
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
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Science administrators, funding agencies
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Scientists across a range of fields, post-doctoral
fellows and research students
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Scientists in industrial and research communities
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Technology transfer experts
Studentships
To help cover cost here are
a number of studentships available. Students wishing to qualify for the
support should contact:
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
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Thins to do and where to eat.
Click
here
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Wellington Tourism Information Click
here
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The Royal Society of New Zealand. Click
here
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Time Zone Check
here
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Exchange rates. Check
here
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General New Zealand News. Click
here
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New Zealand Maps Click
here
Organizing Committee
Prof Tom Barnes (University of Auckland) |
Dr Diether Blechschmidt (CERN) |
Prof Phil Butler (University of Canterbury) |
Mr Eddie Davis (Royal Society of New Zealand) |
Dr John Ellis (CERN) |
Dr David Krofcheck (University of Auckland) |
Dr Rob Lewis (Monash University) |
Dr Alick Macpherson (CERN, Paul Scherrer Institut) |
Dr Lou Reinisch (University of Canterbury) |
Prof Geoff Taylor (University of Melbourne) |
Dr Emmanuel Tsesmelis (CERN) |
Dr Steve Thompson (Royal Society of New Zealand) |

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