As part of the Quark Matter 2001 conference, we have planned several activities specifically geared to students. The current schedule is:

Sunday afternoon
(before conference)

Mini-Symposium

There will be a 3-hour mini-symposium covering experimental and theoretical information relevant to the conference. We expect the speakers to also be a mix of both experimentalists and theorists. The topics to be covered will range from the relevance of heavy-ion physics to other fields to the current experimental and theoretical understanding based on what is known from AGS/CERN/RHIC to the most exciting speculative questions in the field.

Monday Evening

Student Dinner

Lawrence M. Krauss (author of, among other works, The Physics of Star Trek) will be giving a lecture open to the public. This evening we will have a dinner for him and the students where he will discuss the role of science and the public scientist in today's society.

Friday Lunch

Student Lunch

We will sponsor a luncheon for the students as well as a select group of more senior scientists. This will be an excellent way to discuss scientific issues raised at the confefence and to interact with prominent scientists in the field.

In addition to these, the Tuesday trip to BNL will allow students to tour the four RHIC experiments and discuss experimental and physics issues with RHIC scientists. Furthermore, the conference excursion will be to the exciting new Rose Center and Planetarium of the Museum of Natural History in New York City.

Accepted applicants will be entitled to several major benefits:

• Pay a special reduced fee for the conference of US$150, if it is paid in full before December 1 2000

• They will also be entitled to stay in low-cost dormitory housing on the BNL site (Bus transport to and from conference activities will be provided)

Moreover, in general there will be low cost breakfast and dinners available at BNL and on the SUNY-SB campus.