Underground Synergies with Astro-particle Physics: Multi-Disciplinary Studies in the World’s Deep Underground Science Facilities
from
Monday 17 December 2012 (19:00)
to
Wednesday 19 December 2012 (16:45)
Monday 17 December 2012
19:00
Pre-registration Welcome Drinks
Pre-registration Welcome Drinks
19:00 - 21:00
Tuesday 18 December 2012
09:00
09:00 - 09:35
Room: Calman Learning Centre at Durham University
Welcome, Context and Agenda
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Sean Paling
Welcome, Context and Agenda
Sean Paling
09:00 - 09:15
09:15
Welcome from STFC
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John Womerlsey
Welcome from STFC
John Womerlsey
09:15 - 09:20
09:20
Welcome from CPL/Boulby
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Dave Mcluckie
Welcome from CPL/Boulby
Dave Mcluckie
09:20 - 09:25
09:25
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
)
09:25 - 09:35
09:35
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
09:35 - 09:50
09:50
09:50 - 12:30
Facility Overview: Boulby Underground Laboratory
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Sean Paling
Facility Overview: Boulby Underground Laboratory
Sean Paling
09:50 - 10:10
10:10
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 - 10:30
10:30
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 - 10:50
10:50
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 - 11:10
11:10
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 - 11:30
11:30
GEODYN: geodynamic station at Canfranc
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Jordi Díaz Cusí
GEODYN: geodynamic station at Canfranc
Jordi Díaz Cusí
11:30 - 11:50
11:50
Geoneutrinos
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Livia Ludhova
Geoneutrinos
Livia Ludhova
11:50 - 12:10
12:10
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 - 12:30
12:30
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:30
13:30
13:30 - 15:10
Facility Overview: Underground Laboratory of Canfranc
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Iulian Bandac
Facility Overview: Underground Laboratory of Canfranc
Iulian Bandac
13:30 - 13:50
13:50
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
13:50 - 14:10
14:10
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
14:10 - 14:30
14:30
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
14:30 - 14:50
14:50
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
14:50 - 15:10
15:10
Coffee
Coffee
15:10 - 15:30
15:30
15:30 - 17:00
The Sanford Deep Underground Science Facility
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Kevin Lesko
The Sanford Deep Underground Science Facility
Kevin Lesko
15:30 - 15:55
15:55
DUSEL Interdisciplinary science studies
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Derek Elsworth
DUSEL Interdisciplinary science studies
Derek Elsworth
15:55 - 16:10
16:10
Multidisciplinary studies at SOUDAN lab
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Anthony Villano
Multidisciplinary studies at SOUDAN lab
Anthony Villano
16:10 - 16:30
16:30
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
16:30 - 17:00
17:00
17:00 - 17:40
Multidisciplinarity in the context of Horizon2020
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Christina Miller
Multidisciplinarity in the context of Horizon2020
Christina Miller
17:00 - 17:20
17:20
Futures programme at STFC: the UK experience
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Catherine Ewart
Futures programme at STFC: the UK experience
Catherine Ewart
17:20 - 17:40
18:30
Drinks Reception
Drinks Reception
18:30 - 20:00
20:00
Social Dinner
Social Dinner
20:00 - 22:00
Wednesday 19 December 2012
09:00
09:00 - 10:20
Facility Overview: Underground Laboratory of Modane
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FABRICE PIQUEMAL
(
CNRS/IN2P3
)
Facility Overview: Underground Laboratory of Modane
FABRICE PIQUEMAL
(
CNRS/IN2P3
)
09:00 - 09:20
09:20
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
09:20 - 09:40
09:40
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
09:40 - 10:00
10:00
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 - 10:20
10:20
Coffee
Coffee
10:20 - 10:40
10:40
Facility overview: National Laboratory of Gran Sasso
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Francesco Arneodo
Facility overview: National Laboratory of Gran Sasso
Francesco Arneodo
10:40 - 11:00
10:40 - 13:00
11:00
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 - 11:20
11:20
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 - 11:40
11:40
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 - 12:00
12:00
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 - 12:20
12:20
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 - 12:40
12:40
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 - 13:00
13:00
Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 13:45
13:45
13:45 - 15:25
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
13:45 - 14:05
14:05
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
14:05 - 14:25
14:25
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
14:25 - 14:45
14:45
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
14:45 - 15:05
15:05
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
15:05 - 15:25
15:25
Reflections on the workshop
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Arnold WOLFENDALE
Reflections on the workshop
Arnold WOLFENDALE
15:25 - 15:35
15:25 - 16:00
15:35
Roundtable/Closing statements
Roundtable/Closing statements
15:35 - 16:00
Room: Calman Learning Centre at Durham University