General Lab Information

Motivation

The Annual RHIC & AGS Users' Meeting will be held on June 11–14, 2024. The meeting will highlight the latest results from the PHENIX, STAR and sPHENIX experiments and provide an outlook with the future programs at RHIC and the EIC. Workshops that will be held on Tuesday, June 11 and Wednesday, June 12 will enable more in-depth discussions of the following topics:

  • Beam Energy Scan
  • Computing, Machine Learning, & AI
  • Heavy Flavor & Quarkonia
  • Jets
  • Spin Physics, Cold QCD, & UPCs
  • Flow & Vorticity
  • Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

There will be an in-person poster session on Thursday, June 13. Plenary sessions will be held on Thursday, June 13 and Friday, June 14. Reports on operation status from the sPHENIX and STAR experiments and highlights from PHENIX, sPHENIX and STAR experiments, EIC detectors, reports from representatives from the funding agencies, and award ceremonies will be held during the plenary sessions.

This 2024 Annual Users' Meeting is open to the public and we plan to record the proceedings. To be eligible to attend, all participants must register online by June 3, 2024. For questions or assistance with registering, please contact the meeting coordinator.

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Parallel Workshop Topics

Workshops are Hybrid

  • Cold QCD, Spin Physics, & UPCs from RHIC to the EIC (Afternoon)
    Berkner Hall, (Bldg. 488), Room B and Remote Viewing
  • Computing, Machine Learning, & AI (Full day)
    Biology Department, (Bldg. 463), John Dunn Seminar Room, (157) and Remote Viewing
  • Flow & Vorticity (Morning)
    Physics Department, (Bldg. 510), Large Seminar Room and Remote Viewing

Workshops are Hybrid

  • Beam Energy Scan (Full day)
    Physics Department, (Bldg. 510), Large Seminar Room and Remote Viewing
  • Jets (Morning)
    Berkner Hall, (Bldg. 488), Room B and Remote Viewing
  • Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (Afternoon)
    Berkner Hall, (Bldg. 488), Room B and Remote Viewing
  • Heavy Flavor (Full day)
    EBNN, NASA, OMC Building, (Bldg. 490), Large Conference Room, (8-205) and Remote Viewing

Plenary & Poster Sessions

Plenary sessions will be video streamed at Berkner Hall (Bldg. 488), main auditorium.

Awards

RHIC/AGS Users' Executive Committee

  • Anders Knospe, Chair-Elect (Lehigh University)
  • Marzia Rosati, Chair (Iowa State University)
  • Zhenyu Ye, Past-Chair (University of Illinois Chicago)

Join Remotely

The connection information will be provided via email to registrants prior to the event. Please do not give out this connection information. It is only for registered attendees. Contact the meeting coordinator if you have questions or are having connection issues.

Special Events

Registered participants are invited to attend the welcome reception, optional dinner, and an end-of-meeting luncheon.

Welcome Reception
There will be a welcome reception on Thursday, June 13, 2024, 6:00 p.m. in the lobby of Berkner Hall (Bldg. 488), compliments of Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA). Directions

Evening Dinner
Join us for a night at Painters' Restaurant with floor-to-ceiling art and enjoy an eclectic menu of chic eats on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, 6:00 p.m.

Please note, there will be a fee in order to attend the dinner. However, the cost of the dinner will be discounted to $25 US for the first 30 registered student/postdocs.

Painters' Restaurant
416 South Country Road
Brookhaven, NY 11719
Directions

Important Dates

April 5, 2024 Registration opens
June 3, 2024 Registration closes

Meeting Information

Past Events

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Note: This meeting falls under Exemption E. Meetings such as Advisory Committee and Federal Advisory Committee meetings. Solicitation/Funding Opportunity Announcement Review Board meetings, peer review/objective review panel meetings, evaluation panel/board meetings, and program kick-off and review meetings (including those for grants and contracts) are open to the public.