The Second Annual Meeting of the Very Large Hadron Collider (VLHC) will be held from Monday, October 16 through noon Wednesday, October 18, 2000. It will take place at Danfords in Port Jefferson, NY, about 30 minutes from Brookhaven National Laboratory. 

The meeting will feature reports of the U.S. effort towards a post-LHC hadron collider. The program includes an overview of physics in the 100 TeV c.m. regime, reports on superconductor and magnet R&D, as well as studies of accelerators and accelerator systems. The agenda will also include a roundtable discussion of plans for future activities. 

The meeting is open to those in the research community and in industry. The full program of the meeting and registration information are available on these web pages.

Due to the size of the meeting room attendance will be limited to approximately 75 people.

MEETING DATES AND TIMES. The meeting will begin at 8:45 AM Monday, October 16 and end at 12:30 PM on Wednesday, October 18, 2000. There will be a short reception on Monday evening and a Conference Dinner on Tuesday evening. On site registration will take place on Sunday evening from 5:00 - 8:00 at Danfords and at the meeting.

LOCATION AND ACCOMMODATIONS. The meeting will be at Danfords On The Sound, 25 E. Broadway, Port Jefferson, NY 11777. A block of hotel rooms has been reserved at a reduced rate. The rooms will be held until September 16. Reservations must be made DIRECTLY with Danfords (phone 631-928-5200). Danfords requires a deposit of one night's rate or a credit card number to hold a room. Ask for the Brookhaven National Lab rate, which is the US Government rate.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DEADLINE FOR HOTEL RESERVATIONS IS SEPTEMBER 16.

Danfords is located on the harbor in Port Jefferson. The lobby and bar are filled with antiques; the guestrooms are modern. Port Jefferson, at one time a major port for sailing ships, is now a tourist-oriented village, with pleasant walks and interesting restaurants, including Danfords. Danfords is about 2 km from the nearest station of the Long Island Railroad, which offers service to mid-town Manhattan, about 100 km away. The wine-producing region of Long Island, to the east of Port Jefferson, is accessible by car. Brookhaven Lab is about 15 km from Port Jefferson. The average maximum temperature in mid-October is 64F/18C and the average minimum is 40F/4C.

Directions to Danfords: Take the Long Island Expressway (Route I-495) to Exit 64. Take the exit to Route 112 North. Follow Route 112 for 8.5 miles (crossing Routes 25, 83 and 347 in turn). Route 112 ends where it joins Route 25A. Continue straight ahead from the end of Route 112 onto Route 25A. Follow Route 25A about 2 miles across train tracks and down a steep hill into the village of Port Jefferson. At the harbor, Route 25a turns left, but you will turn right and see Danfords immediately on your left. (There is space for parking at Danfords; avoid parking lots marked "Port Jefferson residents only.") Alternatively, one can take the Long Island Railroad from Manhattan to Port Jefferson Station, followed by a short cab ride. There is also a ferry from Bridgeport, CT.

Meeting Secretary:

Ms. Diana Votruba, Building 902, Brookhaven National Laboratory, PO Box 5000, Upton NY 11973-5000 USA. Phone 631-344-5123, fax 631-344-2190, email votruba@bnl.gov
 

Dr. Peter Wanderer, Building 902, Brookhaven National Laboratory, PO Box 5000, Upton, NY 11973-5000 USA. Telephone 631-344-7687, fax 631-344-2190, email wanderer@bnl.gov.