August 30, 2004

Dear Colleague,

You are cordially invited to attend the seventh Annual Users' Meeting of the Canadian Light Source and associated workshops on the University of Saskatchewan campus November 17-21, 2004. This meeting, organized by the Users’ Advisory Committee of the CLS, will be a great opportunity to learn about the progress of the Canadian Light Source, present your recent synchrotron work, and meet fellow users.

This year there are a number of exciting speakers on the program. Other activities include:

• reports on the status of the facility
• nominations for new members to the Users’ Advisory Committee – the committee that represents the interests and concerns of users to the CLS
• a banquet on Saturday evening
• a poster and vendor session held in the beautiful atrium of the Geology Building, where you can discuss synchrotron science and enjoy refreshments in a relaxed and informal atmosphere
• tours of the CLS

Poster Session:
Please consider submitting a poster on your synchrotron work. Titles and abstracts should be submitted by October 29, 2004. The meeting web page provides further details.

CISR Poster Prize:
The Canadian Institute for Synchrotron Radiation (www.cisr.ca) will offer a prize for the best synchrotron poster presented by a graduate student or post-doctoral fellow. The prize will be $1000 to support travel to a related conference of their choice in the coming year.

Associated Workshops:
In addition to the events at the Saturday Users' Meeting, a series of workshops will be held. A two-day XAFS course (limit of 30 participants) will run Wednesday, November 17th & Thursday, November 18th. On Friday, November 19th there will be three full-day workshops entitled “Synchrotron Radiation Application in Environmental Science”, “Medical Imaging” and “Protein Crystallography” as well as one half-day workshop entitled “Study of Magnetic Materials Using Polarized Radiation from Elliptical Undulators”.

Associated Meetings:
The Canadian Institute for Synchrotron Radiation (CISR) will meet on Friday, November 19, and the Beamline Advisory Committee as well as Beamline Team Meetings will be held on Sunday, November 21st. Watch for the times and locations of these meetings on the website.

Travel Subsidy:
A travel subsidy is available to attendees of the Annual Users' Meeting: $300 for AUM attendees traveling from outside of the prairies, and $200 for AUM attendees from the prairies outside of the Saskatoon region. Deadline for submission of travel subsidy is December 31^st, 2004. Application forms and instructions will be available on the AUM website.

Registration:
Registration, detailed meeting, and workshop information is available on-line at the AUM web page http://www.lightsource.ca/uac/meeting2004.

For further information, contact Lavina Carter, User Services Administrator at clsuo@lightsource.ca or 306-657-3700.

Sincerely,

Alan Anderson
Chair, CLS Users’ Advisory Committee