2nd Industrial FAST Workshop

On behalf of the organisation committee, we would like to invite you to join our Workshop on the Technology for Single Photon Detection and Advanced Scintillator Timing on Friday, 4th November 2016, at this year's IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium & Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC) and International Room Temperature Semiconductor Detectors Symposium (RTSD) in Strasbourg, France.

This workshop combines the activities of the FAST (Fast Advanced Scintillator Timing) workshop at the
European Trans Domain COST Action TD1401 and the NSS Workshop on Large Area Photodetection. The overall focus of the workshop is on cutting edge technologies addressing the issues that currently limit the use of single photon detectors, including in particular large area readout issues, ultra-fast timing better than 100 ps, radiation hardness, and Ultra-Violet and Vacuum Ultra- Violet sensitivity. The technologies that are of particular interest include analog SiPMs, SiPMs with embedded digital electronics (monolithic digital SiPMs, 3D-integration, etc.), as well as non-solid state based solutions. Scintillation materials and readout electronics solutions will also be included as a part of the workshop scope.

This workshop aims at bringing together scholars, industry leaders and visionaries from across the world to discuss how academia and industry can partner to address these challenges. An important objective of this workshop is also to provide training to young researchers in an open and innovative context. We need involvement from every facet of industry, government, academia and healthcare to harness the full potential of what is available and to define what is possible. Responsible and effective transformation will be ushered in through an alliance of industry and academia.

The workshop is subdevided in four sessions on Friday:

SP1 - Challenge and Demand on fast and large area Photon Detection Devices: the point of industrial

SP2 - Performance Measurements of new Photon Detection Devices

SP3 - Large area photodetectors

SP4 - Projects Perspectives for Young Researchers

Organisation committee: Etiennette Auffray, Lorenzo Fabris, Fabrience Retrier, Karl Ziemons