EFTC Organization
Timetable for conference organization
One year before a conference edition (even years)
- mid-January: launch of selection process for conference site
- end of July: finalization of preliminary organization plan
- end of September: finalization of preliminary budget
- mid-December (or earlier): first announcement (& conference poster)
On the year of a conference edition (odd years)
- mid-January: launch of selection process for invited speakers
- end of February: finalization of selection process for invited speakers
- mid-March: confirmation of availability from invited speakers
- end of March: announcement of invited speakers (& send invitation letters)
- beginning of April: second announcement (& call for abstracts)
- mid-April: abstract submission opening
- end of April: early registration opening
- end of June: abstract submission closing
- mid July: notifications of acceptance to authors
- end of July: early registration closing
- beginning of August: post-deadline poster submission opening
- end of August: post-deadline poster submission closing (& author notification)
- mid-September: finalization of the conference timetable
- beginning of October: conference days
- beginning of November: manuscript submission opening
- end of November: online publication of presentations
One year after a conference edition (even years)
- mid-January: launch of selection process for conference site
- end of March: manuscript submission from previous conference closing
Duties of Scientific Prgramme Committee (SPC)
The conference presentations are selected by the SPC thus:
- Invited lectures are selected after short-listing nominations from SPC members and voting (invited speakers from previous 2 editions are excluded from nomination).
- Oral contributions are selected after abstract submission and SPC voting among those submissions indicating preference for oral presentation.
- Rejected oral contributions are proposed a switchover to poster presentation.
- Poster presentations are accepted after abstract submission and quality assurance.
- Session chairpersons are usually selected on site among the SPC members and senior participants.
Term of SPC members
The SPC isd partially renewed in each conference.
- SPC chair: maximum term of 5 conferences (3 as member plus 2 as chair or vice versa).
- SPC members: maximum term of 3 conferences
Scientific Programme Committee up to 2024
Daniele Bonfiglio (Consorzio RFX, Italy)
Irina Borodkina (IPP/CAS, Czech Republic)
Jeronimo Garcia (IRFM/CEA, France)
Yevgen Kazakov (LPP-ERM/KMS, Belgium)
Taina Kurki-Suonio (Aalto University, Finland)
Sarah Newton (CCFE, United Kingdom)
Felix Parra (PPPL, United States)
Paolo Ricci (SPC/EPFL, Switzerland)
Emilia Solano (LNF/CIEMAT, Spain)
Christos Tsironis (NTUA, Greece)
Jose Luis Velasco (LNF/CIEMAT, Spain)
Alessandro Zocco, chair (IPP Greifswald, Germany)