Our friend
Jacques Bouchez
passed away on the 28th of december 2009. The present scientific conference, organised
in his memory, is centered on neutrino physics: Jacques has devoted most of his
research time on this subject since 1984, not only on experiments (Bugey,
NOMAD, T2K), but also on future projects (beta-beams, megaton detectors)
and on the theory of neutrinos (oscillations and MSW effect), not mentioning statistics and
probabilities.
While selecting subjects where Jacques has been deeply involved, often leaving an
original and significant imprint, we did not want to restrict the scope of the conference
to his contributions, but rather to present the state of the art on these subjects.
François Pierre,
close colleague of Jacques for years, had enthousiastically accepted to take part
in the organizing committee of this scientific day. He unfortunately died suddenly from
the very same disease than Jacques on September 1st. We will later honour his memory.
