Second	  Bulletin	  May	  2013	  	  	  The	   Technology	   and	   Instrumentation	   in	   Particle	   Physics	
   2014	
   (TIPP	
   2014)	  conference	  will	  be	  held	  at	  the	  Beurs	  van	  Berlage	  in	  downtown	  Amsterdam	  from	  June	  2	  to	  June	  6,	  2014.	  TIPP	  2014	  is	  the	  third	  in	  the	  new	  series	  of	  international	  conferences	  on	  detector	  and	  instrumentation	
  under	  the	  auspices	  of	  	   IUPAP.	  The	  TIPP	
   2014	   conference	
   will	   provide	   a	   stimulating	   atmosphere	   for	   scientists	   and	  engineers	  from	  around	  the	
  world.	  	  Conference	  program	  	  A	  provisional	  conference	  schedule	  including plenary keynote talks	  is	  available	  on	  the	  TIPP2014	  indico	  system.	
  	  We	  are	  delighted	  to	  have	  G.	  de	  Geronimo,	  G.	
  Raven,	  	  M.	   Matters-­‐Kammerer,	   P.	   de	   Moor,	   S.	
   Dalla	   Torre,	   J.	   Schmitz,	   P.	   Riedler,	   H.	   Frisch,	  M.	  Diemoz,	  R.	  de	  Vries,	  B.	
  Denis,	  W.	  Riegler,	  P.	  Hommelhoff,	  A.	  Baryshev,	  L.	
  Kaper,	  T.	  Marrodán	   Undagoitia,	   E.	   van	   der	
   Bij,	   M.	
   Pohl,	  D.	
  Smit,	  J.	  Benschop,	  Y.	  Haemisch	  as	  plenary	  speakers.	  
	  The	   parallel	   program	   has	
   five	   tracks,	
   with	   sessions	   on	   Sensors,	   Experiments,	
  Data	   Processing,	   Emerging	   Technologies	   and	   Technology	   Transfer.	   The	   poster	  sessions	  will	  take	
  place	  on	  Tuesday,	  Wednesday	  and	  Thursday.	  	  In	   the	   framework	   of	   the	   conference	   a	  commercial	  exhibition	
   will	   be	   organized,	
  which	   will	   be	   situated	   in	   the	   main	
   hall.	   Opening	
   hours	   are	   during	   the	   session	
  hours	  of	  the	  conference.	
  	  •List of accepted contributions•Conference time table•Conference App will be available in Conference4me format	  	  Best	  presentation	
  prizes	  	
  There	   is	   a	   competition	   for	
   best	   poster	   presentation,	   and	   for	
   best	
   oral	  presentation	  for	  students.	
  Please	  see	  details	  at	  the	  conference	  webpage.	  	  Registration	  	  Online	   registration	   via	   TIPP2014	   website	   is	   possible	
   until	  May	  19,	  2014.	   	   Walk-­‐in	   registration	   at	   the	   conference	   is	   possible.	   The	   registration	   fee	   is	   EUR	   650.	   The	  registration	   fee	   covers	   participation	   to	   all	   sessions,	   coffee	   breaks,	   lunches,	  welcome	  reception	  and	  proceedings	  publication	
  fees.	  

Venue	  	  TIPP	
   2014	
   will	   be	   held	   at	   the	   Beurs	   van	   Berlage,	   a	   building	
   with	   a	   rich	   history	  and	   beautiful	   architecture.	   The	
   Beurs	   van	   Berlage	   was	
   built	   between	
   1898	   and	
  1903	
   under	   the	   auspices	   of	   the	   famous	   architect	
   H.P.	   Berlage.	   A	   that	
   time,	   the	  building	   generated	
   some	   controversy,	   but	   today	   it	   is	   considered	   to	   be	   a	   prime	  example	  of	  modern	
  Dutch	  architecture.	  	  Internet	  connection	  	  Wireless	   connections	
   will	   be	   available	   throughout	   the	   building;	   details	
   will	   be	  provided	  at	  the	  registration	
  desk.	  

Information	  for	  presenters	  	  Speakers	  are	  requested	  to	  upload	
  their	
  slides	  in	  PDF	  or	  PPT	  format	  by	  June	  2nd.	  
The	
  usage	  of	  personal	  laptops	  for	  presentations	  will	  not	  be	  permitted.	  The	
  talks	  should	   be	   uploaded	   via	   the	   indico	   agenda	
   page.	   The	   posters	   can	   be	   displayed	
  from	  the	  first	  day	  of	  the	  conference	  and	  have	  to	  be	  taken	  down	
  before	  the	  closing	  session	  on	  the	  last	  day.	  	  Proceedings	  	  	  	  Conference	   proceedings	
   will	   be	   published	   in	   Proceedings	   of	   Science,	   the	   open	  access	
  online	  journal	  organized	  by	  SISSA.	  The	
  number	  of	  pages	  allocated	  for	  the	  proceedings	   are	   the	   following:	   10	   pages	   for	   plenary	   talks,	   8	   pages	   for	   parallel	  talks,	  and	  4	  pages	  for	  posters.	  	
  Author	  guidelines	  for	  TIPP2014	  are	  available	  on	  the	  conference	  web	
  site.	  	  The	  deadline	  for	  proceedings	  is	  June	  20,	  2014.	
  	  Conference	  Secretariat	  	
  TIPP	  2014	  	  secretariat	  Science	  Park	  105,	
  1098	  XG	  	  Amsterdam	  Tel:	  	  	  +31	
  (0)20	  592	  5169	  E-­‐mail:	  tipp2014@nikhef.nl	  	  Conference	  website:	  www.tipp2014.nl	  	  	  	  	  TIPP2014	  is	  sponsored	  by: