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

[David B. Cline]

Bernard,

To be very clear I would like to give a talk about the LANNDD LAR 
detector on Nov 3^rd or 4^th at the DUSEL meeting.

David Cline
AC



Bernard Sadoulet wrote:

>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
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