Chair’s Report:Pulsed Power Science and

Technology Committee

Jane Lehr

AdCom Report

July 2012

Conference Synopsis• PPC09: Not yet closed! Snafu with conc.

banking, working on getting audit to close; Projected return ~ $10k

• PPC11: nearly closed, working with Treasurer(s) to close, Projected loss $25k.– TPS Special Issue on PPST on track for October, 2012

• PPPS 2013: On track

• PPC15 : Austin TX, Chair Mark Crawford

• Outgoing years: United Kingdom (London), Boston or Orlando

Pulsed Power Plasma Science 2013(Combined PPC & ICOPS)

• General Chair: Bryan Oliver, • Technical Chairs: Mark Crawford and John Verboncoeur • Treasurer: Jane Lehr (first hand look at finances!)• Venue: Hyatt Regency Embarcadero San Francisco• Attendance ~ 1150 • Conservative room requirements ( 540 guest rooms)

•5 technical days + 1.5 day Mini-course • Night out and Banquet, possible tour of NIF

Status: • PPST met at Conference Hotel for Site visit (all is well);• Budget submitted via NPSS site; • website set to launch next week

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2015 Pulsed Power Conference June 1-5, 2015

Austin, TX• General Chair: Mark Crawford• Technical Chair: TBD• Venue

– Hilton Austin, contract signed 31 August, 2011– 1860 total room-nights with 100% occupancy mid-week (425 rooms)– 1347 room-nights run-of-house at $199/night– 418 room-nights at prevailing government per diem (currently $108)

• Co-Located with SOFE (Chair: JP Allain)– Common breaks, posters, vendors, night-out and plenaries. – Independent oral sessions and banquets

• MOU with SoFE not yet negotiated but will include separate budgets • No agreement yet signed with IEEE MCM for support services

Megagauss 14 (aka Megagauss 2012)

• Fully sponsored NPSS Conference

• General chair: Jim Degnan

• Technical Program Chair: Ken Struve

• Maui, Hawaii

• Anticipated Attendance ~ 125

• Budget estimate includes venue sited administrative support - MEDB = Maui Economic Development Board, also approved by IEEE; MEDB is now on board

• Budget and fincancial tools in place (Conc. Barking/ Loan/ etc)

• We have verbal agreements for 25 to 30 K$ of contributions so far, out of 22 K$ estimated from those contributors

• conference website is up www.megaggauss.org