General Information:

In the past few years, a strong cooperation activity has grown up between Chinese and French scientists involved in the LHC experimental program. Numerous scientists have traveled on both side and spent weeks of work in each country. Cooperation programs have been set up on the preparation of physics analysis as well as on the installation of the required tools from analysis software to computing grid deployment.

A need for regular forum between those scientists has appeared as a way to structure and stabilize these cooperation works. Therefore, to address this need, it has been found useful to start a series of annual workshop, alternatively in each country, which will allow Chinese and French scientists to present and discuss their view on the common work done and to be done. The main purpose of the workshop is to foster and develop cooperation between French and Chinese scientists on different issues related to the LHC scientific program as well as the deployment of associated computing grids.

This first Chinese French workshop will be held at the Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP), located 15 kilometers west of Beijing downtown and about 45 kilometers west of Beijing International Airport.

Organizing committee:

　　Hesheng CHEN, (Chair, IHEP)
　　Francois LE DIBERDER, (Co-Chair, IN2P3)
　　Dominique BOUTIGNY, (CC, IN2P3)
　　Gang CHEN, (IHEP)
　　Guoming CHEN, (IHEP)
　　Yuanning GAO, (Tsinghua Univ.)
　　Suzanne GASCON, (IN2P3)
　　Fabio HERNANDEZ, (CC, IN2P3)
　　Chunhua JIANG, (IHEP)
　　Shan JIN, (IHEP)
　　Fanny LESSOUS, (CPPM,IN2P3)
　　Emmanuel MONNIER, (CPPM,IN2P3)
　　Lydia ROOS, (IN2P3/IHEP)
　　Tongzhou XU, (IHEP)
　　Baoping YAN, (CNIC)
　　Daiqui ZHOU, (Huazhong Normal Univ.)

Scientific Program:

The scientific program will give through plenary talks a complete overview of the LHC scientific program. It will start by a status of the LHC accelerator and its four experiments, ATLAS, CMS, LHCb, and ALICE, as well as the LHC computing grid. An overview of the scientific panorama in which LHC will start will then be given with Tevatron results and expectation of ILC in the future. Grid deployment in China and in France will be presented as well as a physicist insight on grid use. Then a theoretical review of the physics at the TeV scale will introduce the physics program of each of the LHC experiment. Parallel sessions on LHC physics, Tev scale theoretical developments, and computing grids will then continue the program. Throughout the workshop, discussions on Chinese-French cooperation will also be organized. Conclusion talks will summarize the workshop and will be followed, in the evening, by a banquet. Tutorial on physics and grid tools will be given at the end of the workshop.

A preliminary program will soon be posted on the workshop web site.

Place and accommodation:

The workshop will start on December 11^th 2006 afternoon and will end on December 16^th. Presentations will be given at IHEP. Participant will have their accommodation at the IHEP guest house and adjoin restaurant.

IHEP address is:

　　Institute of High Energy Physics
　　19B Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District
　　Beijing 100049, China

Administration and Visa:

Before and during the workshop, all administrative issues will be taken care by IHEP administration assisted by Mrs. F. Lessous from IN2P3

IHEP will be responsible for issuing visa documents to the participants who required them. The applicants should provide information of name, nationality, passport number, the place and name of Chinese Embassy/Consulate where you apply for the visa. IHEP will issue the visa document to each applicant. A copy will be sent to Chinese Embassy or Consulate at the same time to speed up the procedure of visa application.

In France, visa and travel operation will be supervised by Mrs. F. Lessous such that French participants get everything in due time

Useful information:

Taxi is the most convenient way from the Beijing Capital Airport to IHEP. This takes about 40 minutes to 1 hour, and costs about €15.

Taxi fare: 2 yuan/km. 10 yuan for the first 3km, and 3 yuan/km from the 15th km. The taxi meter will print out a receipt which has all the detailed information: price, distance, time, car number, and even the phone number for customers to complain.

Currency exchange rate is about 1 euro=10 yuan.

Want to use your own mobile phone in China?:

Either your mobile has a Chinese coverage or there are "pay as you go" services. You can simply buy a new SIM card, from everywhere including the airport. But first make sure that your mobile phone allows you to do so. Anyhow sms usually works. Or more cheaply, you can buy an IC phone card which can be used in "telephone booth". Mobile phone rate: 0.6 yuan/minute for China Mobile, and 0.54 yuan/min for China Unicom.

Electricity: 220 volts. The plug is different from the French style, plug adapter will be provided

Beijing is a bit "get up early" place. Many parks and museums open early and close early. For example, the Forbidden City stops selling ticket at 4pm. Please notice this when arranging sightseeing.

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