RPC2016 continues the tradition of regular scientific meetings, first started in 1991 at Lecce, with following editions in Roma, Pavia, Napoli, Bari, Coimbra, Clermont-Ferrand, Seoul, Mumbai, Darmstadt, Frascati and Beijing.

This edition of the workshop will focus on the design, performance and possible upgrade scenarios of large RPC systems, ageing and detector materials studies, electronics for RPCs, detector gas studies, applications of RPC detectors outside (astro)particle physics, and new ideas for RPC systems.

The workshop will have invited reviews and selected contributions, as well as a poster session.

Limited support will be available for young deserving scientists. Applicants must send their CV before October 15th, 2015.

Participants that require an official letter of invitation in order to obtain a visa or for administrative purposes can contact the Local Organising Committee.

The poster of the conference is available here.

The proceedings of the conference will be published in Journal of Instrumentation.

Bulletins

• - Bulletin No.1
• - Bulletin No.2
• - Bulletin No.3

Important Dates

• - 15 October, 2015: Closing of call for support request
• - 15 October, 2015: Closing of call for abstracts - Extended to 11 November 2015
• - 30 November, 2015: Abstract acceptance
• - 10 January, 2016: Expiration of hotel reservation
• - 31 January, 2016: Closing of registration - Extended to 5 February 2016

Keynote Speakers

The following list of keynote speakers has been confirmed:

• - Rui de Oliveira (CERN)
• - Paulo Fonte (LIP Coimbra)
• - Serge Duarte Pinto (Photonis, Netherlands)
• - Rinaldo Santonico (INFN Roma2)
• - Crispin Williams (INFN Bologna)

Venue

RPC2016 will be held at Het Pand, the culture and congress center of Ghent University. This unique historical monument is a former Dominican Monastery, situated beside the river Leie in the historic center of the city of Ghent.

The conference center is easily accessible by foot from most of the city hotels.

Het Pand
Onderbergen 1
9000 Gent
Belgium
Tel: +32 (0)9 264 83 05

Committees