Arrangements for the meeting of the ITPA Topical Group on Steady-State Operation to be held at General Atomics,
San Diego, California from October 31–November 3, 2005.

The meeting will take place at General Atomics in San Diego, California USA from
Monday, October 31, 2005 to Thursday, November 3, 2005.

Note that ITPA meetings are organized under the auspices of the ITPA Coordinating Committee and participation is restricted to scientists from the fusion communities affiliated with the ITPA Agreement (China, European Union, Japan, Korea, Russian Federation and United States of America). Participants in the ITPA meetings must therefore be nominated by the fusion programme administration of one of the members. Information on the ITPA can be found here.

Participant Requirements

Participants to the various ITPA Meetings must make sure that they perform the following actions (in chronological order).

1. For those participants that need U.S. entry Visas, submit U.S. Visa application immediately to the U.S. Embassy or Consulate in your country. Note that due to recent changes in the visa application procedures, the process time for Visa application has increased significantly (further details on visa application requirements can be obtained from the following website: http://www.UnitedStatesVisas.gov). Please contact your Topical Group (TG) leader (George Sips) and local organizing person (Tim Luce) for invitation letters.
   Citizens of certain countries (visa waiver countries) do NOT need U.S. visas for entry.
   These countries are: Andorra Iceland Norway Australia Ireland Portugal Austria Italy San Marino Belgium Japan Singapore Brunei Liechtenstein Slovenia Denmark Luxembourg Spain Finland Monaco Sweden France the Netherlands Switzerland Germany New Zealand United Kingdom (also, Canadian citizens do no need visas).
   For verification on visa waiver countries see the following site: http://travel.state.gov/vwp.html. Citizens of these countries must make sure that they have machine readable passports (see the same site for more details).
2. Complete and submit the non-U.S. Citizen form (Closed) by September 20, 2005. Note that submissions after this date can be accepted, but there is no guarantee that approval for entry to GA will be completed before the meeting.
3. Make reservations at hotel of your choice.
4. Complete and submit the registration form (Closed) by September 20, 2005.
5. Complete and submit the cyber access form (Closed) by September 20, 2005. The completed form should be printed out, signed and faxed to Kristi Keith at General Atomics.
6. Contact George Sips to submit title of presentation, if any. See agenda for updates. Presentations can be uploaded here.
7. Arrive at the GA visitor reception center by 8:00 A.M. of the first morning of your ITPA meeting to pickup badge. (see map of GA)
   
   Note: It is extremely important that all forms be filled out by the deadline dates.

Contact Information For general questions on meetings (e.g. transport, accommodation, registration, non U.S. citizen form, etc.) Lupe Cerda Phone: 858.455.4155 Fax: 858.455.4156 Email: cerdafusion.gat.com

For ITPA Topical Group on Steady-State Operation Tim Luce Phone: 858.455.3933 Fax: 858.455.2496 Email: lucefusion.gat.com

George Sips Phone: 49 89 3299 1253 Fax: 49 89 3299 1313 Email: ccsipp.mpg.de