13th International Conference on Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (NN2018)
Second Circular:
As announced in our ﬁrst circular in this spring, the NN2018 conference will be held onDec. 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.soniccity.or.jp/?page̲id=230), near the Omiya station.
CONFERENCE WEBSITE and CONTACT
All information relevant to the conference are provided on the conference website:
http://nn2018.riken.jp
Any inquiries will be received at conference contact email address:
contact-nn2018@ribf.riken.jp
Please add a short and appropriate subject on your email for eﬃcient sorting of yourrequests.
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 speakers for the plenary and parallel sessions have been determined based
upon IAC recommendations as listed below.

INVITED SPEAKERS (Conﬁrmed)
K. H. Tanaka (KEK)
W. Nazarewicz (MSU/FRIB)- Fusion and Fission
B. Back(ANL), M. Dasgupta (ANU), K. Sekizawa (Niigata), M. G. Itkis (JINR),
K. Nishio (JAEA)- Heavy and Superheavy Elements
S. Heinz (GSI), J. Gates (LBNL), Yu.Ts.Oganessian (FLNR), K. Morita (Kyushu),K. Morimoto (RIKEN Nishina Center), M. Wada (KEK)- Nuclear Structure and Dynamics
A. Andreyev (York), G. Colo (Milano), K. Wimmer (Tokyo), S. Bacca (TRIUMF),
S. Shimoura (CNS, U-Tokyo), P. Fallon (LBNL), P. Navratil (TRIUMF)- Nuclear Astrophysics
H. Schatz (MSU), A. Tumino (INFN-LNS), S. Goriely (Bruxelles),R. Depalo (Padova), R. Reifarth (Frankfurt), I. DillMann (TRIUMF)- Equation of State of Nuclear and Quark Matter under Extreme Conditions
W. G. Lynch (Michigan State), M. Kitazawa (Osaka), X. F. Luo (CCNU),
A. Obertelli (TU Darmstadt), T. Murakami (Kyoto)- Collision Dynamics at Medium to Relativistic Energies
M. Colonna (INFN-LNS), T. Galatyk (Frankfurt), T. Hirano (Sophia U),
M. Shimomura (Nara Women's U), I. Nakagawa (RIKEN Nishina Center),A. Chbihi (GANIL)- Hadron Physics
F. Sakuma (RIKEN), K. Itahashi (RIKEN), S. H. Lee (Yonsei), S. J. Brodsky (SLAC),
S. Gongyo (RIKEN Nishina Center)- New Facilities
B. Sherril (FRIB), H. Sakurai (RIKEN Nishina Center), P. Senger (GSI),
M. Kapshin (JINR), X. H. Zhou (IMP-CAS), H. Sako (JAEA), N. Xu (IMP-CAS)- Nuclear Methods for Pure and Applied Sciences
F. Tokanai (Yamagata), F. Camera (Mirano)- Nuclear Energy and Applications of Nuclear Science and Technologies
M. Stachura (TRIUMF), T. Abe (RIKEN Nishina Center), R. Fujita (JST)REGISTRATION
Online registration has been opened to all interested participant.
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.
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.
SUPPORT
We will support the active attendance of a limited number of PhD students andpostdoctoral researchers by reimbursing their conference registration fees. Supported
students/postdocs have to have an abstract submitted, pay the registration fee
through the conference website, and give an oral/poster presentation in the meeting.
The reimbursement will be done only in cash of Japanese yen at the registration desk inthe conference site in the afternoons of Tuesday and Wednesday during theconference. The receipt of the registration fee have to be presented for conﬁrmation.
In order to be considered for support, students/postdocs are required to submit thefollowing documents to support-nn2018@ribf.riken.jp by adding the note of "REQUEST
for support" on the subject.
• A brief Curriculum Vitae (including a face photo)• Abstract submission number
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES AND EXCURSIONS
A welcome reception will be held in the evening of Dec. 3rd, 2018. A registration desk
will also open on the reception.
Excursions are arranged on Dec. 6th, 2018, Thursday. Several short bus-trips areplanned which are shown in the page:
http://nn2018.riken.jp/event.html
and could be selected on the conference registration page.
A banquet will be held on Dec. 7th, 2018, Friday, at the Railway Museum. The museum
homepage is found on:
http://www.railway-museum.jp/en/.

ACCESSThe conference venue, Saitama Sonic CIty, is 3 minute walk from west exit of Omiya
Station. You can access there via a pedestrian deck. Google Map URL is available as:
https://www.google.co.jp/maps/@35.9052359,139.6175299,17z
Access information is available on our web page of:
http://nn2018.riken.jp/access.html
ACCOMMODATION
Omiya or Saitama has a wide range of hotels with prices starting from around 6000
yen/night which may be booked via the usual web based booking sites. We suggest
you to book well in advance. Please note that hotels labeled as "Adult Only" on
Booking.com or other booking services are not adequate for consecutive stay.
VISAS
Please check visa information web page of:
http://nn2018.riken.jp/visa.html
if you are required visa to come to Japan.
IMPORTANT DATESEarly Registration deadline

Sept. 28thRegistration 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 Organization
Chairperson
Tomohiro Uesaka (RIKEN Nishina Center)
International advisory committee
A. Aprahamian, F. Azaiez, 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, T. Isobe, H. Otsu,
E. Isogai(secretary), K. Sakuma(secretary)
We look forward to seeing you in Omiya, Saitama this December.
Sincerely yours,The NN2018 local organizing committee