NS2000 Nuclear Structure 2000 August 15-19, 2000 East Lansing, Michigan

The conference will be held at the Kellogg Center, a hotel and continuing education center on the campus of Michigan State University. The conference will begin with a welcoming reception on Monday evening, August 14, 2000. The formal sessions will begin Tuesday morning, August 15th and continue through Saturday morning, August 19th until approximately 12:00 noon.

Michigan State University is a large public university situated in East Lansing, which adjoins Lansing, the state capital. The Lansing airport (LAN) is served by major US airlines and connections can be made from numerous international airports. Larger regional airports are located in Detroit and Chicago. The driving time to East Lansing is approximately 1.5 hours from the Detroit Metro (DTW) airport and 4 hours from Chicago's O'Hare (ORD) airport. Some airlines also offer jet service to nearby Flint (FNT, 50 minutes) and Grand Rapids (GRR, 1.2 hours) airports.

The scientific program is being prepared in consultation with the International Advisory Committee. The following individuals have been invited to present results of their recent nuclear structure research:

In this announcement, we request that all scientists that would like an opportunity to present their work at the conference submit abstracts of the proposed presentation. The abstracts should be prepared using the Microsoft Word 2000 (preferred), Microsoft Word 95/6.0, or Latex templates provided. All abstracts, including those from invited speakers, must be submitted electronically to the conference email address NS2000@nscl.msu.edu before March 15, 2000.

The abstracts will be bound into a volume for distribution to all registrants at the beginning of the conference. Those abstracts arriving before March 15, 2000 will be considered by the International and Local Organizing Committees for oral presentations. The authors of the work selected for oral presentations will be contacted by April 15, 2000. The information for preparing a poster will be contained in the third conference announcement.

The conference proceedings will be published by Elsevier Scientific in Nuclear Physics A and will contain manuscripts prepared by all oral presenters. Camera-ready manuscripts will be collected at the beginning of the conference. Specific instructions for the preparation of manuscripts will be contained in the Third Announcement.

All conference attendees are encouraged to complete the NS2000 registration form. Registrants whose payment is received prior to May 1, 2000 will be eligible for a reduced registration fee of $250. The normal registration fee will be $300, which includes the cost of the abstract book, the proceedings, coffee breaks, the conference excursion, and a ticket to the conference banquet. We are offering reduced registration fees for graduate students. Prior to May 1, 2000, graduate students may register for $150. The normal graduate student registration fee will be $200.

Payment of the registration fee should be made to the conference secretary. Checks drawn on or payable through a US bank should be in US dollars made payable to Michigan State University. Travelers checks are also acceptable as payment. Overseas participants who wish to pay the registration fee by direct wire-transfer should contact Ms. Shari Conroy.

Attendees should make their own housing reservations.

Kellogg Center - S. Harrison Road, East Lansing  Phone:  517-432-4000  Fax:  517-432-9261 All conference sessions will be held in the Kellogg Center on the Michigan State University campus. A block of rooms has been reserved at the Kellogg Center, which has guaranteed a reduced room rate of $75.00+ tax for conference participants. Kellogg is the appropriate choice for those who would like maximum convenience. Conferees should mention the name of the conference when making reservations.

Alternative housing choices in the greater Lansing area include: