Local Information
	Imperial College, London, hosts one of the United Kingdom's foremost High Energy Physics groups and is ideally situated both for the centre of London and for reaching all of London's International Airports. The college is situated in South Kensington, near to many of London's best museums and restaurants. Directions for getting to Imperial College can be found here. Imperial College is also well situated for accommodation with many hotels situated near by, however you are advised to book these as soon as possible. Details will be sent after registration. E-mail The physics department undergraduate computing suite will be available throughout the conference from 7.00 to 18.00 for use by the delegates. There are many PC's and unix machines from which you can telnet and access the web. Further instructions will be available in your conference packs. Entertainment In the evening, you will be free to do whatever you like. There are many places to eat and drink in London. Details of the local pubs and restaurants are given here. There are many ways to entertain yourself. There are many web pages devoted to what's on in London. Some starting points are given here. Worthy of note is the Science Museum, situated next to Imperial College. The conference dinner will be held here, and the museum is open daily from 10.00 to 18.00. Entry is £5.95, but it is free after 16.30. Photocopying Photocopying of talks and papers is discouraged, however there is a photocopier in the physics department library, on level 2. This is intended for the department library users, so please use it lightly. Security London, is much like any other large city, only better. This of course means that you must take sensible security precautions. Some helpful suggestions are given here. The college operates a swipe card security system for access to the buildings outside working hours (7.00 to 18.00). The security staff will be happy to let you out of the building after these hours. The door will be staffed on Monday evening for the conference reception. Telephones The telephone number for contacting the reception desk throughout the conference will be 0171 594 7824. There are many public pay phones both in and around college. Some only accept coins, and some only accept phone cards and credit cards, but some take both. Weather Average temperatures in London at the end of September are 9°C to 15 °C. Smoking policy We should like to warn all participants that Imperial College does not permit smoking within any buildings for health and safety reasons. The Science Museum, where the conference dinner will be held, is also a non-smoking venue although a small area will be set aside for smokers to use. Local Conference Organising Committee P Brambilla J Batten G Davies G Hall A Johnson M Millmore S Quinton P Sharp For further details about the local organisation please contact Piera Brambilla HEP Group Physics Department Imperial College London SW7 2BZ United Kingdom Phone + 44 171 594 7824 Fax + 44 171 823 8830 E-mail p.brambilla@ic.ac.uk What chip are these pictures from? The pictures at the side of this web site (you must have your browser set to show background images to see it) and on the conference poster are all taken from the APV6 chip. The APV6 is the first complete radiation hardened front end readout chip for silicon microstrips. A Java emulation of the analogue pipeline can be found here. To run this your browser must fully support Java, e.g. Internet Explorer 3.0 or Netscape 3.0, on some platforms. Past Conferences Details of the Second Workshop for LHC electronics can be found here. The proceedings of the conference are now available.
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