Foster Fest

Wednesday Sep 11, 2024, 10:30 AM → 9:45 PM Europe/London

Martin Wood Lecture Theatre

Neville Harnew (University of Oxford (GB)), Norman Alexander Mccubbin (UKRI/STFC)

10:30 AM → 11:00 AM Tea and Coffee

11:00 AM → 12:40 PM Morning session

11:00 AM Welcome and Introduction

Speaker: Ian Shipsey (University of Oxford (GB))

Shipsey FosterFest11-9-24.pdf

Shipsey FosterFest11-9-24.pptx

11:15 AM Brian's Thesis Experiment: Hadron Spectroscopy and Dynamics with the CERN 2m bubble chamber

Speaker: Jos Engelen (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))

Engelen-slidesbrian.pdf

Engelen-slidesbrian.pptx

Engelen-talkbrian.pdf

11:40 AM Brian and PETRA – first close encounter with electrons and positrons

Speaker: Albrecht Wagner (DESY)

Talk Brian 70 Oxford 240912.pdf

Talk Brian 70 Oxford 240912.pptx

12:15 PM The Ones That Got Away - ELECTRA & SDC

Speaker: Roger Cashmore (University of Oxford (GB))

Final Electra and SDC.pdf

Final Electra and SDC.pptx

12:40 PM → 1:45 PM Lunch

1:45 PM → 3:20 PM Afternoon session I

1:45 PM ZEUS and Brian

Speaker: Amanda Sarkar (University of Oxford (GB))

brianzeus.pdf

2:20 PM BaBar and Brian

Speaker: Prof. Jordan Nash (Monash University, AU)

fosterFestBabar.pdf

fosterFestBabar.pptx

2:45 PM Science, Government and Brian

Speaker: Prof. Ian Halliday (University of Edinburgh)

Foster2024.pdf

Foster2024.pptx

3:20 PM → 3:50 PM Tea and Coffee

3:50 PM → 6:00 PM Afternoon session II

3:50 PM ILC & ILC Technology

Speaker: Barry Barish (Caltech)

Barish Foster Talk 09-24 F2.pdf

4:25 PM Plasma Accelerators and Compact Colliders

Speaker: Dr Carl A. Lindstrøm (University of Oslo (NO))

Plasma acceleration and compact colliders (Fosterfest, 11 Sep 2024) ANIMATED.pdf

Plasma acceleration and compact colliders (Fosterfest, 11 Sep 2024).pdf

5:00 PM Reminiscsences & Contributions from the Floor

FF_greetings_Sep2024_v2.pdf

FF_greetings_Sep2024_v2.pptx

5:30 PM Public Engagement & Musical Sendoff

Speaker: Jack Liebeck (Royal Academy of Music)

FosterFest Jack Liebeck.pdf

FosterFest Jack Liebeck.pptx

7:15 PM → 9:45 PM Reception & Dinner

9:00 PM After-dinner speaker

Speaker: Prof. Mark Lancaster (University of Manchester)