66thth International Conference International Conference on Hyperons, Charm and on Hyperons, Charm and Beauty Hadrons:Beauty Hadrons:

Illinois Institute of Illinois Institute of TechnologyTechnology28 June - 3 July 200428 June - 3 July 2004

Nickolas Solomey (Chairman)Nickolas Solomey (Chairman)

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Nickolas Solomey (Chairman)Nickolas Solomey (Chairman)

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This project started off as This project started off as my baby 2 1/2 years ago.my baby 2 1/2 years ago.

Then 10 days before the conferencemy wife (Anna) and I got our firstbaby.

Lisa

17 June4:05 AM 8 lb. 1.6 oz20.5 inches

Anna &Lisa

Thanks are due to many:Thanks are due to many:

• Faith KancauskiFaith Kancauski

• Lillie AriasLillie Arias

• Homer HarwoodHomer Harwood

• Hart WilsonHart Wilson

Secretarial and Secretarial and Organizational supportOrganizational support

• David EhleDavid Ehle

• Chris ChenChris Chen

Computer Support Computer Support and designand design

Thanks are due to my Thanks are due to my Co-Organizers:Co-Organizers:

Howard RubinHoward Rubin

Jon RosnerJon Rosner

Marco BozzoMarco Bozzo

Calvin KalmanCalvin Kalman

Janis McKennaJanis McKenna

Ilya NarodetskiiIlya Narodetskii

Paul SingerPaul Singer

Hosting a conference in Hosting a conference in Chicago is an expensive Chicago is an expensive affair and we had affair and we had substantial funding from:substantial funding from:USA DOE Office of Science, P.K. WilliamsUSA DOE Office of Science, P.K. Williams

IIT College of Sciences and Letters, IIT College of Sciences and Letters, Provost A. Myerson and Dean F.R. Provost A. Myerson and Dean F.R. McMorrisMcMorris

Illinois Consortium for Accelerator Research Illinois Consortium for Accelerator Research C. WhiteC. White

Center for Accelerator and Particle Physics Center for Accelerator and Particle Physics at IIT, D. Kaplan at IIT, D. Kaplan

A special thanks to Prof. A special thanks to Prof. Nicola Cabibbo from Univ. of Nicola Cabibbo from Univ. of Rome for being the Rome for being the introductory speaker.introductory speaker.Prof. Cabibbo was referred to 282

times during the conference:Cabibbo theory

Cabibbo angle

CKM matrix

Cabibbo allowed

Cabibbo suppressed

etc.

The conference was also a The conference was also a great success because of great success because of the intense scientific the intense scientific program with all of you program with all of you presenting such great presenting such great talks and new results.talks and new results.

83 talks2566 minutes

I am sure that the 7th I am sure that the 7th International Conference International Conference on Hyperons, Charm and on Hyperons, Charm and Beauty Hadrons will we be Beauty Hadrons will we be equally great:equally great:It will be in Lancaster England,

3 - 8 July 2006

Maria Smizanska (Chairman)

Dr. Joel Butler of Fermilab Dr. Joel Butler of Fermilab agreed to be our agreed to be our summary speaker and by summary speaker and by Friday morning, seeing Friday morning, seeing how tired he was, I was how tired he was, I was feeling bad about having feeling bad about having assigned him the job.assigned him the job.

We owe him our thanks, We owe him our thanks, so give him a big so give him a big applause.applause.