2016 RHIC & AGS Annual Users' Meeting
Plenary Session I
Thursday, June 9, 2016
Meeting Location: Berkner Hall Auditorium, Bldg. 488
AGENDA
| Plenary Session I.A: Chair- Gabor David, BNL | ||
| 09:00-09:05 | Welcome Remarks | Doon Gibbs, BNL Laboratory Director |
| 09:05-09:30 | C-AD Run16 Report | Xiaofeng Gu, Brookhaven National Laboratory [.pdf] |
| 09:30-09:55 | STAR Run16 Report | David Tlusty, Rice University [.pdf] |
| 09:55-10:20 | PHENIX Run16 Report | Denis Jouan, Institute de Physique Nucleaire [.pdf] |
| 10:20-10:50 | Coffee Break & Poster Session | |
| Plenary Session I.B: Chair-Justin Frantz, UEC Chair, Ohio University | ||
| 10:50-11:15 | STAR Upgrades | Rosi Reed, Lehigh University [.pdf] |
| 11:15-11:40 | 25 Years of PHENIX | Bill Zajc, Columbia University, Nevis Laboratories [.pdf] |
| 11:40-11:50 | Thesis Award Presentation | Doon Gibbs, BNL Laboratory Director |
| 11:50-12:00 | Thesis Award/Award Talk 1 | Arbin Timilsina, Iowa State University [.pdf] |
| 12:00-12:10 | Thesis Award/Award Talk 2 | Joseph Duris, University of California @ Los Angeles [.pdf] |
| 12:10-01:15 | Lunch Break & Poster Session | |
| Plenary Session I.C: Chair-Lijuan Ruan, UEC Chair-Elect, BNL | ||
| 01:15-01:45 | sPHENIX | Megan Connors, Georgia State University [.ppsx] |
| 01:45-02:15 | The RHIC Cold QCD Plan for 2017 to 2023: A Portal to the EIC | Elke-Caroline Aschenauer, Brookhaven National Laboratory [.ppsx] |
| 02:15-02:40 | The Future of RHIC | Berndt Mueller, Associate Laboratory Director for Nuclear & Particle Physics, BNL [.pdf] |
| 02:40-03:00 | Coffee Break & Poster Session | |
| Plenary Session I.D: Chair-Paul Sorensen, BNL | ||
| 03:00-03:25 | Report from DOE | Timothy J. Hallman, Associate Director of Science for Nuclear Physics, DOE Office of Science [.pdf] |
| 03:25-03:45 | Four Years in Heavy Ions | James Sowinski, Acting Program Manager, Heavy Ion Nuclear Physics [.pdf] |
| 03:45-04:05 | Report from NSF | Kenneth Hicks, NSF Nuclear Physics, Program Director [.pdf] |
| 04:05-04:20 | Coffee Break & Poster Session | |
| Diversity Panel Discussion: Chair- Christine Nattrass, University of Tennessee | ||
| 04:20-04:35 | Introductory Remarks | Doon Gibbs, BNL Laboratory Director |
| 04:35-05:35 | Mapping the Heavens: How Radical Scientific Ideas have Transformed our Cosmic View | Priyamvada Natarajan, Yale University |
| 05:35-06:30 | Cocktail Hour compliments of BSA - Join us for drinks with a panel of experts from inside and outside of physics to discuss the latest efforts to understand who is doing science, why some groups are underrepresented, and how we can encourage diversity. | |
| 06:05-08:00 | All Inclusive Science-How To Get There [Diversity panel flier] | Lauren Aguilar, Stanford University Catherine Good, Baruch College John Harris, Yale University Marci Lobel Stony Brook University Priyamvada Natarajan, Yale University Ágnes Mócsy, Yale University\Pratt Institute- (Moderator) |
| End of Plenary Session I | ||
Last Modified: December 27, 2017
