[DUSELScience] Town meeting in Washington DC November 1-2. Registration site is up.

[Bernard Sadoulet]

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 at cosmology.berkeley.edu or through the web site.

For the S1 team

Bernard Sadoulet