Future Projects Planning Workshop 2015
from
Monday, August 24, 2015 (1:30 AM)
to
Wednesday, August 26, 2015 (6:00 PM)
Monday, August 24, 2015
8:30 AM
Coffee and Health Break
Coffee and Health Break
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
9:00 AM
Welcome and Logistics
-
Nigel Smith
(
SNOLab
)
Welcome and Logistics
Nigel Smith
(
SNOLab
)
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM
9:10 AM
Overview of the SNOLAB facility and current programme evolution
-
Fraser Duncan
(
SNOLAB
)
Overview of the SNOLAB facility and current programme evolution
Fraser Duncan
(
SNOLAB
)
9:10 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Auditorium
10:00 AM
SNOLAB project lifecycle and integration with funding agency requirements
-
Brian Morissette
(
SNOLAB
)
SNOLAB project lifecycle and integration with funding agency requirements
Brian Morissette
(
SNOLAB
)
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Auditorium
10:30 AM
Health Break
Health Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: First Floor foyer
11:00 AM
Next Generation Germanium Double Beta Decay Experiment (3 talks)
-
Matthew Green
(
NC State University
)
Matthew Busch
(
Duke University
)
Christopher O'Shaughnessy
(
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
)
Next Generation Germanium Double Beta Decay Experiment (3 talks)
Matthew Green
(
NC State University
)
Matthew Busch
(
Duke University
)
Christopher O'Shaughnessy
(
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
)
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: Auditorium
12:30 PM
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Room: First Floor Foyer
1:30 PM
Next Generation Xenon Double Beta Decay Experiment (2 talks)
-
William Fairbank
(
Colorado State University
)
Giorgio Gratta
(
Stanford University
)
Next Generation Xenon Double Beta Decay Experiment (2 talks)
William Fairbank
(
Colorado State University
)
Giorgio Gratta
(
Stanford University
)
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Auditorium
3:00 PM
Health Break
Health Break
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: First Floor Foyer
3:30 PM
Status and perspectives of COBRA
-
Kai Zuber
(
Technische Universitaet Dresden
)
Status and perspectives of COBRA
Kai Zuber
(
Technische Universitaet Dresden
)
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Auditorium
4:00 PM
DEAP-‐50 Dark Matter detector
-
Mark Boulay
(
Q
)
Mark Boulay
(
Carleton University
)
DEAP-‐50 Dark Matter detector
Mark Boulay
(
Q
)
Mark Boulay
(
Carleton University
)
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Room: Auditorium
4:45 PM
Long-‐term prospects for cryogenic detectors at SNOLAB
-
Gilles Gerbier
(
CEA
)
Long-‐term prospects for cryogenic detectors at SNOLAB
Gilles Gerbier
(
CEA
)
4:45 PM - 5:15 PM
Room: Auditorium
7:00 PM
Dinner
Dinner
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
8:30 AM
Coffee and Health Break
Coffee and Health Break
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: First Floor Foyer
9:00 AM
Developments at other deep underground facilities
-
Sean Paling
(
Bulb Underground Laboratory
)
Developments at other deep underground facilities
Sean Paling
(
Bulb Underground Laboratory
)
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Room: Auditorium
9:45 AM
Future development and needs of low background counting and assay capabilities
-
Richard Ford
(
SNOLAB
)
Future development and needs of low background counting and assay capabilities
Richard Ford
(
SNOLAB
)
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Auditorium
10:30 AM
Health Break
Health Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: First Floor Foyer
11:00 AM
Fruit flies in a mine
-
Thomas Merritt
(
Laurentian University
)
Fruit flies in a mine
Thomas Merritt
(
Laurentian University
)
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
Room: Auditorium
11:20 AM
Ultra-low radiation environments
-
Christopher Thome
(
NOSM
)
Ultra-low radiation environments
Christopher Thome
(
NOSM
)
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM
Room: Auditorium
11:40 AM
Development of Water-‐based liquid Scintillators
-
Bob Svoboda
(
UC Davis
)
Development of Water-‐based liquid Scintillators
Bob Svoboda
(
UC Davis
)
11:40 AM - 12:10 PM
Room: Auditorium
12:10 PM
Current and Future of DarkSide Dark Matter Experiment
-
Masayuki Wada
(
Princeton University
)
Current and Future of DarkSide Dark Matter Experiment
Masayuki Wada
(
Princeton University
)
12:10 PM - 12:40 PM
Room: Auditoium
12:40 PM
Lunch
Lunch
12:40 PM - 1:30 PM
Room: First Floor Foyer
1:30 PM
PICO Bubble Chamber Array
-
Michael Crisler
(
Fermilab
)
PICO Bubble Chamber Array
Michael Crisler
(
Fermilab
)
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Auditorium
2:00 PM
The NEWS_SNO Project
-
Gilles Gerbier
(
CEA
)
The NEWS_SNO Project
Gilles Gerbier
(
CEA
)
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: Auditoirum
2:30 PM
DAMIC 1kg at SNOLAB
-
Paolo Privitera
(
University of Chicago
)
DAMIC 1kg at SNOLAB
Paolo Privitera
(
University of Chicago
)
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Auditorium
3:00 PM
Health Break (Formal end of Workshop)
Health Break (Formal end of Workshop)
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM
CFREF Planning Discussions
-
Tony Noble
(
Queen's University
)
CFREF Planning Discussions
Tony Noble
(
Queen's University
)
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Auditorium
Wednesday, August 26, 2015