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Chair’s Report: Pulsed Power Science and Technology Committee. Jane Lehr AdCom Report July 2012. Conference Synopsis. PPC09: Not yet closed! Snafu with conc. banking, working on getting audit to close; Projected return ~ $10k - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Chair’s Report:Pulsed Power Science and
Technology Committee
Jane LehrAdCom Report
July 2012
Conference Synopsis• PPC09: Not yet closed! Snafu with conc.
banking, working on getting audit to close; Projected return ~ $10k
• PPC11: nearly closed, working with Treasurer(s) to close, Projected loss $25k.– TPS Special Issue on PPST on track for October, 2012
• PPPS 2013: On track• PPC15 : Austin TX, Chair Mark Crawford• Outgoing years: United Kingdom (London),
Boston or Orlando
Pulsed Power Plasma Science 2013(Combined PPC & ICOPS)
• General Chair: Bryan Oliver, • Technical Chairs: Mark Crawford and John Verboncoeur • Treasurer: Jane Lehr (first hand look at finances!)• Venue: Hyatt Regency Embarcadero San Francisco• Attendance ~ 1150 • Conservative room requirements ( 540 guest rooms)
•5 technical days + 1.5 day Mini-course • Night out and Banquet, possible tour of NIF
Status: • PPST met at Conference Hotel for Site visit (all is well);• Budget submitted via NPSS site; • website set to launch next week
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2015 Pulsed Power Conference June 1-5, 2015
Austin, TX• General Chair: Mark Crawford• Technical Chair: TBD• Venue
– Hilton Austin, contract signed 31 August, 2011– 1860 total room-nights with 100% occupancy mid-week (425 rooms)– 1347 room-nights run-of-house at $199/night– 418 room-nights at prevailing government per diem (currently $108)
• Co-Located with SOFE (Chair: JP Allain)– Common breaks, posters, vendors, night-out and plenaries. – Independent oral sessions and banquets
• MOU with SoFE not yet negotiated but will include separate budgets • No agreement yet signed with IEEE MCM for support services
Megagauss 14 (aka Megagauss 2012)• Fully sponsored NPSS Conference• General chair: Jim Degnan• Technical Program Chair: Ken Struve• Maui, Hawaii • Anticipated Attendance ~ 125• Budget estimate includes venue sited administrative support - MEDB = Maui
Economic Development Board, also approved by IEEE; MEDB is now on board • Budget and fincancial tools in place (Conc. Barking/ Loan/ etc)• We have verbal agreements for 25 to 30 K$ of contributions so far, out of 22 K$
estimated from those contributors• conference website is up www.megaggauss.org