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SUMMARY:Excited QCD 2013
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DESCRIPTION:WELCOME!\nExcited QCD 2013 took place on the beautiful Bjelasn
 ica mountain located in the vicinity of the Bosnian capital Sarajevo. Bjel
 asnica was a venue of the XIV Winter Olympic Games and it is situated only
  30 kilometers from Sarajevo International Airport. The workshop started o
 n February 3 and finished on February 9\, 2013\, with scientific lectures 
 taking place from February 4 to 8. Workshop participants were accomodated 
 in Hotel Marsal\, only couple of minutes by foot from the Olympic ski slop
 es.\nWe are pleased to announce that the Workshop was a topic in the local
  media - for a link\, see here.\nWe are equally pleased to announce that B
 jelasnica Mountain has proven to be not only a scientific but also an arti
 stic inspiration\, as demonstrated by Prof. Maria Ruivo.ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
 \nThis edition was the fifth in a series of workshops that had been previo
 usly organised in Poland\, Slovakia\, France and Portugal. The workshop co
 vered diverse aspects of QCD:\n\n(i) QCD at low energies: excited hadrons\
 , glueballs\, multiquarks.\n(ii) QCD at high temperatures and large densit
 ies: heavy-ion collisions\, jets\, diffraction\, hadronisation\, quark-glu
 on plasma\, holography\, colour-glass condensate\, compact stars\, applica
 tions to astrophysics.\n\nEmphasis was placed on new developments in theor
 y as well as the current experimental status.\nScientific atmosphere\, var
 ious discussions about different topics in QCD\, active participation of m
 any young researchers and a nice environment have been the main characteri
 stics of the previous editions and also the goals for the new edition.\n\n
 The talks were all plenary\, 20' long separated by 5' for discussions and 
 with a coffee break of 30' every two or three talks for more discussions. 
 An extended lunch break allowed for more discussions and for open-air acti
 vities.\n\n\n\nVENUEHotel Marsal is located 1273 m above see level\, exact
 ly below the ski slopes of Bjelasnica. The mountain itself is 2067 m high\
 ; it represented the venue for men's alpine skiing at the XIV Winter Olymp
 ics. A high-resolution picture of the mountain is available here and pictu
 res of Bjelasnica from the '80s\, '90s and presence can be found on the we
 bpage of the Olympic Centre '84.\nRecommended arrival and departure days f
 or the workshop are February 3 and February 9\, 2013 but you can also arri
 ve\, e.g.\, on February 2nd if you find a cheaper flight (see the section 
 on Travel Information). A map of surroundings is available here.\nThe cost
  of the accomodation is approximately 52€/night\, full board is included
 . All participants will obtain a single room per default. If you prefer yo
 u may opt for accomodation with a second person in the room in which case 
 the accommodation costs ~42€/night/person. Do not forget to indicate the
  name of the accompanying person during registration or notify us by e-mai
 l afterwards.\nInternet is available in all hotel rooms free of charge. Th
 e hotel accepts Visa\, Master Card and American Express credit cards\, cas
 h (the local currency „marka“\, euros and dollars) as well as maestro 
 cards.\nMiscellaneous information about the venue:\n1. Ski map of Bjelasni
 ca is available on the webpage of Hotel Marsal (click on the link at the b
 ottom of the webpage). The ski pass should cost ~80€ for six days\, i.e.
 \, less than 15€/day. Ski equipment (skis\, ski poles\, boots) can be re
 nted in the Hotel for ~6€/day\; skiing takes place between 9am and 4pm. 
 Weather permitting\, night ski also takes place from 6:30pm until 9pm.Note
 : to buy a ski pass\, please simply go to the ski slopes cash register ("k
 asa") and indicate the type of pass you would like to have (day pass\, sev
 en-day pass\, ...).Note: in the Hotel you can also rent a snowboard + boot
 s for ~7.50€/day\; a sledge costs ~ 2.50€/day.\n2. The hotel has been 
 named after Marshal Tito\, the picture of whom is in the reception hall.\n
 3. And just in case your were wondering: the hotel has informed us that th
 ere are no mines on the Bjelasnica mountain and that there have never been
  any. The mountain is actually very jaunty in the winter. Thus skiing off 
 track is possible but not recommended due to the danger of a close encount
 er with a tree.\n\nhttp://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=19507
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LOCATION:Bjelasnica Mountain\, Sarajevo
URL:http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=195077
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