13th International Conference on Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (NN2018)
First Circular:
The NN2018 conference will be held on Dec. 4-8, 2018 in Omiya, Saitama, Japan,
hosted by RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science.
The conference venue is the Sonic City (https://www.sonic-city.or.jp/?page̲id=230),
near the Omiya station.
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
The scope of the conference is scientiﬁc research related to heavy-ion beams in a wide
range and covers the most active areas of nuclear physics, including physics ofsuperheavy elements, structure of unstable nuclei, nuclear-astrophysics, nuclear
equation of state, quark gluon plasma, and application of nuclear techniques to otherﬁelds. The conference will consist of plenary, parallel and poster sessions. The plenary
and parallel sessions will include invited talks and oral contributions selected from thesubmitted abstracts. The rest of contributions will be presented and discussed in theposter sessions. The invited talks for the plenary and parallel sessions will bedetermined based upon IAC recommendations.
The scientiﬁc program will include the following topics:• Fusion and Fission• Heavy and Superheavy Elements• Nuclear Structure and Dynamics• Nuclear Astrophysics• Equation of State of Nuclear and Quark Matter under Extreme Conditions• Collision Dynamics at Medium to Relativistic Energies• Hadron Physics• New Facilities• Nuclear Methods for Pure and Applied Sciences• Nuclear Energy and Applications of Nuclear Science and Technologies

CONFERENCE LANGUAGE
The conference language is English. All talks, contributions and submitted abstracts
must be in English.
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
Abstract submission page will open in the end of April.
REGISTRATIONOnline registration will be opened to all interested participant on June 15th, 2018.
For online registration, please follow the link:
http://nn2018.riken.jp
The registration fee is 60000 Japanese Yen (30000 JY for students) for payments
received before September 28th, or 70000 JY (35000 JY for students) for payments
after that date. To receive a registration fee subsidy, please ﬁll out the application thatwill be available in the registration form.
Payment before

Payment afterSept. 28th, 2018

Sept. 28th, 2018

Participants

60000JY

70000JY

Students

30000JY

35000JY

Accompanying Persons

15000JY

20000JY

The conference fee will cover a welcome reception, coﬀee breaks, a social excursion, abanquet and conference proceedings.
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES AND EXCURSIONS
A welcome reception will be held in the evening of Dec. 3rd, 2018. Excursions will bearranged on Dec. 6th, 2018. The banquet will be held on Dec. 7th, 2018 at the Railway
Museum, which homepage is found on http://www.railway-museum.jp/en/.
IMPORTANT DATESFirst Circular

April

Start Abstract Submission

End of April

Start Early registration

June 15th

Abstract deadline

June 15th

Early Registration deadline

Sept. 28th

Registration ClosedMid. Nov.

NOTICEThe organizers of NN2018 will be conducted in accordance with IUPAP principles, which
are given on the conference web page at http://nn2018.riken.jp/.
To secure IUPAP sponsorship, the organizers have provided assurance that NN2018 asstated in the IUPAP resolution passed by the General Assembly in 2008 and 2011. In
particular, no bona ﬁde scientist will be excluded from participation on the grounds ofnational origin, nationality, or political considerations unrelated to science.

Conference web page: http://nn2018.riken.jp
Conference contact mail address: contact-nn2018@ribf.riken.jp
Conference OrganizationChairperson
Tomohiro Uesaka (RIKEN Nishina Center)
International advisory committee
M. Borge, A. Bracco, R. Crespo, M. Dasgupta, L Fabbietti, M. Freer, Z. Fulop, A. Gade,
S. Gales, P. Giubellino, H. Hamagaki, S. Hofmann, M. Hussein, M. Itkis, B. Jacak,
S.C. Jeong, D.T. Khoa, R. Krucken, B.A. Li, W. G. Lynch, Y.G. Ma, Z. Majka, J.A. Maruhn,
L. McLerran, H. Miyatake, E. Nappi, W. Nazarewicz, N. Rowley, A. Roy, H. Sakurai,C. Spitaleri, L. Trache, J. Wambach, N. Xu, Y. Ye, H.Q. Zhang,
Program committee
Y. Akiba, K. Hagino, K. Morita, T. Murakami, T. Nagae, C. Nonaka, A. Odahara,
S. Shimoura
Local organizing committee
T. Uesaka (chair), T. Motobayashi, S. Yokkaichi, M. Sasano, N. Miyauchi, H. Otsu,
E. Isogai(secretary), K. Sakuma(secretary)
We look forward to seeing you in Omiya, Saitama in 2018.
Sincerely yours,
The NN2018 local organizing committee