Third and Final Circular
October 30, 2024
The 11th International Conference on Nuclear Physics at Storage Rings, STORI'24, will be held on Nov. 18 - 22, 2024, in Huizhou, China. The STORI’24 is organized by the Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMP-CAS). The conference venue is located at the Huizhou Campus of IMP-CAS.
The conference website is https://indico.impcas.ac.cn/e/stori24.
Scientific Program
The program consists of plenary talks, invited presentations by invited speakers, contributions selected among submitted abstracts, and a poster session. The updated timetable, abstract book as well as the list of invited speakers can be found on the conference website.
The foreseen duration of plenary talks is 35 minutes plus 5 minutes discussion, invited topical talks is 25+5 minutes, and contributed oral talks is 15+5 minutes.
The poster session is scheduled from 7 PM to 9 PM on Monday, November 18. The posters will be displayed throughout the conference. The poster size should not exceed A0 format (84 cm wide and 120 cm high). The top three posters will be awarded.
A book of abstracts is presently being compiled and will be released on the conference website.
Please inform us as soon as possible if you need to change the time slot of your talk.
Registration and Conference Fee
The registration desk on the conference site will be open from 13:30 to 18:00 on Sunday and from 9:00 to 18:00 on Monday. On Sunday, November 17, the registration desk will be located at the front desk on the ground floor of the guest house. On Monday, November 18. the registration desk will be located on the ground floor of the meeting center.
Payments can be accepted by credit card, cash, or WeChat/Alipay on-site.
The welcome reception will be held from 18:00 to 20:00 on Sunday, November 17, at the cafeteria of IMP. The fee is included in the full registration.
More details about the payment procedure can be found on the conference website.
Visit to HIAF and Banquet
This conference will arrange an excursion to the High-Intensity heavy-ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF), which is currently under construction. The facility site is located about 110 km away from the conference venue. The bus will depart from the Huizhou campus at 1:00 PM on November 19. The entire facility tour journey is about a 2 km walk through the underground tunnel of the HIAF facility.
After the tour, all the participants are invited to the conference banquet. Transportation will be arranged directly from the HIAF site.
Those who will not join the HIAF facility tour are asked to go to the banquet place by themselves. The conference will assist with suggesting the means of transportation. The banquet will start at 6:00 PM on November 19.
Transportation
The conference venue is located at the Huizhou Campus of IMP-CAS in Huizhou, Guangdong Province.
There are three international airports around Huizhou: Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport, and Hong Kong International Airport. Furthermore, there is one domestic airport, Huizhou Pingtan Airport.
One can take the bus, taxi, or ride-hailing service from the three international airports to Huizhou.
We will arrange shuttle buses to help participants reach the venue from the airports during the daytime on Sunday, November 17. To suit as many of you as possible, please send your flight information to stori24@impcas.ac.cn
The shuttle bus schedule will be posted later on our Indico website.
For the participants who arrive at Hongkong airport, we recommend to take the bus service at https://www.myeebus.com/eebusfans/
More details about the transportation can be found at https://indico.impcas.ac.cn/event/62/page/117-transportation
Social events
Weather conditions
From November 17 to 23, Huizhou City is expected to have mainly sunny weather, with temperatures around 25°C during the day and 15°C at night. The humidity levels are moderate, ranging from about 63.5% to 80.9%, with slightly higher levels in the mornings and evenings. This combination of pleasant temperatures and moderate humidity makes it an excellent time for outdoor activities. However, there could be anything unexpected, such as rain or wind. Therefore, a pair of walking shoes for the conference excursion is recommended, and don`t forget to pack a jacket and a raincoat in case the weather is unkind.
Conference Proceedings (STORI'24 Special Issue at CPC)
We expect the papers from the STORl'24 conference will be of high quality to be curated and featured in a special issue of Chinese Physics C, published as the STORI'24 Special Issue (https://indico.impcas.ac.cn/event/62/page/125-conference-proceedings). Each submission will undergo a peer review by experts designated by the Local Organizing Committee (LOC). Your submission to STORI'24 should showcase recent works and new findings that are of significant academic merit and have not been previously published.
Please note that the deadline for the submission to STORI'24 Special Issue at CPC is January 31, 2025.
Information and Correspondence
Regularly updated information will be available on the conference website. Please address all correspondence to the e-mail address of the STORI´24 conference: stori24@impcas.ac.cn. Starting from Saturday, November 16, and throughout the conference week, the participants can reach us in case of problems or emergencies.
Please distribute this announcement to colleagues who may not have received it, and we apologize if you are receiving this message more than once.
We are looking forward to seeing you in Huizhou!
On behalf of the local organizing committee:
Meng WANG, Xinwen MA, Yuhu ZHANG
(Chairpersons of the STORI’24 conference)
