Carolina International Symposium on Neutrino Physics (CISNP)
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The University of South Carolina (USC) is organizing an international symposium May 15-17, 2008

Venue: "Inn at USC" on the Columbia Campus of the University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina.

The Department of Physics of the University of South Carolina is organizing an international symposium in May, 2008, to celebrate the 75th birthdays of Frank Avignone and Ettore Fiorini and to commemorate the 75th birthday of the late Peter Rosen.

This meeting, titled the Carolina International Symposium on Neutrino Physics (CISNP), will cover among others the following main topics: Neutrino Physics (oscillations, double beta-decay, supernova explosion, neutrino nucleosynthesis, etc.), Axions, Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and Cosmology.

Neutrino physics plays critically important roles in several important fields of physics including: elementary-particle physics, nuclear physics, nuclear and particle astrophysics, and cosmology. Since 1998 there has been an explosion of new data from accelerator, atmospheric, reactor and solar neutrino physics experiments, and with a new emphasis on neutrinoless double-beta decay. At this time there are rapid advances in the technology for the acquisition and interpretation of new data from a variety of neutrino experiments, as well as new theoretical developments. It is therefore important to have frequent symposia that bring together leaders from these different branches of neutrino physics to give lectures that update the community on the current status of each subfield and to stimulate working relationships between them. Holding symposia in honor of milestones in the careers of prominent members in the field frequently draws the top speakers and other participants. This is true in the case of this symposium, as the list of committed speakers of the symposium verifies.

In addition to invited talks, the Workshop includes the oral presentations of selected contributed papers, and prospective participants are encouraged to submit contributed papers. The proceedings will be published.

Presentations: The auditorium will be equipped with a Mac with installed Adobe Reader 8 connected to an LCD projector (1024x768). Please, prepare your talk as a PDF-file, on a USB memory or on a CD. Be sure to embed all non-standard fonts in the PDF file. Would you plan to use PowerPoint animations, you must connect your own PC/Mac, through a VGA display port. Be sure to test the connection before your session.
Internet Connections: Wireless internet access is available during the workshop.

Financial support is expected to be available for a limited number of graduate students. Interested students should contact the Local Organizing Committee directly.