Foster Fest

Wednesday 11 Sept 2024, 10:30 → 21:45 Europe/London

Martin Wood Lecture Theatre

Neville Harnew (University of Oxford (GB)), Norman Alexander Mccubbin (UKRI/STFC)

10:30 → 11:00 Tea and Coffee

11:00 → 12:40 Morning session

11:00 Welcome and Introduction

Speaker: Ian Shipsey (University of Oxford (GB))

11:15 Brian's Thesis Experiment: Hadron Spectroscopy and Dynamics with the CERN 2m bubble chamber

Speaker: Jos Engelen (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))

11:40 Brian and PETRA – first close encounter with electrons and positrons

Speaker: Albrecht Wagner (DESY)

12:15 The Ones That Got Away - ELECTRA & SDC

Speaker: Roger Cashmore (University of Oxford (GB))

12:40 → 13:45 Lunch

13:45 → 15:20 Afternoon session I

13:45 ZEUS and Brian

Speaker: Amanda Sarkar (University of Oxford (GB))

14:20 BaBar and Brian

Speaker: Prof. Jordan Nash (Monash University, AU)

14:45 Science, Government and Brian

Speaker: Prof. Ian Halliday (University of Edinburgh)

15:20 → 15:50 Tea and Coffee

15:50 → 18:00 Afternoon session II

15:50 ILC & ILC Technology

Speaker: Barry Barish (Caltech)

16:25 Plasma Accelerators and Compact Colliders

Speaker: Dr Carl A. Lindstrøm (University of Oslo (NO))

17:00 Reminiscsences & Contributions from the Floor

17:30 Public Engagement & Musical Sendoff

Speaker: Jack Liebeck (Royal Academy of Music)

19:15 → 21:45 Reception & Dinner

21:00 After-dinner speaker

Speaker: Prof. Mark Lancaster (University of Manchester)