Bulletin 1: February 15 2009
2009 Meeting of the Division of Particles and Fields of the
American Physical Society (DPF 2009)
1st Bulletin
15 January 2009
The 2009 Meeting of the Division of Particles and Fields of the American Physical Society (DPF 2009) will take place from 26 to 31 July 2009 in Detroit, Michigan on the campus of Wayne State University. The conference will consist of five days of morning plenary talks and four days of afternoon parallel sessions (including a poster session).
With the anticipated turn-on of the Large Hadron Collider later this year, we expect a very exciting scientific program. The conference will cover the latest experimental and theoretical results in
- Accelerator Physics
- Beyond the Standard Model
- Computing in HEP
- CP-violation
- Detector Technology and R&D
- Education and Outreach in HEP
- Electroweak Physics [W/Z]
- Field and String Theory
- Hadronic Physics
- Heavy Ion Physics / Hot and Dense QCD
- Heavy Flavor Physics
- Higgs Physics
- Low Energy Searches for BSM Physics
- Neutrino Physics
- Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
- Perturbative and Non-perturbative QCD
- Top Quark Physics
Social activities include the conference Welcome Reception on the evening of July 27th, a banquet and excursion at the Henry Ford Museum of Automotive History, and a public lecture by Prof. Lawrence Krauss. The attendees are also welcome to take advantage of the location of WSU, which is adjacent to most Detroit museums, such Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Historical Museum, The New Science Museum, and Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History.
Registration and fees:
Details about the conference along with registration forms, abstract submission, and conference payment information can be found on the conference web site: http://dpf2009.wayne.edu. Financial support will be available for a limited number of graduate students and postdocs (see application link on the conference home page). Conference registration and abstract submission will open on February 15, 2009.
The conference fee will cover conference materials, welcome reception, coffee breaks, and conference banquet. It will not include lunches or accommodations.
Payment received before June 15, 2009 $275.00
Payment received after June 15, 2009 $325.00
Additional tickets for conference banquet can be purchased at the rate of $75.00/person.
Accommodations:
100 hotel rooms have been reserved at the Hilton Garden Inn – Detroit Downtown Hotel at a significantly discounted rate. In addition, 400 dormitory suites on WSU campus at the newly built University Towers have been reserved for conference participants and guests. Please consult the conference website for reservations.
Travel
Wayne State University is located in the cultural center of Detroit (MI). There are direct flights to Detroit Metro Airport (DTW) from all major American and Canadian cities, as well as from several European and Asian cities. The airport is located about 20 miles from the University. WSU is easily accessible from all major freeways that pass through Detroit.
Contact information:
Paul Karchin or Alexey Petrov, DPF-2009 Local Organizing Committee, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201. E-mail: dpf2009@physics.wayne.edu