Radiation Instrumentation Technical Committee (RITC)
Report to Adcom, March 3, 2001
Glenn F. Knoll, RISC Chair
1) The 2000 NSS/MIC was held on October 15-21 in Lyon, France, the first
outside North America. Patrick LeDu did an outstanding job as General Chairman,
and Stig Larsson contributed a great deal as MIC Program Chairman. Bill Moses
ably filled the role of RISC liaison to this conference. Patrick will be making a
detailed report on the conference to Adcom at this meeting.
2) The 2001 NSS/MIC is scheduled for the Town and Country Hotel in San
Diego on Nov. 4-10, 2001. Tony Lavietes is General Chairman, and Ben Tsui will
be MIC Program Chairman. Tony will be reporting on plans for the conference.
3) The 2002 NSS/MIC will be held in Norfolk, Virginia on November 11-15,
2002. Joel Karp will be General Chairman, with Paul Kinahan serving as MIC
Program Chairman. Contracts have been executed with two hotels whose combined
capacity is required for adequate meeting space.
4) A site selection committee (chaired by John Valentine) is in the process of
visiting potential locations for the 2003 NSS/MIC, concentrating on locations in the
Western U.S. Ralph James will be serving as General Chair of the symposium.
5) The Radiation Instrumentation TC, together with the Nuclear Medical
Science and Imaging TC, have encouraged exploration of possible sites in Europe
for the 2004 NSS/MIC. A Site Selection Committee, chaired by Erik Heijne, will
be responsible for evaluating proposals put forward for European sites. A
recommendation to go forward, or to plan instead for a U.S. location, will be due on
July 1 of this year.
6) At this Adcom meeting, I will be introducing a motion to approve the
inauguration two biennial awards in connection with the Nuclear Science
Symposium. This step was approved by RISC at our meeting on October 19. An
award program is already in place for the MIC, and we propose a parallel award
program for the NSS part of the combined annual symposium.