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-====== 2020 EFTS ======
+======= 2026 EFTS =======
-==== The 8th European Frequency and Time Seminar ====
+==== The 14th European Frequency and Time Seminar ====
-=== Besancon, France, from Monday, June 29 to Friday, July 3, 2020 ===
+=== Monday, June 29, to Friday, July 3 ===
+== Besancon, France ==
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-The EFTS is a no-profit intensive full-week seminar intended to provide education and training with lectures and laboratory sessions.  It targets the broadest audience: Engineers, Ph.D. students, post-docs, young scientists, newcomers, etc.
+The EFTS is a nonprofit intensive full-week seminar intended to provide education and training with lectures and lab sessions.  It targets a broad audience: Engineers, Ph.D. students, post-doctoral fellows, young scientists, newcomers, etc.
+The EFTS is held every year at the beginning of Summer at the [[https://www.femto-st.fr/en|FEMTO-ST Institute]].
 This seminar is unique in the following:
   * Broad spectrum of topics related to time and frequency
-  * Broad target audience, yet keeping high level education
   * Balance between academic and applied issues
-  * Laboratory sessions.  This is not about demos, the attendees are expected to practice on a wide range of instruments made available
+  * Broad target audience, keeping high level education
+  * Hands-on lab sessions.  The participants work themselves in small groups with a wide range of instruments made available.
-The high level of training is guaranteed by the world-class [[current:02_scientific_council|Scientific Council]] and lecturers from the major European and International Institutions
+The high level of training is guaranteed by the world-class [[current:02_scientific_council|Scientific Council]] and lecturers from the major European and International Institutions.
-**Go to the [[current:01_program|Program]] page, and download the {{:current:Week-Schedule-2020.pdf|Week Schedule}} in pdf format**\\
+==== New, since 2026 ====
-The EFTS is held every year at the beginning of Summer at the [[https://www.femto-st.fr/en|FEMTO-ST Institute]].\\
+  * We plan to accept **//up to 60 participants//**, all accessing 7.5 H labs in small grpups.\\
-You may also like the [[current:04_venue|Venue]] and [[current:05_accomodation|Accommodation]] pages
+  * A small fraction of such places may be reserved, based on scientific criteria.\\
+  * There are **//two tracks//**: //Metrology// (max 24 people) and //Research// (max 36 people).\\
+    * The tracks differ in two of the three 2.5-H lab sessions.
+    * All lectures and one lab session are the same.\\
+    * Applicants express their preference, but they may be assigned to the other track depending on the availability of places.\\
+  * Companies/Institutions sending multiple participants shall indicate a **//correspondant//**, our unique interlocutor if we need to arbitrate in applications.\\
+  * The full-labs (12H), half-labs (6H) and no-labs options are suppressed.
+**Go to the [[current:01_program|Program]] page**
-==== Registrations open at the beginning of February ====
-** Visit the [[current:03_registration|Registration and Policy]] page, ...and rush!**\\
+==== Registration ====
-We have a limited number of places, set by the laboratory sessions.
+Registrations open at the beginning of February, visit the [[current:03_registration|Registration and Policy]] page\\
+As registrations open, you may need to rush.  We have a limited number of places, set by the laboratory sessions, and they are usually booked quite soon.
+==== Open learning resources ====
+If you are interested in time and frequency, you may appreciate:
+  * [[https://rubiola.org/indexx-syllabus.html|Lectures on Time and Frequency, Instrumentation, and Metrology]]
+  * [[https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4399218|The Enrico's Chart for Phase Noise and Two-Sample Variances]]
+  * [[https://doi.org/10.1109/TMTT.2023.3238267|The Companion of Enrico's Chart for Phase Noise and Two-Sample Variances]]
-==== Navigate through the EFTS web pages ====
+====Thanks====
+The EFTS can happen only thanks to the good will and to the voluntary work of numerous people.
+None of us has been paid for this additional burden ever, and sometimes lecturers choose to travel on their own research grants.
+As the intellectual pursuits of academia are largely in the realm of the gift economy, by far the greatest reward is found in the appreciation of one's work by one's colleagues.
+**The EFTS is kindly hosted by [[https://www.supmicrotech.fr/en|SUPMICROTECH / ENSMM]].
+See the [[current:07_thanks|Thanks]] page for more.**\\
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+==== Site map ====
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 [[current:08_contact|Contact]]\\
 [[previous:00_start|Previous EFTS]] sessions, since 2013