PROPOSAL FOR SQM 2009/2010 in CRACOW host institutions: H. Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics of Polish Academy of Sciences & Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences

very easy access from all over the world, cheap flights in Europe direct flights to Chicago, New York, frequent flights to Munich hub

aerial view of the Old Town the street system designed in XIII century! Main Square (200 m by 200 m)

Cracow - city of Polish Kings Capital of Poland untill XVII century, enormous development in the last years – 2nd largest city after Warsaw, students in about 20 universities, Jagellonian University founded in 1364 Wawel Castle

Main Square, Cloth Hall, St. Mary Church Famous wooden altar by Wit Stwosz, a teacher of Majster Pawel from Levoca

Cracow at night medieval defence walls

Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences building of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences proposed as the conference site the bulding is situated 200 m away from the Main Square in the direct neighbourhood there are 400 restaurants, pubs and bars (more than days in a year)

Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences the yard of PAU here the coffee breaks may be organized other rooms also available lunches served on the spot (catering system)

Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences assembly hall, 150 seats, wireless internet available for the conference

Accommodation ~250 hotels, hostels, pensions … in the centre exclusive/luxury Euro mid-range Euro value Euro student dorm Euro Number of hotels is growing rapidly

Accommodation exclusive 85 EU (in double) 160 EU (single) 160 EU (single)

Accommodation mid-range 45 EU (in double) 65 EU (single) 65 EU (single)

Accommodation value 30 EU (in double) 45 EU (single) 45 EU (single)

Accommodation B&B 20 EU (in double) 35 EU (single) 35 EU (single)

Accommodation In student dormitories EU

HEP Conferences organized in Kraków  1995Physics in Collision  2002 Deep Inelastic Scattering  2003 Multiparticle Dynamics  2006 Physics at LHC  since 1995 Cracow Epiphany – annual  since 1993 MESON – biannual  since 1961 School of Theoretical Physics (in Zakopane)  small and friendly meetings

Estimate of Costs expirence with Epiphany Confs and ISMD (intermediate size conferences, just like SQM) conference fee: 300 Euros organizational suppport of the host institutions IFJ PAN: (large institution, 600 people): students dormitories, secretaries, administration help PAU: renting the lecture hall (no external company needed if # participants up to 150)

Local organizing committee P. Bożek A. Białas (honorary chiarman, president of PAU) W. Broniowski (co-chair) W. Florkowski (co-chair) M. Jeżabek (director of IFJ PAN) M. Kowalski B. Wosiek possible extension to the Polish Organizing Committee might be considered