ICALEPCS 2023: Registration is now Closed

Workshops: 7 – 8 October 2023
Conference: 9 – 13 October 2023

The 19th biennial International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems (ICALEPCS) 2023 will be held from Monday, 9 October to Friday, 13 October 2023.

Hosted by the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO), the conference will be preceded by workshops on Saturday, 7 October and Sunday, 8 October 2023 in Cape Town, South Africa.

ICALEPCS (http://www.icalepcs.org) is a series of biennial conferences that rotates between three major areas of the world: America (including North, Central and South America), Asia (including Oceania) and EMEA (Europe including Russia, the Middle East and Africa). It is well established as the largest conference dedicated to control systems for accelerators and large experiments in physics. ICALEPCS 2023 will be the first time that the conference is hosted in Africa.

The conference will be held in-person again after a fully remote conference in 2021. Conference attendees are strongly encouraged to attend in person to profit from the opportunity to meet again after the pandemic. Early bird registrations are now open at https://icalepcs2023.org.

All those with an interest in the field of control and data acquisition systems and following the latest trends related to hardware, software and information technology in general in large experimental physics systems, including particle accelerators and detectors, photon and neutron sources, telescopes, nuclear fusion facilities, high power laser facilities, and other control applications in science and industry, are invited to attend the conference.

This year’s conference holds a priceless moment in history since it is the first time that it is being hosted in Africa since its inception. For some it also presents a nostalgic feeling, being able to travel again after a period of uncertainty on resumption of collocated meetings.

As such, this conference offers a fresh start and we get to meet again in person to discuss innovations and fashion collaborations from the various meetings.

In recent decades several instruments have come online to conduct different experiments to test and enable us to glean more insight into theories and improve our understanding of the Universe at large. The MeerKAT dishes in South Africa make a star appearance, contributing towards this goal of ground-breaking science, with its highly sensitive receivers for radio wave observations.

The need for equally matching control system software in scale and performance cannot be emphasised enough with the arrival of these powerful instruments. This sets the stage to introduce the theme for this year’s conference as Accelerating Control Systems Software for Groundbreaking Science. As we share our improvements and advances in our work with the community, we have a unique learning opportunity to be equipped to produce novel work and support the effort to churn out ground-breaking scientific work.

Visitors will find Cape Town a vibrant, trendy, sophisticated, well connected and stunningly attractive city. Indeed South Africa’s top six tourist attractions are within an hour from the city centre. Cape Town has a history of hosting big events and accommodating large numbers of international guests in world class facilities. South Africa is a multicultural destination with a rich history and a unique peaceful, political transformation.

In our country there is a heady, exciting mix of tourist and entertainment possibilities. With a distinctive African footprint, a unique fauna and flora in a dramatically beautiful physical environment, you will be well advised to extend your stay beyond the conference to explore our country and our continent.

We are confident that the scientific programme will be very informative and stimulating, the social activities will promote lasting friendships and that the conference tours will give you the opportunity to explore our wonderful country.

We look forward to welcoming you to Cape Town!

View and download the Digital Booklet below

For more information contact:

ICALEPCS 2023 Conference Secretariat

Tourvest Incentives Meeting and Events

E-mail: icalepcs2023@tourvest-ime.com or icalepcs@sarao.ac.za

Website: www.icalepcs2023.org

The Local Organising Committee for ICALEPCS 2023

Last Updated on October 7, 2023

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