SNOLAB Meeting Week 2018

25 Sept 2018, 06:00 → 28 Sept 2018, 21:00 Canada/Eastern

Tuesday 25 September

STRC Meeting: Underground Tour

TRIUMF Innovations: Underground Tour

Kathryn Hayashi and David Asgeirsson visit to SNOLAB

STRC Meeting: Joint Dinner: STRC & TRIUMF Innovations - Ripe Restaurant (1788 Regent St, Sudbury, ON P3E 3Z8)

TRIUMF Innovations: Joint Dinner: STRC & TRIUMF Innovations - Ripe Restaurant (1788 Regent St, Sudbury, ON P3E 3Z8)

Kathryn Hayashi and David Asgeirsson visit to SNOLAB

Wednesday 26 September

EAC Meeting: Underground Tour

SNOLABI Board: Underground Tour

STRC Meeting: Conference Room 301 (3rd floor)

1 Welcome & Introductions

2 Review STRC Terms of Reference and Plan for Day

3 Overview of SNOLAB Strategic Plan (Nigel Smith)

4 SNOLAB Science & Infrastructure (Nigel Smith)

10:30 BREAK

5 SNOLAB Management & Operations (Nigel Smith, Allan Barr)

6 User Feedback - Q&A (Carsten Krauss)

12:10 LUNCH (Lobby, 1st floor)

7 SNOLAB Communications and Outreach (Nigel Smith)

8 Final Q&A (Nigel Smith, Allan Barr)

9 Committee In-Camera

10 Feedback to SNOLAB (Nigel Smith)

11 Wrap-up

TRIUMF Innovations: Breakfast with Jeter Hall @ Pinchman's (2037 Long Lake Rd #8b, Sudbury, ON P3E 6J9)

Kathryn Hayashi and David Asgeirsson visit to SNOLAB

12:20 Joint Lunch: STRC & SEF (Lobby, 1st floor)

SEF Meeting: Fraser Duncan Auditorium (1st floor)

12:20 LUNCH (Lobby, 1st floor)

12 TRIUMF Innovations Presentation

13 Welcome and Introduction of new members

14 Review and adoption of minutes from meeting of 09MAR2018

15 Housekeeping Items

16 McDonald Institute (Tony Noble)

Teleconference

17 Review of actions in tracker

18 Thematic Sessions

a. SNOLAB Report (Jeter Hall)
b. Project Life-Cycle Updates (Richard Ford)
c. Core Services (Brent Donnelly)
d. Scientific Support Group (Chris Jillings)
e. Operations Report (Allan Barr)

19 Other Business

TRIUMF Innovations: Presentation @ SEF (Fraser Duncan Auditorium)

Kathryn Hayashi and David Asgeirsson visit to SNOLAB

EAC Meeting: Joint Dinner: SNOLABI Board & EAC - Bella Vita Cucina (493 Kathleen St, Sudbury, ON P3C 2M7)

SNOLABI Board: Joint Dinner: SNOLABI Board & EAC - Bella Vita Cucina (493 Kathleen St, Sudbury, ON P3C 2M7)

Thursday 27 September

EAC Meeting: Conference Room 301 (3rd floor)

20 SNOLAB Facility Update (Nigel Smith)

21 SNOLAB Facility Update cont'd (Richard Ford)

22 SNOLAB Projects Overview and Lifecycle (Richard Ford, Brian Morissette)

23 Report from M. Lisanti (Mariangela Lisanti)

Teleconference

24 NEWS-DM Update (Giovanni De Lellis)

10:45 BREAK

25 DEAP Presentation (Mark Boulay)

including review of previous EAC recommendations

26 DEAP Discussion & Review

12:15 LUNCH (Lobby, 1st floor)

EAC in camera

27 PICO Presentation (Tony Noble)

including PICO-500 and PICO 40L, and review of previous EAC recommendations

28 PICO Discussion & Review

13:55 BREAK

29 NEWS-G Status Update (Gilles Gerbier)

30 NEWS-G Discussion & Review

31 SuperCDMS and CUTE Presentations (Prisca Cushman, David MacFarlane, Gilles Gerbier)

including review of previous EAC recommendations

32 SuperCDMS Discussion & Review

33 SNO+ Presentation (Mark Chen)

including review of previous EAC recommendations

34 SNO+ Discussion & Review

SNOLABI Board: Retreat (Fraser Duncan Auditorium, 1st floor)

35 Introductions & Retreat Overview

36 Future of Technical Lab Infrastructure (Sean Paling)

37 Future of Underground Science (Stefan Shönert)

11:00 BREAK

38 Commercialization and Innovation (Kathryn Hayashi)

Teleconference

12:15 LUNCH (Lobby, 1st floor)

39 Panel Discussion - Governance Issues (Cynthia Fekken)

40 Panel Discussion - Governance Issues cont'd (Anne Louise Aboud, TRIUMF)

41 Panel Discussion - Governance Issues cont'd (Christopher Loomis, Ocean Networks Canada)

42 Panel Discussion - Governance Issues cont'd (Isabelle Blain, CLS)

Teleconference

43 Comments from EAC (Stew Smith)

15:30 BREAK

44 Retreat Summary (Ken Ragan)

45 Wrap-up

EAC Meeting: Joint Dinner: SNOLABI Board & EAC - Science North (100 Ramsey Lake Rd, Sudbury, ON P3E 5S9)

SNOLABI Board: Joint Dinner: SNOLABI Board & EAC - Science North (100 Ramsey Lake Rd, Sudbury, ON P3E 5S9)

Friday 28 September

EAC Meeting: Conference Room 301 (3rd floor)

46 SENSEI - Rouven Essig (Stony Brook), (Michael Crisler)

47 Scintillating Bubble Chamber (Ken Clark)

48 nEXO Update (Giorgio Gratta)

49 Initial Feedback and Recommendation Construction

12:30 LUNCH and Feedback to Director (Lobby, 1st floor)

EAC in camera

50 DEAP Feedback and Q&A Session

51 PICO Feedback and Q&A Session

52 SuperCDMS Feedback and Q&A Session

53 NEWS-G Feedback and Q&A Session

54 SNO+ Feedback and Q&A Session

14:40 BREAK

55 Long Term Strategy and Vision (Jeter Hall)

56 McDonald Institute Update (Tony Noble)

57 Future Programme Strategy Discussion

58 Report Construction and Recommendation Tracker Update

SNOLABI Board: Fraser Duncan Auditorium (1st floor)

59 Call to Order

60 Agenda

61 Previous Meeting Minutes

62 Board Retreat Outcomes (Ken Ragan)

63 SNOLAB Executive Director Report (Nigel Smith)

11:15 BREAK

64 Governance Committee Report

65 In-Camera Meeting (Board Only)

66 Adjourn

EAC Meeting: In-Camera Dinner: Lot 88 (1070 Kingsway, Sudbury, ON P3B 2E5)