Dear Colleague,
As accelerator operations professionals, we all face common problems that are unique to accelerator research facilities. Training, maintenance, safety, documentation, and control room operations are everyday issues that consume a huge portion of our day-to-day work schedule. If you've ever wondered how other accelerator operations professionals deal with the same problems that you wrestle with every day, you are not alone.
We feel there is much to be learned by gathering the people--just like you--who actually operate, manage, and maintain the machines that make up the small world-wide community of accelerator facilities. That's why we are proposing an event that appears to be the first of its kind: A Workshop for Accelerator Operations Professionals.
At this first workshop, hosted by Jefferson Lab, we hope to establish an open forum for the exchange of ideas and also provide a way to meet other professionals who also have a keen interest in making their operations more efficient and effective. Come and meet your peers, establish working relationships, and gain the knowledge that only a free exchange of ideas can foster. Learn how today's technologies are being applied and explore where tomorrow's may take us. Enjoy the benefit and insight of shared experience and walk away with new ideas that will help shape your facility's future.
This workshop presents a unique opportunity for everyone in the accelerator operations community. If you received this notice, or were just interested enough to pick it up and read it, you would very likely benefit from attending. Also, if you know someone else who might be interested in attending but did not receive our mailing, make a copy of this letter and pass it along. Don't miss this opportunity to hear about new approaches other facilities are taking. Learn about the successes--and failures--of new ideas and avoid the problems that others have already solved. This is a chance to gain a new perspective and maybe even exchange technology with other facilities. Many other specialized groups within laboratories have found such workshops to be extremely helpful and schedule them at regular intervals. As operations professionals we owe it to ourselves to take advantage of this same opportunity. Plan to attend!
Workshop Organizing Committee
If you have questions or comments concerning this workshop, contact the
workshop secretary, Gloria Fleming, or any of
the committee members.
John Crawford - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Rod Gerig - Argonne National Laboratory
Tom Inman - Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Bob Mau - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Randy Pico - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Mike Stanek - Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Invited speakers will then present material on their specific areas of
expertise and also conduct roundtable discussions on topics relevant
to accelerator operations. Attendees will also be given a guided
tour of the Jefferson Lab accelerator site.
The workshop will be preceded by a "get acquainted" social affair
the evening of June 24.
There are many local
hotels only minutes from Jefferson Lab. An information package with details of
local accommodations will be provided to each registered attendee.
Please note that the registration fee is not due at the time of registration,
but remember that the fee increases after April 26, 1996.
John Crawford - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Bob Mau - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Rod Gerig - Argonne National Laboratory
Randy Pico - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories
Tom Inman - Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Mike Stanek - Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Gloria Fleming (Workshop Secretary) - Jefferson Lab
The Site
The host laboratory for this workshop is the Continuous Electron Beam
Accelerator
Facility (Jefferson Lab), located in Newport News, Virginia. Jefferson Lab is a 4 GeV, high
intensity, continuous-wave electron accelerator based on superconducting RF
technology. Jefferson Lab's scientific goal is to understand the quark structure,
behavior, and the clustering of individual nucleons in the nuclear medium as
well as the forces governing this behavior. Jefferson Lab was commissioned for
operation
in 1995 and is currently in the early stages of delivering beam to the
experimental halls for physics research.
When
The dates for this workshop are June 25-28. Who Should Attend
Potential attendees include anyone involved with the day-to-day, hands-on
operation of any large particle accelerator or anyone with a specific
interest in training techniques, maintenance, documentation, control systems,
or any other operations-related issue. Attendees will range from operations
group leaders, control-room crew chiefs and operators to technical writers,
control programmers, maintenance and safety personnel.
The Workshop Format
To kick off the workshop, a representative from each of the major labs
in attendance will give a brief summary of how they currently "do business"
in their operations group. From these overviews, you will begin to see the
similarities between your own operations and the other labs. Once these
areas of common interest are identified, we can begin to help each other
and exchange ideas or even technologies.
Workshop Agenda
Monday (June 24)
Tuesday (June 25)
Wednesday (June 26)
Thursday (June 27)
Friday (June 28)
Accommodations
Jefferson Lab maintains an on-site residence facility
that will be available to conference attendees. Space, however, is limited and
availability will be on a first-come, first-serve basis. The daily cost for
accommodations at the Jefferson Lab residence facility is $30.
Cost
To offset the cost of hosting the workshop, there will be a registration
fee of $125, which covers the cost of the pre-workshop social affair
(the night of June 24), a barbecue (the night of June 26), coffee and
danish each morning, and break refreshments between sessions. The fee
is payable on or before April 26, 1996. After April 26, 1996, the
registration fee will increase to $150.Registration
To register for this conference, complete the
on-line
registration form or contact Gloria Fleming,
workshop secretary, for a registration form. Return the form to Gloria at Jefferson Lab
by fax
or mail. Registering will guarantee that you receive the second mailing, which
will provide additional workshop details.
Travel Information
Jefferson Lab is located in the city of Newport News on the Virginia
Penninsula, close to Colonial Williamsburg
and only 200 miles south of Washington, D.C. Jefferson Lab is easily
accessible from either the Newport
News-Williamsburg Airport or the Norfolk International Airport.
Organizing Committee Contact Information
Ron Lauzé (Workshop Chairman) - Jefferson Lab