Bulletins | DUSEL Town Meeting

Bulletin 4: October 17, 2007

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:00:00 -0700

[DUSELScience] Town meeting in Washington DC November 2-4. Hotel Deadline TODAY

Scientists are well known to do everything at the last minute (including organizing workshops!).

Note, however, that the Hotel reservation for the DUSEL town meeting at the guaranteed rate is TODAY Wednesday October 17. We are trying to extend the deadline by a few days, but we have no confirmation yet. Please register and make your hotel reservation TODAY through our web site

http://cosmology.berkeley.edu/DUSEL/Town_meeting_DC07/

Please fill also the sign up sheet for the working groups.

We are not considering any more request for financial support, except in exceptional circumstances. A first round of acceptance has been sent yesterday and new ones will be sent today and tomorrow.

The online registration is open till October 25 . After that date, a penalty of $75 will be imposed for the workshop registration (the Friday event is free).

------ About the meeting (very similar to previous announcements)-----

As announced previously, the site-independent scientific study group of Deep Underground Science and Engineering (the so-called "S1" group) is organizing 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).

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. This event is supported by the University of California Institute for Particle/Nuclear Astrophysics and Cosmology (INPAC).

>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. This event is partially supported by NSF.

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.

For questions or comments contact us at inpac_response@cosmology.berkeley.edu or through the web site.

The S1 team

Astrophysics

Bernard Sadoulet

University of California at Berkeley

Physics

Eugene Beier

University of Pennsylvania

Civil Engineering/Rock Mechanics

Charles Fairhurst

University of Minnesota

Geomicrobiology

T.C. Onstott

Princeton University

Physics

R.G. Hamish Robertson

University of Washington

Microbiology

James Tiedje

Michigan State University

Bulletin 3: October 2, 2007

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:00:00 -0700

[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.

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.

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.

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

Bulletin 2: September 26, 2007

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:00:00 -0700

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, we will hold an open meeting to

describe to interested federal officials and the press 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.

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 Equipments 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, a preliminary program, and a working group sign up page .

We have secured the venues

* Friday afternoon: National Academy of Sciences

* Saturday, Sunday: an hotel in central Washington DC, that

we will announce as soon as we have finished negotiation of the

contract.

As soon as this is done, we will open the registration and

accommodation page (target date October 1).

Meanwhile, 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 come back to the web site after

October 1 (we will send a reminder). 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 a diverse

participation in the meeting. Further details will be available on

the web site very soon.

For questions or comments contact us at

inpac_response@cosmology.berkeley.edu or through the web site.

For the S1 team

Bernard Sadoulet

Bulletin 1: August 27, 2007

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700

[DUSELScience] DUSEL town meeting , Washington DC , November 2-4, 2007

The NSF is sponsoring a Town Meeting in Washington DC to discuss and

develop the next phases of the study of a Deep Underground Science

and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL). It has asked the site independent

scientific study group (S1) to organize the event.

On the Friday afternoon November 2, we will have an open meeting

describing to interested federal officials and the press the

scientific and education potential of DUSEL, and 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 November 4 early

afternoon, we will organize a scientific workshop involving all

underground disciplines (Physics, Astrophysics, Biology, Earth

Scienecs and Engineering) to focus on the next phases of the project:

* Process to arrive at technical designs of the first suite

of experiments to be included in

the MREFC proposal (Solicitation 4).

* Needs in terms of R&D before technical choices for major

experiments can be made and to reduce technical and cost risks.

* Science opportunities at Homestake before the MREFC

decision and during construction.

* Coordination mechanisms with existing national and

international underground laboratories/sites,

funding agencies and other entities.

* Further technical input to the S3 design

* Organization of the community and input to the NSF process.

This will be an opportunity for all interested scientists to develop

further the community-specific needs that the DUSEL facility should

support.

Mark you calendar! Details are forthcoming.

Suggestions can be sent to sadoulet at berkeley dot edu

For the S1 team

Bernard Sadoulet