1. News and info

2. Outline Poster Website Student registration Formal announcement of the school c

3. Poster All corrections have be made. Final version to be printed As we get new sources of funding, we will update the list of the logos http://www.africanschoolofphysics.org/wp- content/uploads/2013/04/ASP2014_Poster.pdf http://www.africanschoolofphysics.org/wp- content/uploads/2013/04/ASP2014_Poster.pdf

4. Website Website also updated. Thanks to Rogayeh for both the poster and the website http://www.africanschoolofphysics.org/asp20 14/ http://www.africanschoolofphysics.org/asp20 14/

5. Student Registration form It is being thru the ICTP Registration will open on Dec 16, 2013 until March 31, 2014 The following materials are asked to be submitted with the registration – Student CV – Transcripts – Letter of motivation – 1 letter of recommendation from their professor/advisor

6. Formal Announcement of ASP2014 This has been prepared. The announcements are going out No turn back now Dear Colleagues: We would like to inform you about the third biennial school in Africa, on fundamental nuclear and particle physics and their applications (ASP). Support for ASP comes from institutes in Africa, Europe, USA and Asia with lecturers from LHC experiments and the theory community. Full support for selected African students. Details can be found at: https://cds.cern.ch/record/1632255 The school will be held on 3-23 August 2014 at the Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD) in Dakar, Senegal. Regards, Ketevi Adikle Assamagan For The International Organizing Committee

7. Program Committee A committee has been set up to work the ASP2014 program and identify potential lecturers The committee will next week to discuss program The idea is to converge on the program by the end of December