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FW: invitation to be a section (co-)chair of NGCM-04 conference n ext Septy




Best Regards, 
Anatoli

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Dr. Anatoli Korkin
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Subject: RE: invitation to be a section (co-)chair of NGCM-04 conference
n ext Septy


JIM. 

Anatoli

just a few questions:

all topics related to modeling & simulation or is there some upper
time limit (i.e. to the end of the ITRS roadmap)? 

BY DEFINITION, IF THE SPEAKER WILL PRESENT A PAPER ON MODELING &
SIMULATION OF WHAT IS THE TOPICS OF THE CONFERENCE, IT SHOULD FIT.

It probally would
be interesting to get at least one guru on molecular electronics etc.
What is your suggested mix ?

WE WILL ALSO HAVE MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS SECTION AND BIOELECTRONICS
SECTION. THE SESSIONS AT THE MEETING WILL BE REFLECTING THE RESULTING
WORK OF THE CHAIRMEN. THE STRONGER SECTIONS WILL HAVE SEPARATE
SESSIONS (WE HAD EVEN TWO FOR FUTURE FETS IN THE NGCM2002), WHILE
THOSE WHO WILL HAVE LESSER NUMBER WILL BE COMBINED TOGETHER. THE
SPEAKERS WHO GIVE A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE FIELD WILL BE GIVING 
TALKS EITHER AT THE SUMMER SCHOOL OR AT THE SYMPOSIUM PLENARY 
SESSIONS DEPENDING ON THE BALANCE OF THE TUTORIAL AND ORIGINAL
RESEARCH RESULTS IN THE TALK.

AS A SECTION CHAIR YOU ARE ALSO ENTITLED TO HELP IN SHAPING UP
THE CONFERENCE subTOPICS AS MUCH AS THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PROGRAM
COMMITTEE. THAT IS THE MAIN REASON TO HAVE THE SECTIONS AND 
PROFESSIONALS WHO LEAD THEM. BY PROFESSIONAL, I MEAN NOT TO KNOW
EVERYTHING IN THE FIELD, BUT FIND THE WAY TO COMPLETE THE WORK
PROFESSIONALLY. FOR THE LEADER IT MEANS TO MAKE A PROFESSIONAL
TEAM. SORRY, FOR THIS "CHEAP" (?) PHILOSOPHY :-)
WE WILL HAVE DIFFERENT SECTIONS AND THEY ALL WILL HAVE SOME
OVERLAPS IN THE TOPICS. YOU CAN NOT MODEL JUST SOMETHING, IT IS
ALWAYS SOMETHING SPECIFIC AND THE GUY WHO IS DOING GATE STACK
MODELING MAY WELL BE INVITED BY A GATE STACK SECTION CHAIR.
EVERY MEMBER OF THE PROGRAM COMMITTEE IS WELCOME TO INVITE 
SPEAKERS FROM OTHER AREAS TOO AS LONG AS THOSE ARE GOOD SPEAKERS
AND GOOD SCIENTISTS. OBVIOUSLY IT SHOULD BE SOME COLLABORATION
BETWEEN THE SECTION CHAIRMEN AND THE PROGRAM COMMITTEE
CO-CHAIRMEN TO AVOID THE SITUATION THAT WE HAVE 10 SPEAKERS IN ONE
FIELD AND NO ONE IN THE OTHER. WE WILL ALSO HAVE THE
TIME AND RESOURCES LIMITS. AT THE BEGINNING THE COLLABORATION
IS VERY LOOSE. UNTIL WE REACH THE NUMBER 20, I WILL BE LOOSELY
CHECKING THE SUGGESTED SPEAKERS TO FIT CONFERENCE TOPICS, GOOD
SUBTOPICS AND GEOGRAPHICAL DIVERSITY, AND THAT TWO SPEAKERS
WOULD NOT COME WITH (ALMOST) THE SAME TITLE. NEW SPEAKERS ARE
PREFERABLE AT THE BEGINNING, BUT IF ALL OUR PREVIOUS SPEAKERS
WANT TO COME AGAIN, THEY ARE MORE THAN WELCOME. IF THEY COME
WITH A NEW TALK, THEY MAY WELL BE INVITED SPEAKERS AGAIN, 
AND IF WE NEED TO EXPEND THE SIZE OF THE CONFERENCE, WE
CAN POTENTIALLY DO IT, ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT A GOAL. ONLY IF 
MY MOTOROLA SUPERVISORS WILL DEFINE IT AS A TASK, WE CAN INCREASE
THE SIZE OF OUR MEETING TO THE E-MRS MEETING IN STRASBOURG,
OTHERWISE I WOULD PREFER TO REMAIN WITHIN 500 PARTICIPANTS AS
A LIMIT. 
  

I know this depends on how much funding is eventually attracted-
but how invited speakers are you looking for now?

ABOUT 10% OF THE TOTAL NUMBER, SIMILAR TO OUR FIRST MEETING,
WHICH WAS SUCCESSFUL. CONSIDERING THE TARGET NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS
500, THE LIMIT FOR THE NUMBER OF INVITED SPEAKERS SHOULD BE
ABOUT 50. AT THIS MOMENT, WE NEED ABOUT 10-12 FOR BOTH THE 
SUMMER SCHOOL AND SYMPOSIUM FOR OUR FIRST MEETING "MARKETING"
EFFORT IN ORDER TO APPLY FOR THE SPONSORSHIP. TO INVITE OTHERS
WE HAVE ALMOST A YEAR AHEAD.

THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING WE WILL COLLECT DEPENDS ON THE QUALITY OF
THE CONFERENCE TEAM AND INVITED SPEAKERS. THIS IS A "CHICKEN AND
EGG" PROBLEM WHICH WE RESOLVED SUCCESSFULLY WITH OUR FIRST
MEETING, AND ITS SUCCESS IS ALSO OUR ASSET. I DO NOT SEE THE
REASON WHILE WE SHOULD FAIL THIS TIME, UNLESS WE WILL BECOME
SPOILED, LAZY AND ARROGANT, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY HAPPEN (SOONER
OR LATER) TO THE PEOPLE, COMPANIES AND EVEN COUNTRIES, WHEN THEY 
HAVE TOO MUCH POWER AND/OR VIEW THEMSELVES AS UNBEATABLE PERFECT NESS.
I GUESS, WE DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THIS YET FOR OUR JOINT
WORK ORGANIZING THIS MEETING, AND WE HAVE A GREAT INTERNATIONAL
TEAM OF ORGANIZERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, FROM USA, EUROPE,
JAPAN, RUSSIA (INCLUDING A CLOSED NUCLEAR CITY :-)

CHEERS,

ANATOLI