Name: Future Projects Planning Workshop 2015
Start: 2015-08-24T01:30:00-04:00
End: 2015-08-26T18:00:00-04:00
Location: SNOLAB

Future Projects Planning Workshop 2015

from Monday, 24 August 2015 (01:30) to Wednesday, 26 August 2015 (18:00)

Monday, 24 August 2015

08:30 Coffee and Health Break
Coffee and Health Break
08:30 - 09:00
09:00 Welcome and Logistics - Nigel Smith (SNOLab)
Welcome and Logistics
- Nigel Smith (SNOLab)
09:00 - 09:10
09:10 Overview of the SNOLAB facility and current programme evolution - Fraser Duncan (SNOLAB)
Overview of the SNOLAB facility and current programme evolution
- Fraser Duncan (SNOLAB)
09:10 - 10:00
Room: Auditorium
10:00 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 - 10:30
Room: Auditorium
10:30 Health Break
Health Break
10:30 - 11:00
Room: First Floor foyer
11:00 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 - 12:30
Room: Auditorium
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:30
Room: First Floor Foyer
13:30 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)
13:30 - 15:00
Room: Auditorium
15:00 Health Break
Health Break
15:00 - 15:30
Room: First Floor Foyer
15:30 Status and perspectives of COBRA - Kai Zuber (Technische Universitaet Dresden)
Status and perspectives of COBRA
- Kai Zuber (Technische Universitaet Dresden)
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Auditorium
16:00 DEAP-‐50 Dark Matter detector - Mark Boulay (Q) Mark Boulay (Carleton University)
DEAP-‐50 Dark Matter detector
- Mark Boulay (Q)
- Mark Boulay (Carleton University)
16:00 - 16:45
Room: Auditorium
16:45 Long-‐term prospects for cryogenic detectors at SNOLAB - Gilles Gerbier (CEA)
Long-‐term prospects for cryogenic detectors at SNOLAB
- Gilles Gerbier (CEA)
16:45 - 17:15
Room: Auditorium
19:00 Dinner
Dinner
19:00 - 21:00
Tuesday, 25 August 2015

08:30 Coffee and Health Break
Coffee and Health Break
08:30 - 09:00
Room: First Floor Foyer
09:00 Developments at other deep underground facilities - Sean Paling (Bulb Underground Laboratory)
Developments at other deep underground facilities
- Sean Paling (Bulb Underground Laboratory)
09:00 - 09:45
Room: Auditorium
09:45 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)
09:45 - 10:30
Room: Auditorium
10:30 Health Break
Health Break
10:30 - 11:00
Room: First Floor Foyer
11:00 Fruit flies in a mine - Thomas Merritt (Laurentian University)
Fruit flies in a mine
- Thomas Merritt (Laurentian University)
11:00 - 11:20
Room: Auditorium
11:20 Ultra-low radiation environments - Christopher Thome (NOSM)
Ultra-low radiation environments
- Christopher Thome (NOSM)
11:20 - 11:40
Room: Auditorium
11:40 Development of Water-‐based liquid Scintillators - Bob Svoboda (UC Davis)
Development of Water-‐based liquid Scintillators
- Bob Svoboda (UC Davis)
11:40 - 12:10
Room: Auditorium
12:10 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 - 12:40
Room: Auditoium
12:40 Lunch
Lunch
12:40 - 13:30
Room: First Floor Foyer
13:30 PICO Bubble Chamber Array - Michael Crisler (Fermilab)
PICO Bubble Chamber Array
- Michael Crisler (Fermilab)
13:30 - 14:00
Room: Auditorium
14:00 The NEWS_SNO Project - Gilles Gerbier (CEA)
The NEWS_SNO Project
- Gilles Gerbier (CEA)
14:00 - 14:30
Room: Auditoirum
14:30 DAMIC 1kg at SNOLAB - Paolo Privitera (University of Chicago)
DAMIC 1kg at SNOLAB
- Paolo Privitera (University of Chicago)
14:30 - 15:00
Room: Auditorium
15:00 Health Break (Formal end of Workshop)
Health Break (Formal end of Workshop)
15:00 - 15:30
15:30 CFREF Planning Discussions - Tony Noble (Queen's University)
CFREF Planning Discussions
- Tony Noble (Queen's University)
15:30 - 17:00
Room: Auditorium
Wednesday, 26 August 2015

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