Proposal for 2012 ATLAS Upgrade Week
at Stanford / San Francisco Bay Area
Joint hosting proposal from
SLAC & LBNL & UC Santa Cruz
for Mar/26-30/2012
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Why Stanford/San Francisco Bay Area ?
* Some key foundation stones of
particle physics and accelerators
were laid in the Bay Area.
* A very rich and diverse cultural
backdrop, and distinctive local
attractions of the San Francisco
Bay Area.
* The innovative spirit of Silicon Valley
is one of the main engines of our
modern civilization, which has a close
personal touch on all of us.
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ATLAS @ UC Berkeley/LBNL
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ATLAS @ UC Santa Cruz
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ATLAS @ SLAC
3D Si sensor (Stanford SNF) with
active edge at CERN test beam
CO2 cooling
Test system
Cosmic
Telescope
for sensor
/module
tests
2mm
Rad hard custom TwinAx for multi Gb/s
electrical data transmission.
RCE/ATCA high bandwidth DAQ
with wide range of applications
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LBNL
Geography
5 km
Silicon valley
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Local Geography
Hotel
Clusters
Downtown
areas with
clusters of
restaurants
and shops
(also along
El Camino
Real)
Cal Train station
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Transportation
* Direct flights to San Francisco International (SFO) from
many international airports.
* Public Transportation from Airport to Hotel:
Stanford is ~37km from SFO:
– Commercial shuttles (~$30) or limousine service, cab (~$80)
– Cal train to Palo Alto + cab/walk
* Rental car (shared rental car is an effective means of local daily
transportation. SLAC visitors are entitled to special deals at
$220/week for a compact car)
* Free Marguerite shuttle on Stanford campus and vicinity
operates during weekdays + Local transit bus every ~14min.
* Exclusive use of large event parking space ~500m from
meeting venue for free
* More transportation details at:
http://www.slac.stanford.edu/exp/atlas/events/general/Travel.shtml
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Stanford Campus
Galvez Field
(Conference
Parking)
Rodin Garden
and Cantor
museum
Alumni Center
(Dinner)
New Knight
Management
Center
(meeting Venue)
Memorial
Court
Main Quad
Hoover
Tower
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Meeting Venue
The new Knight Management Center of the Stanford Graduate
School of Business (GSB): http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/knightcenter/
Plenary: CEMEX auditorium
Lower floor capacity 300+100
Opened in Apr/2011
GSB Zambruno Hall
and CEMEX auditorium
Arbuckle
Dining
Pavilion
Town square
Many modern classrooms of
capacity ~70 for pre-meetings
and breakout.
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Meeting Venue
Breakout rooms with 70-80 capacity.
Reserving 3-4 of these rooms (in addition to
CEMEX auditorium) for break out.
Many easily accessible power sockets on the
tables or under table.
All rooms with modern computer project
console and capability for A/V setup for
remote participation via EVO/Skype.
Block of small conference rooms for
impromptu informal meeting and private
conversations with 7-10 people will be
available to us in addition.
Wireless network is available throughout
Stanford campus.
Venue availability is tied to Stanford spring break Mar/26-30/2012
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Breaks and Lunches
Breaks:
Knight Center Town Square next
to the Arbuckle Dining Pavilion
Lunches: Your own choices of lunch from various nearby options.
Arbuckle Pavilion
Knight Center
Typical entrees
$6.50-8.50
Arrillaga Family
Dining Commons
5min walk
$10 buffet
Many other campus eateries for lunch within 5-15min walk
(link to map)
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Social Events: Workshop Dinner
Workshop
Dinner at
Stanford
Alumni Center
Pre-dinner
Campus stroll:
Rodin Garden
Cantor museum
(admission is free
and opens until
8pm on Thursdays)
The Quad and
Memorial church
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Social Events:
Reception / Tours / Informal Dinners
Reception
@ SLAC
Informal
dinner outings
at local
restaurants
with choice
of groups
led by locals
SLAC tours
and Lab visits
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Cost Summary
• Participant registration + social fee: Early=$370, Late=$430
– Venue setup/equipment fees and organization
– Parking field and event bus transportation
– Coffee breaks
– Workshop dinner and reception
Registration can be reduced or waived in special cases for a
small number of participants
• Many Flight choices to San Francisco at <$1000 from Europe.
• Many hotels within 5 km. Medium range is $90-130/night
while low cost options $65-90/night also exist.
• SLAC special deal rental car $220/week and free conf parking
• Low cost CalTrain, SamTrans bus, free Marguerite shuttle
around Stanford
(1$ = 0.74Euro = 0.90CHF
as of Sep/29/2011)
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Local Organizer & Contacts
* Local organizers:
Rainer Bartoldus
Richard Mount
Dong Su
Charlie Young
Maurice Garcia-Sciveres
Murdock Gilchriese
Alex Grillo
Abe Seiden
* SLAC Event Service:
– Thanh Ky Ly
* SLAC ATLAS administrative support:
– Adrienne Higashi
* SLAC International Office for Visa Support
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Welcome to the San Francisco Bay Area
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Additional Information
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Travel
* There are daily direct flights to
San Francisco International (SFO)
from many international airports,
e.g. Amsterdam, Beijing,
Frankfurt, London, Paris, Sydney,
Tokyo, Zurich,…
* San Jose International (SJC) has direct flights
from many major US airports.
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Visa
* Citizens of many countries can enter the US via the Visa
Waiver Program (VWP), which now needs a simple electronic
application via ESTA before travel.
* For collaborators from countries not participating in VWP,
they need to apply for B1 business visitor visa. Invitation
letters will be issued based on requests collected at
registration. Normal application processing time ~6 weeks.
* The SLAC international office is regularly helping visitors on
their visa applications and their help will extend to the
ATLAS week attendants.
* Based on a few hundred recent SLAC-assisted B1
applications, there is ~1-2% chance for “sensitive country”
(e.g. China, India, Russia) applicants to suffer abnormal
delays, while applicants from Cuba,Iran,Sudan,Syria are the
only cases with high chance of very long delays or denial.
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Accommodations
* Hotels
– Many choices within 5 km of Stanford venue
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/rde/chs/general/hotel.html
– Medium range is $90-129/night
– while there are also a fair number of low cost choices at
$65-89/night
(1$=0.74Euro=0.90CHF as of Sep/29/2011).
* Stanford guest house
is on SLAC site with 112 rooms at $90/day for single
rooms.
* More details at:
http://www.slac.stanford.edu/exp/atlas/events/general/Accommodations.shtml
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Informal Social Events
• Host members will establish a few dinner outing options to
gather several separate dinner groups.
•
Local restaurants of wide range of flavors (Palo Alto alone has >180
restaurants).
•
Dining options in San Francisco
•
Nearby wineries with Bay/Silicon-valley view
• Informal organization to establish detailed signup and adjust
selection based on demand.
• Help on transportation for dinner groups.
• More details on local dining:
http://www.slac.stanford.edu/exp/atlas/events/general/Dining.shtml
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