For the most updated schedule, please check this Google Doc.
Location: Scarfe Room 100
Day 1: A# science and detector technology
Wednesday, June 12
08:15-08:45 Registration (no breakfast provided)
| Time | Session and speakers | Speakers |
| Session 1 chair: Sanjay Reddy | ||
| 08:45-09:00 | Welcome and meeting introduction | Jeremy Heyl, Head – UBC Physics and Astronomy Jess McIver, Dawn VII LOC/SOC (UBC) |
| 09:00-09:30 | Overview of A# science | Bangalore Sathyaprakash (Penn State/Cardiff) |
| 09:30-10:30 | Panel: Fundamental physics with A# | Chuck Horowitz (Indiana) – Nuclear Rachel Gray (Glasgow) – Cosmology Max Isi (Flatiron) – Testing GR Luis Lehner (Perimeter Institute) – Physics beyond GR |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break | |
| Session 2 chair: Ingrid Stairs | ||
| 11:00-11:15 | Overview of multi-messenger astronomy with A# | Samaya Nissanke (UAmsterdam) – overview (remote) |
| 11:15-12:30 | Panel: multi-messenger astronomy with A# | Brendan O’Connor (Carnegie Mellon) – Deep field Antonella Palmese (Carnegie Mellon) – Survey Greg Hallinan (Caltech) – Radio Matthias Danniger (SFU) – Neutrinos (TBC) |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch | |
| Session 3 chair: David Shoemaker | ||
| 13:30-14:00 | Overview of A# detector technology | Peter Fritschel (MIT) |
| 14:00-15:00 | Panel: A# detector technology | Riccardo Bassiri (Stanford) – Coatings Den Martynov (UBirmingham) – Seismic isolation and suspension sensors Garilynn Billingsley (Caltech) – Substrates (remote) Jon Richardson (UC Riverside) – Thermal handling Vicky Xu (MIT) – Squeezing |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee break | |
| Session 4 chair: David McClelland | ||
| 15:30-16:45 | Roadmap to XG detectors | Paul Lasky (Monash) – Seeding a southern hemisphere detector – 15+5 min Suresh Doravari (IUCAA) – LIGO India – 15+5 min (remote) Francois Schiettekatte (UdeM) – Canadian sites – 5 min |
| 16:35-17:00 | Discussion | All participants |
17:30 – Cash bar at Ponderosa Ballroom
18:00-20:00 Dawn VII Dinner in Ponderosa Ballroom
Day 2: Community planning for ground-based GW detectors
Thursday, June 13
08:30-08:45 Registration (no breakfast provided)
| Time | Session and speakers | Speakers |
| Session 5 chair: Peter Fritschel | ||
| 08:45-09:00 | Overview of A#/VirgoNEXT as pathfinders for XG detectors | Jocelyn Read (CSU Fullerton) |
| 09:00-09:15 | CE update | Matt Evans (MIT) |
| 09:15-09:30 | ET update | Michele Punturo (INFN) |
| 09:30-10:30 | Panel: A#/VirgoNEXT as pathfinders for XG detectors | Matt Evans (MIT) – CE tech Andreas Freise (Nikhef) – ET tech Stephen Green (Nottingham) – New analysis frameworks Aaron Tohuvavohu (U Toronto) – MMA users |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break | |
| Session 6 chair: Jess McIver | ||
| 11:00-11:25 | LISA and ground-based GW detectors | Kelly Holley-Bockelmann (Vanderbilt) |
| 11:25-11:50 | PTA and ground-based GW detectors | Pat Meyers (Caltech) |
| 11:50-11:55 | Overview of related developing technologies | David Shoemaker (MIT) |
| 11:55-12:30 | Discussion | All participants |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch and optional QMI lab tour | |
| Session 7 chair: Josh Smith | ||
| 14:00-14:15 | Inclusion and lessons learned for XG | Joey Key (University of Washington) |
| 14:15-14:30 | Outreach and community building | Kelly Holley-Bockelmann (Vanderbilt) |
| 14:30-15:00 | Discussion | All participants |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee break | |
| Session 8 chair: Jessica Steinlechner | ||
| 15:30-16:00 | “Perspective” presentations | LIGO Lab – Dave Reitze – 5 min LSC – Patrick Brady – 5 min Virgo – Gianluca Gemme – 5 min KAGRA – Hideyuki Takagoshi (TBC) – 5 min NSF – Pedro Maronetti – 5 min |
| 16:00-16:10 | Update on an international ifo GW detector network | IGWN committee rep (Gianluca Gemme or TBD) – 10 min |
| 16:10-16:45 | Discussion | All participants |
| 16:45-17:00 | Closeout discussion – plans for writing a report | All participants |
Day 3: Satellite workshops
Friday June 14
Free of cost; BYO coffee and refreshments
- GW Detector Coatings
- GW Detector Technology Development
- Multi-Messenger Astrophysics with GWs & Machine Learning for GW astronomy