FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT

Dear Colleagues!

We invite you to participate in the XLV^th Zvenigorod International Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion (ICPAF) from April 2 to April 6, 2018, which will take place in the Hotel of the Russian Academy of Sciences located 50 km to the North-West from Moscow in a picturesque place of the Moscow region near Zvenigorod - one of the oldest towns of Russia. Zvenigorod was founded in 1152 on the high bank of the Moskva-river. At present the population of Zvenigorod is about 15000. This region is known as "Russian Switzerland".

General Information

Zvenigorod International Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion is an annual meeting which is held in Russia since 1973. The main purpose of the conference is to discuss the recent achievements in the high and low temperature plasma research, in the field of controlled fusion, in the development of plasma and beam technologies, to identify directions for future research, and to promote close relationship between scientists from different countries.
The Conference is bilingual. Russian and English languages are possible to have a talk.

Conference Scope

The scientific program concerns the various aspects of plasma physics including fundamental research and applications. The conference program will include the following sections:

• Magnetic confinement of high temperature plasma
• Inertial fusion
• Physical processes in low temperature plasma
• Physical basis for plasma and beam technologies
• ITER project - step to future power engineering

Invited and Contributed Papers, Publications

The Programming Committee will select speakers to give general lectures, short talks or poster presentations. One page abstract is required to be sent to the Programming committee. Guidelines for one-page abstracts are given in this announcement. Abstracts will be published in a book of abstracts and will be handed out at the beginning of the Conference. All speakers have an opportunity to publish full texts of their articles in Plasma Physics Reports and Journal of Physics: Conference Series (in English) and in the Russian Journal of Applied Physics (in Russian). Guidelines for full text reports publishing can be found via Web-site http://pleiades.online/en/journal/plasphys/. Authors of selected articles will be informed by the Organizing Committee.

Abstract submission

One-page abstracts (see "Guidelines for one-page abstracts") should be submitted by e-mail as an MS Word attachment to the Scientific Secretary of the Organizing Committee Irina Grishina grishina@fpl.gpi.ru before October 25, 2017.

Registration and Accommodation Fee

Regular:	650 €
Accompanying persons:	350 €

The registration fee includes participation in the Conference, one copy of the book of abstracts, a conference dinner as well as full accommodation in single rooms from the evening of April 1 to the afternoon of April 6 with breakfast, lunch and dinner. The fee for accompanying persons includes breakfast, lunch and dinner and accommodation in double rooms, and a conference dinner.
Registration is necessary for everybody who applies for participation in the conference. A filled registration form should be sent by e-mail as an MS Word attachment to Irina Grishina, Scientific secretary of the Organizing Committee (grishina@fpl.gpi.ru) before October 25, 2017. An invoice will be send to all registered participants after abstracts submission.

Events and Conference Excursions

For participants and accompanying persons, a conference dinner and an excursion will be offered. Zvenigorod is one of the oldest Russian towns. The excursion includes visiting the old monastery of Zvenigorod (XVI - XVII centuries).

Travel information

Details will be given on the web page http://www.fpl.gpi.ru/Zvenigorod/XLV/Zven_XLV_e.html (this page) and in the 2^nd Announcement.

Deadlines

Pre-registration:	October 25, 2017
Abstract submission:	October 25, 2017
Sendingof the invoice and payment:	November 15, 2017
Second Announcement:	December, 15, 2017

Please note! The invoice and the second announcement will be submitted by e-mail to the registered colleagues only.

Correspondence and information

Scientific secretary of the Organizing committee Dr. Irina Grishina grishina@fpl.gpi.ru
http://www.fpl.gpi.ru/Zvenigorod/XLV/Zven_XLV_e.html

Organizers

• Scientific Council on Plasma Physics, RAS
• Scientific Council on Physics of Low temperature plasma, RAS
• Prokhorov General Physics Institute, RAS
• Institute for High Temperatures, RAS
• The PLASMAIOFAN CO. LTD., Science and Technology Center
• Lomonosov Moscow State University
• The Project Center ITER, ROSATOM

International Advisory Board

• Sergei Bulanov, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (Japan) & Prokhorov General Physics Institute (Russia)
• Eric Esarey, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (USA)
• Tetsuya Kawachi, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (Japan)
• Sergei Krasheninnikov, University of California in San Diego (USA)
• Francesco Pegoraro, Universita' di Pisa (Italy)
• Boris Sharkov, Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research, (Germany) & Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, (Russia)
• Arie Zigler, Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, (Israel)