The 2006 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 10th, and finish at 17.00 on Tuesday 12th.

The conference dinner this year will be held at the White Hart in the village of Lydgate on Saddleworth Moor

Topics to be covered will include :

The bulk of the workshop will be aimed at finalising the FP420 design document for submission to ATLAS and CMS in spring 2007.

Sessions will include :

Theory session (contact Valery Khoze)

Accelerator physics (contact Rob Appleby)

More details to follow