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The XXV International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics
June 3-9, 2012 Kyoto, Japan
Bulletin # 1
December 2, 2011
The 25th International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics
(Neutrino
2012) will be held in Kyoto, Japan during June 3-9, 2012.The primary purpose of this
Conference is to review the status of present and proposed researches in Neutrino
Physics and Astrophysics. It will consist of invited talks and posters. Details and
updated information are available in the Conference website:
http://neu2012.kek.jp/
The participation to the conference is by invitation only. If you are interested in
participating this conference and do not have invitation letter, please contact conference
secretariat. (E-mail address is given at the bottom.)
1. Important dates
Mar
1 2012
Deadline for application for financial supports
Mar
1 2012
Deadline for poster abstract submission
Apr
1 2012,
24:00 JST
Deadline for early registration
May 13 2012 24:00 JST
Final deadline for registration
Jun 3 2012
Open registration desk
(JST=GMT+9)
2. Topics

Neutrino Mixing and Oscillations

Neutrino Masses

Neutrino Interactions

Neutrino Beams and Sources

Future Detectors and Experiments

Astrophysical/Cosmological Neutrinos

Neutrino Technology/Applications
3. Program
The scientific program is under preparation. It will be posted on the website
http://neu2012.kek.jp/neu2012/programme.html
and will be updated when needed.
The schedule of the conference is given here:
4. Poster session
We accept your contributions to the poster session. The presenter of the accepted
contribution will be invited to this conference. However, the number of the posters is
limited to 200 at maximum and thus, not all the contributions may be accepted. The
abstract submission can be done via
http://neu2012.kek.jp/neu2012/poster_session.html
The deadline of the submission is March 1, 2012. Then, the approval of your poster will
be notified by the end of March 2012.
5. Registration
Participants can make registration at
http://neu2012.kek.jp/neu2012/registration.html
As mentioned above, this conference is by invitation only. In order to make registration,
you need a registration Access Key which is written in the invitation letter. End of early
registration will be April 1, and late registration will end on May 13, 2012.
If your registration is canceled until May 13, the registration fee will be refunded,
except for 5000 yen for administrative expenses. No refund can be made for
cancellations after May 13 (Late Registration Deadline).
The number of participants is limited to about 500.
6. Financial Supports
Limited supports in the form of partial registration remission and/or supports on
accommodation fee will be available with a priority for graduate students and/or
speakers from the developing countries. An application can be made at
http://neu2012.kek.jp/neu2012/financhial_supports.html
Graduate students should ask their thesis advisors to send a recommendation letter via
this web page, too. The deadline for applications is March 1, 2012.
7. Hotel Accommodation
Block reservations at several nearby hotels have beenmade for conference participants.
Reservation and payment for those hotels can be made from the registration page;
http://neu2012.kek.jp/neu2012/registration.html
Accommodation reservation page will be opened on 16 January 2012
8. Conference Venue
The conference will be held at the Kyoto TERRSA.
http://www.kyoto-terrsa.or.jp/
The address is Shinmachi Kujo Minami-ku, Kyoto, Japan.
TEL; +81-75-692-3400
9. Travel information
The most convenient international airport to access to Kyoto is Kansai International
Airport.
http://www.kansai-airport.or.jp/en/index.asp
From the airport to Kyoto, it takes about 85 minutes by taxi or bus, and 75 minutes by
train.
10. Visas
Participants from some countries will need a visa in order to enter Japan. Please check
if this will be necessary well in advance. Information from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of Japan's website is at
http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/index.html
If you need documents for visa application, please submit your request form at
http://www-conf.kek.jp/neu20122/regist/abst_form.php
11. Committees
International Advisory Committee
Frank T. Avignone III (South Carolina)
Alesandro Bettini (Canfranc Underground)
Milla Baldo Ceolin (Padova)
Janet Conrad (MIT)
Guido Drexlin (Karlsruhe)
John Ellis (CERN)
Antonio Ereditato (Bern)
Ettore Fiorini (Milano)
Francis Halzen (Wisconsin)
Kunio Inoue (Tohoku)
Takaaki Kajita (ICRR Tokyo)
Stavros Katsanevas (Lyon)
Soo-Bong Kim (Seoul)
Yury Kudenko (INR)
Manfred Lindner (Max Planck Institut)
Art McDonald (Queens)
Naba Mondal (Tata Institute)
Hitoshi Murayama (IPMU Tokyo, Berkeley)
Koichiro Nishikawa (KEK)
Pier Oddone (Fermilab)
Regina Rameika (Fermilab)
Mike Shaevitz (Columbia)
A.Yu. Smirnov (ICTP, Trieste)
Henry Sobel (Irvine)
Atsuto Suzuki (KEK)
Yoichiro Suzuki (ICRR Tokyo)
Raymond Volkas (Melbourne)
Yifang Wang (Beijing)
Dave Wark (Imperial)
Stan Wojcicki (Stanford)
International Neutrino Commission
Jenni Adams (Canterbury)
Sidney Bludman (Santiago)
Thomas Bowles (LANL)
Arnon Dar (Technion)
Ettore Fiorini (Milan)
Francis Halzen (Wisconsin)
Cecilia Jarlskog (Lund)
Toshio Kitagaki (Tohoku)
Konrad Kleinknecht (Mainz)
William Louis (LANL)
John Learned (Hawaii)
Art McDonald (Queens)
Stephen Parke (Fermilab)
Herbert Pietschmann (Vienna)
Matts Roos (Helsinki)
Norbert Schmitz (MPI)
Jacob Schneps, (Chair) (Tufts)
Yoichiro Suzuki (Tokyo)
George Tzanakos (Athens)
Francois Vannucci (Paris)
Daniel Vignaud (APC, Paris)
Franz von Feilitzsch (TUM)
Klaus Winter (CERN)
Local Organizing Committee
Shigeki Aoki (Kobe)
Atsuko K. Ichikawa (Kyoto) [secretary]
Hikaru Kawai (Kyoto)
Tadafumi Kishimoto (Osaka)
Takashi Kobayashi (KEK) [co-chair]
Masahiro Kuze (Tokyo Tech)
Takasumi Maruyama (KEK)
Akihiro Minamino (Kyoto)
Toshinori Mori(Tokyo)
Masayuki Nakahata (ICRR Tokyo, IPMU) [co-chair]
Mitsuhiro Nakamura (Nagoya)
Tsuyoshi Nakaya (Kyoto) [chair]
Noboru Sasao (Okayama)
Takahiro Tanaka (YITP Kyoto)
Toru Tanimori (Kyoto)
Kazuhiro Yamamoto (Osaka City)
Osamu Yasuda (Tokyo Metropolitan)
Masashi Yokoyama (Tokyo)
Shigeru Yoshida(Chiba)
12. Contact us
If you wish to contact the local organizing committee of Neutrino 2012,
please send e-mail to
E-mail:neu2012-sec-at-ml.post.kek.jp
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