The 2007 Swiss Workshop on Materials with Novel Electronic Properties is the seventh edition of a series of Swiss Workshops on Superconductivity and Novel Metals which were held since 1996. The meeting will bring together researchers working in Switzerland in the field of Materials with Novel Electronic Properties. The workshop is to act as a forum promoting research and applications in this area.

The program will be designed along the following themes :

Strongly interacting electrons, low dimensional and quantum fluctuation dominated systems
Superconductivity, unconventional mechanisms and novel materials
Crystal growth
Novel materials
Thin films and artificial materials
Applied superconductivity
Sensors and novel devices

Workshop format

The meeting will start on Friday September 28 at 11 AM and end on Sunday September 30 in the afternoon. The program will consist of tutorials, invited and contributed presentations, and posters. The contributed oral presentations will be selected on the basis of the submitted abstracts.

The posters will be an important part of the program. The poster sessions will be divided in two parts in order to favour contacts and informal discussions among participants. 1 minute oral poster presentations are planned.
A commercial exhibit will take place on Monday and Tuesday.

Participants

The workshop is open to all scientists, engineers and students working in Switzerland on the topics listed above. It shall provide in particular an opportunity to meet for those who are involved in the National Centre of Competence in Research "Materials with Novel Electronic Properties" (MaNEP).

Abstracts

A booklet of abstracts will be distributed to each participant before the conference. No proceedings will be published.
To submit your abstract, use this web site :

Some post deadline communications on recent and particularly relevant results will be accepted as long as they can be accommodated to the program.

Registration

The registration fee is CHF 500.- - It includes conference registration, hotel and full board for two days. Participants will be lodged in double or single rooms according to availability. PhD students in Swiss institutions have a reduced registration fee of CHF 250.-

The number of participants is limited.

The registration and abstract submission procedures will be open May 1st, 2007 at this web site :

Payment

1) For MaNEP members (you are a "MaNEP member" if your group leader is a member of the MaNEP Forum) please only register on the MaNEP website, an invoice will be sent to your group leader.

2) For non-MaNEP members, the registration fees must be paid by June 15, 2007 at:

Please make an individual payment and specify Fund S16517 SWM07 and add your name

The registration fee, if paid after June 15, 2007, amounts to CHF 550.- (300.- for PhD students).

Workshop location

The workshop will be held at the Congress-Center at Les Diablerets, VD. The participants will be lodged at the EUROTEL and in nearby hotels. The conference address is:

Les Diablerets can be reached conveniently by car or by train. If you come by car, take the highway to Aigle and then follow signs to Les Diablerets. If you come by train, change train in Aigle and take the mountain train Aigle – Sépey - Les Diablerets. The EUROTEL and the Congress-Center are about 10 minutes walk from the train station at Les Diablerets. On Monday morning September 26, a EUROTEL shuttle bus will be circulating between the train station and the EUROTEL.

Workshop contact

Special requests for information should be sent to:

Program Committee