1. 13th Topical Seminar on Innovative Particle and Radiation Detectors 7 - 10 October 2013 Siena, Italy IPRD13

2. FLN 7 Oct 2013 Welcome to Siena on behalf of the organizing committee thanks to our sponsors: INFN, Univ. of Siena, Univ. of Bologna, CERN, SIF, CAEN, Hamamatsu P. Govoni P.S. Marrocchesi F.-L. Navarria M. Paganoni A. Perrotta T. Rovelli

3. FLN 7 Oct 2013 2013 edition (HEPP only) LHC at CERN: running at 3.5+3.5 (4+4) TeV pp in 2011 (2012), & PbPb & pPb, now LS1 (until end 2014) OPERA (CERN → Gran Sasso) : second ν μ →ν τ (published), third presented at EPS HEP Conference in Stockholm event B

4. FLN 7 Oct 2013 Historical notes San Miniato Topical Seminars started in 1984, then in 2000 were moved to Pontignano and in 2001 to Siena – there are several series: detectors, physics results and computing – IPRD13 is the 13th in a series & the 23rd overall The origin of kaos is in the title of a novel by Luigi Pirandello, NP (born in Caos near Girgenti), which later became a movie (1984) directed by Fratelli Taviani, who were born in San Miniato

5. FLN 7 Oct 2013 IPRD13 Programme highlights - Mon 7 19h30 Welcome party in “Il Refugio” - The Posters are supposed to be permanently on display in Aula Cantuccio (so you’ll have time to see the posters during the breaks) - Wed 9 20h Conference dinner (in Contrada Priora della Civetta in Vicolo del Castellare 3)‏ the rest is all talks all talks are in plenary sessions in Auditorium … notice that this year the weather forecast seems to be similar to the usual one of BBC East, so there are no excuses for not attending the talks

6. FLN 7 Oct 2013 Presentations please upload your talk on the PC used for the presentations, at least 5’-10’ before the beginning of the session, either in.pdf or in.ppt or in.pptx, in the correct folder for your session – later it will be linked and posted on the conference Web page please stay within your time allocation, which INCLUDES discussions

7. FLN 7 Oct 2013 Proceedings to be published in Journal of Instrumentation (JINST) – instructions will be posted – the proceedings will be made available as a single archive at the end of the process 10 pages maximum for 20’, 15’ talks and posters (obviously you may use less, this is not forbidden), but, if you have valid reasons not to comply with the page limit OR you do not plan to write up your contribution please inform kaos@bo.infn.it deadline for manuscripts 30 November 2013

8. FLN 7 Oct 2013 Wireless there are 7-8 access points (main entrance, auditorium...), but you may be able to connect elsewhere (in absence of thick walls)‏ - unisi Wireless / silver Username: fisicase.s Password: ‏1f533acd

9. FLN 7 Oct 2013 Last when registering, please check your data and do not forget to give the secretaries your e- mail address enjoy the conference … and do not forget the town which is just beautiful and an unique tourist's paradise with perfectly vertical towers