1. 12-CRS-0106 REVISED 8 FEB 2013 11/15/141 CANPS Report Martin L. Purschke, Brookhaven National Laboratory Real-Time Conference 2016 Misc. Items

2. 12-CRS-0106 REVISED 8 FEB 2013 11/15/142 Gearing up for 2016 Chairman: Adriano Luchetta Padova, Italy June 6-10, 2016

3. 12-CRS-0106 REVISED 8 FEB 2013 “Inaugurated” with the IEEE 311/15/14 With lots of help from Bill, Adriano and I were talked through the process of getting the RT2016 into the database Long in the works, but the process has stalled at various stages due to one reason or another Received the confirmation that the MOU ahs been approved So that’s out of the way…

4. 12-CRS-0106 REVISED 8 FEB 2013 Commitees (mostly) in place 411/15/14 We usually have The conference chair One or two deputies Program chair and Co-Chairs CANPS award Chair Student award chair Treasurer Proceedings and TNS Editor Executive Committee Scientific Advisory Committee

5. 12-CRS-0106 REVISED 8 FEB 2013 Commitees 511/15/14 The conference chairAdriano two deputiesGabriele Manduchi + Marco Bellato Program chair and Co-ChairsRéjean Fontaine, M. Grossman CANPS award ChairStefan [past chair] Student award chairChristian Bohm TreasurerTony Lavietes Proceedings and TNS EditorDora and Sascha Executive Committeenext slide Scientific Advisory CommitteeAll of CANPS

6. 12-CRS-0106 REVISED 8 FEB 2013 Executive Commitee 611/15/14 MLP (Chair) Adriano Gabriele Manduchi Marco Bellato Stefan Réjean Patrick Zhen’An – “Foreign Affairs” David Abott [ likely 2018 chair ] Niko Neufeld [ Workshop and Short Course shepherd ]

7. 12-CRS-0106 REVISED 8 FEB 2013 A small Venue crisis We had already selected a beautiful venue, the “Centro Culturale Altinate”. Middle of the city, nice Italian- everything Turns out that they changed their original story what they could do and support Particular misgivings about tech support (Audio-visual, Internet) Looked into a different place – further away, more conference center style Better support, more Internet, but less “Italian flair”, also slightly more expensive 711/15/14

8. 12-CRS-0106 REVISED 8 FEB 2013 Venue selection We felt that this needs input from the full committee CANPS is a committed and agile crowd – we held an online meeting within 3 days, with lot of good insights and guidance Adriano found the original venue inacceptable after more meetings with them Final selection is the “Centro Congressi A. Luciani” Full steam ahead now that that’s settled. 811/15/14

9. 12-CRS-0106 REVISED 8 FEB 2013 Student Awardee Articles 911/15/14 Over the next few NPSS Newsletters, you will see short summaries by our 4 award winners about the work that got them the award All agreed that they would contribute a short writeup, first one coming in the December issue I add a brief introduction about the featured award winner 1 2 3 4 The sequence of articles Also provides me with an opportunity to praise the award committee

10. 12-CRS-0106 REVISED 8 FEB 2013 An Aside: Fringe Benefits In particular the introduction article will be an asset for the award winners, who are all non-US citizens If they want to come to the US one day, it’s then 2 check boxes for getting a US Green Card on the “Alien With Extraordinary Abilities” ticket (one more required, easy) I consider this a well-deserved “thank you” from us for the extra work they are putting in Evidence of receipt of lesser nationally or internationally recognized prizes or awards for excellence Evidence of membership in associations in the field, which demand outstanding achievement of their members Evidence of published material about you in professional or major trade publications or other major media Evidence of judging the work of others, either individually or on a panel Evidence of original scientific, scholarly, artistic, athletic, or business-related contributions of major significance to the field 11/15/1410