Together with the ROOT Development Team, the Fermilab Computing Division is hosting a Workshop addressed to the use of ROOT by US HENP Experiments.

Several HENP Experiments in the United States are proposing to or considering the use of the ROOT system as a part of their data handling and analysis systems. Developers in these experiments are working with the ROOT Development Team on integrating, adapting and extending the system to provide for these needs. This workshop will provide a forum for understanding the needs of these Users and an opportunity to work together with the ROOT Development Team on how these can be best provided and supported.

Rene Brun, Valery Fine, Masa Goto and Fons Rademakers are participating as members of the organizing committee and will be presenting the current status of ROOT development and support, their plans for the future, and will be available for full participation throughout the workshop.

The goal of the Workshop is to provide a common forum:

For discussion of technical issues surrounding the use of ROOT by US HENP Experiments;

To provide for an exchange of information about extensions that have been developed or are planned as part of local Experiment support;

To address ideas and issues concerning the needed maintenance and stability of ROOT during these Experiments data taking periods

To come to an understanding as to how a common source for ROOT might be achievable across a diverse set of Users.

The Workshop will take the form of an overall presentation of the status of ROOT from the development team, site reports from the experiments attending, followed by a series of technical discussions about particular aspects of the system. Each session will have a coordinator who will introduce the session, allocate time for the ROOT development team to present, and record results from the discussions. The preliminary agenda is shown below:
 

• Registration should be done electronically from the workshop web page. A list of registrations received, which will be updated every few days, will be available on the web page.

• Accommodations

• The Workshop will be held at Fermilab in Batavia Illinois. We have reservations at the Holiday Inn Hotel Naperville (about 8 miles from Fermilab) at a special rate of $89/night plus tax for a single room. You can make reservations by dialing 630-505-4900. Please state that you are with Fermilab. If for some reason, you have to make other arrangements and need assistance, please send EMAIL to rootworkshop@fnal.gov.
• Alternate list of Hotels (Please scroll down to the section on Accommodations)
  (Please note correct phone number for Best Western Fox Valley Inn is 851-2000)

• Travel Connections and Transportation:

• Participants will generally arrive at O'Hare International Airport or Midway Airport. Rental cars are available by reservation from all major companies at O'Hare and Midway. A limousine service, which also requires reservations, runs at all times of the day and night between the airports and the Fermilab area.

• Detailed directions from O'Hare and Midway airports to Fermilab

• Maps and Directions to Fermilab

• General information on Fermilab including directions, car rental and nearby hotels
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  (Please note correct phone number for Best Western Fox Valley Inn is 851-2000)

• General Information on Chicago including sightseeing, things to do, dining and night life

• Visitor Information on nearby Naperville, including events in downtown Naperville

• Printing information during the workshop

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