POTUS2013 : The Physics of The Universe Summit

from Friday, 11 January 2013 (18:00) to Sunday, 13 January 2013 (22:35)
SpaceX/Caltech/Andaz

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
11 Jan 2013
12 Jan 2013
13 Jan 2013
AM
07:30
Breakfast (until 08:30) (Mezzanine Hall)
08:30
Buses to SpaceX (until 09:15) (Foyer)
09:15
Standard & Alternative Cosmologies and String Implementations - Michael Turner (Convener) Discussants (Eva Silverstein, Dick Bond, Liam McAllister, and Tom Banks) (until 12:30) (von Braun conference room)
Notes from convener
09:15 Welcome/Context - Michael  
09:20 "Standard Theory" of inflation - Scott  
09:55 Inflation within modern particle theory - Shamit  
10:30 --- In-room Coffee break ---
10:45 Alternatives and new directions - Paul  
11:20 Discussant opening remarks - Eva, Dick, Liam, Tom  
11:50 Audience joins in discussion  
07:30
Breakfast (until 08:15) (Mezzanine Hall)
08:15
Buses to Caltech/Millikan Board [1] (until 08:50) (Foyer)
09:00
Millikan Round Table (until 11:00) (Millikan Board Room)
10:20 --- Busses to Caltech/Cahill [2] ---
11:00
Discovery2012 - Teresa Rodrigo (chair) Discussants (Jacobo Konigsberg, Chris Tully, Chris Rogan) (until 12:10) (Hameetman Auditorium)
Chairs Notes on D2012 and Quo Vadis
PM
19:00
POTUS Reception & Dinner (sponsored by Marty & Sarah Flug) (until 21:30) (Studio 4 (mezzanine level))
12:30
Lunch (until 13:50)
14:00
SpaceX tour [by Elon Musk TBC] (until 14:50) (high-bay)
15:00
Dark Matter & Caveats: The Latest From Earth and Space - Wendy Freedman (Chair) Experimental Diatribes (Juan Collar, Laura Baudis, Sunil Golwala, Maurizio Pierini, Jennifer Siegal-Gaskins, Katie Freese) Joe Lykken (Chair) (until 18:00) (von Braun conference room)
Notes from conveners
15:00 Welcome/Context - Wendy,Joe  
15:05 Caveats of dark matter astrophysics - Richard  
15:30 Global state of direct and indirect searches vs. theory models - Neal  
15:55 --- In-room coffee break ---
16:05 CoGeNT, COUPP, DAMA - Juan  
16:15 XENON100, XENON1T - Laura  
16:25 SuperCDMS (& LUX) - Sunil  
16:35 DM@LHC - Maurizio  
16:45 FERMI gamma ray lines - Jenny  
16:55 DM and DNA - Katie  
17:05 DM out of the box - Cliff  
17:30 Discussion and synthesis - Roger  
18:15
Buses to Andaz (until 19:00) (Foyer)
19:30
Summit Dinner (sponsored by Nick & Susan Pritzker) (until 22:30) (Panorama (Rooftop Terrace))
12:15 --- Lunch Break ---
13:30
Discovery2012 (until 14:15)
13:30 Higgs to fermions - Jaco  
13:40 HLL - Chris R  
13:50 Upgrades and ultimate Higgs reach - Chis T  
14:00 Audience joins discussion  
14:15
Higgs Quo Vadis - David Gross (Chair) Marcela Carena (Chair) (until 15:45) (Hameetman Auditorium)
15:50 --- Coffee break ---
16:15
Accelerators of the Future - Tom Tombrello (Chair) (until 17:30)
17:30 --- Closing Reception (Cahill Foyer) ---
19:00
Buses to Andaz (until 19:30)