The 2000 European School of High-Energy Physics






Caramulo, Portugal 

20 August - 2 September 2000






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1. Programme

The draft programme of the School is given as
Annex
1 to this Bulletin.

Outlines of the lecture courses, together with suggested
reading lists are also attached  at Annex
II.  It is planned that summary lecture notes will be made
available at the School. 

 

2. Poster Session

Students are invited to display, as posters,
a short description of the experiment on which they are working and some
recent results.  They should bring with them graphs, pictures and
other suitable material for display on pinboards.  The evening of
Thursday 24th August will be devoted to their presentation during an informal
session when refreshments will be provided.




3. Registration

Registration for the School will take place on
Sunday 20th August in the School Secretariat at the Caramulo Quality Hotel,
from 14.00 until 22.00 hours.  A buffet dinner will be available that
first evening in the hotelrestaurant as from 19.30 hours until 21.30 hours
and those arriving later will have a snack in their rooms. Students are
asked to note that the School Fee does not include lunch on either Sunday
20th August or Saturday 2nd September.

4. Location of the School

(a) The place and the climate



The Caramulo Quality Hotel is located on a slope
of one of the Caramulo mountains, and its rooms offer either magnificent
views over the Besteiros Valley (with the Estrela Mountain Chain, Portugal's
most impressive, as a backdrop) or restful mountain and village views. 
The beautiful Caramulo Mountains have a unique set of characteristics that
make them perfect for outdoor sports and activities, with many attractive
walks in the surrounding woods.  In the 1920s Caramulo became a popular
resort, with the largest and one of the best sanatoria in the whole Iberian
Peninsula (i.e. Spain and Portugal).  Even today, the place is still
remarkable for its healthy mountain air, the original beauty of its unique
valleys, the sympathy of its people, the gastronomy full of taste and aroma,
and its historical legacies and heritage.

The climate at the end of August and the beginning of
September is pleasant, with temperatures around 25-30oC during the day,
and a few degrees cooler at night.  Participants are, however, recommended
to bring some warm clothes as well as good walking shoes.

 



(b) Accommodation



Students will be accommodated in two-bedded rooms
with en suite bathrooms in the Caramulo Quality Hotel.

The Hotel rooms are equipped with satellite TV, internal
video system, radio, personal safe, air conditioning and heating, and direct
phone line (all calls must be paid for by the caller). Shaving points are
available in every room.

Free car parking is available outside the Hotel. 
Sports and recreational facilities in the Hotel include two swimming pools
(one indoor), sauna, jacuzzi and gymnasium, which can be used free of charge.  
For the free periods, the Hotel has organized several different outdoor
activities of approximately three hours each, and some indoor activities
(approximately one hour each).

From dinner on Sunday 20th August to breakfast on Saturday
2nd September (inclusive) meals will be taken in the Hotel, except on Sunday
27th August when an all-day excursion is foreseen.

On Friday 1st September there will be a farewell Banquet
instead of the usual dinner.

Participants are asked to note that family members or
friends should not accompany them.

 

5. Travel

Participants are responsible for making their
own travel arrangements to and from Portugal.  Each participant needing
a Portuguese visa will receive a special letter of invitation from the
University of Coimbra.  This letter should be presented when applying
for a visa at the appropriate Portuguese Embassy or Consulate.  Please
contact the Local Organizing Committee (see par. 6) for any problem concerning
the issuing of visas.

Group air travel between Moscow and Portugal is being
organized by the JINR Organizing Secretary, Mrs. Tatyana Donskova, and
those people interested should contact her direct.  Please note that
those students from the JINR Member States whose travel is being sponsored
should first check their proposed travel arrangements with the JINR Organizing
Secretary before making a firm booking for their tickets.

On Sunday 20th August, special coaches will collect participants
from Porto Airport at 16.00 and from Lisbon Airport at 17.30 to take them
to Caramulo.  It is also planned that there will be a final collection
from Coimbra B Station at 21.30.

Train timetables can be found at

                                       
- http://www.cp.pt/horarios/e_tipos.html

 and bus timetables at

                                       
- http://www.rede-expressos.pt/

The nearest railway station to Caramulo is Santa Comba
Dão (30 km) on the Beira Alta line (the main international connection). 
Similarly, on Saturday 2nd September, after breakfast, transport will be
provided to take participants from the Caramulo Quality Hotel to both Airports,
but possibly with the option of a drop-off in the two cities, if there
is any interest.

Information concerning travel to Caramulo by car can be
found at - http://www.turiscaramulo.pt/english/hotel/location.html

Participants needing any help in Caramulo should inform
the Local Organizing Committee as early as possible. (See par. 6).  
If participants wish to stay for extra nights in the area, they should
look for information at

                                       
- http://www.semantix.pt/hoteis/hmovi1.htm.

Information about accommodation in Lisbon and Porto can
be obtained through the ICEP (Lisbon, tel. 218.494.323; Porto, tel. 229.412.534).
A Tourist Information Help Line is also available, with the free phone
number 800.296.296

 

6. Organization of the School

Sponsors for the School include CERN, JINR, EU,
and UNESCO.

Professor Rui Ferreira Marques (LIP) will be the Director
of the School assisted by the other members of the Organizing Committee.

Local information is available at the following address:

Professor Rui Ferreira Marques

Departamento de Fisica

Universidade de Coimbra

3004-516 COIMBRA (Portugal)




Please note that Claire Earnshaw, the CERN Organizing
Secretary, can be contacted at CERN until the evening of Thursday 17th
August and thereafter at the Caramulo Quality Hotel (see paragraph 12).


A small library will be available, containing relevant
textbooks, conference proceedings, proceedings of earlier Schools and of
other schools of physics.

Each participant will receive a copy of a booklet giving
details about the School and containing the 100-word descriptions of the
current research work of lecturers, discussion leaders and students.

 

7. Payment of School Fee

The School Fee covers the following: tuition,
and full board and lodging at Caramulo from dinner on Sunday 20th August
to breakfast on Saturday 2nd September (both meals inclusive), a drink
at lunch and at dinner, coffee or tea during the morning and afternoon
breaks, and social activities and excursions as detailed below (see paragraph
9).

It should be noted that the Fee does not cover other drinks,
telephone calls and personal services.  Drinks bought in the Caramulo
Quality Hotel - and elsewhere - must be paid for at the time.

Health and accident insurance are NOT included in the
Fee.  All participants must make enquiries concerning reciprocal arrangements
between their own country and Portugal and, where necessary, take out appropriate
cover.

The Organizing Committee reserves the right to refuse
reimbursement of all or part of the Fee in the case of late cancellation. 
However, each case would be considered individually.

Students are accepted on the assumption that they will
stay for the duration of the School and no reduction will be made for those
who are present for less than the full period.

The School Fee of 1500 Swiss francs should have been paid
no later than 15th July 2000 into the following account:

 CERN School of Physics

 a/c No. C7-758.093

 UBS

 CERN

 CH-1211 GENEVA 23

 Switzerland.





If this has not been done, it is essential to
ensure that it is CLEARLY STATED on whose behalf the payment is being made.
Failure to do so leads to a great deal of difficulty in identifying the
originators of payments. If paying by cheque, please ensure that the full
sum is paid into the CERN account as in some cases there is a bank charge
of 8 Swiss Francs or more.

8. Banking facilities, credit cards

Major credit cards and travelers' checks are
accepted at the bank (in the same building as the Hotel), where it is also
possible to exchange the principle European currencies and the US dollar. 
The bank is open Monday to Friday, from 8.30 to 16.00 hours only. 
Participants are therefore advised to buy some Portuguese Escudos before
arriving on Sunday 20th  August. Most well known credit cards and
a number of European debit cards are accepted in Portugal.



Participants are reminded to be careful about
leaving money and valuable possessions unattended.  The Organizing
Committee cannot accept any responsibility for property lost or stolen.

9.  Internet and Email

During the School there will be a limited internet
access outside lecture hours.  It will not be possible to have individual
email accounts.  If you expect problems connecting to your institute
via telnet, a possible solution would be for you to arrange, prior to the
School, a private email address at 'hotmail.com'.

10. Social programme and leisure facilities

During the School several events will be organized,
as follows:

Monday 21st August

Welcome drink (at 19.45 hours)

And, after dinner, Fado de Coimbra

Tuesday 22nd August

Evening Lecture 'How to win a Nobel Prize'

(Professor Cecilia Jarlskog,  CERN and Nobel Committee
for Physics)

Wednesday 23rd August

Afternoon:  Visit to Viseu

Evening:  'Bussaco', Professor P. Varela Gomes (University
of Coimbra;  historian)

Thursday 24th August

Evening:  Poster session

Friday 25th August

Dinner at Adega de Tondela (CMT) and ACERT Performance

Saturday 26th August

Free afternoon  (excursion could be arranged)

Sunday 27th August

Visit to Porto - full day

Monday 28th August

Evening: 'A view of Portuguese Music', Rui Vilão
(University ofCoimbra)

Tuesday 29th August

Evening: 'Physics in Portugal', Prof. Gaspar
Barreira  (LIP Directorate)

Wednesday 30th August

Afternoon:   Visit to Coimbra

Thursday 31st August

Evening:  Fado de Lisboa

Friday 1st September

Farewell Banquet




Other leisure activities may also be organized as
appropriate.

 

11. Questionnaire

At the end of the School, students will be asked
to complete a questionnaire covering various aspects of its organization
and it is hoped that this will give a picture of the level of success of
the scientific programme, the suitability of the location and reaction
to the related social programme, which will be of value in the planning
of future Schools.

12. Replacements

In all cases of withdrawal or cancellation, whether
last minute or otherwise, the choice of a replacement, if any, will lie
entirely with the Organizing Committee and not with the institute or laboratory
concerned.  In no case will a candidate be accepted as a replacement
unless he or she has already applied to attend the School and the Organizing
Committee has had the opportunity to examine his or her application.

13. Address of the School

The address of the School is:

2000 European School of High Energy Physics

c/o  Quality Hotel Caramulo

P-3475-031 CARAMULO

Portugal

Tel.  +351 232 860 100

Fax  +351 232 861 200

School Secretariat:

Tel. +351 232 868 827








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