The CHEP conference series (Computing in High Energy Physics) is the largest international meeting bringing together the High Energy Physics community, computer scientists, computing professionals, and representatives of the computing industry.

The conference will be held April 7-11, 1997 at Rathaus Schvneberg in Berlin, Germany.

It is organized by DESY (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron) which has locations in Hamburg and in Zeuthen (near Berlin).

Over the last 8 years, this conference has been held in different countries around the world:
Oxford, UK (April 89), Santa Fe, USA (April 90), Tsukuba, Japan (March 91), Annecy, France (September 92), San Francisco, USA, (April 94), Rio de Janeiro (September 95).