The objective of the meeting is to help define a clear R&D plan for the positron source of the International Linear Collider over the next few years, with particular emphasis on the positron production target and its support systems. Discussion will be focused on the following topics and related areas

A.	Positron target and its support systems
B.	Positron capture
C.	Instrumentation and diagnostic systems
	In addition there will be a discussion on superconducting undulator technology

The meeting will be held in the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics located in Akademgorodok (near Novosibirsk), prospect Lavrent'eva, 11.

Meeting schedule

Wednesday, May 10

9:00—10:00	Registration
10:00—13:00	Topical review talks from SLAC, KEK, and Daresbury Laboratory
13:00—14:30	Lunch
14:30—16:00	Topical review talks from BINP
16:00—16:20	Coffee break
16:20—18:00	Discussions
18:30	Dinner

Thursday, May 11

(Parallel undulator session is scheduled for Thursday also)

9:00—11:00	Tour of BINP manufacturing facilities
11:00—13:00	Proposals from SLAC, KEK, Daresbury Laboratory, and BINP
13:00—14:30	Lunch
14:30—16:00	Tour of BINP scientific facilities
16:00—18:00	Discussions on proposals from each laboratory
18:30	Dinner

Friday, May 12

9:00	Planning of further R&D activities (all day long)

Accommodation

All participants will be accommodated in “Golden Valley” (“Zolotaya Dolina”) hotel located in Akademgorodok in 15 min walk from the Budker INP. Preliminary prices of accommodation are (prices per room per day):

Single room	2200 Russian Rubles (80 USD);
Double room	3600 Russian Rubles (130 USD).

Visas

If you need a visa to enter Russia, please send the following information to the meeting secretary Mikhail Blinov.

1. Your full name (as in the passport)
2. Citizenship
3. Date of birth
4. Country and place (city and/or region) of birth:
5. Home address
6. Organization title
7. Organization address
8. Position
9. Expected date of entry
10. Expected date of departure
11. At which Russian Consulate will you apply for entry visa? (city, country)
12. Is a fax copy of Invitation sufficient for your Consulate?
13. Tentative itinerary, if other from Moscow (transit)-Novosibirsk-Moscow (transit)
14. Please scan and e-mail us the pages of your passport, which contain your personal data and issue/expiry dates.

Contacts

• Chairman: Pavel Logatchev, P.V.Logatchov@inp.nsk.su, Tel.: 7 383 3394311
• Secretary: Mikhail Blinov, M.F.Blinov@inp.nsk.su