1. W.Smith, U. Wisconsin, DIS 2005, Madison, WiApril 27, 2005 - 1 DIS 2005 in Madison, Wisconsin Welcome to Madison! Wednesday, April 27 - Sunday, May 1, 2005 Note: Pheno 2005: May 2-5, 2005 Information on web page: http://www.hep.wisc.edu/dis05

2. W.Smith, U. Wisconsin, DIS 2005, Madison, WiApril 27, 2005 - 2 Local Organizing Committee Wesley Smith, U. Wisconsin, Chair Sridhara Dasu, U. Wisconsin Tao Han, U. Wisconsin Aimee Lefkow, U. Wisconsin  Organization Don Reeder, U. Wisconsin Jose Repond, Argonne

3. W.Smith, U. Wisconsin, DIS 2005, Madison, WiApril 27, 2005 - 3 Working Group Organizers Structure Functions & Low x Jianwei Qiu Un-Ki Yang Jo Cole Diffraction & Vector Mesons: Valery Khoze Xavier Janssen Marta Ruspa Electroweak & Beyond the Standard Model: C.-P. Yuan Beate Heinemann Alex Tapper Hadronic Final States: Pavel Nadolsky Steve Maxfield Claudia Glasman Heavy Flavors: Gennaro Corcella Andy Mehta Massimo Corradi Spin Physics: Krishna Kumar Pasquale Di Nezza Marco Stratmann Future of DIS: Uta Stoesslein Dave Soper

4. W.Smith, U. Wisconsin, DIS 2005, Madison, WiApril 27, 2005 - 4 Navigating DIS 2005 Meetings: Lecture Hall, Ideas E, F, G, H, J Computing in Meeting Room N Printer & PCs. Wireless everywhere. Help from Steve Rader. Breaks in Meeting Room R Please go in, get food/drink, exit & walk around Monona Terrace Lunches/Reception/Banquet on Community Terrace On Level 2 (down escalator -- next lower public level)

5. W.Smith, U. Wisconsin, DIS 2005, Madison, WiApril 27, 2005 - 5 DIS 2005 Events Reception: Wednesday 6:15 PM Community Terrace (Monona Terrace Level 2) Group Photo: Thursday, 12:50 PM, Roof Concert: Thursday, 8:00 PM Mills Hall, Humanities Bldg, UW-Madison Campus Conference Dinner Saturday 7:00 PM Community Terrace (Monona Terrace Level 2)

6. W.Smith, U. Wisconsin, DIS 2005, Madison, WiApril 27, 2005 - 6 Navigating Madison All events at Monona Terrace except concert on UW Campus Saturday Morning Farmer’s Market is around State Capitol

7. W.Smith, U. Wisconsin, DIS 2005, Madison, WiApril 27, 2005 - 7 And Now…. Once again a warm welcome to Madison! We hold DIS 2005 during an interesting moment: New measurements emerging from HERA, TeVatron, SLAC, RHIC, Jefferson Lab and COMPASS New theoretical advances in QCD. New linkages between measurements made in nuclear and particle physics. About 2 years before the conclusion of the HERA - II program Important to assess the present experiment and theory Important to examine options for future experiments using the best information from experiment & theory We hope that Madison will be a conducive place for such deliberations Thank you for coming!