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The 13th INTERNATIONAL STELLARATOR WORKSHOP will be held from February 25 to March 1 at the Leonard Huxley Theatre, The Australian National University Canberra, Australia.

Canberra, the national capital of Australia, is sometimes called "the bush capital" with its pockets of bushland reserve which extend almost to the city centre. Over half of its land is classified as national park or nature reserve. Canberra is about 3 hours drive from Sydney, and the ANU campus is only a few minutes walk from Canberra's central business district.

Canberra offers a range of attractions including the recently opened Museum of Australia, art galleries, science and technology centres, winery tours, and other activities.

We would appreciate it if you could inform your colleagues of this conference for widest dissemination of this notice.

GENERAL INFORMATION

The international Stellarator Workshop is held every two years to focus on new results and ongoing activities in theory and experimental research in helical systems. With a number of new operating devices and world-wide interest in stellarator configurations for plasma containment, this should prove to be an exciting Workshop.

TOPICS

LANGUAGE

The working language for the Workshop is English

SOCIAL PROGRAM

A number of social events are being organised for conference participants and their guests, and are covered in the registration fee. These include a welcome reception on Sunday, 24 February at the Research School of Physical Sciences; the Workshop Banquet on Thursday 28 February, in the Nation’s Old Parliament House, the seat of Australian Government from 1927 until 1988, and a half-day excursion visiting some of Canberra’s attractions.

Post-Workshop Touring
Following the completion of the Workshop, delegates are invited to take the opportunity to visit some of Australia’s scenic attractions, and book domestic flights in conjunction with their international tickets. Information concerning Australia’s famous top end destinations , including Kakadu National Park, the Red Centre, the Great Barrier Reef, etc. can be found on a number of www sites including www.tourismqueensland.com and www.northernterritory.com For more specific information on optional tours, accommodation and costs, concerning the Red Centre, delegates can contact christine.cleary@norgate.com

Because the distances in Australia are great, and as the above destinations are extremely popular with both international and local tourists, bookings will need to be made well in advance.

Participants and Accompanying Persons
The half-day excursion ( included in the Registration Fee) has been designed to provide an insight into Canberra, the Nation’s Capital. The tour will cover a number of Canberra’s major attractions including The Parliamentary Triangle; Diplomatic Embassies; The Australian War Memorial and Museum; the new National Museum, and Black Mountain Telstra Tower. Delegates will also be offered the opportunity to visit the Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve to observe some of Australia’s famous flora and fauna in their natural habitat, including koalas, kangaroos, emus and bird-life.

Accompanying Persons
A number of activities for accompanying spouses will be organized throughout the week of the Conference. Depending on the level of interest, visits in small groups will be organized to the villages of Bungendore, Braidwood, and Hall, to Lanynon Homestead, and to a working sheep station. All of these attractions are of historical significance. Canberra also offers a number of shopping opportunities both in the CBD and within easy commuting distance.

ACCOMMODATION

PLEASE MAKE ACCOMMODATION RESERVATIONS DIRECTLY WITH THE PROVIDERS SHOWN BELOW

Blocks of rooms have been reserved for accompanying persons and participants at University House-The ANU Hotel, and at Burgmann College, Burgmann College is a residential College set in the foot of Black Mountain in a beautiful natural setting. University House and Burgmann College, both situated on the ANU campus, are a 5 or 10 minutes stroll respectively from the conference venue.

University House

Participants who wish to reserve accommodation at University House should do so by contacting University House and making a direct booking through the Reservations Office at http://www.anu.edu.au/unihouse/accom.html or by fax to +61 2 6125 5252

To ensure correct rates are quoted, participants must nominate the group block booking name, namely The 13^th International Stellarator Workshop. The following is a guide to room type and price options.

More general information about University House can also be found on www.anu.edu.au/unihouse

Burgmann College

Accommodation offered at Burgmann College is:

Single room with shared bathroom facilities $44/day including breakfast and GST

For direct bookings please contact the Reservations Officer at www.anu.edu.au/res/burgmann

Note: Please nominate the group booking name The 13^th Stellarator Workshop to ensure correct rates.

More general information about Burgmann College can be found atwww.anu.edu.au/res/burgmann

Other Accommodation

Other accommodation options are available in the city of Canberra, and further information can be found at http://www.accomline.com/allcbr.htm

GST (Goods and Services Tax @10%) REQUIREMENTS

Those delegates requiring a tax invoice for the purposes of the Australian Goods and Services Tax please note a tax invoice will be issued in the name of the delegate. If the tax invoice is required in another name, for example an employer, please provide the appropriate information on your registration form.

Questions on registration should be directed to Ms. Helen Hawes at the Workshop Secretariat, Email: isw@anu.edu.au

ABSTRACTS

Participants will be individually notified of receipt of their abstract.

CONTRIBUTED PAPERS

There will be several invited papers at the Workshop. The goal is to provide overviews of topical subjects and experimental programmes or in-depth presentation of outstanding new results by acknowledged experts.

Further instructions for paper submissions are at Guidelines to Authors.

JOURNAL PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITY

Arrangements are being made with the Journal of Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion to publish a cluster of papers based on the Workshop. Participants may, if they wish, submit their original publication in accordance with the Journal’s policy which can be found at http://www.ioppublishing.com/Journals/pp. This gives an opportunity for the work to appear in a properly refereed journal with a high citation reading.

Note: this is an option for participants, and is in addition to the four-page papers required for the Workshop proceedings.

IMPORTANT DATES

Camera ready full papers 25^th February 2002

CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN

Professor Jeffrey H. Harris

Plasma Research Laboratory

Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering

Canberra, 0200, AUSTRALIA

Tel: 61 2 6125 5422

Fax: 61 2 6125 8316

Email: jeffrey.harris@anu.edu.au

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Prof. F. Wagner (IPP-Garching)

Prof. D. T. Anderson (University of Wisconsin)

Dr. J. F. Lyon (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

Dr. D. Monticello (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory)

Prof. T. Obiki (Kyoto University)

Dr. O. S. Pavlichenko (Kharkov Phys.-Tech. Institute)

Prof. O. Motojima (National Institute of Fusion Science)

Prof. C. Alejaldre (Asociacion EURATOM/CIEMAT)

LOCAL PLANNING COMMITTEE

Professor Robert Dewar, Department of Theoretical Physics, The Australian National University

Professor Andrew Cheetham, Faculty of Information Sciences and Engineering, University of Canberra

Dr Boyd Blackwell, Plasma Research Laboratory, The Australian National Unversity

SCIENTIFIC SECRETARY

Professor Sydney Hamberger, Plasma Research Laboratory, The Australian National University

WORKSHOP SECRETARIAT

(registration forms, abstracts, full papers, accommodation information, payments, excursions, etc.)

Ms Helen Hawes

The 13^th International Stellarator Workshop

C/- Plasma Research Laboratory

Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering

The Australian National University

Canberra, 0200, AUSTRALIA

Phone: +61 2 6125 2480

Fax: +61 2 6125 8316

Email: isw@anu.edu.au

MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION - DETAILED GUIDELINES

Completed camera-ready papers are required to be submitted to the Conference Secretariat by 5.00pm on the first day of the Workshop, Monday 25th February 2002. Submitted full-length papers will be distributed to all participants on CD-ROM after completion of the Workshop, and will also become available in pdf format on the Stellarator Workshop.

Papers should be submitted in pdf format either on CD-Rom, floppy disk, zip-drive or as an E-mail attachment. Papers up to 5Mb will be accepted. Papers up to 1Mb will be accepted as an email attachment, and papers OVER 1Mb should be submitted either on CD-Rom or disk.

Please use A4 format only, 21cm 29.7cm. The required margins are given in the Table below (resulting typing area: 16cm 24.7cm). Manuscripts are to be typed in Times, or Times New Roman, with the main text in 12 point.

The first page must begin with the number of your paper on the top left hand side (this number can be identified from the list below), and followed by the Workshop identification (ie 13^th International Stellarator Workshop). The TITLE of the paper is centred on the page in 12 POINT BOLD UPPER CASE, followed by the author(s) (family name first, followed by initials, eg Smith, A). The names and affiliation/s of the author/s and the e-mail address of the main author should be included, and page numbering to appear on the 2^nd and subsequent pages in the top right hand corner. An example is given below.

Abstract: The Abstract for the paper should be typed in single spacing in Times or Times New Roman 11 point font or smaller than the body text.

Body of the paper — to be typed in single spacing in Times or Times New Roman 12 point font.

Poster boards with dimensions of height 2250mm, width 1195mm will be available for the poster presentations. This size will accommodate 2 x A0 pages in landscape orientation, one above the other.

There is a bright overhead projector available sharing the main projection screen.

We have one projector which also shares the main projection screen. Please warn us in advance of your requirements for your presentation.

PAPER NUMBERS

POSTER SESSIONS

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