Computing in High Energy Physics 2000 (Chep 2000) is a major series of international conferences for physicists and computing professionals from the High Energy and Nuclear Physics community, Computer Science, and Information Technology.

The CHEP conference provides an international forum to exchange information on computing experience and needs for the community, and to review recent, ongoing, and future activities.

The CHEP conference includes plenary and parallel sessions, a panel discussion, poster presentations and an industrial exhibition.

Key topics include

Commodity Hardware & Software
Control Systems
Data Analysis & Visualization
Data Handling and Storage
HEP Specific Architectures
Information System and Multimedia
Local & Wide Area Networking
Software Methodologies and Tools
Triggering & Data Acquisition

The CHEP 2000 conference is organized in collaboration with "Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare" (INFN) and the Physics Department of the Padova University. It will be held in the downtown of Padova in Italy from February 7 to February 11, 2000. Further bulletins will inform you about the CHEP conference's background, organizers, topics, program and provide preliminary registration information.

History

CHEP conferences are held in roughly 18 month intervals, alternating between Europe, North America and other parts of the world. Recent CHEP conferences have been held in

Europe - Oxford, England (1989)
N America - Santa Fe, New Mexico (1990)
Asia - Tsukuba, Japan (1991)
Europe - Annecy, France (1992)
N America - San Francisco, California (1994)
S America - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1995)
Europe - Berlin, Germany, (1997)
N America - Chicago, Illinois (1998)

CHEP 2000 Committees

Chairman: Mirco Mazzucato

International Advisory Committee		Organizing Committee
Kors Bos	NIKHEF Amsterdam	Mirco Mazzucato	INFN Padova
He Sheng Chen	IHEP Beijing	Luciano Barone	Roma Univ.
Yu Chuansong	IHEP Beijing	Paolo Capiluppi	Bologna Univ.
Manuel Delfino	CERN Geneva	Sergio Cittolin	CERN
Mickael Ernst	DESY Hamburg	Dario Menasce	INFN Milano
Francois Etienne	IN2P3 Marseille	Michele Michelotto	INFN Padova
Ulrich Gensch	DESY Hamburg	Alessandro Pascolini	Padova Univ.
Antonia Ghiselli	INFN CNAF-Bologna	Marina Passaseo	INFN Padova
Lars Hagge	DESY Hamburg	Laura Perini	Milano Univ.
John Harvey	CERN Geneva	Gabriele Puglierin	INFN Padova
Bob Jacobsen	LBNL Berkeley	Federico Ruggieri	INFN CNAF
Paul Jeffreys	RAL Oxford	Angelo Scribano	Siena Univ.
Dean Karlen	Carlton U. Ottawa	Massimo Sgaravatto	INFN Padova
Matthias Kasemann	FNAL Chicago	Roberto Stroili	Padova Univ.
Stu Loken	LBNL Berkeley	Enzo Valente	INFN Roma
Livio Mapelli	CERN Geneva	Cesare Voci	Padova Univ.
Wyatt Merritt	FNAL Chicago
Richard Mount	SLAC Menlo Park	Local Organization
Thomas Nash	FNAL Batavia
Harvey Newman	Caltech	Giuseppina Salente	INFN Padova
Martti Pimia	CERN Geneva	Graziella Rossetto	INFN Padova
Lawrence E. Price	ANL	Roberto Zanardi	INFN Padova
Les Robertson	CERN Geneva
Wolfgang von Rueden	CERN Geneva
Terry Schalk	U.C. Santa Cruz
Marjorie Shapiro	LBNL Berkeley
Yoshiyuki Watase	KEK Tsukuba
Torre Wenaus	BNL RHIC
Vicky White	FNAL Chicago
Roy Whitney	JLAB Newport News
David Williams	CERN Geneva

Conference Location

Padova is one of the largest city in the Italy North-East. The city is located 30 km west of Venice and is known for its dynamic economy, artistic buildings and a famous University.

The Universita' degli Studi di Padova is the second oldest University in Italy and its traditional name is "il Bo", i.e. "the Ox". The University of Padova is one of the most ancient in Europe. Juridical, theological, philosophical and medical studies were fostered in the mediaeval town before the ground was prepared for the official birth of a permanent university, which took place on September 29, 1222

Conference Registration

Conference registration forms will be available on the Chep 2000 Web-Server and will be distributed by email together with further information bulletins. It will be possible to register using the Web form interactively or by sending back the completed text form via fax. For further information please send a mail to chep2000@pd.infn.it.