact J. Bartl.
Fifth Carolus Magnus Summer School on Plasma and Fusion Energy Physics, 10 - 21 September 2001, Bad Honnef, Germany. Contact K.H. Finken, Institut für Plasmaphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Euratom Association, D-52425 Jülich, Germany; phone +49 2461 61 5646; fax +49 2461 61 5452.
Computation as a Tool for Discovery in Physics, 11 - 12 September 2001, Science and Software National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), University of Illinois Ballston Metro Center Office Tower, 901 North Stuart Street, Suite 800, Arlington, Virginia 22203. Contact phone (703) 248-0072; fax (703) 248-0100.
IAEA Technical Committee Meeting on Divertor Concepts, 11 - 14 September 2001, Aix-en-Provence, France. Contact Philippe Ghendrih, Association Euratom-CEA, DRFC, CEA Cadarache, F-13108 St. Paul lez-Durance, Durance, France; phone +33-4-42-25-2993; fax +33-4-42-25-4990; or Ursula Schneider, IAEA Physics Section, P.O. Box 100, A-1400 Vienna, Austria; phone +43 1 2600 21756; fax +43 1 26007 21756.
A Celebration of High Temperature Plasma Physics, 12 - 14 September 2001, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA. Contact Dolores Lawson; phone 609-243-3554; fax 609-243-2749.
Twelfth International School on Vacuum, Electron and Ion Technologies, 17 - 21 September 2001, Varna, Bulgaria. Contact N. Guassiermov.
International Symposium PLASMA-2001: Research and Applications of Plasmas, 19 - 21 September 2001, Warsaw, Poland. Contact PLASMA-2001, Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, P.O. Box 49, PL-00-908 Warsaw 49, Poland; phone (+48 22) 638 1460; fax (+48 22) 666 8372.
FY-2002 National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) Results Review, 19 - 21 September 2001. Contact Martin Peng, PPPL, P.O. Box 451, Princeton, NJ 08543 USA; phone (609) 243-2305; fax (609) 243-2222.
Course on Low Temperature Plasma Physics and Applications (CLTPP- 6) and Master Class on Hot Topics in Plasma Physics and Technology: Dusty Plasmas, 23 September - 2 October 2001, Physikzentrum Bad Honnef (phone +49 (0) 2224 9232-0; fax +49 (0) 2224 9232-15), Hauptsr. 5, D-53604 Bad Honnef, Germany. Contact Jorg Winter; phone +49 234 32 3800; fax +49 234 14171.
High Current Plasma Experiments and Diagnostics, 24 - 28 September 2001, Kudowa Zdroj, Poland. Contact Irena Ivanova-Stanik, Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, Hery 23 P.O.Box 49, 00-908 Warsaw, Poland; phone/fax +(4822) 6668372. This school will cover a broad spectrum of experiments on high-current carrying plasmas (e.g. Plasma-Focus, Z-pinch, Q-Pinch, etc.) as well as different diagnostic methods used for such studies. Registration deadline is 30 June 2001.
Tenth International Symposium on Laser-Aided Plasma Diagnostics, 24 - 28 September 2001, Hotel Umino-Nakamichi, Fukuoka, Japan. Contact LAPD10 Conference. Topics include laser diagnostics and diagnostics aided by lasers for fusion plasmas, industrial process plasmas, environmental plasmas, and other plasma applications and processes. Registration deadline is 17 June 2001.
Frontiers in Fusion Research, Fusion Power Associates Annual Meeting, 25 - 26 September 2001, Canadian Embassy, Washington, DC USA. Contact Stephen O. Dean, Fusion Power Associates.
Matter in Super-Intense Laser Fields: Short Pulse, Superstrong Laser-Plasma Interactions, 29 September - 4 October 2001, San Feliu de Guixols, Spain. Contact J. Hendekovic, European Science Foundation, 1 quai Lezay-Marnésia, F-67080 Strasbourg, France; phone +33 388 76 71 35; fax +33 388 36 69 87.
Fourth MHD-Day, 1 - 2 October 2001, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany. Contact Frau Buhr; phone +49 234 3223459.
Seventh IAEA Technical Committee Meeting on Energetic Particles in Magnetic Confinement Systems, 8 - 11 October 2001, Gothenburg, Sweden. Contact Mietek Lisak, Swedish Fusion Research Unit, Association EURATOM-NFR, Department for Electromagnetics, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden; phone +46-31-772-1565; fax +46-31-772-1573; or Ursula Schneider, IAEA Physics Section, P.O. Box 100, A-1400 Vienna, Austria; phone +43 1 2600 21756; fax +43 1 26007 21756.
Max Planck International Research School on Bounded Plasmas, 8 - 12 October 2001, Greifswald, Germany. Contact Antje Zornow, International Max Planck Research School, Wendelsteinstrasse 1, D-17491 Greifswald, Germany; phone +493834-88-2510; fax +493834-88-2009.
Autumn College on Plasma Physics, 8 October - 2 November 2001, Trieste, Italy. Contact A. Lusenti, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, P.O. Box 586, I-34014 Trieste, Italy; phone +39 040 2240544; fax +39 040 224163.
Fifty-Fourth Annual Gaseous Electronics Conference, 9 - 12 October 2001, Nittany Lion Inn, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania USA. Contact Terry Reed; phone (814) 865-7643; fax (814) 865-3969. Topics include basic phenomena and plasma processes in partially ionized gases, and the theory and measurement of basic atomic and molecular collision processes.
Tenth International Conference on Fusion Reactor Materials (ICFRM-10), 14 - 19 October 2001, Baden-Baden, Germany. Contact Conference Secretary, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Fusion Program, P.O. Box 3640, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany; phone +49(0) 7247/82 6460; fax +49(0) 7247/82 6461.
Ninth European Fusion Theory Conference, 17 - 19 October 2001, Elsinore, Denmark. Contact Poul Michelsen, Risoe National Laboratory, OFD-128, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark; phone +45 4677 4540; fax +45 4677 4565.
Applications of High Field & Short Wavelength Sources IX 2001 Topical Meeting, 21 - 24 October 2001, Wyndham Palm Springs Hotel, Palm Springs, California USA. Contact Optical Society of America, 2010 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036-1023 USA; fax (202) 416-6140.
Frontiers of Surface Engineering 2001 (FSE2001), 28 October - 1 November 2001, Nagoya, Japan. Contact Y. Sakuma, Department of Materials Processing Engineering, Nagoya University, Fro-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan; phone +81-(0)52-789-3259; fax +81-(0)52-789-3260. Abstract deadline is 10 May 2001.
AVS Forty-Eighth International Symposium, 29 October - 2 November 2001, Moscone Center and Marriott Hotel, San Francisco, California, USA. Contact American Vacuum Society, 120 Wall Street, 32nd Fl, New York, NY 10005 USA; phone (212) 248-0200; fax (212) 248-0245.
Forty-Third Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, 29 October - 2 November 2001, Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, California USA. Contact Saralyn Stewart. Mini-conferences include Applications of Helicon Plasma Sources (Earl Scime; phone 304-293-3422, x1437; fax 304-293-5732) and Reconnection in Space and Astrophysical Plasmas (Peter Gary; phone 505-667-3807; fax 505-665-7395). Abstract deadline is 20 July 2001.
First Euro-Mediterranean Symposium on Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (EMSLIBS I), 2 - 6 November 2001, Helnan Royal Beach Resort, Ras-Sudr, South Sinai, Egypt. Contact M. Abdel Harith.
Ninth International Conference on Heavy Ion Accelerator Technology Nuclear Science Centre (HIAT 2001), 5 - 9 November 2001, New Delhi, India. Contact Amit Roy, Nuclear Science Centre, PO 10502, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India; fax +91-11-689-3666.
Nouvelles Tendances en Procédés Magnétron et Arc pour le Dépôt de Couches Minces, 15 - 16 November 2001, Bâtiment des Colloques, Université Paris-Sud Orsay, France. Contact Irène Pariso au LPGP, Université Paris XI - Bât. 210, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France; phone +33 (0) 1 69 15 81 96.
FTU Workshop, 22 - 23 November 2001, Frascati, Italy. Contact Maria Polidoro; phone ++39 06 94005309; fax ++39 06 94005100. RF physics, Transport, MHD, Deep Fuelling, and High Density Operation will be covered.
Eighth International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics and Control Systems (ICALEPCS2001), 27 - 30 November 2001, San Jose, California USA. Contact Centennial Conferences, 4800 Baseline Road, Ste. A-112, Boulder, Colorado 80303, USA; phone (303) 499-2299; fax (303) 499-2599. Topics include control and operation of particle accelerators, detectors, telescopes, fusion devices, nuclear reactors and other large experimental facilities.
Annual Meeting of Japan Society of Plasma Science and Fusion Research, 27 - 30 November 2001, Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan. Contact NIFS.
Modern Facilities for Plasma Diagnostics and Their Application for Materials and Environmental Control, 28 - 30 November 2001, Moscow State Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia. Contact Alexandre Sergeevich Savjolov, Kashirskoe sh. 31, Moscow State Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow 115409, Russia; fax 7-095-324-7024.
International School on Fundaments and Frontier Problems in Plasma Physics, 3 - 14 December 2001, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela. Contact Pablo Martin.
Eighth International Workshop on the Physics of Compressible Turbulent Mixing (8th IWPCTM), 9 - 14 December 2001, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California USA. Contact Kathy Evans, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, L-048, Livermore, California 94551 USA; phone (925) 423-0813.
Third Meeting of the Venezuelan Physical Society, Caracas, Venezuela, 10 - 14 December 2001. Contact Alejandro Chataing.
Twelfth International Toki Conference and Third General Scientific Assembly of Asia Plasma and Fusion Association, 11 - 14 December 2001, Ceratopia Toki Conference Hall, Takayama 4, Tokitsu-cho, Toki-shi, Gifu-ken, 509-5121 Japan. Contact T. Kamimura, National Institute for Fusion Science, Oroshi-cho, Toki, Gifu 509-5292, Japan; fax +81-572-58-2618. Abstract deadline is 31 August 2001.