April 11th, 2006

VIth INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON FRONT END ELECTRONICS

for High Energy, Nuclear, Medical and Space Applications

May 17th to May 20^th, 2006

Perugia, Italy

Second Bulletin

Dear Colleague,

the response to the invitation to present talks at the VIth International Meeting on Front End Electronics has been outstanding. We have 48 talks scheduled over four days, and we are now working to prepare the detailed agenda. The complete list of talks and speakers can be found on the conference web site: http://fee2006.pg.infn.it. The meeting agenda will be updated with session list and with abstracts as they become available.

The meeting will start on Wednesday morning at 9:00 am and will continue with two daily sessions, from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm and from 2:30 to 6:30 pm. The meeting will end on Saturday 20^th at 1:00 pm. On Thursday 18^th in the afternoon there will be an excursion to visit the surrounding area while the social dinner is planned in the evening of Friday 19^th.

Two talks from industry will enrich our program this year. Dr. Terry Gilton, Director of Product Technology at Micron Technology, will talk about the CMOS Image Sensor technology as seen by producers of consumer electronics. Dr Armin Klumpp from Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration in Munich will speak about 3D electronics and system integration.

Registration:

Although the program schedule is full by now, there is still some space available for people willing to attend the meeting without presenting a talk: please inform other colleagues of yours that would be interested in the program. Registrations will be accepted as long as there is meeting room space and hotel rooms available.

The registration fee for the meeting is 120 Euro and must be paid upon arrival. Please note that only cash payment in Euro can be accepted. The registration desk, organized in the hall of the hotel, will be open 5:00 to 8:00 pm on Tuesday 16^th and 9:00 to 11:00 am on Wednesday 17th. The registration fee includes the organization expenses, the excursion and the social dinner.

Speaker Information:

Speakers should bring an electronic version of their talk to be given to the registration desk when checking in. This copy will be loaded onto the presentations computer and used to prepare a CD that will be sent to all participants after the meeting.

A computer, with PowerPoint and Acrobat Reader installed, and projector will be available for presentations. An overhead transparency projector will be made available only upon explicit request.

A short summary of the talk should have been submitted to the Conference Secretary with the registration form. If the abstract was not submitted at that time, please send it to fee2006@pg.infn.it as soon as possible.

Accommodation:

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hotel Giò, where the meeting will be held, at a special price of 87 Euro per night, with breakfast and lunch included (participants will have the possibility to have dinner at the restaurant of the hotel or in other restaurants in the area). All attendees must make their own hotel reservation by sending to both the hotel (hotelgio@interbusiness.it) and the organizers (fee2006@pg.infn.it) the hotel reservation form available on the conference web page. Deadline for the hotel reservation is April 30^th 2006.

Please note that arrangements have been made with the hotel for the dinner on Tuesday May 16^th and for the night on Saturday 20^th. Early arrival and longer stay have to be agreed directly with the hotel.

Travel:

Participants should plan to arrive by Tuesday night, May 16^th, in order to attend the beginning of the meeting on Wednesday morning.

Perugia can be reached by plane directly, at the Sant Egidio Airport, only coming from Milano with Alitalia. Public bus service to the Hotel Gio is available at the airport in connection with the incoming flights (ticket on the bus will cost about 3 €).

A second option is to fly to Roma Fiumicino Airport: you can then reach Perugia with public transportation either by bus or by train. Buses to Perugia leave from the parking lot in front of Terminal C arrivals at 12.30 am, 2.30 and 5.00 pm and take approximately four hours to arrive to Perugia (ticket on the bus will cost 20 €). By train, there is a direct connection to Roma Termini station where you need to change train to arrive to Perugia (please allow yourself a minimum of 30 minutes in Roma Termini to change train).

For people travelling from Geneva there are cheap flights to Roma Ciampino Airport. From there the simplest option is to rent a car and drive to Perugia. The alternative is to reach Roma Termini station and arrive to Perugia by train.

More detailed information can be found at the conference web site where are also available maps for those who will arrive by car.

We thank all the speakers who are taking the time to present their work: with your participation and contribution we are sure we will have another successful meeting. This will be a wonderful opportunity to meet in a relaxed setting and discuss some of the latest developments in the field of advanced electronics.

With best regards,

Giovanni Ambrosi for the Organizing Committee

The Organizing Committee:

Giovanni Ambrosi, Chairman

Roberto Battiston

Marcus French

Paul O'Connor

Peter Weilhammer

Ray Yarema