Friday, November 2: 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Auditorium, National Academy of Sciences
2101 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC
12:00-12:45 Media availability (Press only)
1:00-1:05 Welcome: Bernard Sadoulet (UC Berkeley)
1:05-1:10 The ongoing Study of a Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory: Jack Lightbody (Deputy Assistant Director, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, NSF)
1:10-1:20 The DUSEL process: Joseph Dehmer (Director, Division of Physics, NSF)
1:20-2:00 Scientific and education/outreach opportunities of Deep Science and Engineering:
Studying the Universe Deep Underground: Hitoshi Murayama (UC Berkeley)
Geo-sciences, Biology and Engineering: T.C. Onstott (Princeton Univ.)
2:00-2:15 Questions from the audience
2:15-2:30 International Context: Art MacDonald (Queens, Canada)
2:30-2:45 Recommendations of the site independent study (S1): Hamish Robertson (University of Washington)
2:45-3:15 Round table with various other agency officials
3:15-3:45 Coffee break
3:45-4:00 NSF: Site selection and MREFC process; Preparation of first suite of experiments ("solicitation 4"): Jonathan Kotcher ( Program Officer, NSF)
4:00-4:20 Homestake: National perspectives (Academia, Congress, State)
4:20-4:45 Homestake: DUSEL engineering study, early operation: Kevin Lesko (LBNL/UC Berkeley)
4:45-5:00 General discussion
Saturday, November 3 – Sunday, November 4: Scientific Workshop
Renaissance M Street Hotel, Washington, DC
Saturday November 3
Plenary:
7:30-8:00 Continental breakfast
8:00-8:10 A new phase: Bernard Sadoulet (UC Berkeley)
8:10-8:15 Nuclear Science Advisory Committee recommendations: John Wilkerson (University of Washington)
8:15-8:45 The next steps: Details about R&D, Solicitation 4, MREFC requirements: Jon Kotcher (PHY-NSF)
8:45-9:00 The MREFC process: Mark Coles (Deputy Director - Large Facility Projects, NSF)
9:00-9:20 Homestake: S3 study and early operation: Kevin Lesko (LBNL/UC Berkeley)
9:20-9:45 Questions
9:45-10:15 Coffee break
10:15-12:30 Parallel sessions A: Scientific working groups along disciplinary lines answering specific questions: How to arrive at technical design for MREFC, needed R&D, input to S3, science and E&O before MREFC decision and during construction
12:30-1:15 p.m. Lunch break (lunch at hotel)
Plenary:
1:15-2:00 Education and Outreach: obvious directions and challenges: Ben Sayler (Black Hills State University)
2:00-2:30 General discussion of issues raised in the morning sessions
2:30-3:30 Parallel sessions A: Continued
3:30-4:00 Coffee break
4:00-6:15 Parallel sessions B, end of afternoon: Cross-cutting issues (e.g. Low Background Counting, Other Uses, Instrumentation and Synergies, Theory, Facilities, Management, Societal Impacts/Education/Outreach)
6:30-7:00 Refreshments
7:00-9:00 Workshop dinner (at the hotel)
9:00-11:00 Meeting between working group leaders, S1 PIs and NSF officers
Sunday November 4
8:00-8:30 Continental breakfast
8:30-9:15 Parallel sessions A: Finalization of white papers/presentations
9:15-10:00 Parallel sessions B: Finalization of white papers/presentations
10:00-10:30 Coffee break
10:30-10:45 Plenary: MPS Perspective on DUSEL: Tony Chan (Assistant Director, NSF)
10:45-11:15 Summary of physics A working groups:
A1, A2, A3 Summary: Eugene Beier (University of Pennsylvania)
A4, A5 Summary: Hamish Robertson (University of Washington)
11:15-11:45 Summary of earth science, biology, and engineering A working groups:
A6 Summary: T.C. Onstott (Princeton University)
A7, A8 Summary: Derek Elsworth (Pennsylvania State University)
11:45-12:30 Round table on cross cutting activities: How do they fit in? Leaders of parallel sessions B
12:30-1:15 Lunch
1:15-2:00 General discussion
2:00-2:45 Round table on project management resources available to the community (universities, national labs, private sector)
2:45-3:00 Conclusions: Recommendations to NSF about R&D and S4, Coordination of the field: Bernard Sadoulet (UC Berkeley)
3:00-3:30 General discussion
3:30 End of the workshop