New Zealand-Australia Semiconductor Instrumentation Workshop

Wellington, New Zealand

21st -23rd June 2004

Date: Date  21st -23rd June 2004

Place:

Conference Hall, Science House, Royal Society of New Zealand, 4 Halswell Street, Thorndon, Wellington, New Zealand.

Comment: The venue is just off Murphy Street, which is an offramp of the southbound motorway. For a map go here. For a clickable map of Wellington try here

Phone:

Royal Society of New Zealand Workshop Contact person: Mr Eddie Davis

Phone number:+64-4-472 7421

 

Purpose:

The workshop will bring together both Australian and New Zealand as well as international researchers for the purpose of strengthening and unifying the Australasian semiconductor instrumentation research community. The workshop will focus on the development and application of semiconductor devices such as silicon strip and  pixel detectors in the areas astronomy and astrophysics, medical imaging, and high-energy particle physics. Further, the workshop will be a forum for local and  international researchers  to encourage and develop common interests  in instrumentation R&D, industrial spinoffs, and in technology transfer.

The final day of the workshop will be devoted  to the  development of  lines of communication between the diverse areas of Australasian research community, the funding agencies and government departments in an effort to build a coherent Australasian roadmap for the development and application of silicon  instrumentation.

Workshop Goals

• Provide an interdisciplinary forum for semiconductor detector technology in which Australian, New Zealand and international researchers can recognize possible synergiesand technology transfer. 

• Present developments and applications of semiconductor devices, such as silicon strip, CCDs and pixel detectors, in the areas of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Medical Imaging and High-Energy Particle Physics. 

• Develop lines of communication between the diverse areas of the Australian and New Zealand university and industrial research communities, Australasian funding agencies and government departments.

• Specify a coherent plan-of-action, identifying resources and requirements, for the development and application of silicon instrumentation in Australia and New Zealand through international collaboration.

Programme:  The present version of the programme is to be found here. Some minor changes and additions will occur over the next few days.

Presentations:

All presentations should be in Powerpoint or PDF format and should be readable on a PC running Windows XP. Prior to the workshop, presentations can be emailed to Alick. Alternatively presentations can be transferred ( by memory stick) to the workshop presentation PC during the workshop.

Accommodation:

There are various choices for accommodation in Wellington and one can consult the Wellington accommodation guide  for the full range of options. For the Workshop, an the RSNZ has arranged a reduced rate (~$NZ 130/per night) with the Portland Hotel, which is the closest hotel to the workshop venue. As most hotels will require a credit card to confirm a reservation, we ask that participants make their own accommodation  reservations. If making a reservation at the Portland Hotel, please state that you a participant at the RSNZ Instrumentation Workshop in order to qualify for the reduced rate.

With the exception of the Portland Hotel, most all hotels are approximately a $12 taxi fare away from the venue.

Sample Hotel List

Getting to Wellington:

For those coming from outside New Zealand, direct flights to Wellington are possible from Australia, whereas for people coming from Europe or the United States, it may be easier to fly into Auckland or Christchurch, and then take an internal flight. Internal flights can be booked over the web with Air New Zealand (for example) see http://www.airnz.co.nz/

Participants:

It is expected that the workshop will involve a maximum 60 people, and that the workshop involve research, industrial and governmental sectors, and should be open to students and experts alike. The list of participants is to be found here.

Audience Composition

• Science administrators, funding agencies

• Scientists across a range of fields, post-doctoral fellows and research students

• Scientists in industrial and research communities

• Technology transfer experts

Studentships

To help cover cost here are a number of studentships available. Students wishing to qualify for the support should contact:

• David Krofcheck (North Island, NZ)

• Lou Reinisch (South Island, NZ)

• Geoff Taylor (Australia)

Posters

As part of the workshop, people are encouraged to bring and present posters. The posters will be displayed at the venue, and depending on the number of posters, one or more informal poster sessions will be organised.

Workshop Registration:

There will be a registration session  at the venue on Sunday from 16:00 till 18:30. For those unable to register at this time, registration will also be possible on Day One, prior to the start of the workshop. The workshop registration fee is $NZ 50 and is applicable to all participants except students. For people attending for less than the full three days, the registration fee is $NZ 20 per day.

Lunches

As part of the workshop programme,  lunches for all participants will be provided for the three days of  the workshop at no additional cost. Those with special dietary concerns should contact Eddie Davis in advance.

Useful Links

• Thins to do and where to eat.  Click here

• Wellington Tourism Information Click here

• The Royal Society of New Zealand. Click here

• Time Zone Check here

• Exchange rates. Check here

• General New Zealand News. Click here

• New Zealand Maps Click here

Organizing Committee

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