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ICTP: Scientific Calendar (2009)


Dynamically created : 6 September 2010, Public Version, updated on 6 August 2010
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8 January - 10 January (10=Sat)
(Co-sponsored)

14th International Workshop on Computational Physics and Materials Science: Total Energy and Force Methods
Co-sponsor: the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), the INFM DEMOCRITOS National Simulation Center, the International Center for Materials Research (ICMR), the Psi-k Network, and the Centre Européen de Calcul Atomique et Moléculaire (CECAM)
Organizer(s): R. Gebauer, F. Mauri, D. Vanderbilt
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: Final deadline for requesting participation expired on 19 November 2008
E-mail: smr2014@ictp.it
Activity Information

26 January - 30 January

Preparatory School to the Winter College on Optics in Environmental Science
Co-sponsor: CEI-Central European Initiative; EOS-European Optical Society; ICO-International Commission for Optics; OSA-Optical Society of America; SIOF- Italian Society of Optics and Photonics; SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering
Organizer(s): Directors: A. Consortini, R.P. Singh, S. Svanberg. Local Organizer: J. Niemela
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: 15 October 2008
E-mail: smr2017@ictp.it
Activity Information
Applications NOT needing Visa nor financial support can still be submitted

2 February - 13 February

Winter College on Optics in Environmental Science
Co-sponsor: CEI-Central European Initiative; EOS-European Optical Society; ICO-International Commission for Optics; OSA-Optical Society of America; SPIE- The International Society for Optics and Photonics.
Organizer(s): Directors: A. Consortini, R.P. Singh, S. Svanberg. Local Organizer: J. Niemela
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: 15 October 2008
E-mail: smr2018@ictp.it
Activity Information
Applications NOT needing Visa nor financial support can still be submitted

16 February - 27 February

PHYSWARE: A Collaborative Workshop on Low-cost Equipment and Appropriate Technologies that Promote Undergraduate Level, Hands-on Physics Education throughout the Developing World
Organizer(s): Directors: P. Jolly, P. Laws, E. Sassi, D. Zollman; ICTP Local Organizer: J. Niemela
E-mail: smr1928@ictp.it
Activity Information

16 February - 6 March

ICTP-ITU School on Wireless ICT Low Cost Solutions in Developing Countries: Best Practices - to be followed by - 2nd Awareness Workshop on Relevance of Low Cost Wireless ICT Solutions for Development
Co-sponsor: ITU/BDT
Organizer(s): Directors: S.M. Radicella and R. Struzak
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: over
E-mail: smr2020@ictp.it
Activity Information  (Application Form)

23 February - 27 February
(Co-sponsored)

Joint ICTP/IAEA Workshop on Advanced Simulation and Modelling for Ion Beam Analysis
Co-sponsor: IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency
Organizer(s): Directors: N.P. Barradas (Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear, Portugal), N. Dytlewski (IAEA, Vienna), C. Jeynes (University of Surrey Ion Beam Centre, United Kingdom), M. Mayer (Max-Planck-Institut fuer Plasmaphysik, Germany). Local Organizer: C. Tuniz
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: Expired (11 December 2008)
E-mail: smr2015@ictp.it
Activity Information

2 March - 13 March

Workshop on Theoretical Ecology and Global Change
Organizer(s): Directors: G. A. Canziani, G. A. De Leo, A.P. Dobson, M. Pascual. Local Organizer: F. Giorgi
E-mail: smr2022@ictp.it
Activity Information

16 March - 20 March
(Co-sponsored)

Workshop on Topics in Quantum Turbulence
Organizer(s): Directors: L. Skrbek and W.F. VinenLocal Organizers: J.J. Niemela and K.R. Sreenivasan
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: 7 December 2008
E-mail: smr2023@ictp.it
Activity Information

16 March - 20 March

Joint ICTP/IAEA School on Novel Synchrotron Radiation Applications
Organizer(s): IAEA: F. Mulhauser. Local Organizer: N. Binggeli
E-mail: smr2031@ictp.it
Activity Information  (Application Form)

23 March - 31 March

Spring School on Superstring Theory and Related Topics
Collaboration(s): the Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics (APCTP), the Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) & the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA)
Organizer(s): J. de Boer (University of Amsterdam), E. Gava (INFN), S. Kachru (Stanford University & SLAC), K.S. Narain (ICTP), S. Randjbar-Daemi (ICTP)
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: 15 January 2009
E-mail: smr2024@ictp.it
Activity Information  (Application Form)

23 March - 9 April

Satellite Navigation Science and Technology for Africa
Organizer(s): Directors: S.M. Radicella and P. Doherty
E-mail: smr2025@ictp.it
Activity Information

20 April - 24 April

Joint ICTP/IAEA Advanced Workshop on Development of Radiation Resistant Materials
Organizer(s): IAEA: V. Inozemtsev and A. Zeman. Local Organizer: S. Scandolo
E-mail: smr2026@ictp.it
Activity Information
Online Application Form

20 April - 30 April

School on Astrophysical Turbulence and Dynamos
Organizer(s): Directors: A. Shukurov, S. Sridhar, K. Subramanian; Local Organizer: K.R. Sreenivasan
E-mail: smr2027@ictp.it
Activity Information

20 April - 30 April

Joint ICTP/IAEA Workshop on Atomic and Molecular Data for Fusion
Co-sponsor: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA, Vienna, Austria)
Organizer(s): Director: R.E.H. Clark (IAEA)Local Organizers: C. Tuniz and J. Niemela
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: 1 December 2008
E-mail: smr2028@ictp.it
Activity Information

27 April - 8 May

Water Resources in Developing Countries: Planning and Management in a Climate Change Scenario
Co-sponsor: Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS)
Organizer(s): Directors: S. Sorooshian, E. Coppola and S. Rauscher
E-mail: smr2029@ictp.it
Activity Information  (Application Form)

4 May - 8 May

Conference on Research Frontiers in Ultra-Cold Atoms
Co-sponsor: MIT-HARVARD Center for Ultracold Atoms (CUA)
Organizer(s): C.A.R. Sa de Melo, H. Stoof, S. Yip, W. Ketterle. Local Organizer: M. Kiselev
E-mail: smr2030@ictp.it
Activity Information

11 May - 15 May

Joint ICTP/IAEA Training Workshop on Technology and Performance of Desalination Systems
Organizer(s): IAEA: I. Khamis. Local Organizer: C. Tuniz
E-mail: smr2032@ictp.it
Activity Information  (Application Form)

11 May - 15 May

Joint ICTP/IAEA Advanced School on Dosimetry in Diagnostic Radiology and its Clinical Implementation
Co-sponsor: Radcal, RTI Electronics, PTW, Unfors
Organizer(s): R. Padovani (EFOMP), M. de Denaro (Trieste), D. McLean (IAEA), Local Organizers: L. Bertocchi, C. Tuniz
E-mail: smr2033@ictp.it
Activity Information

11 May - 29 May

Advanced School and Conference on Knot Theory and its Applications to Physics and Biology
Organizer(s): Directors: S. Jablan, L.H. Kauffman, S. Lambropoulou, J. Przytycki. Local organizer: Li Jiayu
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: over
E-mail: smr2034@ictp.it
Activity Information  (Application Form)

18 May - 23 May (23=Sat)

Conference on Superconductor-Insulator Transitions
Organizer(s): Directors: M. Feigelman, M. Muller, Z. Ovadyahu, M. Sanquer. Local Organizer: V. Kravtsov
E-mail: smr2035@ictp.it
Activity Information
Online Application

25 May - 29 May

International Workshop: Quantum Chromodynamics from Colliders to Super-High Energy Cosmic Rays
Organizer(s): Directors: Y. Dokshitser, M. Strikman, D. Treleani
E-mail: smr2036@ictp.it
Activity Information

1 June - 5 June

Introduction to Optofluidics
Organizer(s): D. Cojoc, J. Niemela, S. Raghu
E-mail: smr2037@ictp.it
Activity Information

1 June - 5 June
(Co-sponsored)

Conference: From DNA-Inspired Physics to Physics-Inspired Biology
Co-sponsor: Wellcome Trust, London, U.K.
Organizer(s): Directors: A.A. Kornyshev, W.K. Olson, V.A. Parsegian. Local Organizer: R. Gebauer
E-mail: smr2038@ictp.it
Activity Information

1 June - 5 June

2nd Conference on Drug Development for the Third World: from Computational Molecular Biology to Experimental Approaches
Co-sponsor: ICS-UNIDO (Trieste), IAEA (Vienna), ICGEB (Trieste) and INFM-DEMOCRITOS (Trieste).In cooperation with ICS-UNIDO (Trieste) and INFM-DEMOCRITOS (Trieste).
Organizer(s): W.G.J. Hol, E. Lattman, S. Miertus and P. Carloni (also Local Organizer)
E-mail: smr2039@ictp.it
Activity Information

3 June - 19 June

Special Training Programme on Installing and Using High Performance Clusters
Organizer(s): ICTS (Dr. C. Onime)
E-mail: smr2121@ictp.it
Activity Information

8 June - 12 June

Workshop: Eternal Inflation
Co-sponsor: INFN - the National Institute of Nuclear Physics
Organizer(s): R. Bousso (Berkeley), A. Nicolis (Columbia) and A. Vilenkin (Tufts). Local Organizers: P. Creminelli (ICTP), M. Musso (ICTP).
E-mail: smr2040@ictp.it
Activity Information

8 June - 12 June

School and Conference: From Biological Networks to Cellular Function: Evolution, Dynamics and Spatial Organization
Co-sponsor: GENNETEC - Genetic Networks: Emergence and Complexity
Organizer(s): M. Aguier, W. Banzhaf, G. Bianconi, R. Dilao, S. Franz, F. Képès, M. Lässig, O. Martin, D. Segré, M. Weigt. Local Organizer: M. Marsili
E-mail: smr2041@ictp.it
Activity Information  (Application Form)

15 June - 20 June (20=Sat)

Co-sponsored School/Workshop on Integrable Systems and Scientific Computing
Co-sponsor: European Science Foundation (ESF) MISGAM Programme, SISSA
Organizer(s): Directors: B. Dubrovin, T. Grava, C. Klein, A. Kuijlaars. Local Organizer: C.E. Chidume
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: 31 January 2009 for those requiring visa, 15 April 2009 for those not requiring visa.
E-mail: smr2042@ictp.it
Activity Information  (Application Form)

15 June - 26 June

Summer School on Particle Physics in the LHC ERA
Organizer(s): Directors: Bobby ACHARYA (ICTP), Georgi DVALI (New York University), Gino ISIDORI (INFN, Frascati), Goran SENJANOVIC (ICTP), Alexei Yu. SMIRNOV (ICTP)
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: 20 March 2009
E-mail: smr2043@ictp.it
Activity Information

22 June - 10 July

Summer School and Advanced Workshop on Trends and Developments in Linear Algebra
Organizer(s): Directors: R. Bhatia, J. Holbrook, S. Serra Capizzano. Local Organizer: R.T. Ramakrishnan
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: over
E-mail: smr2044@ictp.it
Activity Information  (Application Form)

29 June - 2 July

Joint ICTP-INFN-SISSA Conference: Topical Issues in LHC Physics
Organizer(s): Directors: B. Acharya (ICTP), M. Cobal (Udine), G. Kane (Michigan), A. Romanino (SISSA), A. Vacchi (INFN)
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: expired
E-mail: smr2045@ictp.it
Activity Information  (Application Form)

6 July - 24 July

Summer College on Nonequilibrium Physics from Classical to Quantum Low Dimensional Systems
Organizer(s): Directors: L. Cugliandolo, L. Glazman, G. Mussardo. Local Organizers: M. Kiselev and A. Silva
E-mail: smr2046@ictp.it
Activity Information
Online Application Form

13 July - 17 July

Workshop Towards Neutrino Technologies
Organizer(s): Directors: Gianni FIORENTINI (University of Ferrara), John LEARNED (University of Hawaii), Manfred LINDNER (Max-Planck-Institute, Heidelberg) and Alexei Yu. SMIRNOV (ICTP)
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: 15 April 2009
E-mail: smr2047@ictp.it
Activity Information  (Application Form)

20 July - 24 July

From Core to Crust: Towards an Integrated Vision of Earth's Interior
Local Organizer(s): A. Aoudia, S. Scandolo, J. Niemela
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: DEADLINE for requesting participation:
E-mail: smr2048@ictp.it
Activity Information
DEADLINE for requesting participation:
20 April 2009 for those needing financial/Visa support
31 May 2009 for those not needing financial support
Deadline for POSTERS/Contributions:
20 April 2009

27 July - 7 August

2nd International Conference and Advanced School on Turbulent Mixing and Beyond
Organizer(s): Organizing Committee: S.I. Abarzhi (Chairperson, University of Chicago and IIT, USA), M.J.Andrews (Texas A&M University and LANL, USA), S.I. Anisimov (Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russia), H. Azechi (ILE, Osaka University, Japan), S. Gauthier (CEA, France), C.J. Keane (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA), R. Rosner (ANL, USA), K.R. Sreenivasan (ICTP, Italy), A.L. Velikovich (NRL, USA). Local Organizers at ICTP: K.R. Sreenivasan, J.J. Niemela
E-mail: smr2049@ictp.it
Activity Information
For information on the 1st International Conference on Turbulent Mixing and Beyond see: http://www.ictp.it/~tmbw07

27 July - 7 August

Targeted Training Activity: Predictability of Weather and Climate: Theory and Applications to Intraseasonal Variability
Organizer(s): Directors: J. Shukla, D. Straus, V. Krishnamurthy. Local Organizer: Jin Ho Yoo
E-mail: smr2050@ictp.it
Activity Information

10 August - 14 August

Workshop on High Resolution Climate Modelling
Co-sponsor: Center for Ocean, Land and Atmosphere (COLA), Calverton MD, USA; NASA, USA
Organizer(s): Directors: S. Schubert, In-Sik Kang, J. Shukla. Local Organizer: F. Kucharski
E-mail: smr2051@ictp.it
Activity Information

10 August - 28 August

Summer College on Plasma Physics
Organizer(s): Directors: R. Bingham, S.M. Mahajan, P.K. Shukla, L. Stenflo, Z. Yoshida. Local Organizer: J. Niemela
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: 10 April 2009 - expired
E-mail: smr2052@ictp.it
Activity Information  (Application Form)

17 August - 28 August
(Co-sponsored)

Advanced Workshop on Evaluating, Monitoring and Communicating Volcanic and Seismic Hazards in East Africa
Co-sponsor: Co-Sponsored by: IAVCEI, IASPEI, NSF, UNAVCO, USAID
Organizer(s): Directors: A. Aoudia, E. Calais, C. Ebinger, M. Miller, T. Wright, G. Yirgu
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: EXPIRED (1 May 2009)
E-mail: smr2053@ictp.it
Activity Information

31 August - 18 September

Advanced School and Workshop on p-adic Analysis and Applications
Organizer(s): Directors: Ha Huy Khoai and V. Berkovich. Local Organizer: L. Goettsche
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: 15 March 2009
E-mail: smr2056@ictp.it
Activity Information

7 September - 25 September

First Workshop on Open Source and Internet Technology for Scientific Environment: with case studies from Environmental Monitoring
Organizer(s): Directors: A. Induruwa, C. Kavka, U. Raich. Local Organizers: M.L. Crespo and M. Zennaro
E-mail: smr2057@ictp.it
Activity Information

21 September - 25 September

Pseudochaos and Stable-Chaos in Statistical Mechanics and Quantum Physics
Organizer(s): Organizing committee: R. Artuso, A. Kolovsky, R. Livi, T. Prosen, A. Vulpiani. Local Organizer: M. Marsili
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: 18 May 2009
E-mail: smr2058@ictp.it
Activity Information

28 September - 2 October

Joint ICTP/IAEA School of Nuclear Knowledge Management
Co-sponsor: In cooperation with the:International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria - the European Nuclear Education Network Association (ENEN), Saclay, France the IAEA Interregional Project
Organizer(s): IAEA: A. Kosilov and M. Saidy. Local Organizer: C. Tuniz
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: 15 June 2009
E-mail: smr2059@ictp.it
Activity Information  (Application Form)

28 September - 10 October (10=Sat)

Advanced School on Non-linear Dynamics and Earthquake Prediction
Organizer(s): Directors: V.I. Keilis-Borok, G.F. Panza, A.A. Soloviev
E-mail: smr2060@ictp.it
Activity Information

5 October - 8 October
(Co-sponsored)

Workshop on High-Impact Weather Predictability and Information System for Africa and AMMA-THORPEX Forecasters' Handbook
Organizer(s): Directors: A. Diongue-Niang, A. Kamga, D. Parker Local Organizer: A. Tompkins
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: 1 June 2009
E-mail: smr2019@ictp.it
Activity Information

5 October - 9 October

Joint ICTP/IAEA Workshop on Alternative Response Actions to Climate Change and Energy Options
Co-sponsor: In collaboration with IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
Organizer(s): A.I. Jalal, D. Sharma and F.L. Toth. Local Organizer: A. Tompkins
E-mail: smr2061@ictp.it
Activity Information

12 October - 16 October

Workshop on Scientific Information in the Digital Age: Access and Dissemination
Organizer(s): Directors: E. Canessa, C. Fonda and M. Zennaro
E-mail: smr2062@ictp.it
Activity Information

12 October - 23 October

Joint ICTP/IAEA Workshop on Nuclear Power Plant Simulators for Education
Organizer(s): Sama Bilbao y Leon (IAEA), Seong-Deuk Jo (IAEA); Local Organizer: Claudio Tuniz (ICTP)
E-mail: smr2084@ictp.it
Activity Information
BY INVITATION ONLY

19 October - 24 October (24=Sat)
(Co-sponsored)

Joint ICTP/FANAS Conference on Trends in Nanotribology
Co-sponsor: FANAS (European Science Foundation), Universita' di Milano, SPECS-Zurich
Organizer(s): Directors: O. Gulseren, N. Manini, A. Vanossi; Local Organizer: E. Tosatti
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: 15 May 2009
E-mail: smr2063@ictp.it
Activity Information

26 October - 27 October

Structure and Dynamics of Hydrogen-Bonded Systems
Co-sponsor: Centre for Molecular Structure and Dynamics, STFC, UK
Organizer(s): Directors: J. Kohanoff, S. Koval, R. Senesi Local Organizer: E. Tosatti
E-mail: smr2054@ictp.it
Activity Information  (Application Form)

26 October - 30 October

Joint ICTP/IAEA Advanced School on in-situ X-ray Fluorescence and Gamma Ray Spectrometry
Organizer(s): IAEA: A. Markowicz, P. Martin, U. Sansone. Local Organizer: C. Tuniz
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: Expired
E-mail: smr2064@ictp.it
Activity Information

26 October - 7 November (7=Sat)

School on Geothermics
Co-sponsor: ENEL- Green Power (Italy), International Geothermal Association (IGA), University of Trieste & Unione Geotermica Italiana (UGI) and the Italian National Research Council (CNR)
Organizer(s): Directors: D. Chandrasekharam, F. Batini, R. Bertani, A. Manzella, M. Pipan. Local Organizer: G. Furlan
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: 30 July 2009
E-mail: smr2021@ictp.it
Activity Information

26 October - 20 November

Advanced Training Course on FPGA Design and VHDL for Hardware Simulation and Synthesis
Organizer(s): Directors: N. Abdallah, A. Cicuttin, A. Marchioro. Local Organizer: M.L. Crespo
E-mail: smr2065@ictp.it
Activity Information

2 November - 10 November

Workshop and Conference on Biogeochemical Impacts of Climate and Land-Use Changes on Marine Ecosystems
Organizer(s): Directors: A. Bracco, L.T. Cang and J. Montoya. Local Organizer: E. Coppola
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: Expired on 31 August 2009
E-mail: smr2066@ictp.it
Activity Information

9 November - 20 November

Joint ICTP/IAEA School on Physics and Technology of Fast Reactors Systems
Organizer(s): IAEA: D. Abriola, C. Ganguly, G. Mank and A. Stanculescu. Local Organizer: C. Tuniz
E-mail: smr2055@ictp.it
Activity Information

23 November - 27 November

Joint ICTP/IAEA Workshop on Effects of Mechanical Properties and Mechanisms Governing the Irradiation-induced Embrittlement of Pressure Vessel Steels
Organizer(s): IAEA: K.-S. Kang (IAEA), L. Kupca (IAEA); Local Organizer: C. Tuniz
E-mail: smr2067@ictp.it
Activity Information

30 November - 4 December

Joint ICTP/IAEA Advanced Workshop on Earthquake Engineering for Nuclear Facilities
Co-sponsor: Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS)
Organizer(s): Directors: S. Morita (IAEA), P. Sollogoub (IAEA) G.F. Panza (ICTP)
E-mail: smr2016@ictp.it
Activity Information

30 November - 11 December
(Co-sponsored)

Advanced School in High Performance and GRID Computing - Concepts and Applications
Co-sponsor: CEI, Democritos-Infm, eLab Joint Democritos/Sissa, E4, INFN, NVIDIA
Organizer(s): Directors: S. Cozzini, A. Kohlmeyer
E-mail: smr2068@ictp.it
Activity Information



TO BE HELD OUTSIDE TRIESTE

19 January - 30 January

Latin American School on Computational Materials Science (Santiago - Chile)
Co-sponsor: Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (CONICYT), Programa Bicentenario de Ciencia y Tecnología
Collaboration(s): Universidad Andrés Bello (UNAB), Santiago, Chile and Project Anillo ACT/24/2006 - Universidad de Chile "Computer Simulation Lab in Nanobio Systems"
Organizer(s): Directors: S. Cozzini, P. Giannozzi, E. Menendez-Proupin, W. Orellana , S. ScandoloCo-Organizing Institutions: Universidad Andrés Bello (UNAB), Santiago, Chile;Project Anillo ACT/24/2006 - Universidad de Chile "Computer Simulation Lab in Nanobio Systems"; INFM - DEMOCRITOS National Simulation Center
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: From Chile: 10 November 2008; From all other countries: 22 October 2008!
E-mail: smr2071@ictp.it
Activity Information  (Application Form)

11 May - 15 May

Joint RID/ICTP/IAEA Workshop on "Neutron probing for compositional and structural characterisation of materials and biological samples" (Delf't - Netherlands)
Organizer(s): Workshop Directors: Messrs. N. Ramamoorthy, A. Zeman, E. Bruck and A. van Well
E-mail: smr2094@ictp.it
Activity Information  (Application Form)

22 June - 27 June (27=Sat)

Latin American Tutorial in High Performance and GRID Computing (Antioquia - Colombia)
Co-sponsor: co-sponsors: Universidad de Antioquia, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Universidad de los Andes and CPN/SENAMHI
Organizer(s): Directors: S. Cozzini, J.I. Zuluaga, H. Castro, R.M. San Martin, A. Ospina
E-mail: smr2074@ictp.it
Activity Information

28 June - 5 July (28=Sun 5=Sun)

5th Regional Meeting on String Theory (Crete - Greece)
Organizer(s): Directors: F. Ardalan, I. Bakas, E. Kiritsis, K.S. Narain, E. Rabinovici, S. Wadia
E-mail: smr2075@ictp.it
Activity Information

29 June - 4 July (4=Sat)

Advanced Workshop on Spin and Charge Properties of Low Dimensional Systems (Sibiu - Romania)
Organizer(s): Directors: M.E. Flatté, M. Polini, I. Tifrea, G. Vignale, M. Kiselev
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: 31 March 2009
E-mail: smr2076@ictp.it
Activity Information

8 July - 22 July
(Co-sponsored)

Workshop on How to Build a Habitable Planet and Conference on Operational Modeling of Oceanographic Coastal Zones (Cape Town - South Africa)
Organizer(s): Directors: G. Philander, Yi Chao, N. Pinardi, C. Roy
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: 15 March 2009
E-mail: smr2077@ictp.it
Activity Information  (Application Form)

26 July - 7 August (26=Sun)
(Co-sponsored)

Hands-On Research on Complex Systems School (Sao Paulo - Brazil)
Co-sponsor: Fapesp,CNPq, Capes and Universidad Federal do ABC, U.S. Office of Naval Research, U.S. Army Research Office, and the Consortium of the Americas for Interdisciplinary Science
Organizer(s): E. Gueron, V. Kenkre, R. Koeberle, R. Roy, K. Showalter, H. Swinney; Local Organizer at ICTP: K.R. Sreenivasan
E-mail: smr2090@ictp.it
Activity Information  (Application Form)

23 August - 30 August (23=Sun 30=Sun)

Workshop on Trends in Nanoscience: Theory, Experiment, Technology (Sibiu - Romania)
Co-sponsor: EOARD, ANCS, IFIN-HH, ULB
Organizer(s): Directors: A. Aldea A. Safrany and S. Scandolo
E-mail: smr2078@ictp.it
Activity Information  (Application Form)

27 September - 1 October (27=Sun)
(Co-sponsored)

International School on Environmental Nano-Technology (ISENT2009) - POSTPONED TO 2010, DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED (Isfahan - Islamic Republic of Iran)
Co-sponsor: Isfahan University of Technology (IUT)
Organizer(s): Directors: E. Shirani, S. Raghu. Local Organizer at ICTP: R. Gebauer. Advisory Board: A. Benfdila, G. Bertogli, P. Dobson, G. Ali Mansoori, H.R. Tabar, C. Tuniz.
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: 1 May 2009
E-mail: smr2073@ictp.it
Activity Information

6 October - 21 October

International School and Conference on Foliations, Dynamical Systems, Singularity Theory and Perverse Sheaves (Samarkand - Uzbekistan)
Co-sponsor: Samarkand State University, National University of Uzbekistan, IMU, CIMPA
Organizer(s): Organizers: Fouad El Zein, Sabir Gusein-Zade, Remi Langevin, Le Dung Trang (ICTP Organizer), David Massey, Abdigappar Narmanov and Ahmadjon Soleev (Local Organizer)
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: 30 May 2009
E-mail: smr2079@ictp.it
Activity Information  (Application Form)

14 December - 25 December

Regional School on Physics at the Nanoscale: Theoretical and Computational Aspects (Hanoi - Viet Nam)
Organizer(s): Directors: B.L. Altshuler, M.N. Kiselev, V.E. Kravtsov, N.V. Lien, S. Scandolo. Local Organizer: N.H. Quang.
Deadline(s) for requesting participation: DEADLINE extended to 21st September 2009
E-mail: smr2081@ictp.it
Activity Information  (Application Form)

NB: limited participation = limited facilities are available for practical sessions/laboratory work


THROUGHOUT THE YEAR

RESEARCH IN
- APPLIED PHYSICS, including Optics, Energy, Plasma Physics, Astrobiology, Medical Physics, Fluid Dynamics, MHD and Combustion
- CONDENSED MATTER AND STATISTICAL PHYSICS
- EARTH SYSTEM PHYSICS, including Physics of Weather and Climate, Geophysics, Soil Physics, Radio Propagation
- HIGH ENERGY, COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS
- Fundamental and Applied MATHEMATICS
- MULTIDISCIPLINARY LABORATORY


DIPLOMA COURSES IN
- CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
- HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
- EARTH SYSTEM PHYSICS
- MATHEMATICS
- BASIC PHYSICS


JOINT PROGRAMMES IN HIGHER EDUCATION
- ICTP-IAEA Sandwich Training Educational Programme
- UNESCO-ICTP Mori Fellowship Scheme
- ICTP-University of Trieste-CNR ISMAR-OGS-OSMER FVG Ph.D. Program in Environmental Fluid Mechanics
- ICTP-University of Trieste Laurea Magistralis in Fisica
- ICTP-University of Trieste Laurea Magistralis in Astrofisica e Fisica Spaziale



HOSTED ACTIVITIES

For more information on these events, external Organizers should be contacted directly

13 January - 15 January

La musica in testa: tre giorni di scienza, musica e apprendimento
Organizer(s): SISSA and others
Activity Information

19 January - 6 February

Progetto Scuola: Fare Scienza con il Computer (only on: 19, 28 January; 6 February)
Organizer(s): M. Peressi and G. Pastore (DFT)
E-mail: nresta@democritos.it

3 February

TWAS Steering Committee Meeting
Organizer(s): Prof. M.H.A. Hassan (TWAS Executive Secretary)

12 February - 13 February

Workshop on Best Practices for Advisory and Honorific Roles of Science Academies
Organizer(s): Co-hosted by IAP and the Council of Canadian Academies
E-mail: iap@twas.org
Activity Information

9 March

Second Timing and Synchronization Workshop
Organizer(s): INFN - Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Progetto SPARX in collaborazione con Sincrotrone Trieste, Progetto Fermi. Organizer: Dr. Alessandro Gallo
E-mail: alessandro.gallo@lnf.infn.it
Activity Information

10 March - 13 March

Annual Meeting IRUVX (Infra Red Ultra Violet X ray)
Organizer(s): Sincrotrone TS-Consorzio IRUVX (Ing. F. Mazzolini)
E-mail: fabio.mazzolini@elettra.trieste.it

30 March - 31 March

TWOWS Executive Board Meeting
Organizer(s): TWOWS
E-mail: info@twows.org

30 March - 2 April

Course on RNA Structure and Function
Director(s): Prof. G. Tocchini-Valentini
Organizer(s): ICGEB; Director: Prof. G. Tocchini-Valentini
E-mail: lippolis@icgeb.org
Activity Information

2 April - 3 April

XXII Selezione Nazionale del Parlamento Europeo dei Giovani 2009
Organizer(s): Liceo Ginnasio Statale "F. Petrarca" e Liceo "G. Galilei" , Trieste; contacts: Prof. Philip Tarsia and Ms. Renata Grill (Liceo Galilei).
Activity Information

17 April - 18 April (18=Sat)

International Congress on: "Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies 2009: Controversial Issues"
Organizer(s): Fondazione Internazionale Menarini (Firenze, Italy)
E-mail: carlo.a.molatore@uvetamex.com
Activity Information

27 April - 30 April

Kick-off meeting for Egypt-USA project
Organizer(s): ESP-ICTP (Dr. Ashraf Zakey)
E-mail: hennings@ictp.it

9 May (9=Sat 9=Sat)

Cerimonia di Premiazione Scuole partecipanti al Concorso "Scienza in Fiore, 2008-2009"
Organizer(s): Ms. A. Bernardi (Science Centre Immaginario Scientifico, Trieste)
E-mail: bernardi@immaginarioscientifico.it

11 May - 16 May (16=Sat)

Seminario - A un passo dalla International Physics Olympiad (IPHO)
Organizer(s): Prof. G. Cavaggioni (Responsabile delle Olimpiadi Italiane della Fisica)
E-mail: giulcav@libero.it

21 May - 23 May (23=Sat)

5th International Workshop on "Radiation Safety at Synchrotron Light Sources"
Organizer(s): Dott.ssa Giuliana Tromba (ELETTRA, Trieste, Italy)
E-mail: ilde.weffort@elettra.trieste.it
Activity Information

19 June

Celebrations for Immaginario Scientifico's 10th Anniversary - IS10
Organizer(s): Immaginario Scientifico
Activity Information

27 July

Meeting of TWAS Officers
Organizer(s): TWAS

28 August - 29 August (29=Sat)

IUPAP C13 Meeting
Organizer(s): Local organizer at ICTP: S. Scandolo

31 August - 4 September

Summer School: When humanities meets ecology: historic changes in Mediterranean and Black Sea marine biodiversity and ecosystems since the Roman period until nowadays. Languages ...
Organizer(s): HMAP (R. Gertwagen); OGS (C. Solidoro, S. Libralato, D. Melaku Canu), ISPRA (S. Raicevich, T. Fortibuoni, O. Giovanardi)
E-mail: ruger@gmail.com and s.raicevich@icram.org
Activity Information

3 September - 4 September

Meeting of FUND - European funded project, programme FP7, Science in Society
Organizer(s): SISSA - MEDIALAB (Dr. Maurizio Prandini, Ms. Paola Rodari)
E-mail: paola@medialab.sissa.it
Activity Information

7 September

TWOWS Selection Committee Meeting for postgraduate fellowships
Organizer(s): TWOWS

24 September - 25 September

InterAcademy Medical Panel (IAMP) Executive Committee Meeting
Organizer(s): InterAcademy Medical Panel (IAMP)

5 October - 6 October

First Summer School: "Dopaminergic Neurons and Parkinson's Disease"
Organizer(s): SISSA (Prof. Stefano Gustincich) and CBM (Consorzio per la Medicina Biomolecolare), Trieste, Italy
E-mail: sarah.metrustry@cbm.fvg.it
Activity Information

12 October - 16 October

EIPAM/PEIC JOINT EU-Australia Meeting 2009
Organizer(s): Prof. Nigel Mason, The Open University (Milton Keynes, UK)
E-mail: n.j.mason@open.ac.uk
Activity Information

19 October - 21 October

2nd International Meeting of Young Researchers on the Mechanics of Materials and Structures
Organizer(s): Prof. Antonio De Simone (SISSA)
E-mail: desimone@sissa.it
Activity Information

24 October - 25 October (24=Sat 25=Sun)

Seminar on Innovative Ideas for Goethermal Exploitation
Organizer(s): ICS - UNIDO, Trieste
E-mail: elisa.sarti@ics.trieste.it
Activity Information

29 October - 30 October

TWAS Fellowship Selection Committee Meeting
Organizer(s): TWAS

11 November - 13 November

Scuola Archivistica d'Autunno
Organizer(s): International Institute for Archival Science of Trieste and Maribor (Dr. A. Monteduro)
E-mail: monteduro@cei-es.org
Activity Information

16 November - 20 November

ICAN4: Formalizing the Network, Engaging the Mediterranean
Organizer(s): Prof. Dawn Wright (Oregon State University, USA) - Activity held in cooperation with EEA Meeting H245
E-mail: dawn@dusk.geo.orst.edu
Activity Information

16 November - 20 November

European Environment Agency (EEA)/EIONET Workshop on Maritime and Coastal Information Systems
Organizer(s): Ms. Charlotta Colliander (EEA) - Activity held in cooperation with ICAN Meeting H206
Activity Information

23 November - 26 November

Riunione rete nazionale italiana EURODESK e reti di comunicazione comunitaria
Organizer(s): Presidenza EURODESK Italia e Comune di Trieste
E-mail: brunetti@comune.ts.it
Activity Information

23 November - 27 November

IAEA Regional Workshop on Essential Safety Assessment Knowledge: An Introduction to DSA and to PSA
Organizer(s): IAEA, Vienna, Austria
E-mail: N.Nammari@iaea.org
Activity Information

27 November

Giornata di Studio su: Rischio Clinico nella Gestione dei Farmaci Antiblastici in Emato Oncologia Pediatrica. Responsabilita' - Criticita' - Modelli Organizzativi
Organizer(s): IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste (Dr. G.A. Zanazzo) e Trieste Traduzioni Congressi (Sig. A. Dessy)

14 December - 16 December

Thermodynamically unstable proteins: chance or necessity?
Organizer(s): ELETTRA - Sincrotrone Trieste (Ufficio Utenti)
E-mail: michela.bassanese@elettra.trieste.it
Activity Information

16 December - 18 December

Probing Magnetic Dynamics With Ultrashort Coherent X-Ray Pulses and ELETTRA Users' Assembly
Organizer(s): ELETTRA - Sincrotrone Trieste (Ufficio Utenti)
E-mail: michela.bassanese@elettra.trieste.it
Activity Information


How to Apply


The relevant Application Forms for each ICTP activity listed in the Scientific Calendar are also available online on the web pages of the individual activities (generated by the "Agenda" archive system). Please see below for instructions on how to search for an activity. If the Application Forms are not available online they may be requested through the activity's e-mail indicated in the Calendar. To obtain printed copies of the ICTP Scientific Calendar and bulletins of activities please write to:

The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics
Support Services
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I-34151 Trieste (Italy)

Search the Activities Archive


The Document Server Search Tool allows to query the ICTP Agenda/Archives of ICTP activities which is mantained by the SCS. http://cdsagenda5.ictp.it/search_docs.php

Courier E-mailing List


There is a free online service for the dissemination of information on all ICTP activities, programmes and related announcements via e-mail. To subscribe, send an e-mail to: " courier-request@ictp.it ", leave the Subject empty, and type in the body of the message: subscribe "your e-mail address". Any comments or suggestions on this service are most welcome, please address them to "pub_off@ictp.it "

Retrieving Information via E-mail


Information on a specific ICTP activity of the Scientific Calendar can also be retrieved via E-mail through this simple procedure: Send an email to the e-mail address associated to the activity (smrNNNN@ictp.it) using as Subject "get info" . This will enable you to receive a description of the activity and a list of the associated documents (The documents are listed inside the description, under the header 'Documents'.)

If you then send another mail to the same address with Subject: "get document_name" (where document_name is one of the documents listed in the message describing the activity: for instance "Bulletin" or "Announcement" or "Application_form", you will receive a copy of the requested document (as an attachment, if it is not simple text; in the body of the mail, if it is text).

OTHER TRAVEL SUPPORT FOR ICTP ACTIVITIES


The forms, accessed as above, can be used by all to apply for local/travel support from ICTP. In addition, some Member States have signed Agreements with ICTP to make available -- for their own nationals -- a small number of travel fellowships, for participation in various ICTP activities. We list these below, together with the contact information for the relevant agency.

i) China: Bureau of International Cooperation, National Science Foundation of China, email: zhangyt@mail.nsfc.gov.cn, phone: + 86 10 623 26998, fax: + 86 10 623 27004

ii) India: International Cooperation Division, Department of Science and Technology, email: srelia@alpha.nic.in, website: http://dst.gov.in/, http://www.stic-dst.org/, fax: +91 11 268 62418

iii) Iran: International and Scientific Cooperation Office, Isfahan University of Technology, email: isco@cc.iut.ac.ir, website: http://www.iut.ac.ir/, phone: +98 311 391 2505, fax: +98 311 391 2502


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