To: pat06ws@icepp.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp, g.taylor@physics.unimelb.edu.au Subject: [pat06ws] Bulletin No.1 for PAT WS in Japan From: Shoji ASAI Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 14:33:04 +0900 Dear Participates of PATWS 2006 in Japan Hello, and thank you very much for taking part in PAT WS. There are four important informations in this bulletin: (1) Program change (2) Dinner/ Social program (3) Optional tour to Kyoto and the other place in Japan. (4) Payment for fee etc Detail travel informations will be announced in the next bulletin (first week in May) **** (1) As announced by Keteki, program is slightly changed. Physics and User feed back session is moved to Friday afternoon. PAT CORE workshop will start from Wed, 20th May (Sat.) is free for sightseeing. You can goto Kyoto in Friday night. Detail is shown in (3). Schedule of the program has been shown in http://www.icepp.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/atlas/pat06/ We will prepare more detail agenda in CERN Agenda system. For tutorial We will announce the pre-exercise (preparation for study). For all participants of tutorial should study them. Trigger Physics is very important for LHC physics and you can contribute to ATLAS physics with "Trigger business" in this year. We will spend some time for trigger tutorial. (2) We will have Workshop dinner at 18:00-20:00 on 18th. Japanese "casual" style bar & restaurant free is 7000 Japanese yen (about 50Euro) including everything. If you will not take part in this dinner, Please contact us (hisho@icepp.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp). Social Program (short excursions) in 17th afternoon. We will have short trip to Japanese traditional culture/park with english guide. We will start from Our university by chartered bus after lunch, go to Japanese traditional park in the Imperial palace. (Ninomaru Teien) It is beautiful park in Japan. Then go to "Bunraku" which is japanese traditional puppet theater. You can get information about Bunraku from http://www.ntj.jac.go.jp/english/index.html http://www2.ntj.jac.go.jp/unesco/bunraku/en/ http://www.nova.ne.jp/mamechishiki/   English guide is included. In night we can enjoy night view of Tokyo. and go back to University of Tokyo at 9 o'clock in night. Fee is 10000 japanese yen (70Euro) including bus, ticket of Bunraku, and park. Dinner is not included, If you will not take part in this short excursion, Please contact us (hisho@icepp.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp) until 14th April. (3) Tokyo is old capital in Japan, and most famous place in Japan. If you want to travel to Kyoto, you can get "Shinkansen"(Fastest Train in the world) at 19:13 on 19th (Friday) arrive on Kyoto in 21 o'clock. (For return, sunday evening) If you want to reserve train ticket and Hotel in Kyoto, please contact with us immediately (hisho@icepp.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp) until 14th April. May is nice time to travel, many hotel is completely full. So We strongly recommend to reserve hotel/train and quick contact for us. Hotel fee about 10,000 yen/night Train "Shinkansen" ticket is about 27,000 yen. if you have some questions about Kyoto visit , do not hesitate to ask us. If you leave from Tokyo in Friday night, we have to cancel your stay in Hotel in Friday. Please inform us your schedule if you travel. We will prepare "Tour Desk" (travel agency) in 16th (Tuesday) at conference hall. You can make a plan to travel in Japan freely at this tour desk. (4) Payments Conference fee ( including coffee, welcome drink) 3,000 japanese yen Official dinner (18 th ) 7,000 japanese yen / person Short excursion in Tokyo (17th) 10,000 japanese yen/person Could you please pay for three item by cash at registration desk at conference hall. You can use credit card for extra excursion (Kyoto and the other place.) If you have questions or troubles, please contact us. Shoji.Asai@cern.ch hisho@icepp.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp Best regards Local Organization committee