Underground Synergies with Astro-particle Physics: Multi-Disciplinary Studies in the World’s Deep Underground Science Facilities
from
Monday, December 17, 2012 (7:00 PM)
to
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 (4:45 PM)
Monday, December 17, 2012
7:00 PM
Pre-registration Welcome Drinks
Pre-registration Welcome Drinks
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 9:35 AM
Room: Calman Learning Centre at Durham University
Welcome, Context and Agenda
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Sean Paling
Welcome, Context and Agenda
Sean Paling
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
9:15 AM
Welcome from STFC
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John Womerlsey
Welcome from STFC
John Womerlsey
9:15 AM - 9:20 AM
9:20 AM
Welcome from CPL/Boulby
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Dave Mcluckie
Welcome from CPL/Boulby
Dave Mcluckie
9:20 AM - 9:25 AM
9:25 AM
From the Geosphere to the Cosmos: welcome from ASPERA
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Ino Agrafioti
(
NCSR Demokritos
)
From the Geosphere to the Cosmos: welcome from ASPERA
Ino Agrafioti
(
NCSR Demokritos
)
9:25 AM - 9:35 AM
9:35 AM
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
9:35 AM - 9:50 AM
9:50 AM
9:50 AM - 12:30 PM
Facility Overview: Boulby Underground Laboratory
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Sean Paling
Facility Overview: Boulby Underground Laboratory
Sean Paling
9:50 AM - 10:10 AM
10:10 AM
Development of Muon Tomography techniques for site monitoring in Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS)
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Jon Gluyas
Development of Muon Tomography techniques for site monitoring in Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS)
Jon Gluyas
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM
The LSBB URL: a new platform for fundamental and applied low background interdisciplinary underground science and technology
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Stephane Gaffet
The LSBB URL: a new platform for fundamental and applied low background interdisciplinary underground science and technology
Stephane Gaffet
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM
Environmental Radioactivity Monitoring for Earth Sciences at the INFN-Gran Sasso National Laboratory, Italy
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Wolfango Plastino
Environmental Radioactivity Monitoring for Earth Sciences at the INFN-Gran Sasso National Laboratory, Italy
Wolfango Plastino
10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
11:10 AM
The Boulby Geoscience research project: the benefits of industry collaboration
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Matt Brain
The Boulby Geoscience research project: the benefits of industry collaboration
Matt Brain
11:10 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM
GEODYN: geodynamic station at Canfranc
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Jordi Díaz Cusí
GEODYN: geodynamic station at Canfranc
Jordi Díaz Cusí
11:30 AM - 11:50 AM
11:50 AM
Geoneutrinos
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Livia Ludhova
Geoneutrinos
Livia Ludhova
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM
12:10 PM
Geological investigation of rock at the underground laboratory at Slanic Prahova, Romania
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Bogdan Mitrica
Geological investigation of rock at the underground laboratory at Slanic Prahova, Romania
Bogdan Mitrica
12:10 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM
1:30 PM - 3:10 PM
Facility Overview: Underground Laboratory of Canfranc
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Iulian Bandac
Facility Overview: Underground Laboratory of Canfranc
Iulian Bandac
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM
1:50 PM
Astrobiology at Boulby: Studies of life in extreme envirnments, life beyond Earth and the development of instrumentation for use in planatory exploration and mining
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Charles Cockell
Astrobiology at Boulby: Studies of life in extreme envirnments, life beyond Earth and the development of instrumentation for use in planatory exploration and mining
Charles Cockell
1:50 PM - 2:10 PM
2:10 PM
Does biochemistry of living matter depends on environmental radiation? Yeasts to human cells at the LNGS
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Emiliano Fratini
Does biochemistry of living matter depends on environmental radiation? Yeasts to human cells at the LNGS
Emiliano Fratini
2:10 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM
Studies of E. coli development in low radioactivity conditions
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Pierre Micheau
Studies of E. coli development in low radioactivity conditions
Pierre Micheau
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM
2:50 PM
CAREX (Coordination Action for Research Activities on life in Extreme Environments)
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Nicolas Walter
CAREX (Coordination Action for Research Activities on life in Extreme Environments)
Nicolas Walter
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM
3:10 PM
Coffee
Coffee
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
The Sanford Deep Underground Science Facility
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Kevin Lesko
The Sanford Deep Underground Science Facility
Kevin Lesko
3:30 PM - 3:55 PM
3:55 PM
DUSEL Interdisciplinary science studies
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Derek Elsworth
DUSEL Interdisciplinary science studies
Derek Elsworth
3:55 PM - 4:10 PM
4:10 PM
Multidisciplinary studies at SOUDAN lab
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Anthony Villano
Multidisciplinary studies at SOUDAN lab
Anthony Villano
4:10 PM - 4:30 PM
4:30 PM
Overview large cavities for different sites: Lessons from the LAGUNA project
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Guido Nuijten
Overview large cavities for different sites: Lessons from the LAGUNA project
Guido Nuijten
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
5:00 PM
5:00 PM - 5:40 PM
Multidisciplinarity in the context of Horizon2020
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Christina Miller
Multidisciplinarity in the context of Horizon2020
Christina Miller
5:00 PM - 5:20 PM
5:20 PM
Futures programme at STFC: the UK experience
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Catherine Ewart
Futures programme at STFC: the UK experience
Catherine Ewart
5:20 PM - 5:40 PM
6:30 PM
Drinks Reception
Drinks Reception
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
8:00 PM
Social Dinner
Social Dinner
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:20 AM
Facility Overview: Underground Laboratory of Modane
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FABRICE PIQUEMAL
(
CNRS/IN2P3
)
Facility Overview: Underground Laboratory of Modane
FABRICE PIQUEMAL
(
CNRS/IN2P3
)
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM
9:20 AM
SKY-ZERO @ Boulby: Cosmic rays and climate – what can we learn from the ultra-low radiation environment
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Jens Olaf Pepke Pedersen
SKY-ZERO @ Boulby: Cosmic rays and climate – what can we learn from the ultra-low radiation environment
Jens Olaf Pepke Pedersen
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM
9:40 AM
Environmental measurement and After fukushima environmental fall out measurements
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Rodolfo Gurriaran
Environmental measurement and After fukushima environmental fall out measurements
Rodolfo Gurriaran
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Environmental Gamma spectroscopy studies at the Boulby Underground Science Facility
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David Sanderson
Environmental Gamma spectroscopy studies at the Boulby Underground Science Facility
David Sanderson
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM
10:20 AM
Coffee
Coffee
10:20 AM - 10:40 AM
10:40 AM
Facility overview: National Laboratory of Gran Sasso
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Francesco Arneodo
Facility overview: National Laboratory of Gran Sasso
Francesco Arneodo
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM
10:40 AM - 1:00 PM
11:00 AM
STELLA - the LNGS ultra low background counting facility: Multi-Disciplinry Science Applications
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Matthias Laubenstein
STELLA - the LNGS ultra low background counting facility: Multi-Disciplinry Science Applications
Matthias Laubenstein
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
11:20 AM
Interdisciplinary use of Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry at the Gran Sasso National Lab (LNGS)
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Maria Laura di Vacri
Interdisciplinary use of Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry at the Gran Sasso National Lab (LNGS)
Maria Laura di Vacri
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM
11:40 AM
Low background techniques at the Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane
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Pia Loaiza
Low background techniques at the Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane
Pia Loaiza
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM
Contribution of underground experiments in microelectronics for the metrology of radioactive contaminants in materials and circuits
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Guillaume Warot
Contribution of underground experiments in microelectronics for the metrology of radioactive contaminants in materials and circuits
Guillaume Warot
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM
12:20 PM
expertises for drug and food administration
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FABRICE PIQUEMAL
(
CNRS/IN2P3
)
expertises for drug and food administration
FABRICE PIQUEMAL
(
CNRS/IN2P3
)
12:20 PM - 12:40 PM
12:40 PM
Radiopurity Service at Laboratorio Subterraneo de Canfranc (LSC)
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Iulian Bandac
Radiopurity Service at Laboratorio Subterraneo de Canfranc (LSC)
Iulian Bandac
12:40 PM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM
Lunch
Lunch
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
1:45 PM
1:45 PM - 3:25 PM
The Watchman project: deep underground antineutrino detection for nuclear non-proliferation
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Adam Bernstein
The Watchman project: deep underground antineutrino detection for nuclear non-proliferation
Adam Bernstein
1:45 PM - 2:05 PM
2:05 PM
EPOS, the European Plate Observing System: an integrated geoscience infrastructure for Europe
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Russ Evans
EPOS, the European Plate Observing System: an integrated geoscience infrastructure for Europe
Russ Evans
2:05 PM - 2:25 PM
2:25 PM
Underground radioactivity measurements at the HADES ultra low-level gamma spectrometry laboratory
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Erica Andreotti
Underground radioactivity measurements at the HADES ultra low-level gamma spectrometry laboratory
Erica Andreotti
2:25 PM - 2:45 PM
2:45 PM
Environmental Radioactivity Monitoring for Earth Sciences - World Reference Laboratory and new Developments
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Lucia Votano
Environmental Radioactivity Monitoring for Earth Sciences - World Reference Laboratory and new Developments
Lucia Votano
2:45 PM - 3:05 PM
3:05 PM
Distributed Computing Infrastructures for Astroparticle, Earth and Environmental Sciences
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Federico Ruggieri
Distributed Computing Infrastructures for Astroparticle, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Federico Ruggieri
3:05 PM - 3:25 PM
3:25 PM
Reflections on the workshop
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Arnold WOLFENDALE
Reflections on the workshop
Arnold WOLFENDALE
3:25 PM - 3:35 PM
3:25 PM - 4:00 PM
3:35 PM
Roundtable/Closing statements
Roundtable/Closing statements
3:35 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Calman Learning Centre at Durham University