Meetings and Directory Issue

europhysics news BULLETIN OF THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY J.A. Volume 14 Number 6 Meetings and Directory Issue Trends in Physics EPS 6th General C onference, 27-31 A ugust 1984 Why are the General Conferences of the European Physical Society so special? There are a number of reasons: 1) As physics becomes more and more spe cialised, the opportunities for obtaining a bird's eye view of developments in physics outside one's own particular discipline become more and more restricted. 2) Parallel to the specialisation there is a greater inter-dependence of disciplines as the techniques, both theoretical and expe rimental, that have been developed in one discipline become relevant to another. 3) Even the data generated in one field may have an immediate impact on another but there is always the risk that they remain unperceived. 4) Few areas of physics can retain a peak interest indefinitely: some will fall as others rise and it is neither productive nor intellec tually rewarding to pursue in ever greater detail —or persuade students to follow — the minutiae of a subject that has already been worked through. 5) Although many good review journals are Guide to Entries published, the quantity of material that has to be read immediately leads to neglect of long-term information. 6) Because of mounting pressures, not least those of administration, the time for reflective and relaxed exchanges with col leagues from far afield becomes shorter. 7) International exchange, recognized everywhere as an invaluable stimulus, is so often confined to exchanges within a small circulating group that has less and less input from outside. 8) The generation gap is not merely a domestic problem but intellectual also, per petuated often by the traditional structures that have grown up. The EPS General Conferences are desi gned to counter these tendencies. Almost unique in the physics meetings calendar, they provide a genuine over-view of the high-points in physics through the Plenary Sessions and a more detailed insight into subjects of outstanding topicality through the Symposia. Nor is the impact of physics on the well-being of mankind ignored, with regarding earlier events but like to have as long an advance notice as possible of future happenings. The listings are in date order divided into two categories — Conferences and Europhysics News publishes annually Schools. Europhysics Conferences, i.e. three Meetings Issues: in March, June and meetings organized by EPS, its Divisions November. In the March issue the informa and Sections, are printed in bold type and tion received to date is given in full; in the boxed; events sponsored by EPS are print two subsequent issues some entries may ed in bold type; Europhysics Study Confe be abbreviated and marked by an asterisk rences are marked by an E preceding the (*) indicating that full information can be date. found in the preceding Meetings Issue of For inclusion in the November 1983 Europhysics News. The events listed are those for which issue, organizers should send available details were received at the EPS Secretariat details to the EPS Secretariat by 17 Octo in Geneva by May 1983. In general, all ber. events interesting European physicists Organizers of conferences that are Euro which take place from six weeks after the date of publication are quoted. Most rea pean in concept may apply for EPS spon ders will already have taken their decision sorship through the Secretariat. June 1983 special sessions devoted to educational and social problems. A generous participa tion of young physicists is encouraged through the support given by the EPS Young Physicists Fund and the different schemes operated by the various national societies. Prague is a magnificient location and the Agricultural Faculty where the Conference will be held is particularly attractive, with wide lawns and flowers beds, ponds and fountains — a campus that combines modern buildings and facilities with a park like charm. Altogether a setting which should provide the ideal conditions for maximum interchange. Because, as we are all aware, it is not just the Conference ses sions, it is the interaction of minds in an intellectually stimulating yet relaxed envi ronment which can bring so much to the participants and have such an important long-term impact on their work. The first bulletin produced by the Inter national Programme Committee under its chairman, Professor Leon Van Hove has now been published and is available toge ther with preliminary registration forms at the EPS Secretariat. Members of EPS receive their individual copies with this issue of Europhysics News. Key to Abbreviations A: Application deadline Ab: Abstracts deadline inv.: restricted to invited applicants NP: no proceedings will be published P: Papers deadline (information on pro ceedings has not been received) PP: proceedings will be published. The information is given in this order: Date Venue Title Contact for information A: .... / Ab: .... / PP, NPor P: Papers deadline / Number of participants / inv. / languages other than English / Sponsor ship / Conference fee. ◄ after the date indicates that there has been an important amendment to a pre viously published entry. Europhysics News is published monthly by the European Physical Society. © 1983. Reproduction rights reserved. ISSN 0531-74 79 1 For Guide to Entries see Front Page Conferences 1983 20-27 July Brighton, UK Int. Europhysics Conf. on High Energy Physics J.J. Thresher, Rutherford Appleton Lab., Chilton, Didcot, Oxon 0X11 0QX A: 1.3.83 / Ab: 20.5.83 / PP: 20.6.83 / 800 / inv. / £ 80. —IOM; 90. —mbrs 4b; 40. — students 24-25 July nr. Rome, Italy * Wave Functions and Mechanism from Electron Scat tering Processes 24-25 July * Collisions in Strong Fields 15-19 Aug. Colorado Springs, CO, USA Cryogenic Engineering Conf. — Int. Cryogenic Mate rials Conf. T.M. Flynn, 773.1, National Bureau of Standards, I-4001, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80303 A: 15.8.83 / Ab: 1.3.83 / PP: 15.8.83 / 600 17-19 Aug. Lund, Sweden Atomic Spectra and Oscillator Strengths for Astrophy sics and Fusion Research Atomic Spectroscopy, Physics Dept., Univ. of Lund, Sölvegatan 14, S-22362 Lund 18-26 Aug. Lyngby/Copenhagen, DK * IUPAC General Assembly 5-9 Sept. London, UK Advanced Technology Optical Telescopes II (5-6.9) Instrumentation in Astronomy V (7-9.9) SPIE, POB 10, Bellingham, WA 98227-0010, USA 5-9 Sept. * Magnet Technology 8 (MT-8) 5-9 Sept. Durham, UK * Int. Conf. on Fourier Transform Spectroscopy 5-9 Sept. Toulouse, France * 10th Int. Conf.: Optics of X-Rays - Microanalysis 21- 27 Aug. Karlsruhe,FRG * 10th Int. Conf. on Few-Body Problems in Physics 22- 26 Aug. Stuttgart,FRG * 4th Int. Conf. on Phonon Scattering in Condensed Matter 22-26 Aug. Tokyo, Japan * 10th Int. Conf.: Amorphous and Liquid Semicond. 22 Aug. - 3 Sept. Bangalore, India * 18th Int. Cosmic Ray Conference Bielefeld,FRG24-26 Aug. Copenhagen, Denmark * Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry Grenoble, (...truncated)