Bulletin #1

January 27, 2016

                      PIXEL2016 Workshop Announcement

                           http://pixel2016.ge.infn.it

Dear Colleague,
PIXEL2016 - International Workshop on Semiconductor Pixel Detectors for Particles and Imaging - will be held from September 5 to 9, 2016, in Sestri Levante, a nice village and a tourist hotspot on the Mediterranean shores, about 60 km east of Genoa, Italy. The workshop is supported by INFN.

Topics
The PIXEL2016 Workshop will cover various topics related to pixel detectors. Developments and applications will be discussed for charged particle tracking in High Energy Physics, Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and for X-ray imaging in Astronomy, Biology, Medicine and Material Science. Both hybrid and monolithic/semi-monolithic developments will be considered. The conference program will also include reports on front and back end electronics, radiation effects, low mass mechanics, environmental control and construction techniques.

Presentations
The sessions will consist of few overview talks, several invited talks from the experiments with operational or planned pixel set-up as well as individual contributions on pixel-related projects. A poster session will also be organized. To apply for an oral or a poster presentation a one-page abstract should be submitted by May 15, 2016 (see conference web page).

Abstract submission will open on March 25, 2016.

Proceedings
The conference proceedings will be published as a special issue of JINST.

Registration
The registration will open March 25, 2016, and the deadline for registration is August 31, 2016. The deadline for early registration with reduced fee is July 15, 2016. Conference Fee 250 Euro until July 15, 2016 and 300 Euro after this date and before August 31. Registration is required for all participants.
Registration fee includes
- access to conference
- welcome reception on Monday, September 5
- coffee breaks
- excursion on Wednesday , September 7
There will be a conference dinner on Thursday, September 8. The conference dinner cost is of 50 Euros and should be paid at the conference desk.
Accompanying persons do not need to register, are invited to the welcome reception and may take part in the conference dinner and in the excursion to downtown Genoa under payment of 50 Euros and 15 Euros respectively.
Reduced fee for students or for scientists from disadvantaged countries is possible. The Local Organizers will evaluate the requests for reduced fee and grant them within budget limits.

Conference venue
Grand Hotel dei Castelli: Via Penisola di Levante, 26 - 16039 Sestri Levante (GE) Italy, Phone: +39 0185.487020 - Fax +39 0185.44767 http://www.hoteldeicastelli.it/eng/hotel-sestri-levante-genoa.asp

Hotel accommodation:
Accommodation is NOT included in the conference fee. The hotel booking is responsibility of each participant. Please note that the Workshop will take place still in the summer holiday season and consider booking your hotel well in advance. A number of rooms has been pre-booked for the workshop participants, see: https://agenda.infn.it/internalPage.py?pageId=1&confId=10190

Transportation:
The two closest airports to Sestri Levante are those of Genoa and Pisa. Train travel from downtown Genoa is ~1 hour, from Pisa ~1h40’. Detailed information on how to reach the conference site are at https://agenda.infn.it/internalPage.py?pageId=6&confId=10190

Conference web-site, wireless connectivity and workshop email address :
The conference web site is at http://pixel2016.ge.infn.it Wireless connection through EDUROAM will be provided. Please prepare your EDUROAM connectivity settings before coming to the conference. If this is impossible you'll be provided a user name and password to connect.

Mail contact for the workshop is pixel2016.cl@ge.infn.it

You are kindly invited to participate in the Workshop.
We also appreciate your help in spreading the information to anybody who might be interested in this event.

        With best regards,
         Leonardo Rossi
(INFN Genova, Chair of the Organizing Committee)