The Second Announcement and Call for Papers for the 6th International ST Workshop, The US-Japan ST Workshop and The US-Japan Workshop on Physics of Innovative High-Beta Fusion Plasma Confinement [ 19 - 21, November 1999. in Seattle, Washington, USA ].

Abstracts
Meeting Organizers
Program Committee Members
Committee Members' Responsibilities
Program Agenda
Hotel Accomodation
Registration
Location of The Conference Reception
Deadline for Abstracts
Visas
Others
Contact Personnel
Important Dates
Important Notes

A Joint Meeting of the sixth International ST (IST) Workshop, the US-Japan ST (US-J-ST) workshop and the US-Japan Workshop on Physics of Innovative High-Beta Fusion Plasma Confinement (HBFPC) will be held for three days, Friday-noon 19 November through Sunday-noon 21 November 1999. The first five International Workshops were held at ORNL 1994, Princeton 1995, Culham 1996, St. Petersburg 1997 and the University of Tokyo 1998.

The program of these meetings will include the following topics :

• Experimental results of the present ST devices
• Plans of future ST devices
• Theoretical studies of ST plasmas
• Technological studies of ST experimental devices
• Concepts of neutron sources and power reactors based on ST
• Innovative concepts for ST
• Scientific, engineering and economic comparisons of ST with other confinement schemes.
• Innovative High-Beta Plasma Confinement

Please note that:

1) The meetings will be sponsored and organized by the HIT group of the University of Washington and will be held at the Westin Hotel in downtown Seattle (the same hotel where the 41st APS - DPP conference will be held, just prior to the ST workshop).

2) The ST-related presentations at the APS meeting will be summarized at the Workshop to maximize efficiency.

Meeting Organizers

Host:	Prof. Tom Jarboe
Meeting organizer:	Dr. Roger Raman

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Program Committee Members
An international program committee has been formed, with Prof. Tom Jarboe serving as Chairman and Roger Raman as Secretary/Treasurer. The members of the committee are listed below.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Scientists Dr. Takaya Hayashi Dr. Akio Ishida and or Dr. Masaaki Yamada Dr. Stanley Kaye Dr. Gerson Otto Ludwig Dr. William Morris and or Dr. Alan Sykes Dr. Martin Peng Prof. Yuichi Takase

Institution NIFS - Japan Niigata Univ.- Japan PPPL - USA PPPL - USA INPE - Brazil Culham - UK Culham - UK ORNL @ PPPL - USA Univ. of Tokyo - Japan

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Committee Members' Responsibilities
The program committee members will be responsible for:

• Reading selected abstracts and recommending papers that should be presented in the workshop.
  
• Provide input as to which papers should be selected for oral presentations and preferred order of importance.
  
• Provide a brief written summary for a selected list of papers presented at the conference (about 8 papers each).

The conference summary will be published in a fusion Journal, including the names of the committee members and the list of contributors.

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Program Agenda
The program agenda is expected to be as follows:

Friday November 19: Saturday November 20: Sunday November 21: Sunday November 21:

2pm to 5:30pm 6:30 to 9:30pm 8:00am to 12:00 noon 2pm to 5:30pm 6:30 to 9:30pm 7:30am to 11:30am (Parallel)

Oral presentations Conference Reception Oral presentations Poster presentations Conference Banquet Session 1 on STs Session 2 on HBFPC end of workshop Tours of the HIT lab, RPPL labs and ZAP lab.

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Hotel Accommodation
The ST workshop will be held at the WESTIN HOTEL (not on the University campus). Those attending the APS should extend their stay until Saturday night. Please see the APS conference web site for hotel reservations.

http://w3fusion.ph.utexas.edu/aps/index.html

Those not attending the APS should also use the above web site for hotel reservations.

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Registration
There is a registration fee of US$180.00 for the IST, the US-J-ST and the HBFPC. The registration fee will cover conference hall rental and copies of all presentations (part 1), and refreshments (part 2). The third announcement (to follow in three weeks) will provide the procedure for conference registration. The registration deadline in September 1.

Location of The Conference Reception
The conference reception will be held at the WESTIN on Friday, November 19.

The conference banquet is scheduled on Saturday evening (20 November) also at the WESTIN. Cost of a separate banquet ticket and additional details will be provided in the third announcement.

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Deadline for Abstracts
Abstracts must be received by 1 September. The abstract should be one page (A4 or US Letter size), single-spaced, 12-point times-roman font.
Electronic transmission in plain text format or a Microsoft Word file is strongly preferred. Authors will be notified of acceptance and the tentative program around 30 September.

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Visas
Participants who require visas to enter the USA should submit the necessary application to their nearest USA consular representative by 15 August 1999.

Others
(a) Some poster sessions may be specified by the Program Committee.
(b) Minor changes in organizing this Joint Meeting are expected.

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Important Dates:

Registration Hotel reservation Abstract due

1 September ASAP 1 September

Important Notes

1. If you have not already done so, please e-mail your paper title or intention to attend to Roger Raman at [raman@aa.washington.edu].

Name:
Institution:
Email address:
Title(s) for presentation (leave blank to indicate attendance only):
Oral or Poster?

2. Based on the responses so far, we expect this to be a full and exciting workshop.

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