Dear Colleague,
We are writing to announce the program “Dark matter and new physics” to be held at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics China (KITPC), Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ITP-CAS) in Beijing, during the period: Sep 21 – Nov 06, 2011, together with the international workshop on “The dark side of the Universe (2011)”, Sept 26-30, 2011. We wish you’re able to participate in this exciting program as our key participant.
We also encourage you to inform others who you think might be interested in applying. KITPC especially welcome excellent post-docs and young researchers to attend the program. Further information about the program and a general description of the program's goals can be found online at
http://www.kitpc.ac.cn/program.jsp?id=PD20110921 <http://www.kitpc.ac.cn/program.jsp?id=PD20110921>
The website for the workshop is:
http://www.kitpc.ac.cn/dsu2011/index.html <http://www.kitpc.ac.cn/dsu2011/index.html>
We would greatly appreciate learning from you promptly if you will be able to participate. It will help us with our planning if you could respond early, including your proposed length of stay and any financial requirements. In your response, by e-mail to: zhuangc@itp.ac.cn. In order to arrange your accommodations in Beijing earlier, please reply no late than May 1, 2011. Please also fill in the online registration form through KITPC’s website:
http://www.kitpc.ac.cn/login.jsp <http://www.kitpc.ac.cn/login.jsp> .
KITPC programs differ from many conferences and workshops in that they create a situation where scientists learn from each other and actually do substantive research, often discussing and collaborating with other participants. There will only be a few seminars a week and there may be some pedagogical lectures. To foster these interactions, KITPC encourages all theory participants to stay for at least three weeks and gives priority to applicants who plan to do so. Some participants should stay longer. We understand, however, that experimentalists generally cannot manage long visits, and we can be more flexible for them.
KITPC/ITP-CAS provides office and computing facilities on its site and also provides help in reserving hotel rooms. KITPC/ITP-CAS intends to support the local expenses of all invited participants. Limited funding for travel expenses is also available for overseas scientists and domestic scientists out of Beijing who stay for an extended period. Due to space and financial constraints, however, we may not be able to accommodate everyone who responds. Please understand that actual commitments of office space and financial support can be made only by written formal invitations from the KITPC/ITP-CAS Director, Dr. Yue-Liang Wu.
We look forward to your participation. If you have any question or need help, please feel free to contact us or the KITPC Management Office: Dr. Ci Zhuang (E-mail: zhuangc@itp.ac.cn, Office Phone: 86-10-62582360). Again, feel free to bring this program to the attention of other interested colleagues.
Sincerely yours,
International Coordinators:
Elena Aprile
age@astro.columbia.edu <age@astro.columbia.edu>
Chao-Qiang Geng
geng@phys.nthu.edu.tw <geng@phys.nthu.edu.tw>
Shigeki Matsumoto
smatsu@sci.u-toyama.ac.jp <smatsu@sci.u-toyama.ac.jp>
Qaisar Shafi (Chair)
shafi@bartol.udel.edu <shafi@bartol.udel.edu>
Shu-Fang Su
shufang@physics.arizona.edu <shufang@physics.arizona.edu>
Tsz-king Henry Wang
htwong@phys.sinica.edu.tw <htwong@phys.sinica.edu.tw>
John Wefel
wefel@phunds.phys.lsu.edu <wefel@phunds.phys.lsu.edu>
Local Coordinators:
Xiao-Jun Bi
bixj@mail.ihep.ac.cn
Kai-Xuan Ni
nikx@sjtu.edu.cn
Chang-Geng Yang
yangcg@ihep.ac.cn
Qian Yue
yueq@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn
Yu-Feng Zhou (Contact Person)
yfzhou@itp.ac.cn
The KITPC workshop will also host the seventh international workshop "Dark Side of the Universe (DSU 2011)" from September 26-30. DSU 2011 will be a continuation of DSU workshops previously held in Seoul (2005), Madrid (2006), Minnesota (2007), Cairo (2008), Melbourne (2009) and Leon (2010)". Topics covered during the DSU workshop will include dark matter, dark energy, inflation, and the interplay of particle physics, astroparticle physics and cosmology.
DSU committee members
International:
Local:
l C. Balazs, Monash University, Australia
l D. Delepine, University of Guanajuato, Mexico
l S. Khalil, British University, Egypt
l A. Klypin, New Mexico State University, USA
l P. Ko, KIAS, South Korea
l C. Munoz, Autonomous University of Madrid & IFT, Spain
l K. Olive, Minnesota University, USA
l Q. Shafi, Delaware University, USA
l J. Silk, University of Oxford, UK
l Y.L. Wu, KITPC/ITP-CAS, China
l X.J. Bi, IHEP-CAS
l R.G. Cai, KITPC/ITP-CAS
l X.L. Cheng, NAOC
l Q.G. Huang, KITPC/ITP-CAS
l C.F. Qiao, GUCAS
l M. Li, KITPC/ITP-CAS
l M.X. Luo, ZJU
l B. Qin, NAOC
l H.J. He, Tsinghua University
l X. M. Zhang, IHEP-CAS
l B. Wang, SJTU
l Y.F. Zhou, KITPC/ITP-CAS
l S.H. Zhu, Peking University