PSD9: The 9th International Conference on Position Sensitive Detectors

from Monday 12 September 2011 (08:00) to Friday 16 September 2011 (14:00)


        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
12 Sept 2011
13 Sept 2011
14 Sept 2011
15 Sept 2011
16 Sept 2011
AM
08:00 --- Registration Opens ---
08:30 --- Coffee & Registration ---
09:15
Opening speeches and Welcome (until 09:40) (Lecture Theatre A12)
09:15 Welcome To Aberystwyth - Dr Dave Langstaff (Aberystwyth University)   (Lecture Theatre A12)
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09:25 A Brief History of PSD - Prof. Philip Patrick Allport (University of Liverpool (GB))   (Lecture Theatre A12)
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09:40
Positron Emission Tomography - Paul Sellin (University of Surrey) (until 10:50) ()
09:40 Development of a gamma-ray imager using a large area monolithic 4x4 MPPC array for a future PET scanner - Dr Takeshi Nakamori (Waseda University)   ()
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10:00 Position-sensitive Solid-state Photomultiplier Devices - Christopher Stapels (Radiation Monitoring Devices)   ()
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10:20 A modular positron camera for positron emission particle tracking in harsh environments - Dr Thomas Leadbeater (University of Birmingham)   ()
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Video - for slides
10:50 --- Coffee ---
11:10
Photon Detectors for Synchrotron Radiation and other applications -Dr Jon Lapington (University of Leicester) (until 12:50) ()
11:10 Position sensitive photon detectors for Nuclear Physics, Particle Physics and Healthcare Applications - Dr Bjoern Seitz (Glasgow University)   ()
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11:50 Improving the resolution in soft X-ray emission spectrometers through photon-counting using an Electron Multiplying CCD - Dr David Hall (The Open University)   ()
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12:10 EIGER a new single photon counting detector for X Ray applications: performance of the chip. - Dr Valeria Radicci (Paul Scherrer Institute)   ()
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12:30 Application of time-tagged photon imaging for trace gas measurement using cavity enhanced absorption spectroscopy - Dr Jonathan Hallam (Univeristy of Leicester)   ()
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08:30 --- Coffee & Registration ---
09:00
X-Ray and Gamma detectors - Paul Sellin (University of Surrey) (until 10:40) ()
09:00 The Silicon Strip Tracker of the Fermi Large Area Telescope - Dr Johan Bregeon (INFN sez. di Pisa)   ()
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09:20 Development of high temperature AlGaAs soft X-ray photon counting detectors - Dr John Lees (University of Leicester)   ()
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09:40 Planar Semiconductor Compton Imaging using Pulse Shape Analysis - Anthony Sweeney (University of Liverpool)   ()
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10:00 One dimensional detector for X-Ray diffraction with superior energy resolution based on silicon strip detector technology - Wladyslaw Dabrowski (AGH University of Science & Technology)   ()
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10:20 Pixellated CZT high-energy X-ray instrument - Mr Paul Seller (RAL)   ()
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10:40 --- Coffee ---
11:10
Detectors for Particle Physics -Prof. Philip Patrick Allport (University of Liverpool (GB)) (until 12:50) ()
11:10 LHC detectors overview with emphasis on ATLAS - Dr Beniamino Di Girolamo (CERN)   ()
Bonus material
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11:50 ATLAS Silicon Microstrip Tracker Operation and Performance - Dr Joleen Pater (Manchester Universirty)   ()
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12:10 Operational experience with the ATLAS Pixel Detector at the LHC. - Dr Carolina De Luca (SUNY)   ()
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12:30 Track based alignment of the ATLAS Inner Detector tracking system - Prof. Jochen Schieck (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)   ()
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08:30 --- Coffee & Registration ---
09:00
Poster Session (until 10:00) ()
09:00 A Combined Energy and Angular Dispersive X-ray Diffraction System Using a Novel Pixellated X-ray Detector for Material Identification. - Paul Seller (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)   ()
09:00 A wavelength-shifting-fibre-based scintillator neutron detector implemented with a median point calculating method - Dr Kentaro Toh (J-PARC center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency)   ()
09:00 Application of a high-speed CMOS image sensor for geometric calibration of cone-beam computed tomography system - Dr Changwoo Seo (Korea Electrotechnology Research Institue)   ()
09:00 Basis Pulse Shape Analysis using planar HPGe semiconductor detectors - Mr Jamie Dormand (University of Liverpool)   ()
Poster
09:00 Centroiding Methods for Split Events in a Charge Coupled Device used for Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering - Mr Matthew Soman (Open University)   ()
09:00 Characterisation of AGATA HPGe detectors for Pulse Shape Analysis. - Ms Samantha Colosimo (University of Liverpool)   ()
09:00 Characterization of new hybrid pixel module concepts for the ATLAS Insertable B-layer upgrade - Mr Malte Backhaus (Universität Bonn, Physikalisches Institut)   ()
Poster
09:00 DETECTORS FOR DISTANT DIAGNOSTICS OF NUCLEAR-ENERGETIC INSTALLATION - Prof. Anatoly Maltsev (JINR)   ()
09:00 Development of Beam Profile Monitor for Antiproton Annihilation Cross Section Measurements by the ASACUSA Collaboration - Mr Koichi Todoroki (University of Tokyo)   ()
09:00 Development of High Spatial Resolution Camera for Characterization of X-ray Optics - Dr Haris Kudrolli (Radiation Monitoring Devices)   ()
Poster
09:00 Development of X-ray/Gamma-ray Imaging Spectrometer with Reach-through APD Arrays - Dr Takeshi Nakamori (Waseda University)   ()
09:00 Electron Multiplying CCDs for future Soft X-ray Spectrometers - Mr James Tutt (The Open University)   ()
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09:00 Fast, low-noise, and low-power, electronics for the analog readout of non-linear DEPFET pixels - Carlo Fiorini (Politecnico di Milano and INFN sez MI, Italy)   ()
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09:00 Improved micro-pixel detector element for neutron measurement under high pressure - Dr Kentaro Toh (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)   ()
Poster
09:00 Improvement of energy thresholds for scintillation detectors using a monolithic 2x2 MPPC array with a coincidence technique - Mr Takamasa Miura (Waseda University)   ()
Poster
09:00 Inaccuracy of coordinate determined by several detectors’ signals - Prof. Victor Samedov (National Research Nuclear University (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute))   ()
Paper
09:00 Investigation of the secondary electron emission characteristics of alternative dynode materials for imaging photomultipliers - Dr Brad Cann (University of Leicester) Mr Virgil Taillandier (University of Leicester) Dr Lapington Jon (University of Leicester)   ()
09:00 Investigations with Gaseous Electron Multipliers for use on the ISIS spallation neutron source - Dr Dominic Duxbury (Science and Technnology Facilities Council, RAL)   ()
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09:00 Novel methods for identifying the cause of inherent ageing in Electron Multiplying Charge Coupled Devices - Mr Anthony Evagora (The Open University)   ()
09:00 Observation of Radiation Damage in the ATLAS Pixel Detector Using the High Voltage Delivery System - Dr Konstantin Toms (University of New Mexico)   ()
09:00 Operational voltage of silicon heavily irradiated strip detectors utilizing avalanche multiplication effect - Dr Elena Verbitskaya (Ioffe Physical Technical Inst. RAS)   ()
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09:00 Performance Comparison of CMOS-based Photodiodes for High Resolution and High Sensitivity Digital Mammography - Mr Hyunjun Yoo (KAIST) Mr Minsik Cho (KAIST) Mr Jun Hyung Bae (KAIST) Mr Bo Kyung Cha (KERI) Mr Dae Hee Lee (KAIST) Mr Dong-uk Kang (KAIST)   ()
Poster
09:00 Picosecond imaging using a capacitive charge division readout - Mr Thomas Conneely (University of Leicester and Photek LTD)   ()
Poster
09:00 Planar slim edge ATLAS pixel sensors for the IBL and high-lumi-LHC upgrades - Mr Tobias Wittig (TU Dortmund)   ()
09:00 Position sensitive detectors with SiPM readout for measuring antiproton annihilations - Ms Anna Soter (Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Germany)   ()
09:00 Radiation hardness studies of n+-in-n planar pixel sensors irradiated to 5E15 n_eq cm^-2 and beyond for HLLHC - Mr André Rummler (TU Dortmund)   ()
09:00 Silicon Sensor Developments for the CMS Tracker Upgrade - Dr Alexander Dierlamm (Inst. fuer Experimentelle Kernphysik, KIT)   ()
09:00 Simulating the effect of interface recombination velocity and fixed oxide charge on the responsivity of arsenic and phosphorus doped n+p PSDs - Xerviar Omeime Esebamen (Mid Sweden University)   ()
09:00 Simulation program for multiwire-type two-dimensional neutron detector with individual readout - Dr Hideshi Yamagishi (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)   ()
Poster
09:00 Snapshot Electron Spectroscopy using a Linear Array - Ms Rachel Cross (University of Wales, Aberystwyth)   ()
Poster
09:00 Spatial and temporal beam profile monitor with nanosecond resolution for CERN’s Linac4 - Dr Masaki Hori (Max-Planck Institute for Quantum Optics)   ()
09:00 Study and Optimization of Positioning Algorithms for Monolithic PET Detector Blocks - Ms Paz García de Acilu (CIEMAT)   ()
Poster
09:00 Synthesis and scintillation characterization of nanocrystalline Lu2O3(Eu) powder for high-resolution X-ray imaging detectors - Bo Kyung Cha (KERI)   ()
09:00 Zero Ion Backflow detector operating in pure xenon - Dr Fernando Amaro (GIAN, Physics Dept., Coimbra University, Portugal)   ()
10:00 --- Transfer to Old College ---
10:30 --- Coffee ---
10:50
Detectors for Particle Physics -Prof. Peter Hobson (Brunel University) (until 12:50) (Old College)
10:50 Performance of the LHCb Vertex Locator - Marius Bjornstad (University of Manchester)   (Old College)
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11:10 Performance of the present ALICE Inner Tracking System and studies for the upgrade - Giacomo Contin (Dipartimento di Fisica-Universita degli Studi di Trieste / INFN Sezione di Trieste)   (Old College)
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11:30 The Belle II DEPFET vertex detector: current status and future plans - Carlos Marinas Pardo (University of Bonn)   (Old College)
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11:50 Results from the NA62 Gigatracker prototype: a lowmass and sub-ns time resolution silicon pixel detector - Dr Elena Martin (Catholic University of Louvain)   (Old College)
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12:10 Performance of the Resistive Plate Chambers in the CMS experiment - Filip THYSSEN (Universiteit Gent)   (Old College)
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12:30 Developement of a novel 2D position-sensitive microstrip detector concept. - Ms Daniela Bassignana (IMB-CNM CSIC)   (Old College)
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08:30 --- Coffee & Registration ---
08:50
Applications in Medicine, Life Sciences and Biology - Philip Evans (Institute of Cancer Research) (until 10:50) ()
08:50 Recent Developments in Molecular Imaging - Prof. Dewi Lewis (CERN)   ()
09:30 The application of Large Area Active Pixel Sensor to high resolution Nuclear Medicine imaging - Prof. Robert Ott (Institute of Cancer Research)   ()
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09:50 DynAMITe: A Wafer Scale Sensor for Biomedical Applications - Michela Esposito (Centre for Vision, Speech and Signal Processing, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH,U.K.)   ()
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10:10 Development of a camera for imaging of prompt gamma rays in measurements of proton beam range - Carlo Fiorini (Politecnico di Milano and INFN sezione di milano,Italy)   ()
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10:30 Performance of a high throughput multichannel detector for life science applications - Dr Jon Lapington (University of Leicester)   ()
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10:50 --- Coffee ---
11:10
Detectors for high radiation environments -Dr Jon Lapington (University of Leicester) (until 12:50) ()
11:10 Silicon Strip Detectors for the ATLAS sLHC Upgrade - Paul Dervan (Department of Physics-Oliver Lodge Laboratory-University of Liv)   ()
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11:30 Signal propagation and spark mitigation in resistive strips read-outs - Dr Javier Galan (CEA Saclay)   ()
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11:50 Recent Progress of the ATLAS Upgrade Planar Pixel Sensor R&D Project - Tobias Wittig (Technische Universitaet Dortmund (DE))   ()
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12:10 Characterisation of microstrip and pixel silicon detectors before and after hadron irradiation - Prof. Phil Allport (University of Liverpool)   ()
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12:30 Performance of the CMS Pixel detector for the Phase I upgrade at HL-LHC - Jan Olzem (DESY Hamburg)   ()
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08:30 --- Coffee & Registration ---
08:50
Detectors for Astrophysics -Prof. Philip Patrick Allport (University of Liverpool (GB)) (until 10:40) ()
08:50 The AMS-02 spectrometer: first data and detector performance - Dr Giovanni Ambrosi (INFN (Perugia))   ()
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09:30 Assessment of proton radiation-induced charge transfer inefficiency in the CCD204 detector for the Euclid dark energy mission - Dr Jason Gow (The Open University)   ()
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09:50 Modelling Charge Packet Storage within Euclid CCD Structures. - Mr Andrew Clarke (e2v centre for electronic imaging)   ()
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10:10 Performance results from the ZEPLIN-III second science run - Dr Pawel Majewski (STFC/Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)   ()
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10:40 --- Coffee ---
11:00
Detectors for Particle Physics -Prof. Philip Patrick Allport (University of Liverpool (GB)) (until 11:40) ()
11:00 Silicon detector in the ALPHA –experiment for antihydrogen detection - Petteri Pusa (University of Liverpool)   ()
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11:40
Summary and Closing Remarks (until 12:00) ()
PM
12:50 --- Lunch - Sponsored by the Sensors and Instrumentation Knowledge Centre (SIKC) within the ESP KTN and the Welsh Opto-electronics Forum ---
13:50
Knowledge Transfer and Commercial Opportunities for PSDs - Carlos Huggins (NPL) (until 15:50) ()
13:50 Opportunities for the community towards a Sensors - Technology Innovation Centre (TIC) - Carlos Huggins (Systems Technology Innovation Centre)   ()
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14:10 The development of x-ray imaging for aiport security, defence and medical markets - Dr John McGrath (Kromek)   ()
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14:50 KE towards High k dielectrics, CMOS and solar cells - Dr Simon Rushworth (NMRC)   ()
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15:30 Detection of explosive materials with Gamma Resonant Nuclear Absorption and Argon-Nitrogen TPC - Dr Igor Kreslo (LHEP, Uni-Bern)   ()
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15:50 --- Coffee ---
16:30
Knowledge Transfer and Commercial Opportunities for PSDs - Carlos Huggins (until 17:30) ()
16:30 Tracking of moving fiducial markers during radiotherapy using a CMOS active pixel sensor. - Dr John Osmond (The Institute of Cancer Research & The Royal Marsden NHS Trust)   ()
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16:50 A High Purity Germanium detector for Compton imaging in nuclear medicine - Dr Laura Harkness (Department of Physics, University of Liverpool)   ()
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17:10 High resolution SFOV gamma camera systems - John Lees (University of Leicester)   ()
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19:00 --- Welcome by VC & Reception ---
12:50 --- Lunch ---
13:50
Europlanet Workshop on Detectors for Astronomy and Planetary Science -Prof. Manuel Grande (Aberystwyth University) (until 15:55) ()
13:50 Introduction to Europlanet Workshop - Prof. Manuel Grande (Aberystwyth University)   ()
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14:05 Life Marker Chip and its Detection Technologies - Prof. Mark Sims (Leicester University)   ()
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14:45 The use of swept-charge devices in planetary analogue X-ray fluorescence studies - Mr Thomas Walker (Brunel University)   ()
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15:05 A Radiation-Hard Silicon Drift Detector Array for Extraterrestrial Element Mapping - Brian Ramsey (NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center)   ()
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15:25 Development of the Balloon-Borne sub-MeV Gamma-ray Compton Camera Using an Electron-Tracking Gaseous TPC and a Scintillation Camera - Dr Tetsuya Mizumoto (Kyoto University)   ()
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15:55 --- Coffee ---
16:20
Europlanet Workshop on Detectors for Astronomy and Planetary Science -Prof. Manuel Grande (Aberystwyth University) (until 18:00) ()
16:20 Silicon Detectors in Space - Dr Colin Wilburn (Micron Semiconductor)   ()
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17:00 Using a CCD for the direct detection of electrons in a low energy space plasma spectrometer - Mr Robert Bedington (UCL - MSSL)   ()
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17:20 Europlanet Workshop Summary and Discussion - Prof. Manuel Grande (Aberystwyth University)   ()
18:30 --- BBQ and Beer tasting ---
12:50 --- Lunch ---
13:50
Advances in Pixel Detectors -Dr Dave Langstaff (Aberystwyth University) (until 15:50) (Old College)
13:50 Imaging Based on Tracking of Individual Particles with the Timepix Pixel Detector - Jan Jakubek (Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, Czech Technical University in Prague)   (Old College)
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14:30 Planar Fourier Capture Arrays: Tiny Optical Sensors Built Entirely in Unmodified CMOS - Dr Patrick Gill (Cornell University)   (Old College)
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15:10 PImMS, a fast event-triggered pixel detector with storage of multiple timestamps - Mr Jaya John John (Department of Physics, University of Oxford)   (Old College)
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15:30 SLID-ICV Vertical Integration Technology with Thin Pixel Sensors for the ATLAS Pixel Upgrades - Philipp Weigell (MPI für Physik)   (Old College)
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15:50 --- Coffee ---
16:10
Detectors for FELs and other light sources - Philip Evans (Institute of Cancer Research) (until 18:10) (Old College)
16:10 The Detector Development Program for the European X-ray Free Electron Laser - Dr Markus Kuster   (Old College)
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16:50 Optimization of Silicon Pixel Sensors for the high X-ray Doses of the European XFEL - Joern Schwandt (Institute for Experimental Physics, Hamburg University, Germany)   (Old College)
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17:10 Investigation of pixel detector designs for X-ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy by computer simulations - Dr Julian Becker (DESY)   (Old College)
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17:30 AGIPD, the Adaptive Gain Integrating Pixel Detector: A 4.5 MHz camera for the European XFEL - Dr Julian Becker (DESY)   (Old College)
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17:50 Active Pixel Sensors for direct detection of Soft X-rays - Dr Andrew Blue (University of Glasgow)   (Old College)
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12:50 --- Lunch ---
13:50
Nuclear Physics -Dr Andrew Boston (Liverpool University) (until 15:50) ()
13:50 Position Sensitive Detectors for Nuclear Structure Physics and their Applications - Dr Helen Boston (Liverpool University)   ()
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14:30 Spectra distortion by the interstrip gap in spectrometric silicon strip detectors - Dr Vladimir Eremin (Ioffe Physical Technical Institute RAS)   ()
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14:50 AGATA Detector Characterisation using the Liverpool Scanning Table - Dr Steven Moon (University of Liverpool)   ()
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15:10 Methodology development for analysis of in-beam AGATA data - Ms Fay Filmer (University of Liverpool)   ()
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15:30 Preliminary Compton imaging results of the AGATA A006 detector - Mr Mike Slee (University of Liverpool)   ()
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15:50 --- Coffee ---
16:10
Advances in Pixel Detectors -Prof. Philip Patrick Allport (University of Liverpool (GB)) (until 17:10) ()
16:10 Application of a HEPE-oriented 4096-MAPS to time analysis of single electron distributoin in a two-slits interference experiment - Dr Alessandro Gabrielli (Department of Physics, University of Bologna and INFN)   ()
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16:30 Imaging and spectroscopic performance studies of pixellated CdTe Timepix detector with synchrotron radiation - Dr Dima Maneuski (University of Glasgow)   ()
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16:50 Irradiation and beam tests qualification for ATLAS IBL Pixel Modules - Dr Jens Weingarten (Goettingen University)   ()
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17:10
Advances in Gas Based Detectors -Prof. Philip Patrick Allport (University of Liverpool (GB)) (until 17:50) ()
17:10 Development of spark-protected micropattern gaseous detectors with resistive electrodes - Prof. Vladimir Peskov (CERN and UNAM, Mexico)   ()
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17:30 The ARGONTUBE, a R&D liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber - Dr Christoph Rudolf Von Rohr (LHEP)   ()
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19:30
Conference Dinner (until 23:00) ()
12:00 --- Lunch ---