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Last updated: 27 Jan 2009
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Stellenbosch Institute for
Advanced Study (Stias), Wallenberg Centre, Stellenbosch, South Africa 12 - 16 January 2009 |
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| The workshop is financially supported by the Department of Science and Technology DST through the Photonics Initiative of South Africa PISA | |
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NEW: Preliminary Programme
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| The workshop will start on the evening of Monday Jan 12 and end on the evening of Friday Jan 16, 2009 at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS). |
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More about
Stellenbosch and
surroundings |
| Krish Baruth-Ram – National Research Foundation |
| Opening of the workshop |
| Francois Amiranoff – LULI Palaiseau, France |
| Theory of Laser Matter
Interaction Lecture: [.pdf inside .zip- 6.82MB] [.ppt inside .zip - 12.05MB] |
| Michael Downer – Houston Texas, USA |
| Experimental Laser-Matter
Interaction Lecture 1: [.pdf inside .zip- 2.46MB] [.ppt inside .zip - 7.27MB] Lecture 2: [.pdf inside .zip - 11.06MB] [.ppt inside .zip - 10.78MB] Lecture 3: [.pdf in .zip - 3.62MB] [.ppt inside .zip - 17.13MB] Lecture 4: [.pdf in .zip - 3.39MB] [.ppt inside .zip - 23.53MB] |
| Thomas Heinzl – University of Plymouth UK |
| Strong Field Quantumelectrodynamics Lecture 1: [.pdf inside .zip - 647KB] [.pptx inside .zip - 1.19MB] Lecture 2: [.pdf inside .zip - 535KB] [.pptx inside .zip - 831KB] Lecture 3: [.pdf inside .zip - 929KB] [.pptx inside .zip - 1.18MB] |
| Igor Pogorelsky – Brookhaven, USA |
| Experimental Laser-Matter
Interaction Lecture 1: [.pdf inside .zip - 8.43MB] Lecture 2: [.pdf inside .zip - 4.84MB] |
| Ulli Köster – ILL Grenoble, France and CERN, Switzerland |
| Laser Isotope Separation and
Radioactive Beams Lecture 1: [.pdf inside .zip - 4.34MB] Lecture 2: [.pdf inside .zip - 3.46MB] Lecture 3: [.pdf inside .zip - 3.53MB] |
| Iain Moore – Jyvaskyla, Finland |
| Laser Isotope Separation and
Radioactive Beams Lecture 1: [.pdf inside .zip - 4.07MB] Lecture 2: [.pdf inside .zip - 6.65MB] |
| Claes-Göran Wahlström – Lund University Sweden |
| High Intensity Lasers No lecture received yet. |
| C.A. Dominguez – Centre for Theoretical Physics &
Astrophysics, University of Cape Town, also Department of
Physics, Stellenbosch University, South Africa Induced Electromagnetic Fields in Non-Linear QED Lecture: [.pdf inside .zip - 636KB] [.ppt inside .zip - 15.82MB] |
About 25 lectures of 45 minutes duration presented in English.
Preliminary Programme - [.pdf - 79.67KB]
Committee
| Heinrich Schwoerer | University of Stellenbosch |
| Erich Rohwer (Chair) | University of Stellenbosch |
| Thulani Dlamini | CSIR Pretoria |
| Lourens Botha | CSIR Pretoria |
| Zeblon Vilakazi | IThemba Labs |
| Kobus Lawrie | IThemba Labs |
| Robert Bark | IThemba Labs |
| Early registration (Regular) | R 500 |
| Early registration (Students) | R 300 |
| Late registration (Regular) | R 800 |
| Late registration (Students) | R 500 |
| Early registration before or on 10 Nov 2008 | |
PLUS
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Conference fee
including lunch, dinner, tea and snacks |
R 2200 |
PLUS (optional)
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Shared accommodation in: |
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| Waldenhof | R 1000 |
| Crozierhof | R 900 |
| Banghoek Place | R 1000 |
| Delegates who do not wish to make use of the above mentioned accommodation are advised that accommodation in Stellenbosch during January should be reserved early and is more expensive. |
| Subsidy for South African students |
| A limited number of student subsidies are available to cover the conference fee for South African students in financial need. All students are required to pay the full registration fee and their accommodation. Subsidies will be awarded to students based on academic merit and financial need. The total number of subsidies will depend on available funds. No support is available for travel costs. Students are responsible for their own travel arrangements. |
| Those students wishing to be considered for financial support must: |
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Please ensure that you
add your REFERENCE NUMBER on the Bank Deposit Slip.
A copy of the transfer instruction should be faxed to the secretariat.
FAX NUMBER: +27-21-8083385
| 20 Oct 2008 | Last day for application for subsidy |
| 10 Nov 2008 | Early registration deadline |
| 20 Nov 2008 |
Deadline for
payment of registration, conference fees and accommodation. After this late fees will apply. |
Accommodation has been reserved in Waldenhof, Crozierhof and Banghoek Place, all within easy walking distance from the Wallenberg Research Centre at STIAS, i.e. the venue of the school. Accommodation is made available on a first-come-first-served basis. The cost for the above accommodation is quoted per person sharing and is as follows:
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Waldenhof
Stellenbosch University apartments (9 x 1 room apartments, kitchen, 2 participants sharing, no breakfast) |
R 1000 |
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Crozierhof Stellenbosch University apartments (2 x 2 room apartments, kitchen, 4 participants sharing, no breakfast) |
R 900 |
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Banghoek
Place Guest House (5 x en-suite rooms with communal kitchen, pool & cleaning staff, 2 participants sharing, no breakfast) |
R 1000 |
Workshop attendees who do not wish to make use of this accommodation are requested to make their own reservations and arrangements for payment with Bed and Breakfast establishments.
For accommodation in a hotel or one of the many
excellent guest houses, we suggest browsing:
http://www.sa-venues.com/accommodation/wc_stellenbosch.htm
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See map to accommodation [.pdf]
Participants:
A shuttle transport service between Cape Town International airport and the
workshop venue will be available for participants at the beginning and end
of the workshop. Please provide us with your travel choice on the second
part of the registration page. The travel arrangement field will be
available when you logon after the initial registration process.
Participants who would like to make use of this transport are expected to
arrive in Cape Town on 12 Jan 2009 and depart on 17 Jan 2009.
| Secretariat Address: | |
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Lasers and
Accelerators Workshop, c/o Me. Christine Ruperti Department of Physics University of Stellenbosch Private Bag X1 7602 Matieland South Africa |
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| Telephone |
+27 21 808 3380 |
| Fax |
+27 21 808 3385 |
| Technical: Tinus Botha | |
| mcb@sun.ac.za | |
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