General Information

The annual Advanced Light Source Users' Meeting will be held at Berkeley Lab from Thursday, October 10 to Saturday, October 12, 2002. The meeting will cover new scientific work related to synchrotron research at the ALS and elsewhere. In addition to oral and poster presentations of research highlights from the last year, there will again be a student poster competition and a special session of selected oral presentations by students and postdocs. All users, post-docs, and students are invited to submit abstracts for presentation at this year's meeting; see Abstract Submission for more information. The poster session and a hosted reception/buffet dinner will be held Thursday, October 10, during the early evening, on the ALS patio.

As in previous years, exhibitors and suppliers will exhibit the latest in synchrotron-related equipment and a special reception will be held for exhibitors on Thursday, October 10. This year, specialized workshops covering a wide range of topics will be held on Friday, October 11, and Saturday, October 12; see the Workshops page for up-to-date information.

In addition, two other meetings of interest to synchrotron users will be held before and after the ALS Users' Meeting. These include the 29th Annual SSRL Users' Meeting (SSRL29), to be held October 7–9 at SLAC, and the 2nd International Workshop on Orbital and Spin Magnetism of Actinides (IWOSMA2), to be held October 13–15 at the Claremont Resort and Spa in Berkeley. Please visit the respective Web sites for registration and program information.

For additional meeting information, contact:

ALS User Services Office
Advanced Light Source, MS 6R2100
Berkeley Lab
Berkeley, CA 94720-8235

Tel: 510.486.7745
Fax: 510.486.4773
Email: alsum2002@lbl.gov