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)

Tea and Coffee

Morning session

1 Welcome and Introduction

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

Shipsey FosterFest11-9-24.pdf

Shipsey FosterFest11-9-24.pptx

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

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

Engelen-slidesbrian.pdf

Engelen-slidesbrian.pptx

Engelen-talkbrian.pdf

3 Brian and PETRA – first close encounter with electrons and positrons

Speaker: Albrecht Wagner (DESY)

Talk Brian 70 Oxford 240912.pdf

Talk Brian 70 Oxford 240912.pptx

4 The Ones That Got Away - ELECTRA & SDC

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

Final Electra and SDC.pdf

Final Electra and SDC.pptx

Lunch

Afternoon session I

5 ZEUS and Brian

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

brianzeus.pdf

6 BaBar and Brian

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

fosterFestBabar.pdf

fosterFestBabar.pptx

7 Science, Government and Brian

Speaker: Prof. Ian Halliday (University of Edinburgh)

Foster2024.pdf

Foster2024.pptx

Tea and Coffee

Afternoon session II

8 ILC & ILC Technology

Speaker: Barry Barish (Caltech)

Barish Foster Talk 09-24 F2.pdf

9 Plasma Accelerators and Compact Colliders

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

Plasma acceleration and compact colliders (Fosterfest, 11 Sep 2024) ANIMATED.pdf

Plasma acceleration and compact colliders (Fosterfest, 11 Sep 2024).pdf

10 Reminiscsences & Contributions from the Floor

FF_greetings_Sep2024_v2.pdf

FF_greetings_Sep2024_v2.pptx

11 Public Engagement & Musical Sendoff

Speaker: Jack Liebeck (Royal Academy of Music)

FosterFest Jack Liebeck.pdf

FosterFest Jack Liebeck.pptx

Reception & Dinner

12 After-dinner speaker

Speaker: Prof. Mark Lancaster (University of Manchester)