Name: ELBNF Proto-Collaboration Meeting
Start: 2015-01-22T08:00:00-06:00
End: 2015-01-23T19:00:00-06:00
Location: Fermilab

ELBNF Proto-Collaboration Meeting

from Thursday, 22 January 2015 (08:00) to Friday, 23 January 2015 (19:00)

Monday, 19 January 2015
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
Thursday, 22 January 2015
09:00 Welcome & Scientific Strategy (Chairperson-Rik Yoshida) - Nigel Lockyer (Fermilab)
Welcome & Scientific Strategy (Chairperson-Rik Yoshida)
- Nigel Lockyer (Fermilab)
09:00 - 09:30
Room: Ramsey Auditorium • 10kton underground by 2021 as driver • Start process for choosing experimental collaboration leadership • Facilitate people joining hardware projects LAR1-ND, LARIAT or CERN platform • Technology decision schedule which aligns with CD2 – 2018+1 • FNAL Management Goal CD3A for FY17 – a coherent plan to HEP by May 2015
09:30 Goals and Process for the Collaboration Meeting (Chairperson-Rik Yoshida) - Sergio Bertolucci (CERN)
Goals and Process for the Collaboration Meeting (Chairperson-Rik Yoshida)
- Sergio Bertolucci (CERN)
09:30 - 09:45
Room: Ramsey Auditorium • Forming of this new Collaboration-a merger of all previous efforts and any other interested parties • Scope of 40 ktons physics program • Agreement on minimal level of organization to start • Agree on minimal number of Working Groups to make progress before spokespeople chosen • Launch spokesperson selection process • Provide a way for individuals/groups to get involved in R&D efforts, CDR Writing and other collaboration activities.
09:45 IIEB Model of the Facility/Experiment Interplay (Chairperson-Rik Yoshida) - Robert Roser (Fermilab) Kenneth Long (Imperial College London)
IIEB Model of the Facility/Experiment Interplay (Chairperson-Rik Yoshida)
- Robert Roser (Fermilab)
- Kenneth Long (Imperial College London)
09:45 - 10:15
Room: Ramsey Auditorium • New Collaboration will follow the CERN LHC model o Working groups on facility side responsibility of host lab o Working groups on experiment side responsibility of spokespersons • Collaboration and Facility roles and responsibilities o Collaboration: Science, Near Detector, Far Detector, Scientific specifications of the neutrino beam o Facility is responsible for civil construction, cryo plant, beamline, target station, horn, etc. (will need to carefully be defined) o Role of experiment facility interface group
10:15 Break
Break
10:15 - 10:45
Room: Wilson Hall Atrium
10:45 Defining the early Physics Program of 10 ktons (Chairperson-Agnieszka Zalewska) - Kate Scholberg (Duke University) Silvia Pascoli (University of Durham)
Defining the early Physics Program of 10 ktons (Chairperson-Agnieszka Zalewska)
- Kate Scholberg (Duke University)
- Silvia Pascoli (University of Durham)
10:45 - 12:15
Room: Ramsey Auditorium o Physics program of the 10kton first module(s) underground by 2021 o Need to cover  Oscillation physics (Silvia Pascoli)  Supernovae (Kate Scholberg)  Proton Decay (Vitaly Kudryavtsev) o What are the outstanding Questions in each area o What are the goals and priorities and issues associated with each
12:15 Lunch-Cafeteria
Lunch-Cafeteria
12:15 - 13:15
13:15 Checkpoint on where we are.. (Chairperson-Shekhar Mishra) - Vaia Papadimitriou (Fermilab) David LISSAUER (BNL)
Checkpoint on where we are.. (Chairperson-Shekhar Mishra)
- Vaia Papadimitriou (Fermilab)
- David LISSAUER (BNL)
13:15 - 14:45
Room: Ramsey Auditorium • Near and Far Detector – 60 minutes (David Lissauer o What are the components? o How to create a distributed model for detector construction? o How people can get involved? • Opportunities to create an optimal Beam Design for the 40 kton experiment o Do we need 700kwatts prior to 2024 pointed at SURF
14:45 Break
Break
14:45 - 15:15
Room: Wilson Hall Atrium
15:15 Checkpoint on where we are....continued (Chairperson-Geralyn "Sam" Zeller) - Elaine McCluskey (Fermilab)
Checkpoint on where we are....continued (Chairperson-Geralyn "Sam" Zeller)
- Elaine McCluskey (Fermilab)
15:15 - 15:45
Room: Ramsey Auditorium • Issues at SURF o Logistics working underground o National time table for construction of cavern(s) o What R&D is needed to establish cryostat technology choice? o What is needed for making the case for CD3A in a few months?
15:45 Governance Process (Chairperson-Geralyn "Sam" Zeller) - Chang Kee Jung (Stony Brook University)
Governance Process (Chairperson-Geralyn "Sam" Zeller)
- Chang Kee Jung (Stony Brook University)
15:45 - 16:45
Room: Ramsey Auditorium o Spokespeople – discuss process and start nomination committee o Oversight Committees – early forming of (iJOG, RRB, LBNC, …) o Is the process of selecting spokespeople optimal given the time pressures of 2017 excavation start – expedited plan b?
17:00 Reception - WH Atrium
Reception - WH Atrium
17:00 - 19:00
Room: Wilson Hall Atrium

18:00 Institutional Board Meeting
Institutional Board Meeting
18:00 - 20:00
Room: Wilson Hall One West

19:00 Parallel Session 1 - Chaired by Tom Junk
Parallel Session 1 - Chaired by Tom Junk
19:00 - 21:00
Room: Hornet's Nest WH 8XO If you are unable to attend but wish to participate via phone, please use ReadyTalk instructions below: Remote connection information (ReadyTalk phone conference): 1. Dial Toll-Free Number: 866-740-1260 (U.S. & Canada) 2. International participants dial: Toll Number: 303-248-0285 Or International Toll-Free Number: http://www.readytalk.com/intl 3. Enter 7-digit access code, 4010695 followed by “#” Note: There are Separate Access Codes for each Parallel Session.

Parallel Session 2 Chaired by Jennifer Raaf
Parallel Session 2 Chaired by Jennifer Raaf
19:00 - 21:00
Room: Racetrack WH 7XO If you are unable to attend but wish to participate via phone, please use ReadyTalk instructions below: Remote connection information (ReadyTalk phone conference): 1. Dial Toll-Free Number: 866-740-1260 (U.S. & Canada) 2. International participants dial: Toll Number: 303-248-0285 Or International Toll-Free Number: http://www.readytalk.com/intl 3. Enter 7-digit access code, 7306951 followed by “#” Note: There are Separate Access Codes for each Parallel Session.
Friday, 23 January 2015
09:00 Detector R&D and the CERN Neutrino Platform (Chairperson-Alfons Weber) - Marzio Nessi (CERN)
Detector R&D and the CERN Neutrino Platform (Chairperson-Alfons Weber)
- Marzio Nessi (CERN)
09:00 - 09:30
Room: Ramsey Auditorium How do we reach a technical decision based on demonstrated performance of proposed single and 2 phase LAr technologies and what is the time scale?
09:30 Fermilab Neutrino Platform (Chairperson-Alfons Weber) - David Schmitz (University of Chicago)
Fermilab Neutrino Platform (Chairperson-Alfons Weber)
- David Schmitz (University of Chicago)
09:30 - 10:00
Room: Ramsey Auditorium • How SBN (Lar1 Microboone, Icarus)-and LB N are synergistic and should leverage both. • How to get involved.
10:00 How to get involved in WA105 2 phase program (Chairperson-Alfons Weber) - André Rubbia (ETH Zurich)
How to get involved in WA105 2 phase program (Chairperson-Alfons Weber)
- André Rubbia (ETH Zurich)
10:00 - 10:30
Room: Ramsey Auditorium
10:30 Break
Break
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Wilson Hall Atrium
11:00 How to get involved in the CERN single phase prototype (Chairperson-Alfons Weber) - Thomson Mark
How to get involved in the CERN single phase prototype (Chairperson-Alfons Weber)
- Thomson Mark
11:00 - 11:30
Room: Ramsey Auditorium
11:30 Physics Group
Physics Group
11:30 - 12:30
Room: Ramsey Auditorium

12:30 Lunch - Cafeteria
Lunch - Cafeteria
12:30 - 13:30

13:30 Parameters Group
Parameters Group
13:30 - 14:30
Room: Ramsey Auditorium

14:30 Break
Break
14:30 - 15:00
Room: Wilson Hall Atrium

15:00 Detector Technology
Detector Technology
15:00 - 16:00
Room: Ramsey Auditorium
16:00 Panel Discussion Wrap-up (Chairperson-Carlos Escobar) - Sergio Bertolucci (CERN)
Panel Discussion Wrap-up (Chairperson-Carlos Escobar)
- Sergio Bertolucci (CERN)
16:00 - 16:30
Room: Ramsey Auditorium • Recommendations to collaboration informed by panel discussions • Propose to establish an experiment naming/logo group?
16:30 Establishing Time Lines and future meeting dates and next steps (Chairperson-Carlos Escobar) - Sergio Bertolucci (CERN)
Establishing Time Lines and future meeting dates and next steps (Chairperson-Carlos Escobar)
- Sergio Bertolucci (CERN)
16:30 - 17:00
Room: Ramsey Auditorium End of February, early March for next Meeting?
17:00 Meeting Adjourned
Meeting Adjourned
17:00 - 17:01
Room: Ramsey Auditorium