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09:00
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Welcome and Introductions
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Robert Lindsay
(University of the Western Cape)
(until 11:00)
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09:00
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Welcome venue and Introduction
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Rob Lindsay
(UWC, South Africa)
Shaun Metzler Wyngaardt
(Stellenbosch University)
Richard Newman
(Stellenbosch University, South Africa)
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09:30
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Scientific research in South Africa and the idea of an ULab
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Zeblon Vilakazi
(Wits University, South Africa)
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09:40
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DSI
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Takalani Nemaungani
(Chief Director: Astronomy Department of Science and Technology (South Africa))
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10:00
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The Paarl Africa Underground Laboratory - a status report
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Richard Newman
(Stellenbosch University, South Africa)
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11:00
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--- Tea or Cofee break ---
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11:45
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Capacity building in Africa
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Fairouz Malek
(LPSC-Grenoble, CNRS-UGA, France ans Stellenbosch University (ZA))
(until 13:25)
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11:45
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Critical success factors in high- technology infrastructure projects: PBMR, SKA and RCP
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Rob Adam
(Stellenbosch University, SA)
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12:05
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Towards Establishing the Botswana Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology
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Gregory Hillhouse
(Botswana International University of Science and Technology)
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12:25
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Broaden horizon with nuclear sciences and technology projects in East African region, particularly in Rwanda. (Remote talk)
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Joram Ndayishimye
(Rwanda Atomic Energy Board (RAEB))
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12:45
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Overview talk on DULs (and related research) worldwide
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Aldo Ianni
(INFN LNGS)
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09:00
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Cosmology and Dark Matter searches
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Lerothodi Leonard Leeuw
(University of Johannesburg (ZA))
(until 11:05)
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09:00
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Dark Matter in Radio Astronomy
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Yin-Zhe Ma
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09:25
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Dark Matter searches with the Cryogenic Experiments CRESST and COSINUS
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Jochen Schieck
(Austrian Academy of Sciences (AT))
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09:50
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The search for dark-matter using H.E.S.S.
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Markus Boettcher
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10:15
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Direct-Detection of Sub-GeV Dark Matter: A New Frontier
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Rouven Essig
(Stony Brook University)
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10:40
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Relativistic electrodynamics in a medium
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Anslyn John
(Stellenbosch University)
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10:55
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Perturbation theory in bulk viscous cosmology
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Jaymie Van der Merwe
(Stellenbosch University, SA)
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11:05
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--- Tea or Cofee break ---
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11:35
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Overiew on Underground Labs research
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Shaun Metzler Wyngaardt
(Stellenbosch University)
(until 13:35)
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11:35
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The SNOLAB Science Program
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Jodi Cooley
(SNOLAB)
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12:00
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Physics at an underground laboratory, LNGS
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Marcello Messina
(LNGS-INFN)
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12:25
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Science at Underground Laboratory of Modane (LSM)
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Ali DASTGHEIBI FARD
(CNRS/LPSC_LSM)
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12:50
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Boulby Underground Laboratory: Status and plans for the UK’s deep underground science facility
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Sean Paling
(STFC UKRI, UK)
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13:15
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Underground Lab activities in the Southern Hemisphere
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Elisabetta Barberio
(The University of Melbourne, Australia)
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09:00
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Neutrino Physics
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Fairouz Malek
(LPSC-Grenoble, CNRS and UGA, France)
(until 10:34)
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09:00
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Neutrino and feebly interacting particle searches at the LHC
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Claire Antel
(Universite de Geneve (CH))
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09:28
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Specialized double beta decay experiments and technologies for deep underground laboratories
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Ivan Stekl
(Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, Czech Technical University in Prague)
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09:51
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R2D2: a xenon TPC for neutrinoless double beta decay search
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Fabrice PIQUEMAL
(LP2I Bordeaux)
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10:14
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A request for a study of beta-decays and the ENIGMA project
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Fedor Simkovic
(Comenius University and IAEP CTU)
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10:34
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--- Tea or Cofee break ---
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11:04
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Ultra-low radioactivity and Radiobiology
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Jacques Marteau
(IP2I and Université de Lyon, France)
(until 12:56)
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11:04
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Ultra-low radioactivity, a new frontier for biology (Remote talk)
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Vincent BRETON
()
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11:27
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A review of the biological effects of the low-radiation background at deep underground laboratories
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Tarryn Bailey
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11:50
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Test of long term viability of cryogenized stem cells in Deep Underground Laboratory
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Fabrice Piquemal
(CNRS)
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12:13
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Biological research at the deep underground low radiation background laboratory (DULB-4900) of Baksan Neutrino Observatory
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Mikhail Zarubin
(Joint Institute for Nuclear Research)
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12:36
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The ultra-‐low background laboratory STELLA (SubTErranean Low Level Assay) in the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (Italy) underground laboratories
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Matthias Laubenstein
(LNGS-INFN)
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09:00
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Round table on PAUL strategy and future plans
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Robert Lindsay
(University of the Western Cape)
(until 10:30)
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09:00
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Round table on PAUL strategy and future plans
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Lerothodi Leonard Leeuw
(University of Johannesburg (ZA))
Elisabetta Barberio Prof.
Rouven Essig
(Stony Brook University)
Sean Paling
Fabrice Piquemal
(CNRS) Prof.
Shaun Metzler Wyngaardt
(Stellenbosch University)
Jodi Cooley
Aldo Ianni
(INFN LNGS)
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10:30
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--- Tea or Cofee break ---
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11:00
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Outlook and Opportunities
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Fairouz Malek
(LPSC-Grenoble, CNRS and UGA, France)
Richard Newman
(Stellenbosch University, South Africa)
(until 11:25)
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11:00
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Short Summary
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Fairouz Malek
(LPSC-Grenoble, CNRS -UGA, France and Stellenbosch University, SA)
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11:10
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The way forward for PAUL
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Richard Newman
(Stellenbosch University, South Africa)
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12:00
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--- Registration ---
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17:00
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--- Welcome drink and Braai (barbecue) ---
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13:25
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--- Lunch ---
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14:55
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Visit to North Bore of Huguenot Tunnel or mountain hike
(until 17:55)
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19:00
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--- Dinner ---
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13:35
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--- Lunch ---
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14:35
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Excursion to the town of Paarl
(until 17:35)
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19:00
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--- Dinner ---
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13:00
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--- Lunch ---
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14:00
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Muon flux and Radiation
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Marcello Messina
(LNGS-INFN)
(until 15:19)
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14:00
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From cosmos to the center of the earth : muography and applications
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Jacques Marteau
(IP2I and Université de Lyon, France)
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14:28
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Modelling the Muon Flux in the Huguenot Tunnel
- Mr
Cornel du Villiers
(Stellenbosch University)
Stephan Jonker
()
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14:46
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Development of a mobile LaBr3:Ce detector unit for in situ radionuclide analysis at TENORM contamination sites
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Ferdinand van Niekerk
(iThemba LABS)
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15:04
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Portable African Neutron-Gamma Laboratory for Innovative Nuclear Science
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Peter Michael Jones
(iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation (ZA))
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15:40
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Neutron flux and Radiochemistry
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Fabrice Piquemal
(CNRS)
(until 16:31)
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15:40
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Low neutron flux detectors for underground laboratories
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Daniya Zinatulina
(Joint Institute for Nuclear Research)
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15:58
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Measuring the neutron fields within Paarl Africa Underground Laboratory
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Zina Ndabeni
(University of Cape Town and iThemba LABS)
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16:16
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Radiochemistry for underground physics
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Ayagoz Baimukhanova
(JINR, INP KZ)
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16:31
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--- Tea or Cofee break ---
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17:01
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On PAUL
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Fabrice Piquemal
(CNRS)
(until 18:17)
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17:01
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Background radiation measurements for underground experiments performed at UWC and measurements for PAUL
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Lumkile Msebi
(University of the Western Cape)
Enkosi Ngwadla
(University of the Western Cape)
Robert Lindsay
(University of the Western Cape)
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17:24
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Cleanroom and monitoring in underground laboratories (Remote talk)
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Silvia Scorza
(LPSC-Grenoble, CNRS -UGA, France)
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17:47
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PAUL from the ANDES perspective (Remote talk)
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Xavier Bertou
(CNEA/CONICET, Argentina)
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19:30
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--- Banquet and Music ---
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12:00
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--- Lunch ---
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14:00
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Visit to the iThemba LABS cyclotron facility
(until 18:00)
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