NEWS: The conference will be available by VRVS in Sun (Sunday / Monday) and Neptune (Tuesday)

The 2005 Manchester Workshop will focus on FP420, the R&D project aimed at installing proton tagging detectors at ATLAS and / or CMS in the 420m region at the LHC.

The workshop will be held at the University of Manchester's Chancellors Conference Centre, which provides accomodation, meals and conference facilities on-site.

We begin with lunch (12.00) on Sunday 11th, and finish at 16.00 on Tuesday 13th.

Due to popular demand, the conference dinner this year will be in Manchester City Centre on Monday 12th, not at the venue as in previous years.

Topics to be covered will include :

The theoretical predictions for the central exclusive production of the Standard Model and MSSM Higgs Bosons, Radions, Gluinoballs and other exotic particles

The technical and design challenges of the 420m program, including LHC cryostat redesign at 420m, triggering and detector design

Integration with the current 220m proton tagging programs at ATLAS and CMS / TOTEM

Cosmic Ray Physics at the LHC