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)