THREE DAYS OF STRONG INTERACTIONS AND ASTROPHYSICS SPA, Belgium, March 6-8, 2008 Interactions fondamentales en physique et astrophysique, Universite de Liege VENUE: Sol Cress conference center, SPA, Belgium http://www.solcress.be Organizing Committee: J. Cugnon J.P. Lansberg F. Maltoni N. Matagne DEADLINES: Registration (conf@qcd.theo.phys.ulg.ac.be) We would appreciate your registration (with a tentative title or your communication) by the December 15, 2007 to help the organisation. Please notice that we have to book your room at Sol Cress before December 15, 2007. Abstracts (max. 10 lines): December 15, 2007 Proceedings: May 31, 2008 (deadline to send contributions) WORKSHOP WEB SITE: http://www.theo.phys.ulg.ac.be/~conf TENTATIVE SCHEDULE: Thursday 6 13:00-14:00: Welcome 14:00-18:30: Sessions Friday 7 8:30-12:30: Sessions 14:00-19:00: Sessions 20:00: Conference dinner Saturday 8 8:30-13:00: Sessions 14:00: Thermal baths (http://www.thermesdespa.com) SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM: The Workshop will cover activities of our laboratories. Here is a tentative list: 1) QCD at high temperature and density 2) Quark matter in compact stars 3) Quarkonium physics 4) Diffractive and exclusive hadronic processes 5) Selected topics in astroparticles 6) Recent advances in QCD GENERAL INFORMATION: The fee will be about 275 Euros for participants to the workshop and 225 Euros for companions (final prices will depend on external funding). This includes accomodation for 2 nights and all meals including the conference diner. The payment must be done by cash or credit card in Euro upon arrival. The proceedings of the Workshop will be published in the AIP conference proceedings and a copy of them will be sent to all the participants. ACCOMMODATION: The site of the workshop will be the conference center SOL CRESS in Spa, a town in the Ardenne forest, 30 km from Liege, renowned since antiquity for its mineral springs and healing waters. Nowadays, the town is still known for its mineral water, and for its hydrotherapy center. It is also famous for its formula-1 grand prix (Spa-Francorchamps). All reservations are to be made through the workshop e-mail: conf@qcd.theo.phys.ulg.ac.be The deadline for reservations is December 15, 2007. Later reservations will be accepted subject to room availability. ADDRESS FOR ORDINARY MAIL: J. CUGNON Interactions fondamentales en physique et astrophysique Institut de Physique, Bat B5a Universite de Liege Sart Tilman B-4000 Liege Belgium Phone: +32-4-3663601 Fax : +32-4-3663672 HOW TO REACH SPA: BY TRAIN: Spa is 48 minutes from Liege Guillemins, and there is a train every hour 8 minutes. You have to go to Pepinster (25 minutes) or Verviers, then change train to Spa. In Spa, you can take a taxi at the station to Sol Cress for 3 to 4 Euros. *From Wroclaw, there is a night train from Rzepin arriving in the early morning at Koln. *From Paris, there are frequent direct Thalys connections from Paris-Nord (2h20). *From Heidelberg, either you take the direct Frankfurt-Liege ICE in the morning (2h40), either direct ICE from Heidelberg to Koln, either you take another combination via Aachen (from where you may avoid to pass by Liege) BY CAR : From Aachen, E40, Belgian border: Carry on the E40 in the direction of E40 "Luttich-Liege Verviers" pass Eupen Follow the sign "Battice Verviers Treves/Trier Spa" (towards the left) Carry on the E42 in the direction of E42 "Spa Treves/Trier Verviers" pass Verviers (then see below) From Paris, E19, Belgian border: Carry on the E19 in the direction of E19 "Bruxelles Liege Mons" Follow the sign E42 "Charleroi La Louviere Liege" and rejoin the E42 pass La Louviere, Charleroi, Namur, Andenne, In the vicinity of Liege follow the sign E40 "Aachen Prum Verviers Saint-Vith" and rejoin the E40 pass Liege After Herve Follow the sign E42 “"attice Treves/Trier Verviers Spa"(towards the right) and rejoin the E42 pass Verviers (then see below) From Brussels: Take the E40 direction "Liege-Luik" pass Leuven, Tienen, Waremme, Ans, In then vicinity of Liege follow the sign E40 "achen Prum Verviers Saint-Vith" pass Liege After Herve Follow the sign E42 "Battice Treves/Trier Verviers Spa" (towards the right) and rejoin the E42 pass Verviers (then see below) > From Verviers: Take exit 8 towards Spa In Tiege, go through a roundabout and carry on the N629 (Balmoral) Leave the main road to the right (you actually go straight) pass Hotel Balmoral (Av. Leopold 2) After 1.5 km, take a right towards Sol Cress - follow the signs to Sol Cress BY COACH : The Eurolines coach company has a terminal close to the main train station in Liege, from which you can easily take a train to Spa. In order to facilitate the organisation, participants are kindly requested to indicate date and time of their arrival, as well as the means of transportation, as soon as they have decided. Depending upon the number of people interested, we could organize transportation from Liege (or Verviers).