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    <p style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red"
          lang="EN">Call for Papers</span></b><span
        style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red"
        lang="EN"></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:center"
      align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:16.0pt" lang="EN-US">Technical
          Meeting on Advances in Neutron</span></strong><strong><span
          style="font-size:16.0pt" lang="EN-US"></span></strong></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:center"
      align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:16.0pt" lang="EN-US">Detectors
          for Neutron Scattering</span></strong></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:center"
      align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:16.0pt" lang="EN-US">and
          Imaging Applications</span></strong></p>
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      align="center"><strong><i><span lang="EN-US">Virtual Event hosted
            by IAEA<br>
          </span></i></strong></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:center"
      align="center"><strong><span lang="EN-US">30 August–3 September
          2021</span></strong></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:18.0pt;text-align:center"
      align="center"><strong><span lang="EN-US">Ref. No.: EVT1904273</span></strong><span
        style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:-4.5pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm"><b><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red"
          lang="EN-US"></span></b><span
        style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Neutron
        scattering and imaging instrumentation is undergoing a
        transition. As the number of individual neutron sources falls,
        several new sources are currently under construction, and
        instruments are being upgraded at existing sources. This great
        renewal of neutron instrumentation requires ever higher
        performance from neutron detectors. These demands include better
        spatial and time resolution; larger solid angle coverage; better
        signal: noise; and being compatible with higher fluxes to enable
        faster experiments on smaller samples. The demands on resolution
        and detector coverage are highly dependent on technique and
        source as are the corresponding increases in the volume and rate
        of data that must be handled.</span></p>
    <p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:-4.5pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm"><span
        style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Opposing
        pressures to the performance requirements include limitations on
        what is considered an acceptable cost to a project, and that for
        projects in many Member States, applications in which helium-3
        may formerly have been considered, it is either not as available
        in the quantities required, or its cost may be prohibitive.</span></p>
    <p
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        style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">A
        variety of new materials and detector designs are being
        developed to reflect these new conditions.</span><span
        style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN"></span></p>
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      style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none"><span
        style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">The
        virtual meeting will be organized and hosted by the IAEA around
        the topics listed below. The agenda will be structured to have
        discussion time sufficient to facilitate reaching conclusions.
        In preparation for the meeting, it is expected that speakers
        will target their presentations to address the meeting’s aims. </span></p>
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      style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none"><span
        style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">The
        individual sessions and their times will be determined once the
        final list of attendees and their geographic location is known.
        The virtual meeting will be conducted via WebEx, and will be
        supported by a SharePoint site via the IAEA’s Nucleus system.
        Contributed papers will be asked to be uploaded to the site two
        weeks prior to the virtual meeting. Further details on
        presentation formats will be distributed closer to the time of
        the meeting.</span></p>
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      style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none"><span
        style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Take
        a look to the attached PDF File to find more information about
        the topics and structure of the meeting itself.</span></p>
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      style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none"><span
        style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">We
        are looking forward to meet you virtual there!</span></p>
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      style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none"><span
        style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Regards,<br>
        Karl Zeitelhack<br>
      </span></p>
    <span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"
      lang="EN-US">On behalf of the Organizing and Advisory Committee</span>
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Dr. Karl Zeitelhack          
Technische Universität München           Tel: +49 (0)89 289 -14703
Forschungsneutronenquelle FRM II         Fax: +49 (0)89 289 -14989 
Detektor- & Elektroniklabor (Leitung)
Lichtenbergstr. 1
D - 85748 Garching
Germany
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