High Energy Physics Advisory Panel
December 9-11, 2015

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Agenda
High Energy Physics Advisory Panel
Newport Beach Marriott
900 Newport Center Dr.
Newport Beach, CA 92660



(All Times PST)
Wednesday,
Dec. 9, 2015

Topic


Speaker

        9:00

            CONVENE

 

  9:00 – 9:15

Introduction

Andy Lankford

  9:15 – 12:00

AGENCY REPORTS
DOE
NSF

 

Jim Siegrist
Jim Shank

12:00 – 1:30

            LUNCH – (time approximate)

 

  1:30 -  1:45

HEPAP DISCUSSION

 

  1:45 – 3:15

REPORTS ON NEUTRINO PROGRAM – I:
Short-Baseline Neutrino Program
     SBN Progress and Status
Report from Fermilab PAC

 

David Schmitz
Daniela Bortoletto

  3:15 –  3:45

            BREAK – (time approximate)

 

  3:45 – 6:00

REPORTS ON NEUTRINO PROGRAM – II:
Long-Baseline Neutrino Program
Introduction
DUNE Progress & Status
LBNF Progress & Status
Report from LBNC

 

David MacFarlane

Mark Thomson
Chris Mossey
David MacFarlane

        6:00

            ADJOURN

 



(All Times PST)
Thursday,
Dec. 10, 2015

Topic


Speaker

        8:00

            CONVENE

 

  8:00 – 10:00

REPORTS ON LHC PROGRAM:
Restart for Run 2 & Preparations for HL-LHC
LHC Accelerator (remote presentation)
CMS Restart for Run 2
ATLAS Restart for Run 2

 

Frederick Bordry
Greg Rakness
Anyes Taffard

10:00 – 10:30

            BREAK – (time approximate)

 

  10:30 – 12:05

REPORTS ON LHC PROGRAM:
Preparations for HL-LHC (cont’d)
US Activities for LHC
ATLAS Phase-II Upgrades
CMS Phase-II Upgrades

 

Giorgio Apollinari
Srini Rajagopalan
Anders Ryd

12:05 –  1:30

            LUNCH – (time approximate)

 

  1:30 –  2:40

REPORTS FROM NSAC
NSAC Long-Range Plan
Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Subcommittee

 

Don Geesaman
Bob McKeown

  2:40 –  3:30

REPORT ON DOE ACCELERATOR R&D

Glen Crawford

  3:30 –  4:00

            BREAK – (time approximate)

 

  4:00 –  4:30

COMMUNICATIONS

Katie Yurkewicz

  4:30 – 6:00

HEPAP DISCUSSION AND FUTURE TOPICS

 

Andy Lankford

        6:00

            ADJOURN

 



(All Times PST)
Friday,
Dec. 11, 2015

Topic


Speaker

         8:00

            CONVENE

 

    8:00 –  9:50

REPORTS ON COSMIC FRONTIER
Dark Matter & Cosmic Frontier Projects Status
DOE HEP report
NSF PHY report
NSF AST report
AAAC & NAS Mid-Decadal Astro Survey

 

Kathy Turner
Jim Shank
Vern Pankonin
Angela Olinto

    9:50 – 10:10

            BREAK – (time approximate)

 

  10:10 – 10:30

MAINTAINING VISIBILITY OF P5 REPORT

Steve Ritz

  10:30 – 11:00

HEPAP DISCUSSION

Andy Lankford

        11:00

            ADJOURN