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<P><B><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">Deadline for abstractsubmission: September 1, 2009</FONT></B>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Dear Friends and colleagues!</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">On behalf of the ICANS collaboration and the organizing committee I would like to draw your attention to the upcoming </FONT>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">19<SUP>th</SUP> Meeting of the</FONT></B></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><B><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">I</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">nternational</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">C</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">ollaboration on</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">A</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">dvanced</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">N</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">eutron</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">S</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">ources</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">(ICANS-XIX),</FONT></I></B></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">hosted by the Paul Scherrer Institut, PSI, Switzerland,</FONT></B></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">to be held from March 8 – 12, 2010 in Grindelwald, Switzerland.</FONT></B></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">ICANS,</FONT></B> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">dating back to 1977, is an informal network of more than 15 institutions worldwide, providing a forum for scientists and engineers to study and exchange information on the progress and developments in conjunction with accelerator- and reactor-based neutron sources. The attention of the Collaboration is on the subjects of accelerator development, source (target) and moderator development, and neutron scattering instrumentation techniques.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Since the last meeting in Dongguan, China, in 2007 significant progress was made at various neutron science facilities, in particular at SNS, Oak Ridge, and J-PARC, Tokai. Likewise, the ESS site decision has been taken. It is the tradition of ICANS to cooperate and support each other, and by continuing this series we hope to advance neutron science and to further strengthen cooperation between and among the participating laboratories.</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Conference topics in short:</FONT></B>
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<LI><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Accelerator system</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> developments</FONT></LI>
<LI><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Target station</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> design and engineering</FONT></LI>
<LI><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Instruments and beam lines</FONT></B> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">for scattering and imaging</FONT></LI>
<LI><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Fundamental physics</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> with neutrons</FONT></LI>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Details on topics, venue, registration, accommodation, important dates etc. you find at </FONT><A HREF="http://icans.web.psi.ch/"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman">http://icans.web.psi.ch/</FONT></U></A>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Besides the traditionally represented high-power and large-scale facilities, we would in particular encourage smaller sources to submit contributions on their development and perspectives. As well, contributions from developing countries are very welcome.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Please forward this message to your friends and colleagues which might also be interested to attend this meeting</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Times New Roman">Looking forward to welcome you at</FONT> <FONT SIZE=5 FACE="Times New Roman">ICANS XIX</FONT></B>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Werner Wagner</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Spallation Neutron Source Division</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Paul Scherrer Institut</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Switzerland</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Renate Bercher</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Secretary to ICANS XIX</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Paul Scherrer Institut</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Condensed Matter Research with Neutrons and Muons</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">WBBA/120</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">5232 Villigen PSI</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Switzerland</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Tel. 0041 56 310 3402</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Fax 0041 56 310 3131</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">email: icans-xix@psi.ch</FONT>
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