QUARK MATTER 2001
SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT
AUGUST  2000

This is the second announcement for Quark Matter 2001, the 15th
International Conference on Ultra-Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus
Collisions.  This announcement provides details on the conference
organization, conference registration, student program, social and
companion programs, and information on contributions to the scientific
program.

All of the following information regarding the conference and on-line
registration forms can also be found on our new and enhanced secure web
site at:

                http://www.rhic.bnl.gov/qm2001/

or through our old site:

                http://www.c-ad.bnl.gov/qm2001/



CONTENTS


Important Dates
General Information
Conference Fees
Registration
Scientific Program
Preliminary Conference Schedule
Talks and Proceedings
BNL Day
Student Program
Hotel Accommodation
Local Transport
Travel
Meals and Social Program
Companions Program
Further Information and Correspondence

Important Dates:

  Registration Opens              September 8, 2000

  Abstract Submission Begins      September 8, 2000

  Abstract Submission Closes      October 15, 2000

  Student Applications Due        October 15, 2000

  Early Registration Closes       December 1, 2000

  Hotel/Dorm Reservations         December 1, 2000

  Conference Dates                January 15-20, 2001


General Information:

The Fifteenth International Conference on Ultra-Relativistic
Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (QM 2001) will be held on Long Island, New
York, January 15 - 20, 2001.  The main site of the conference will be on
the campus of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, New
York.  It will include an afternoon of parallel sessions and tours of
the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) facility at nearby Brookhaven
National Laboratory.

Conference Fees:

The all-inclusive fee for Quark Matter 2001 will be US $450.  This fee
covers the costs of the scientific program, the conference proceedings,
coffee breaks, 6 lunches, the conference banquet, and the special
conference excursion to the American Museum of Natural History, and Rose
Center for Earth and Space in New York City.  All registered
participants are invited to attend the welcome reception and a reception
at BNL.

For conference participants who register and pay in full before December
1, 2001, the fee will be reduced to $350. Those participants who
register and pay in person at the conference will pay an additional
surcharge of $50 (for a total fee of $500) unless an arrangement is made
with the conference secretariat before December 1.  Please note that
participants who register after January 1, 2001 cannot be guaranteed
places at the conference lunches due to restrictions imposed on us by
the caterer.

Graduate students in relativistic heavy ion physics can apply before
October 15 for a special conference fee of $150, which must be paid in
full before December 1, 2000. After this date students must pay the
standard conference fee of $450. This special fee covers all conference
functions and entitles the students to attend the series of special
events intended to enhance their educational experience.

Registration:

Registration and secure payment by credit card can be accomplished
electronically through the Conference web site.  Reservations and
payments for excursions and tours for accompanying person(s) can also be
made through the reservation web site.  Please note that payment in full
must be received before December 1, 2000 to receive either the reduced
conference registration rate of $350, or the special student rate of
$150.  Please be reminded that participants who register after January
1, 2001 cannot be guaranteed places at the conference lunches due to
restrictions imposed on us by the caterer.

Complementary parking stickers must be requested in advance using the
conference Travel Registration form on the web.  These stickers will
permit a free single entrance per day in a garage close to the
conference functions.

Scientific Program:

Abstracts for contributed papers must be received by October 15, 2000.
Instructions for the electronic submission and preparation of abstracts
are posted on the conference web site. Participants must register and
receive a conference ID number before submitting an abstract. The
official language of the conference will be English.


The program will feature seven plenary sessions covering:

First Results from RHIC
Perspectives and reviews of AGS and SPS physics
QGP Signatures: strangeness, direct photons, dileptons, charm
        production, pt broadening and hadronic observables
Phase Diagram and bulk properties: extraction of freezeout
        parameters, collision dynamics, hadron production
QCD, perturbative and lattice
Initial conditions and small-x physics, proton-nucleus collisions,
        new quarkonium results
Confinement and phase transition signatures
Flow, fluctuations, and baryon number transport
Astrophysics applications

There will also be three parallel sessions with papers on results from
RHIC, SPS, and AGS, as well as theory and instrumentation.


Preliminary Conference Schedule:

Sunday      January 14
                 2 PM  Student Pre-Symposium      Javits
                 6 PM  Registration and Reception Javits

Monday      January 15
                 8 AM  Registration               Javits
                 9 AM  Opening Session            Staller
                 10 AM  Plenary I - Perspectives  Staller
                 2 PM  Plenary II                 Javits
                 8 PM  Public Lecture by Lawrence Krauss  Staller

Tuesday     January 16
                 9 AM  Plenary III                Javits
                 1 PM   Buses to Brookhaven National Laboratory
                        Parallel Session   BNL
                        RHIC Facility Tours
                 6 PM  Reception at BNL

Wednesday   January 17
                 9 AM  Plenary IV                 Javits
                 2 PM  Parallel Session II        Javits
                 8 PM  Banquet                 Wyndham Hotel

Thursday    January 18
                 9 AM  Plenary V                  Javits
                 1 PM Excursion to American Museum of Natural History
                           and Rose Center for Earth & Space

Friday      January 19
                 9 AM   Plenary VI                Javits
                 2 PM  Parallel Session  III      Javits

Saturday    January 20
                 9 AM  Plenary VII - Summaries    Javits
                 2 PM  Conference Adjourns


Staller - Staller Center for the Arts - Main Stage
Javits -  Javits Lecture Center

Talks and Proceedings:

Facilities will be available for the presentation of all plenary talks
and many of the parallel talks using direct data projection of computer
displays (PC and Mac compatible), as well as the more traditional
overhead projectors.  Transparencies of the plenary talks will be
published electronically on the Conference web site to facilitate ease
of access. Detailed instructions to speakers will be posted on the
conference web site.

The proceedings of the conference, containing all talks presented in the
plenary and the parallel sessions, will be published in Nuclear Physics
A as for the previous Quark Matter Conferences.

BNL Day:

A special afternoon is planned at Brookhaven National Laboratory on
Tuesday.  The afternoon will provide a unique opportunity to tour the
RHIC accelerator facilities and the four RHIC experiments.  Experimental
poster sessions will be held at the large experimental halls, and theory
parallel sessions will run concurrently.  The afternoon will conclude
with a reception and a ceremonial marking of the beginning of the RHIC
era.

Student Program:

Quark Matter 2001 is designed to provide a program to enhance the
educational experience for students and young scientists.  We also
expect to have a limited pool of funds available to support the
attendance of students.  Students interested in attending the conference
should register and apply for the program through the conference web
site before October 15.  Accepted applicants will be entitled to pay a
special reduced fee for the conference, $150, if it is paid in full
before December 1, 2000. Accepted applicants will also be entitled to
stay in low cost dormitory housing on the BNL site. Bus transport to and
from conference activities will be provided.  Low cost meals will be
available at BNL and on campus for breakfast and dinner.

We have planned several activities specifically for students.  On the
Sunday afternoon preceding the conference, there will be a 3-hour
mini-symposium covering experimental and theoretical information
relevant to the conference.  The topics covered will include the
importance of heavy-ion physics, the current experimental and
theoretical understanding based on what is known from AGS/SPS/RHIC, and
the most exciting speculative questions in the field.  On Monday evening
Prof. Lawrence Krauss has been invited to give lecture, open to the
public, on RHIC.  That evening we plan to have a dinner for him and the
students, where he will discuss the role of science and the public
scientist in today's society.  On Friday we will sponsor a luncheon for
students with more senior scientists.  This luncheon will be an
excellent time for students to expand their scientific interactions in
an informal setting.  In addition to these activities, the Tuesday trip
to BNL will allow students to tour the four RHIC experiments and discuss
experimental and physics issues with RHIC scientists.

Application instructions are given on the student section of our web
site.


Meals and Social Program:

During the conference there will be refreshments served at breaks during
the morning and afternoon sessions. All participants who have registered
before January 1, 2001 will be provided with lunches from Monday through
Saturday.

Quark Matter 2001 will provide ample opportunities for extracurricular
activities and social interactions. Participants will receive
complementary admission to all these functions. These include:

Sunday, January 14   Welcome Reception at the Javits Lecture Center

Monday, January 15  Evening public lecture by Prof. Lawrence Krauss, an
internationally known theoretical physicist with wide research
interests, including the interface between elementary particle physics
and cosmology, where his studies include the early universe, the nature
of dark matter, general relativity and neutrino astrophysics. Prof.
Krauss is the author of several acclaimed popular books, including, "The
Fifth Essence: The Search for Dark Matter in the Universe", "Fear of
Physics" and "The Physics of Star Trek", which was a national best
seller. In February 2000, in Washington D.C., Prof. Krauss was awarded
the American Association for the Advancement of Science's 1999-2000
Award for the Public Understanding of Science and Technology. Previous
awardees include Carl Sagan (1995) and E.O. Wilson (1994).

Tuesday, January 16  Reception  at BNL hosted by Brookhaven Science
Associates and corporate sponsors.

Wednesday, January 17 Conference Banquet at the Wyndham Windwatch Hotel.

Thursday, January 18  The conference excursion will be to New York City
to visit the American Museum of Natural History.

In February 2000 the American Museum of Natural History opened a
spectacular new destination -- The Rose Center for Earth and Space.
Inside the Rose Center rests the new Hayden Planetarium, featuring the
most technologically advanced Space Theater in the world; the Cullman
Hall of the Universe; and the Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth.  The
inaugural Space Show, "Passport to the Universe" offers viewers a 3-D
tour of the universe, where they will seem to "fly" through a
scientifically accurate virtual recreation of our galaxy and beyond. The
cutting-edge technology that makes this possible includes a customized
one-of-a-kind Zeiss Starr Projector, the most advanced in the world, and
a Digital Dome System, which in essence makes the Space Theater the most
powerful virtual reality simulator in the world.  Participants will be
able to view this show, as well as any of the other Museum exhibits.
Highlights include the world famous Dinosaur Halls, the Hall of African
Mammals, the critically acclaimed Hall of Biodiversity, and the brand
new Hall of Planet Earth.

Additional tickets for companions for all events can be purchased
through the registration process.

Hotel Accommodations:

Quark Matter 2001 has secured 300 rooms in several hotels at special
conference rates.   Registrants must secure rooms directly from the
hotels and identify themselves as "Quark Matter" participants. These
rooms must be reserved and confirmed before December 1 to receive these
reduced rates. It is assumed that those people directly involved in the
RHIC data run will use the housing facilities that they normally use for
BNL visits. All housing will be available on a first-come, first-served
basis. Shuttle bus service will be provided to and from select hotels
and dormitories, and for the main off-campus conference functions (i.e.
BNL day, excursions and banquet). The accommodation choices are as
follows:

1. The Wyndham Windwatch Hotel - this is the main conference hotel, and
is a full service hotel providing the best Long Island has to offer. The
conference rate for single or double occupancy is $140 per night. The
hotel is located approximately 25 minutes by car from Stony Brook, 20
minutes from BNL, and 10 minutes from express trains (LIRR) connecting
to New York City.  The conference will provide shuttle bus service to
and from this hotel.  The hotel provides complementary shuttle service
to the LIRR station.  All of the organized companions tours will depart
from this hotel.

2. The Best Western Motel - located conveniently on the Long Island
Expressway less than 20 minutes from campus.  Room rates are $95/night
single or double.  The conference will provide shuttle bus service to
and from this motel.

3. The Holiday Inn Express - offers a warm welcome, clean, comfortable
rooms and a complimentary fresh breakfast bar every morning.  It is
located just 10 minutes from campus and is a recommended location for
participants with cars.  Room rates are $115 single or double. Conferees
should specify code "ARK" when making rese4rvations.

4. Dormitories at Brookhaven National Laboratory.  We have reserved
rooms specifically for students attending the conference.  The
conference organizers will make reservations for these rooms after
acceptance into the student program.  Room rates are $18/night.  The
conference will provide shuttle bus service to and from BNL to all
conference functions.  Low cost breakfasts are available in the BNL
cafeteria and Stony Brook Student Activity Center.

 Local Transport:

The shuttle bus schedule from hotels and dormitories will be announced
later.

Ample parking will be available on campus and in a garage close to the
conference functions. Complementary parking stickers must be requested
in advance using the conference Travel Registration form on the web.
These stickers will permit a free single entrance per day in a garage
close to the conference functions.

Travel:

Stony Brook is located on the North Shore of Long Island approximately
100km from New York City and is served by 3 major airports (JFK and
LaGuardia are recommended). A local smaller airport (Long Island,
MacArthur) is only 10km from the Wyndham Hotel and 15km from campus.
Limousine service is available from all airports.

The campus has direct service from the Long Island Rail Road, and is
also easily reachable by car. Travel information is available on the web
site, as is information on discounts for domestic travel using SouthWest
Airlines into Islip.

Please provide us with your travel plans for arrival and departure as
soon as it is available by completing the travel form on the web.  We
plan to provide a limited number of conference buses from JFK and
LaGuardia airports on Sunday, January 14 and back on Saturday, January
20.  The schedule will be announced once the demand and travel schedules
of participants are known.

Quark Matter 2001 Companions Program:

Our companion program offers a chance to see the unique heritage of Long
Island and witness the excitement of New York City.  Long Island is
appropriately shaped like a fish with much of its history surrounding
the fishing industry.  With beautiful beaches and fine shopping and
dining, and the world class cultural offering in nearby Manhattan, Long
Island is truly a wonderful place to live, work, and visit no matter
what time of year.

Each day our tours will depart from the Wyndham Hotel, where the
Companion Program will maintain a desk for tour reservation and area
information.  Monday's tour will meet at 9:30am in the Lobby.  Future
times will be posted at the desk and at the Conference Office in Stony
Brook.  The weather can be cold, between 20-32 degrees Fahrenheit so
bring warm clothing, hats and gloves so you can fully enjoy what our
beautiful Long Island has to offer.

Many of the tours will require a minimum number of participants.  We
will also arrange special excursions to some of the wonderful shopping
malls on Long Island for smaller groups and those not wishing to
participate in full day activities. These excursions can be arranged at
the desk during the conference.

Reservations and payments for excursions and tours for accompanying
person(s) can  be made at a later date through the web site, which will
provide more details on the tours.

 Further Information and Correspondence:

Collaborations that would like to hold meetings before or after the
conference should contact the organizers as soon as possible.

A Town Meeting, part of the information-gathering process for the next
Nuclear Physics long-range plan, is scheduled to be held at BNL directly
after the conclusion of Quark Matter 2001 (January 21 through 23).  For
more information please contact Tom Ludlam (ludlam@bnl.gov)


Questions, correspondence and requests for additional information should
be sent by email to the conference sercretariat (Doris Rueger) at:

qm2001@bnl.gov