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The CYGNUS International Workshop on Directional Detection of Dark Matter aims to bring together the scientific community working on both experimental and theoretical aspects of directional Dark Matter detection. This year the sixth CYGNUS workshop (CYGNUS 2017) is organized by the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences together with the Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University and will be held from June 13th to 16th in Xichang, Sichuan, China.

The main topics include

• statuses and results of directional Dark Matter detection experiments,
• technical progresses of prototypes of directional Dark Matter detectors,
• numerical simulation techniques,
• data analysis methods.

The registration fee is 2100 RMB (around 300 USD / 285 Euro / 245 GBP / 34k JPY), which will cover basically all local expense, except accommodation and banquet. The deadlines

• for registration is March 31 (Fri.) (visa required) or April 30 (Sun.) (no visa needed), 2017;
• for accommodation reservation is April 30 (Sun.), 2017;
• for abstract submission is May 14 (Sun.), 2017.