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Report from the RAD 2014 Conference

The Second International Conference on Radiation Dosimetry in Various Field of Research – shortly named RAD2014 – was held from May 27 to May 30, 2014, in the city of Niš, Serbia. The chairman of the Organizing Committee was Goran Ristić, from the Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) at the Faculty of Electronic Engineering, University of Niš. The conference was organized two years after the first one, which was very successfully organized within the FP7 project RADDOS supported by the European Commission. The First International Conference on Radiation and Dosimetry in Various Fields of Research (RAD 2012) was organized by the Faculty of Electronic Engineering in cooperation with Tyndall National Institute, Ireland, and Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia, and held in Niš from April 25-27, 2012. RAD 2012 gathered about 150 participants from 30 countries. The aim of RAD2014 conference was to provide the forum for researchers and professionals involved with radiation and radiation dosimetry to exchange and discuss their findings and experiences. The fields covered by the Conference were physics, electronics, medicine, biology, chemistry, environmental protection, and other areas related to ionizing and nonionizing radiation and their detection. The Conference program included topical invited lectures, limited number of oral presentations, and poster presentations. RAD conference gives three awards – for the best oral, best poster and best student contribution based on the marks given by the chairperson of the corresponding session. In the final decision-making, the advantage is given to authors who submitted full papers. The award consists of a plaque and the winner is exempt form paying the fee for the next conference at which the award is received. As a satellite meeting to RAD2014 conference, the Second East European Radon Symposium (SEERAS) was held at the same time and the same place and was co-chaired by Zora S. Žunić and Goran Ristić. The main goal of SEERAS was to promote continued development and to review and discuss recent achievements in the study of radon and thoron in different environmental compartments, particularly from the Eastern European countries. When exchanging information through the presentation and discussion of papers dealing with all topics, these subjects can improve radiological protection of humans and the environment. Having in mind that this was only the second conference, it was amazing that there were about 500 received abstracts and about 300 participants from almost 50 countries. The conference offered excellent opportunities for socializing. On the day of arrival and registration, a welcome reception was held at the Faculty of Electronic Engineering, cocktail party of the first official day was held in Atrium of the University of Niš, while the cocktail reception of the second day was held in The Grand Hotel Niš. In the afternoon of the second day an excursion to the Roman complex called Felix Romuliana, one of the most important late Roman sites in Europe, was organized. The social highlight of the conference was the gala dinner held in the evening of the third day in a famous national restaurant. Not to forget, after the talks and posters on the last day of the conference a farewell party was organized. All receptions, and specially the gala dinner, offered a great variety of national and regional specialties, and everyone was able to find something to enjoy. Each evening gathering was accompanied by local musicians who demonstrated their skills and talents.

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