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Proposal for 2012 ATLAS Upgrade Week at Stanford / San Francisco Bay Area. Joint hosting proposal from SLAC & LBNL & UC Santa Cruz f or Mar/26-30/2012. Page 1. Page 1. Page 1. Why Stanford/San Francisco Bay Area ?.

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  1. Proposal for 2012 ATLAS Upgrade Week at Stanford / San Francisco Bay Area Joint hosting proposal from SLAC & LBNL & UC Santa Cruz for Mar/26-30/2012 Page 1 Page 1 Page 1

  2. Why Stanford/San Francisco Bay Area ? • Some key foundation stones of particle physics and accelerators were laid in the Bay Area. • A very rich and diverse cultural backdrop, and distinctive local attractions of the San Francisco Bay Area. • The innovative spirit of Silicon Valley is one of the main engines of our modern civilization, which has a close personal touch on all of us.

  3. ATLAS @ UC Berkeley/LBNL

  4. ATLAS @ UC Santa Cruz

  5. ATLAS @ SLAC 3D Si sensor (Stanford SNF) with active edge at CERN test beam CO2 cooling Test system Cosmic Telescope for sensor /module tests Rad hard custom TwinAx for multi Gb/s electrical data transmission. RCE/ATCA high bandwidth DAQ with wide range of applications 2mm

  6. LBNL Geography 5 km Silicon valley Page 6

  7. Local Geography Hotel Clusters Downtown areas with clusters of restaurants and shops (also along El Camino Real) Cal Train station

  8. Transportation • Direct flights to San Francisco International (SFO) from many international airports. • Public Transportation from Airport to Hotel: • Stanford is ~37km from SFO: • Commercial shuttles (~$30) or limousine service, cab (~$80) • Cal train to Palo Alto + cab/walk • Rental car (shared rental car is an effective means of local daily transportation. SLAC visitors are entitled to special deals at $220/week for a compact car) • Free Marguerite shuttle on Stanford campus and vicinity operates during weekdays + Local transit bus every ~14min. • Exclusive use of large event parking space ~500m from meeting venue for free • More transportation details at: http://www.slac.stanford.edu/exp/atlas/events/general/Travel.shtml Page 8

  9. Stanford Campus Galvez Field (ConferenceParking) Rodin Garden and Cantor museum Alumni Center (Dinner) New Knight Management Center (meeting Venue) Memorial Court Main Quad Hoover Tower

  10. Meeting Venue The new Knight Management Center of the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB): http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/knightcenter/ Arbuckle Dining Pavilion Opened in Apr/2011 Plenary: CEMEX auditorium GSB Zambruno Hall and CEMEX auditorium Town square Many modern classrooms of capacity ~70 for pre-meetings and breakout. Lower floor capacity 300+100 Page 10

  11. Meeting Venue Breakout rooms with 70-80 capacity. Reserving 3-4 of these rooms (in addition to CEMEX auditorium) for break out. Many easily accessible power sockets on the tables or under table. All rooms with modern computer project console and capability for A/V setup for remote participation via EVO/Skype. Block of small conference rooms for impromptu informal meeting and private conversations with 7-10 people will be available to us in addition. Wireless network is available throughout Stanford campus. Venue availability is tied to Stanford spring break Mar/26-30/2012

  12. Breaks and Lunches Knight Center Town Square next to the Arbuckle Dining Pavilion Breaks: Lunches:Your own choices of lunch from various nearby options. Arbuckle Pavilion Knight Center Typical entrees $6.50-8.50 Arrillaga Family Dining Commons 5min walk $10 buffet Many other campus eateries for lunch within 5-15min walk (link to map)

  13. Social Events: Workshop Dinner • Workshop Dinner at Stanford Alumni Center Pre-dinner Campus stroll: Rodin Garden Cantor museum (admission is free and opens until 8pm on Thursdays) The Quad and Memorial church Page 13

  14. Social Events: Reception / Tours / Informal Dinners Reception @ SLAC Informal dinner outings at local restaurants with choice of groups led by locals SLAC tours and Lab visits

  15. Cost Summary • Participant registration + social fee: Early=$370, Late=$430 • Venue setup/equipment fees and organization • Parking field and event bus transportation • Coffee breaks • Workshop dinner and reception • Registration can be reduced or waived in special cases for a small number of participants • Many Flight choices to San Francisco at <$1000 from Europe. • Many hotels within 5 km. Medium range is $90-130/night while low cost options $65-90/night also exist. • SLAC special deal rental car $220/week and free conf parking • Low cost CalTrain, SamTrans bus, free Marguerite shuttle around Stanford • (1$ = 0.74Euro = 0.90CHF as of Sep/29/2011) Page 15

  16. Local Organizer & Contacts • Local organizers: • Rainer Bartoldus Maurice Garcia-Sciveres • Richard Mount Murdock Gilchriese • Dong Su Alex Grillo • Charlie Young Abe Seiden • SLAC Event Service: • Thanh Ky Ly • SLAC ATLAS administrative support: • Adrienne Higashi • SLAC International Office for Visa Support Page 16

  17. Welcome to the San Francisco Bay Area Page 17 Page 17 Page 17

  18. Additional Information

  19. Travel • There are daily direct flights to • San Francisco International (SFO) • from many international airports, • e.g. Amsterdam, Beijing, • Frankfurt, London, Paris, Sydney, • Tokyo, Zurich,… • San Jose International (SJC) has direct flights from many major US airports. Page 19

  20. Citizens of many countries can enter the US via the Visa Waiver Program (VWP), which now needs a simple electronic application via ESTA before travel. For collaborators from countries not participating in VWP, they need to apply for B1 business visitor visa. Invitation letters will be issued based on requests collected at registration. Normal application processing time ~6 weeks. The SLAC international office is regularly helping visitors on their visa applications and their help will extend to the ATLAS week attendants. Based on a few hundred recent SLAC-assisted B1 applications, there is ~1-2% chance for “sensitive country” (e.g. China, India, Russia) applicants to suffer abnormal delays, while applicants from Cuba,Iran,Sudan,Syria are the only cases with high chance of very long delays or denial. Visa

  21. Accommodations • Hotels • Many choices within 5 km of Stanford venue http://www.stanford.edu/dept/rde/chs/general/hotel.html • Medium range is $90-129/night • while there are also a fair number of low cost choices at $65-89/night • (1$=0.74Euro=0.90CHF as of Sep/29/2011). • Stanford guest house • is on SLAC site with 112 rooms at $90/day for single rooms. • More details at: • http://www.slac.stanford.edu/exp/atlas/events/general/Accommodations.shtml Page 21

  22. Host members will establish a few dinner outing options to gather several separate dinner groups. Local restaurants of wide range of flavors (Palo Alto alone has >180 restaurants). Dining options in San Francisco Nearby wineries with Bay/Silicon-valley view Informal organization to establish detailed signup and adjust selection based on demand. Help on transportation for dinner groups. More details on local dining:http://www.slac.stanford.edu/exp/atlas/events/general/Dining.shtml Informal Social Events

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