April 29 - May 2, 2004
Little
America Hotel and Towers
Salt
Lake City, Utah
TTF
2004
The 17th Annual US Transport Task
Force Workshop will be held in Salt Lake City, Utah from April 29 - May
2. The meeting will be held at the Little America Hotel and
Towers in downtown Salt Lake City. The Little America Hotel and
Towers will also be the conference hotel.
Final
Agenda and Links to Talks
Important
Deadlines
- Nominations for Preview Talks January 23, 2004
- Abstracts for contributed talks and presentations March 5, 2004
- Hotel Reservations March 28,
2004
Meeting
Format
We will continue having preview
talks
followed by extended discussion time for the plenary session.
These talks are intended to cover broad areas of transport, providing a
review of the present status of the area, and emphasizing outstanding
issues for future work. The presentations should be capable of
stimulating extended discussion. If you would like to propose a
topic on an important outstanding transport issue and nominate a
speaker, please note that the deadline is relatively early - January
23, 2004 - to give speakers adequate notice.
Preview talk nominations
Suggestions and nominations for
preview topics and speakers should made online here
or forwarded by e-mail to
Paul Terry at pwterry@wisc.edu.
(A
printable version can be found here.)
Registration
and abstracts for contributed presentations
Preregistration and contributed
abstract
submission can be done online or via fax or email to Paul Terry at pwterry@wisc.edu
by March 5, 2004. The online
preregistration form is here.
(A printable version
can be found here.)
Working
Groups
TTF working groups provide a
structure
for furthering research and collaborative ventures in fusion transport
science. At the meeting they provide forums for many of the
presentations and discussion. In 2003 the TTF working groups were
restructured. The working groups on H mode physics, core
transport, and fast particle physics are designated as topical working
groups. The working groups on modeling and transient phenomena
have been designated as cross cutting working groups. The latter
may meet alone to discuss methodology and technical details, or
participate in topical group sessions to which their techniques and
investigations contribute. To allow for greater discussion and
scientific exchange, some working groups plan to have shorter oral
presentations with details to be given in an expanded poster session.
Proximity to International Sherwood
Fusion Theory Conference
This year, those wishing to attend
both
the TTF and the Sherwood theory meetings can do so in the same
week.
The Sherwood meeting (April 26 -28, Missoula, MT) ends at noon on the
28th, allowing the afternoon for transit to Salt Lake. Since most
airline flights into Missoula require connections through Salt Lake
City, the impact on airfare and itinerary should be minimal.
The TTF is advocating a transport initiative in the US Fusion program, intended to secure an increment in the fusion budget. The TTF proposal is contained in a white paper posted on the TTF web site. The initiative recommends a focus on electron thermal transport and H mode/pedestal physics, while continuing work in other critical areas such as ion thermal transport, momentum transport, and particle transport. Presentations are particularly welcomed that describe work on the development of new diagnostics, analysis techniques, and approaches that further investigation in the focus areas, Efforts that can begin to integrate the multiple effects of relevance to the H mode and H-mode pedestal are of special interest to the H Mode/Pedestal working group.
Organization and Meeting Administration
TTF Chairman: Paul Terry (pwterry@facstaff.wisc.edu: 608-263-0487)
Meeting Program: Linda Jones (UW Madison): ldjones@facstaff.wisc.edu: 608-262-3595)
Salt Lake arrangements: Valerie Censabella (MIT): censabella@psfc.mit.edu: 617-253-5456)
and Linda Jones (UW Madison): ldjones@facstaff.wisc.edu: 608-262-3595)
Meeting
Registration
Online registration is the preferred
form of registration. You may register,
submit an abstract, and submit
nominations for preview talks online. If you are unable to
register online, a printable version of
the registration
form and preview talk proposal form
are available. These may be
printed
then faxed or mailed to the address indicated on the forms. If you wish
to register by email, send the information requested on the
registration form to pwterry@facstaff.wisc.edu. Write "TTF 2004
Registration" in the subject line. Please keep in mind the above
deadlines.
Accommodations
The meeting hotel is the Little America Hotel and Towers. The hotel is close to a large selection of restaurants and other attractions in downtown Salt Lake City, and to TRAX, the light rail system that serves Salt Lake valley. We strongly urge you to stay at the meeting hotel, so that TTF can fill its room block and avoid penalties. To accommodate government rates and travel budgets we have negotiated a 3-tier room block and rate structure. Please make reservations directly with the hotel and indicate you are with the Transport Task Force workshop. All reservations must be made by March 28, 2004. Hotel information follows:
Little America Hotel and Towers, 500 South Main Street
Salt Lake City, Utah 84101.
Make reservations by calling 1-800-621-4505
Additional information is available at:
www.littleamerica.com
There are three types of rooms in the hotel. These rooms are designated as Tower Rooms, Garden Rooms, and Courtside Rooms. All hotel amenities are available to all three categories of rooms. Features and rates are summarized below. More details, including room descriptions, can be found on the hotel web site www.littleamerica.com.
Tower Rooms are in the central high-rise portion of the hotel. The TTF group room rate is $139.00/night for single/double occupancy. The conference facilities, hotel registration, hotel shops, swimming pool, and exercise room are at the base of the high rise.
Garden Rooms are in a low-rise part of the hotel that is connected to the high rise. The conference facilities can be reached without going outside. The TTF group room rate is $114.00/night for single/double occupancy.
Courtside Rooms are on the outer border of the hotel property. The conference facilities are reached by walking across a parking lot (100 yards) to reach the main building. For those with rental cars, these rooms offer the convenience of parking near the room. The TTF Group room rate is $75.00/night for single/double occupancy.
(Note the deadline for the conference rates of March 28, 2004
Transportation
Air: Arrive at the
Salt Lake City International Airport. A fifteen-minute taxi ride
from the airport to Little America Hotel costs approximately $10.
For individuals renting cars there is ample parking at the hotel.
The Little America Hotel courtesy van makes the round trip from the
airport to the hotel every 20 minutes.
Auto:
Salt Lake is on the junction of Interstate Highways I-15 and
I-80. Detailed directions to the hotel are found at http://www.littleamerica.com/slc/maps.html.
If driving from the
airport follow the directions for arrival from West on I-80.
Map: A map of
downtown Salt Lake City with the conference hotel marked can be found here:
