Week of South Africa in JINR
21-25 September 2015

The Week of South Africa in JINR is the 39^th calendar week of 2015 which is focused on the cooperation of JINR with SA. It is dedicated to the forthcoming 60^th Anniversary of JINR and to 10 years of signing the MoU between the government of South Africa and the JINR. During this week JINR hosts the following major events: the 4th Symposium ”Few- to May- Body Systems and Methods and Applications”, the 15th session of the Joint Coordination Committee SA-JINR, the final week of the Practice for SA students and the presentation of the SKA mega-science project.

21.09, Monday

10.00, ICH Opening the Days of South Africa

15.00, LTP Symposium session “RSA-JINR cooperation in large facilities”

19.00, SC Welcome party

22.09, Tuesday

09.00, Labs Parallel Symposium sessions in the Laboratories with facility tours

23.09, Wednesday

07.30 Excursion to Moscow Cremlin for the Symposium participants

10.00, ICH 15^th Session of the Joint Coordination Committee

24.09, Thursday

09.00, LHE Symposium session “SA-JINR cooperation at NICA” with facility four

09.00, ICH Afternoon session of the JINR Scientific Council. Scientific talks:

• Presentation of SKA (Rob Adam)
• SA-JINR cooperation on NICA (Jean Cleymans)

26.09, Friday

09.00, Labs Parallel Symposium sessions in the Laboratories / Young scientists’ session

13.00, UC Closing the Practice for SA students

15.00, SC Roundtable discussion / Closing the Symposium and Week of South Africa

19.00, SC Concert

Venues: SC – Scientist’s Club UC – University Center ICH – International Conference Hall LTP – Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics LHE – Veksler-Baldin Laboratory for High Energy Physics

Supported by JINR-60