Who Should Attend
LLRF 2007 is directed to a broad-based international scientific community interested in designing and integrating low-level RF control systems for use in scientific and industrial processes.
Synopsis
Low Level RF control systems are essential for producing high-quality particle beams. Although their fundamental purpose is field regulation in RF cavities, they also serve as the primary interface between the operations team and the RF system as a whole, and they interface with numerous technical subsystems. Therefore, despite their complex nature, they must be easily operated by non-experts, and they must be robust and reliable. Most modern LLRF control systems are implemented digitally, which provides for functional and performance modifications through code development. The goals of the LLRF07 Workshop are to bring together people working on LLRF control systems worldwide to share our experiences, to present the status of our work, to discuss recent technical developments, and to seek solutions to the technical problems.
This four-day workshop, held in Knoxville Tennessee, will be the 16th in the series of mini-workshops under the auspices of the ICFA beam dynamics panel. This four-day workshop will be the third in a series of LLRF workshops;
the first was held at Jefferson Lab, USA, in 2001 and the second was held at CERN in 2005.
Local Organizing Committee
Mark Crofford - Chair (SNS, ORNL)
Angie Beach (SNS, ORNL)
Lorie Hickey (SNS, ORNL)
Pamela Kite (SNS, ORNL)
Chip Piller (SNS, ORNL)
Scientific Program Committee
M. Champion - Chair (FNAL)
K. Akai (KEK)
M. Brennan (BNL)
B. Chase (FNAL)
L. Doolittle (LBNL)
R. Garoby (CERN)
C. Hovater (JLAB)
M. Liepe (Cornell)
T. Linnecar (CERN)
S. Simrock (DESY)
D. Teytelman (Stanford)
Schedule
View the Agenda in PDF format as of October 8, 2007.
Lodging and Transportation
Hotel Reservations
Blocks of rooms have been set aside at the Crowne Plaza Hotel at a rate of $110 (tax not included) for October 21-25 with checkout on October 25. The cutoff date is October 8. Attendees should refer to the Low Level Radio Frequency Workshop.
For those wishing to arrive earlier, the Crowne Plaza Hotel will extend the rate 2 days prior to accommodate guests needing to arrive before the contracted block.
Contact Information:
Crowne Plaza Hotel
401 W Summit Hill Dr.
Knoxville, TN 37902, United States
Hotel Front Desk: 1-865-522-2600
Hotel Fax: 1-865-523-7200
Driving Directions and Map
Air and Ground Transportation
McGhee Tyson Airport offers NO shuttle service to any hotels and the Crowne Plaza Hotel does NOT have a shuttle service so transportation to and from the airport must be provided by car rental, taxi, or limousine service.
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory website (http://www.ornl.gov) provides links (http://www.ornl.gov/ornlhome/visiting.shtml#getting) to airports and car rentals as well as area maps. Oak Ridge, TN is served by the airport in Knoxville (abbreviation TYS), about 30 minutes away. Information about the airlines and related ground transportation (limousines, taxis to hotels) is available at http://www.tys.org.
Registration - CLOSED
The registration fee for the LLRF 2007 Workshop was $325 through August 24. Registration after August 24 was $375. Included in the registration was:
- Continental breakfast served daily in the foyer of the lecture hall
- Refreshments during coffee breaks and afternoon snack
- Conference dinners
- Abstract book
- transportation between hotel and conference dinner
- transportation between the hotel and the Spallation Neutron Source tour at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
A tour of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's (ORNL) Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) was the finalé to the year's LLRF 07 Workshop.
As ORNL is a secured facility, non-ORNL participants in the Workshop must pre-register for the tour no later than September 19, 2007.
The following information is required for participation:
Participant's full name
Participant's date of birth (Month, Day, Year (MM/DD/YYYY) format, please)
Participant's current citizenship
Participant's country of birth
Participant's current place of employment
Please reply directly to Pamela Kite at kitepj@ornl.gov with the required information no later than September 19, 2007, in order to
participate in the SNS Tour.
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The web registration for foreign nationals was closed on October 12, 2007. For U.S. citizens and ORNL staff registration was closed October 19, 2007. Please input all information required on the registration form. For registration questions, please contact Pamela Kite; email: kitepj@ornl.gov)
Vendor Registration - CLOSED
Vendor participation is limited by available space to a maximum
of 8. Vendor registration will be closed when available spaces
are filled. Approximate size of vendor booths will be 8 x 10
feet. While the vendor space is available for the length
of the conference, continual manning of vendor areas is not required.
Vendors may attend any or all sessions as regular registrant.
One participant registration is required for each vendor; all
other vendor participants may use registration form
link above. Vendor registration was closed on September 17, 2007. Please follow the link below for
vendor registration:
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Posters and Contributed Talks - CLOSED
Requests for presentation of contributed talks and posters on relevant topics at LLRF 2007 are welcomed. Selection will be based on submission of a title and abstracts for a talk or poster [please specify talk or poster, or both] and name(s) and affiliation of author(s). Submitters will be informed by September 10 of their acceptance for this workshop.
To submit an abstract non-ORNL attendees will need to Request an XCAMS UserID. After receiving your UserID and Password you can log into the Abstract Submission Website. The first time you login you will need to select the "Request Access" link. When logging in with your XCAMS UserID remember to log in using the format "extranet\UserID". If you are an ORNL employee you need to request an account using your normal UCAMS password. UCAMS UserID's log in using the format "ornl\UserID".
The poster sessions will be held on Wednesday October 24, 2007 from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. on the Mezzanine outside the Tennessee Ballroom Salons A, B, and C.
Posters will have a maximum size of 40 inches (102 cm.) wide by 48 inches (122 cm.) high. Only Velcro dots [provided by workshop organizers] will be used to mount posters.
Posters should be put up on easels supplied by the hotel which will be placed around the Mezzanine outside the Tennessee Ballroom Salons A, B, and C during the luncheon break on Wednesday. The allocated space will be indicated by the ID number of the submitted abstract. Help and Velcro dots [provided by workshop organizers] will be available at this time. Posters should be taken down on Wednesday evening or at the latest early Thursday morning.
Posters are viewable at all times on Wednesday from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.
A specific time has been set aside on Wednesday, 1:00p.m. - 5:00 p.m., when poster authors are expected to be present beside their posters to discuss and explain their work.
A poster summary will be given during the closing session (see Agenda).
Note that although we will not have written proceedings for this workshop, we are producing a CD ROM containing all presentations. Consequently poster authors should provide a pdf file of their poster for inclusion in the CD. Written papers are welcome, although not required.
If you have questions, please contact Pamela Kite; email: kitepj@sns.gov.
Workshop Dinner and Transport
The workshop dinner will be held on Tuesday evening, 23 of October on the Watts Bar Belle at the Watts Bar River Boat Company starting at 6:00 p.m. and ending at 8:00 p.m.
A direct link to the location map of the Watts Bar River Boat Company is provided here.
Transport to "Watts Bar Belle" River Boat Restaurant
Buses will be available for all participants who wish to attend the workshop dinner. The buses will leave from outside the main entrance of the Crowne Plaza Hotel at 5:00 p.m. Buses will leave the Watts Bar Belle for the return trip to the Crowne Plaza Hotel at 8:00 p.m.
Please note that the Watts Bar Belle will set sail at exactly 6:00 p.m., therefore it is recommended to use the transport facilities organized by the workshop if possible.
Important Dates
May 1: Early registration begins $325
July 15: Abstract submission Deadline
August 24: Last day for early registration $325
August 25: Late Registration begins $375
October 8: Hotel registration closes
October 12: Registration closes for non-U.S. citizens
October 19: Registration closes for U. S. citizens
October 21: Paper Submission Deadline
October 23: Watts Bar Belle Riverboat Dinner
Weather
The month of October is gorgeous in East Tennessee. Vibrant fall colors are anticipated. The average high is 70F and the low is 48F for a normal average of 59F, with a sunrise at 7:50 a.m., and sunset at 6:50 p.m. Use the Accuweather.com website to check weather conditions for Knoxville, TN.
Attractions
Oak Ridge, TN is on Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), four hours earlier than Greenwich Mean Time. Several website's have detailed information on attractions in Oak Ridge, TN and the surrounding area, including:
Oak Ridge Convention & Visitors Bureau: http://oakridgevisitor.com/home.html
Knoxville Tourism & Sports Corporation: http://www.knoxville.org/
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