MONDAY 26 JUNE 2006

Opening Presentation
The Global Design Initiative for an International Linear Collider
Barry Barish (CALTECH, Pasadena, California)

Circular Colliders
Operation of High-luminosity Meson Factories and the Challenge to go to the Next Generation
Kazunori Akai (KEK, Ibaraki)
LHC Progress and Commissioning Plans
Oliver Sim Brüning (CERN, Geneva)

Synchrotron Light Sources and FELs
Results from the VUV-FEL
Jörg Rossbach (DESY, Hamburg)
A Review of ERL Prototype Experience and Light Source Design Challenges
Susan Louise Smith (CCLRC/DL/ASTeC, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire)

Linear Colliders, Lepton Accelerators and New Acceleration Techniques
Laser-Plasma Wakefield Acceleration: Concepts, Tests and Premises
Victor Malka (LOA/ENSTA/École Polytechnique, Palaiseau)
SCRF Test Facilities towards the ILC
Kenji Saito (KEK, Ibaraki)

Hadron Accelerators
Commissioning Highlights of the Spallation Neutron Source
Norbert Holtkamp (ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
Approaches to High Intensities at FAIR
Peter J. Spiller (GSI, Darmstadt)

TUESDAY 27 JUNE 2006

Circular Colliders
RHIC Operational Status and Upgrade Plans
Wolfram Fischer (BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York)
Tevatron Operational Status and Possible Lessons for the LHC
Valeri Lebedev (Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois)
LHC Luminosity and Energy Upgrades
Walter Scandale (CERN, Geneva)

Hadron Accelerators
The ERL High Energy Cooler for RHIC
Ilan Ben-Zvi (BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York)
Crystal Channelling in Accelerators
Valery M. Biryukov (IHEP Protvino, Protvino, Moscow Region)
Present Status of the J-PARC Accelerator
Hitoshi Kobayashi (KEK, Ibaraki)
Highlights from Commissioning HIRFL-CSR
Wen-Long Zhan (IMP, CAS, Lanzhou)

Beam Instrumentation and Feedback
High Precision SC Cavity Alignment Diagnostics with HOM Measurements
Josef Frisch (SLAC, Menlo Park, California)
Developments in Beam Instrumentation and New Feedback Systems for the ILC
Hitoshi Hayano (KEK, Ibaraki)
Femtosecond Bunch Length Measurements
Steven Jamison (University of Abertay, Dundee)

Accelerator Technology
Design, Construction, Installation and First Commissioning Results of the LHC Cryogenic System
Serge Claudet (CERN, Geneva)
Latest Developments on Insertion Devices
Pascal Elleaume (ESRF, Grenoble)

Applications of Accelerators, Technology Transfer and Industrial Relations
FFAG Accelerators and their Applications
Yoshiharu Mori (KEK, Ibaraki)

WEDNESDAY 28 JUNE 2006

Linear Colliders, Lepton Accelerators and New Acceleration Techniques
Beam Delivery System in ILC
Grahame A. Blair (Royal Holloway, University of London, Surrey)
CLIC Feasibility Study in CTF3
Andrea Ghigo (INFN/LNF, Frascati (Roma))
Damping Rings towards Ultra-low Emittances
Susanna Guiducci (INFN/LNF, Frascati (Roma))

Beam Dynamics and Electromagnetic Fields
Instabilities and Space Charge Resonances in High Intensity Accelerators
Oliver Boine-Frankenheim (GSI, Darmstadt)
Modeling of Space Charge and CSR Effects in Bunch Compressor Systems
Martin Dohlus (DESY, Hamburg)
Non-linear Collimation in Linear and Circular Colliders
Angeles Faus-Golfe (IFIC, Valencia)
Observation and Modeling of Electron Cloud Instability
Katherine C. Harkay (ANL, Argonne, Illinois)

Accelerator Technology
Digital Low Level RF
Maria-Elena Angoletta (CERN, Geneva)
New Developments on RF Power Sources
Jörn Jacob (ESRF, Grenoble)
Latest Developments in Superconducting RF Structures
Peter Kneisel (Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia)

Applications of Accelerators, Technology Transfer and Industrial Relations
How to Create a Business out of Manufacturing Linacs
Robert Wray Hamm (AccSys, Pleasanton, California)
Synchrotron Technology for Industrial Research, Development and Quality Assurance - Experience in Commercial Services
Tilo Baumbach (FZ Karlsruhe)
Can the Accelerator Control System be bought from industry?
Mark Plesko (Cosylab, Ljubljana)

THURSDAY 29 JUNE 2006

Synchrotron Light Sources and FELs
Overview of FEL Injectors
Massimo Ferrario (INFN/LNF, Frascati (Roma))
Overview of the Status of the Soleil Project
Jean-Marc Filhol (Soleil, Gif-sur-Yvette)
Laser Systems and Accelerators
Holger Schlarb (DESY, Hamburg)
Overview of the Status of the Diamond Project
Richard Walker (Diamond, Oxfordshire)

Beam Dynamics and Electromagnetic Fields
State of the Art in EM Field Computation
Cho-Kuen Ng (SLAC, Menlo Park, California)

Beam Instrumentation and Feedback
Ionization Profile Monitoring at the Tevatron
Andreas Jansson (Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois)

Special Invited Presentation
Before the Big Bang: An Outrageous New Perspective, and its Implications for Particle Physics
Roger Penrose (Mathematical Institute, Oxford)

FRIDAY 30 JUNE 2006

Circular Colliders
HERA and the Next Generation of Lepton-Ion Colliders
Ferdinand J. Willeke (DESY, Hamburg)

Synchrotron Light Sources and FELs
Overview of Single Pass Free Electron Lasers
Claudio Pellegrini (UCLA, Los Angeles, California)

Linear Colliders, Lepton Accelerators and New Acceleration Techniques
Neutrino Factories and Beta Beams
Michael Zisman (LBNL, Berkeley, California)

Accelerator Technology
Gantry Design for Proton and Carbon Hadrontherapy Facilities
Udo Weinrich (GSI, Darmstadt)

Applications of Accelerators, Technology Transfer and Industrial Relations
Developments in Proton and Light-ion Therapy
Sandro Rossi (CNAO Foundation, Milan)

Closing Presentation
ITER and International Scientific Collaboration
Stefano Chiocchio (ITER, Garching)