Joint Institute for Nuclear Research  International Committee for Spin Physics   XVI WORKSHOP ON HIGH ENERGY SPIN PHYSICS Dubna, Russia, September 8 - 12, 2015

The First Workshop on High Energy Spin Physics chaired by Prof. L.I. Lapidus was held in Dubna more then 30 years ago. This was followed by the series of biennial workshops in the odd years. The recent one was in Dubna on October 8-12, 2013. The Proceedings of the workshop with talks are available from the Publishing Department of JINR at http://www1.jinr.ru/Proceedings/Proceedings_index.html and at site of DSPIN-13 http://theor.jinr.ru/~spin/2013/proceedings13.pdf

The XVI Workshop will take place in Dubna September 8-12, 2015 under the sponsorship of JINR and the International Committee for High Energy Spin Physics as a joint Dubna-Prague-Warsaw Workshop.

We hope that it offers an opportunity to a large group of physicists and students from Russia and other JINR Member States to get acquainted with the most recent experimental and theoretical results in the spin physics.

About 110 scientists from different research centers are expected to participate.

• recent experimental data on spin physics
• the nucleon spin structure and GPD's
• spin physics and QCD
• spin physics in the Standard Model and  beyond
• T-odd spin effects
• polarization and heavy ion physics
• spin in gravity and astrophysics
• the future spin physics facilities
• spin physics at NICA
• polarimeters for high energy polarized beams
• acceleration and storage of polarized beams
• the new polarization technology
• related subjects

 Location

The Workshop will be held in the INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTER of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia. The program of the workshop will include only plenary sessions that will be held in the Conference Hall. There will be invited talks (up to 40 min) and original reports (20 min). The invited speakers will present new experimental and theoretical results, and recent progress in technology.
The abstracts for reports should be submitted in text format with  the simplest Latex notations to the Organizing Committee by July 25, 2015.

The Workshop working language will be English.

Publication

The Workshop Proceedings will be published in Open Access Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS ), which is part of IOP Conference Series. The contributions (in LaTex or Word form) should be sent to the Organizing Committee by October 15, 2015 . The volume of an original report (20'), including tables, figures and references should not exceed 4 pages and that of an invited talks (40' or 30') - 8 or 6 pages.

About the Town

Dubna is a quiet and pleasing town 132 km north of Moscow situated on the picturesque banks of the Volga river. There is a railway and bus communication between Dubna and Moscow. Its surroundings offer a peaceful rural scenery which, though having no famous monuments, keeps memories of the past. Two hours trip brings you to Moscow or Sergiev Posad (the Russian Orthodox center with its 500-year-old Trinity Monastery) or to Klin with famous Tchaikovsky home museum.
There is also a possibility to organize a special one day tour to Moscow or/and  Sergiev Posad on September 13 (for additional payment) if the number of interested people will be enough. 

 Transportation and Accommodation

Transportation from/to the Moscow airports  or any Moscow railway station will be provided by the organizers. Information on the arrival date, time and flight/train number should be sent to the Workshop Secretary by August 30, 2015

Accommodation in Dubna will be organized in the hotel "Dubna hotel" (see plan). Hotel reservation will be done by the organizing committee according to the requests of participants. Please communicate your preference to Secretary of Symposium indicating in Registration form. The approximate special prises for participants (in Russian rubles) are given below. The number of three- and two-room apartments is very limited. Current exchange rate is appoximately 68 roubles for 1 Euro.

"Dubna", Building 1: Vekslera str. 8, 141980 Dubna, Moscow region Tel. +7(49621) 621-25 Fax +7(49621) 658-90

Climate

In September temperature usually fluctuates from +10/15 at night up to +15/20 C in the daytime, rains are quite possible. 

The registration fee will be EUR 250 (in cash only) for participants and EUR 150 for accompanying persons. It can also be paid in US dollars. The registration fee includes: car transportation from Moscow airport or railway stations to Dubna and back, coffee breaks, welcome party, banquet, social events and a copy of the Workshop Proceedings. The fee will be collected in Dubna, during the registration of the participants. Some limited financial support might be possible on request preferably for young scientists from Russia and other JINR Member States and  European countries. Also, since the DSPIN-15 is supported by European Physical Society (EPS), it makes a limited number of travel grants available to EPS Individual Members to attend the Workshop by personal applications (see http://www.eps.org/?page=support_grants).

            Mrs. Elena Rusakovich
              Workshop secretary,
              International Department,
              Joint Institute for Nuclear Research,
              141980 Dubna, Moscow region, Russia
              Phone: 7-49621-63890 
              Fax: (+7-49621) 65891, 65992
              E-mail: rusakovich@jinr.ru