Social Program

Welcome Reception:

The welcome reception will take place from 17:00 to 19:00 on Sunday 13th of May 2017 at the Stefan Meyer Institute (Boltzmanngasse 3, 1090 Wien). There will be drinks and finger food.
Note that this location is different from the venue!
(Downlaod directions from the Airport to the Venue and to SMI)

 

Poster Session(s):

There will be two poster sessions on the evenings of Monday (14th of May) and Tuesday (15th of May). Drinks and snacks will be available during those events.
Craft beer selection: Monday & Tuesday
We hope to receive many poster contributions and are also organizing a print service for a cost of 25 EUR per poster (A0 portrait). The best posters will receive awards sponsored by Gordon Drake, who is sending the following message to the PSAS participants:

The precision physics of simple atomic systems provides a unique opportunity to test our fundamental understanding of nature and to search for evidence of new physics beyond the standard model. Although the community is not large, it attracts some of the most talented people on both the experimental and theoretical sides. The field provides a prime example of theory and experiment progressing hand-in-hand.

I have been an active member of that community for over 50 years, and have many fond memories. I am particularly proud to see the successes of the students and collaborators who have worked with me. I regret that I am unable to attend PSAS 2018 in person, but in my absence, I would like to sponsor two prizes for the best student posters.

A special thanks to Savely Karshenboim, Eberhard Widmann and the Local Organizing Committee for their work in carrying on the PSAS tradition. Best wishes for a successful conference.

Gordon Drake
Department of Physics, University of Windsor
Windsor, Ontario, Canada

 

Excursion & Conference Dinner:

We will visit the Monastery of Klosterneuburg (Stift Klosterneuburg) located at the outskirts of Vienna on afternoon of Wednesday the 16th of May. A guided tour finishing with a wine tasting and the conference dinner in the Restaurant Stiftskeller of the Monastry are all inculded in the additonal fee of 20EUR, which should be paid together with the conference fee.

 

The Monastery of Klosterneuburg is a religious and cultural center as well as Austria‘s oldest winery. About 50 Augustinian monks are living and working here on Vienna’s doorstep. The Monastery was founded in 1114 by the Earl Leopold III of the house of the Babenberg. The Monastery of Klosterneuburg is of historical significance for the origins of Austria and later became an important holy site for the House of Habsburg.

This tour gives you a fascinating insights into 900 years of history. Through the mediaeval cloisters and the famous Verdun Altar, the tour leads you through the Baroque complex with the private rooms of Charles VI and the impressive Marble Hall. You will also visit the Treasure chamber with the Archduke’s Crown, the annual exhibition and the Monastery Museum. At the end of the tour, you will have the opportunity to taste three excellent wines of Austria’s oldest winery in a unique atmosphere!

 

A more detailed schedule for the excursion including information on the bus service will be announced soon.
The Monastry can be reached by public transport. In case you plan to join only the excurion or only the conference dinner the transport back from the excursion or to the dinner has to be taken care of individually.