In cooperation with:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
General Atomics

On behalf of the organizers, sponsors, program committee, and the International Advisory Committee, it is a pleasure to welcome everyone to HIF 2000. The HIF symposium has been occurring about once every 2 to 3 years since 1976, and is the major forum to discuss various issues of heavy ion accelerator driven inertial fusion. In our last meeting in Heidelberg, Germany, (September 1997) the symposium was held jointly with the International Workshop on Atomic Physics for Ion-Driven Fusion. We have now combined both into a single symposium.

We were excited to organize the symposium near the beginning of a new millennium, but by coincidence we were faced with a special difficulty in planning this event caused by new government regulations on national laboratory-sponsored events. Special thanks go to Steve Dean and the Fusion Power Associates for agreeing to sponsor this conference on short notice. We also want to acknowledge the special contributions of General Atomics. It is important to recognize that if fusion power is ever to become a real contributor to energy in the world, it will require industrial involvement. Government laboratories are not going to build power plants. General Atomics has both Magnetic and Inertial Fusion activities. As they are the only private industry with such a program in the United States, it is most appropriate for us to meet in their vicinity.

We have been pleased at the number of papers and the number of delegates signing up for this meeting. At last count we expect more than 130 papers to be presented. Perhaps this count is a reflection of the fact that even after so many years of small budgets, the interest in Heavy Ion Fusion is still strong. It may also be a reaction to recent increases in the HIF budget in the U.S. We now can look forward to renewed interest in forming partnerships for international collaboration. To those of you coming from outside the United States, we say "welcome" and ask that you join us in discussions of how to work together for the advancement of Heavy Ion Inertial Fusion. We certainly have high hopes that the weather and ambience of San Diego will contribute to a successful and memorable 13th International Heavy Ion Inertial Fusion Symposium.

Bill Herrmannsfeldt
Joe Kwan

• Symposium Pictures!
• Important Dates and Addresses
• Symposium Program & Photographs
• List of Submitted Papers
• Index by Author
• Instructions for Preparation of Manuscripts
• Scope and Topics
• Committees
• Call for Papers & Preparation of Abstracts
• Proceedings
• Registration and Conference Fees
• Social Events
• Hotel Accommodations, Maps & Driving Directions

Tuesday 3/14/00

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM	-	Registration
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM	TP.I	Atomic Physics	E.Nardi
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	TP.I	Technology	A.Tauschwitz
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM	MP.I	Tour of GA
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM	-	Reception at the Stephen Birch Aquarium
Photographs		Candids from Tuesday

Wednesday 3/15/00

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM	-	Registration
8:30 AM -10:00 AM	WA.I	HIF Chamber Transport	R.Davidson
10:15 AM -12:05 PM	WA.II	HIF Chambers	A.Molvik
Poster Session A
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM	WP.I	Targets
	WP.II	Atomic Physics
	WP.III	HIF Chamber Transport
Photographs		Candids from Wednesday

Thursday 3/16/00

8:30 AM -12:00 PM	ThA.I	Beam Dynamics	M.Pusterla
Poster Session B
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM	ThP.I	HIF Chambers
	ThP.II	HIF Technology
	ThP.III	Beam Dynamics
	ThP.IV	Accelerators and Ion Sources
Photographs		Candids from Thursday

Friday 3/17/00

8:30 AM -10:50 AM	FA.I	Accelerators and Ion Sources	C.Celata
11:05 AM -12:25 PM	FA.II	Summaries	D.Koshkarev
12:25 AM -12:35 PM	-	Closing Remarks	W.Herrmannsfeldt/S.Dean
Photographs		Candids from Friday's Events

HIF2000 Symposium will feature all aspects of heavy-ion-driven inertial fusion for energy production. Oral sessions will be plenary, and will have about twenty invited papers dedicated to overviews and reviews of recent developments in the field. Contributed papers will be primarily presented in poster sessions; however, a small number may be selected for oral sessions. It is anticipated that there will be several invited papers in each of the topic areas.

The HIF2000 conference proceedings will be published in a special issue of Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A. Papers for which the abstracts have been accepted, and that are actually presented at the Conference, are eligible for publication in the proceedings. The proceedings will contain two categories of papers; one is invited papers with a page limitation of 7 journal pages, and the other is contributed papers (orals and posters) with a page limitation of 5 journal pages. Guidelines for preparation of manuscripts will be sent to authors of accepted abstracts before the conference. Manuscripts should be submitted by March 14, 2000, noon.

All manuscripts will be refereed.

• Sunday, March 12, 2000

• Tuesday, March 14, 2000

• Tuesday, March 14, 2000