Scientific Program Update Bob Garnett Los Alamos National Laboratory PAC07 Local Organizing Committee Meeting LANL 05/31/06

Program Committee Status and Proposed Schedule 4/21/06, First PC Meeting / Satellite of April APS Meeting (Dallas). Invited program and Session Chairs Determined. 5/16/06, Invited Program sent to Stan / OC for approval. Late August 2006, Conference Announcement & Call for Papers Mid-December 2006, Abstract Deadline Early February 2007, Contact Invited Speakers and Session Chairs 02/15/07, Final PC Meeting (Albuquerque) Focus will be on selection of contributed orals and review of the poster submissions. Last Week February 2007, Invite Contributed Oral Speakers June 25-29, 2007 PAC07!

Balance by Region To be in alignment with the OC desires and other past conferences, distribution of orals should be approximately: 60% - US, 25% - Europe, 15% - Asia+others According to SPMS we presently have: 60.0% - US 27.62% - Europe 12.38% - Asia+others EPAC06 - Europe 62%, North America 26%, Asia 12% (Invited talks only) Invited Program Results

Still Need to Do – Sorry about that! Contact local tribes, colleges, and schools about participation/interest. - Contacted LANL Government Relations Office. Still need to send outlining PAC07, interfaces, goals, etc. - Still need to contact Kurt Steinhaus. Revisit poster session layouts I will propose various options at the PC meeting in Albuquerque just to get some opinions about what might be the most effective.