| Scientific Program |
Sessions:
| Initial Plenary Session (review, history, highlights and major developments) | |
| Title (preliminary) | Invited speakers |
| On electron-photon Monte Carlo(*) | A. Bielajew (U. Michigan) |
| Neutron and photon MC - Fragments from its History and Applications | I. Lux (HAEA) |
| On hadronic Monte Carlo(*) | R. Prael (LANL) |
(*) Exact title to be determined
| Final Plenary Session (Conference summary & highlights, speculation and prospective views) | |
| Title (preliminary) | Invited speakers |
| Highlights of electron-gamma sessions, speculation and prospective views | F. Salvat (U. Barcelona) |
| Highlights of neutron-gamma sessions, speculation and prospective views | G. McKinney (LANL) |
| Highlights of hadronic sessions, speculation and prospective views | D. Filges (FZJ)
W. Gudowski(RIT, Sweden) |
| Electron-Photon (EG) Sessions | ||
| session | Title | Invited speakers |
| EG I | Electron Interaction Physics / Electron Transport Mechanics | F. Salvat (U. Barcelona) |
| EG II | Photon Interaction Physics / Applications I | J. Hubbell (NIST) |
| EG III | Applications II | H. Hirayama (KEK) |
| EG IV | Status of general-purpose codes | |
| - Electron/Photon Shower Simulation in TRIPOLI-4 MC Code | Y. Peneliau (CEA) | |
| - The EGSnrc System, a status report | I. Kawrakow (NRCC) | |
| - Status of MARS electromagnetic physics | N. Mokhov (FNAL) | |
| - MCNP Capabilities at the Dawn of the 21st Century | E. Selcow (LANL) | |
| - Status of PENELOPE | J. Sempau (U. Barcelona) | |
| - GEANT4 Electromagnetic Physics | M. G. Pia (INFN/CERN) | |
| - The status of the "Physics of EGS5" project | A. Bielajew (U. Michigan) | |
| - Electron-photon Transport in FLUKA: status | A. Fassò (SLAC) | |
| EG V | Generation of Random numbers, variance reduction | J. Spanier (CGU) |
| EG VI | Aplications in Medical Physics, Dose calculation | A. Bielajew (U. Michigan) |
| EG VII | Microdosimetry, track structure, radiobiological modelling | B. Grosswendt
(PTB)
H. Nikjoo (MRC) |
| EG VIII | MC in radiotherapy dosimetry / MC simulation of medical acc. | D. Rogers (NRCC) |
| EG IX | Applications III | None(*) |
| EG X | Applications IV | None(*) |
(*) No invited speakers, for these sessions on applications
| Neutron-gamma (NG) Sessions | ||
| session | Title | Invited speakers |
| NG I | Theory and Methods | J. Spanier (CGU) |
| NG II | Code Status | |
| - Status of the MC Code MVP for Neutron and Photon Transport Problems | T. Mori (JAERI) | |
| - Current Status of the Oak Ridge Monte Carlo Shielding Codes | M.B. Emmett (ORNL) | |
| - The Current Status and Future Plans for the MC codes MONK and MCBEND | N. Smith (AEAT) | |
| - MCNP Capabilities at the Dawn of the 21st Century: Neutron-gamma Apps. | E. Selcow (LANL) | |
| - Status of MCU | L. Maiorov (Kurchatov Inst.) | |
| - TRIPOLI-3: A Neutron-Photon MC Transport Code | J.C. Nimal (CEA) | |
| NG III | Physics & Data | R. Little (LANL) |
| NG IV | Algorithms & Computational Science | K. Burn (ENEA) |
| NG V | Experiments & Measurements | B. Siebert (PTB) |
| NG VI | Applications | T. Goorley (MIT) |
| NG VII | Benchmarks | S. Sitaraman (GE) |
| NG VIII | Graphics & Analysis | R. Schwarz (PNL) |
(*) to be confirmed
| Hadronic (HAD) Sessions | ||
| session | Title | Invited speakers |
| HAD I | Hadron code reviews | |
| - The HERMES Monte Carlo Program System | D. Filges (FZJ) | |
| - MARS Code status | N. Mokhov (FNAL) | |
| - Present status of Nucleon-Meson Transport Code NMTC/JAERI | H. Takada (JAERI) | |
| - FLUKA: status and prospectives for Hadronic Applications | P. Sala (CERN) | |
| - Status of the MCNPX Transport Code | H.G. Hughes (LANL) | |
| HAD II | Physics model calculations and data compilations | M. Chadwick (LANL) |
| HAD III | Applications I (*) | J. Johnson (ORNL)
N. Mokhov (FNAL) |
| HAD IV | Physics models for MC codes | J. Ranft (Siegen
Univ.)
J. P. Wellisch (CERN) |
| HAD V | Applications II (*) | J.V. Siebers (VCU) |
| HAD VI | Experiments and Benchmarks | T. Nakamura (Univ. Tohoku) |
| HAD VII | MC Methods and Theory | M. Asai (Hiroshima I.T.) |
| (*)
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The following topics will be addressed during these two sessions: - Accelerator-driven systems - Spallation neutron sources - High Energy Accelerators - Medical accelerators and dosimetry - Radiography - Shielding - Experimental design - Cosmic ray / space applications |
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