[DUSELScience] Town meeting in Washington DC November 2-4. Registration site is up.
The web site registration, accommodation reservation and request for financial support for the Town Meeting in Washington DC (November 2-4, 2007) is up.
http://cosmology.berkeley.edu/DUSEL/Town_meeting_DC07/
Deadlines:
Online registration October 25
Hotel reservation at guaranteed rate October 17 (reserve through the web site!)
Request for financial support (and support email for young scientists) October 9
------ About the meeting -----
As announced previously, the National Science Foundation is sponsoring a Town Meeting in Washington DC (November 2-4, 2007) to discuss and develop the next phases of the study of a Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL). The site-independent scientific study group of Deep Underground Science and Engineering (the so-called "S1" group) is organizing this event.
On Friday afternoon, November 2, in the Auditorium of the National Academy of Sciences, we will hold an open meeting to describe to interested federal officials, the press and other interested parties, the scientific and educational potential of DUSEL, and present the upcoming site-specific technical design of the envisioned Homestake laboratory. We hope that a large number of scientists will be present to express their interest in the project.
From Saturday morning, November 3, to Sunday afternoon, November 4, we are organizing a scientific workshop involving all underground disciplines (Physics, Astrophysics, Biology, Earth Sciences and Engineering) to focus on the next phases of the project. This will take place at the Renaissance M Street Hotel, 1143 New Hampshire Ave NW, Washington, DC, where we have reserved a block of rooms.
The Saturday-Sunday meeting is critical in organizing the conceptual/technical designs of the first suite of DUSEL experiments for submission to the NSF Major Research Equipment and Facilities program (MREFC) at the same time as the DUSEL facility. Such designs will be supported by Solicitation 4, which will be discussed at length during the week end. In addition we will give additional technical input to the S3 design, further define the needed R&D, explore the science and education before the MREFC approval and during construction, and discuss coordination mechanisms with existing national and international underground laboratories/sites, national labs, funding agencies and other entities. This will be an opportunity to further organize ourselves as a community and provide input to the NSF process.
A web site is now up
http://cosmology.berkeley.edu/DUSEL/Town_meeting_DC07/
with practical information about registration and hotel accommodations, a preliminary program, a working group sign-up page and a request form for financial support.
It would help us greatly in our organization effort if you signed up for working groups for the Scientific Workshop (if you plan to come of course), and indicate whether you would like to give a presentation and its tentative title. Note that this is not a registration, you will have to register in the appropriate section of the web site. Please plan to come also to the Friday afternoon event, if at all possible.
We are currently discussing travel support with the NSF. Some will definitely be available with priority to working group conveners and younger scientists. We will also try to encourage diverse participation in the meeting. You will find on the web site a form to request financial support.
For questions or comments contact us at
inpac_response@cosmology.berkeley.edu or through the web site.
For the S1 team
Bernard Sadoulet