2025 Canadian Astroparticle Physics Community Meeting

5 Aug 2025, 09:15 → 8 Aug 2025, 13:40 Canada/Eastern

Anthony Noble (Queen's University)

The Arthur B. McDonald Canadian Astroparticle Physics Research Institute is delighted to invite you to the National Meeting at Carleton University from August 6-8. This event is open to all members of the Canadian astroparticle physics research community. 

 

The meeting will follow a special one-day HQP workshop on Aug. 5,

Tuesday 5 August

09:30 → 10:10 HQP Workshops: Career Development Opening Session

10:10 → 10:30 Break

10:30 → 12:00 HQP Workshops: CJP - Publishing (From the Publisher's Perspective)

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch

13:00 → 14:15 HQP Workshops: Alumni Panel - Post-Academic Physics Pathways

14:15 → 14:35 Break

14:35 → 15:35 HQP Workshops: Alumni Networking Breakout Groups

17:30 → 19:30 Social: HQP Social

Wednesday 6 August

08:30 → 09:00 Registration and Breakfast

09:00 → 10:00 McDonald Institute Future Directions

Speaker: Tony Noble

10:00 → 10:30 Break

10:30 → 12:00 McDonald Institute Updates

10:30 EDII Successes

Speaker: Alexandra Pedersen (McDonald Institute)

10:50 External Partnerships

Speaker: Mr Edward Thomas (Queen's University (Arthur B. McDonald Canadian Astroparticle Physics Research Institute))

11:10 HQP Successes

Speaker: Zachary Kenny (McDonald Institute / Queen's University)

11:30 Engineering Successes

12:00 → 13:15 Lunch

13:15 → 15:20 Labs and the Future

13:15 SNOLAB Future Planning

Speaker: Jodi Cooley (SNOLAB)

14:00 TRIUMF Future Planning

Speaker: Dr Nigel Smith (TRIUMF)

14:30 IPP Future Planning

Speaker: Carsten Krauss (University of Alberta)

15:00 MI White Paper

Speaker: Mr Edward Thomas (Queen's University (Arthur B. McDonald Canadian Astroparticle Physics Research Institute))

15:20 → 15:40 Break

15:40 → 16:20 PANEL: Science, Diplomacy, and International Collaborations

Speaker: Mr Edward Thomas (Queen's University (Arthur B. McDonald Canadian Astroparticle Physics Research Institute))

16:20 → 17:00 PANEL: Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay

17:00 → 18:30 Social: Cocktail Reception

Thursday 7 August

08:30 → 09:00 Registration and Breakfast

09:00 → 10:20 High Energy Experiments

09:00 IceCube

Speaker: Darren Grant (Simon Fraser University)

09:25 P-ONE

Speaker: Carsten Krauss (University of Alberta)

09:50 HELIX

10:20 → 11:00 Break

11:00 → 12:20 Noble Elements

11:00 DEAP/DarkSide/ARGO

Speaker: Mark Boulay (Carleton University)

11:25 NEWS-G

Speaker: Guillaume Giroux

11:50 Xe Doping/Low Mass Search

Speaker: Michela Lai

12:20 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 14:50 Neutral Particles

13:30 SNO+

13:55 nEXO

Speaker: Thomas Brunner (McGill University)

14:20 MATHUSLA

Speaker: Caleb Miller

14:50 → 15:20 Break

15:20 → 16:40 PANEL: EDII and New Challenges

Speaker: Alexandra Pedersen (McDonald Institute)

18:00 → 18:30 Social: Transport to Science and Technology Museum

18:30 → 21:30 Social: Science and Technology Museum Cocktails and Dinner

Friday 8 August

08:30 → 09:00 Breakfast

09:00 → 10:40 Theory

09:00 Theory 1

Speaker: Prof. Yue Zhang

09:25 Theory 2

09:50 Theory 3

10:15 MI Outreach and Education Successes

10:40 → 11:00 Break

11:00 → 12:25 (More) Dark Matter

11:10 PICO

11:35 SuperCDMS

Speaker: Miriam Diamond

12:00 SBC

Speaker: Kenneth Clark

12:25 → 12:35 Meeting Wrap-up

12:35 → 12:55 Lunch