10th International Workshop on Anomalies in
Hydrogen  Loaded Metals

 10-14 April 2012 (just after Easter)
Certosa di Pontignano, Loc. Pontignano, 53010 Vagliagli, Siena - Italia
Tel. 0577 356851 - Fax 0577 356669 certosa@unisi.it

List of Participants (as of 6 April 2012)      Abstracts

Workshop Program

Conference Chair
 William Collis

Organizing Committee
Antonio Spallone, Francesco Piantelli, Francesco Celani

Sponsors
ISCMNS, Nichenergy srl, Japan CF Research Society, Coolescence LLC, Simec srl,
Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali (University of Siena)


For all enquiries regarding this workshop contact workshop@iscmns.org

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Location

The Workshop was held near Siena at the Certosa di Pontignano in Tuscany, north-central Italy. This is a 14th century cloistered monastery owned by the University of Siena and converted exclusively for conference use.  The Certosa's website at http://www.unisi.it/servizi/certosa/  includes photographs and directions.  It can accommodate up to 90 visitors.   There is ample parking space.  The centre includes a restaurant and meals there are included as part of the conference fee.  The entire conference centre has been pre-booked to ensure the greatest economy and maximum participation.

The hamlet of Pontignano is situated in the countryside about 10km north of the beautiful medieval city of Siena.   It is an ideal base from which to explore Tuscany.  Florence is some 60 minutes away by car.  The climate in April is normally warm/mild but rain is possible.

Photo Gallery of 6th Workshop held at Pontignano 2005

Workshop Goals and Format

High temperature gas loading is a promising technology to reliably create thermal and nuclear anomalies.  The purpose of the workshop is to bring together an international group of experts to present their results and encourage discussion.  The emphasis is on experimental innovation, methods, instrumentation, diagnostics and theory.   In addition there will be afternoon discussions on topics of interest including explanations for the anomalies.

The working language of the workshop is English.

Fees and Accommodation

The  full workshop fee is GBP 450 per person and GBP 250 for each additional person sharing a room/apartment.  This covers the lunches, dinners shown in the outline program (but not the excursion) Requests will be considered for financial assistance for those needing further support.   As accommodation is limited, participation will only be accepted at the sponsors' discretion - mainly limited to co-authors of papers.  Accommodation at the conference site is not available outside the designated nights.

Fees for non-resident participants are EUR 250 (payable on site) and include coffee breaks, lunch and dinners.  (Email reservation required).

Pay and register at £450 per participant.
Pay and register at £250 per accompanying person (sharing accommodation) or external participant.

Papers

The program will consist of both invited and contributed talks.  Oral papers are invited on experimental results and will be reviewed by the Committee.   It is essential that all presenters submit a 1 page Abstract  in MS Word format (A4 paper size) (see Important Dates below).  You are encouraged to support your presentation with a poster paper.  A bronze medal will be awarded for the best poster paper.  Authors should estimate 30 minutes for each presentation but variations on this time (e.g. 1 hour) can be made by arrangement.  Power Point presentations are preferred. (Bring a USB memory key or CD-ROM or DVD-R.). Open Office 2.0 software to create presentations is available on the ISCMNS DVD-R (also available at the meeting).

All presentations and papers should have numbered pages and the filename should start with the presenter's surname (Further instructions will follow).  The organization will compress your submission into portable document format (.pdf) for publication on the ISCMNS web-site and DVD-R and will be freely available for download.  Presentations will not be published on-line until 15 October and may be modified or withdrawn by the authors at any time.

 Papers may also be submitted to the electronic journal Condensed Matter Nuclear Science and peer reviewed.

Outline Program
10th International Workshop on Anomalies in Hydrogen Loaded Metals 2012

Date08:0009:00-11:0011:00-11:3011:30-13:0013:00-14:3014:30-16:0016:00-16:3016:3019:30
Tuesday
10 April

Lunch

free

Registration

Welcome
Buffet

Wednesday
11 April

Breakfast

Opening
Session

Coffee

SESSION
1

Lunch

Excursion

Dinner

Thursday
12 April

Breakfast

SESSION
2

Coffee

SESSION
3

Lunch

Poster Session

Coffee

Discussion
(Hagelstein)

Gala Dinner

Friday
13 April

Breakfast

SESSION
4

Coffee

SESSION
5

Lunch

Film

Coffee

Discussion
(Spallone)

Dinner

Saturday
14 April

Breakfast

SESSION
6

Coffee

SESSION
7

Departure

 

Important Dates 2012

1 January Presentation title to be submitted.
1 January Last day for applications for financial assistance
31 January Abstract to be submitted (1 page in RTF format).
30 May Draft Paper to be submitted (in RTF format).
10 April Start of Workshop.
30 June Final versions of Papers to be submitted