1. CANPS Report Stefan Ritt – Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland

2. March 26th, 2011NPSS AdCom, New York2 RT10 Aftermath DVDs with proceedings mailed to participants (Dora Merelli) Final accounts under review by external Portugese auditor, expected to be finished end of April (together with total institute account audit) TNS delayed (mainly because of issues with fusion community), deadline for final work beginning of June, TNS issue in August

3. March 26th, 2011NPSS AdCom, New York3 CANPS Distinguished Lecturer CANPS was the only TC without any distinguished lecturer After last AdCom I could convince Martin Purschke (BNL) to give two lectures: “Handling of Petabyte-Scale datasets in modern Physics Experiments” “Introduction to Programming with CUDA” (NVIDIA graphics cards)

4. March 26th, 2011NPSS AdCom, New York4 RT12 June 9 th – June 15 th, 2012, LBNL, Berkely, California

5. March 26th, 2011NPSS AdCom, New York5 Date: June 9 th to June 15 th, 2012 Place: Shattuck Hotel downtown Berkeley Walking distance from BART, restaurants, other hotels (down to 80 US$) Valet parking (important for “1-day” attendees) Excellent facilities up to 360 participants Contract currently being signed Bankquet: Berkeley Art Museum in walking distance Tutorials: Saturday and Sunday Tour: San Francisco / Napa Valley RT12

6. March 26th, 2011NPSS AdCom, New York6 People Chair: Sergio Zimmermann Program Chair: Réjean Fontaine Treasurer: Henrik von der Lippe LBNL Conference Planner: Laurie O’Brian IEEE Conference Planner: Elsie Cabrera Advisors: Bill Moses, Patrick Le Dû Editors: Sascha Schmeling, Dora Merelli Preliminary Budget % of attendees on tours, receptions, etc. Cost increase 5% (2011 vs. 2012) Awards, CANPS lunch 15% contingency/return to IEEE Program Short courses: Input from CANPS (30+ people) Balance between poster sessions and exhibit RT12

7. March 26th, 2011NPSS AdCom, New York7 Program (1 st draft) Short courses Sat/Sun; Poster/Exhibits in parallel; Mini-Orals before Coffee Breaks; Excursion Wed afternoon

8. March 26th, 2011NPSS AdCom, New York8 Poster & Exhibit Poster & Exhibit layout optimized for space and attractivity, probably posters have to be put up in two sessions

9. March 26th, 2011NPSS AdCom, New York9 LBNL have quite some experience in hosting conferences Regular telephone/web conference between local organizers, program chair(s) and TC I will visit the site during my vacation just after the Las Vegas AdCom RT12 planning