Committee on Physics of the Universe

Meeting Agenda

Wednesday, March 15

08:30	Continental Breakfast
09:00	CONVENE in OPEN SESSION Welcome, Introductions	Michael Turner, Chair
09:30	Background: from “Inner Space—Outer Space” at Fermilab to the BPA Forum	Michael Turner
10:00	Preliminary Study Plan – Science Topics. Speakerphone to West Coast	Michael Turner
	Looking Inward to see Outward and Outward to See Inward	Helen Quinn and David Spergel
	Fundamental Aspects of Gravity	Frank Wilczek
	The Composition of the Universe	Sandra Faber (by speakerphone from Caltech)
	The Cosmic Laboratory and Astro-engineering	Roger Blandford
12:00	LUNCH. End of Speakerphone session with West Coast
13:00	Agency Perspectives
	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Alan Bunner
	National Science Foundation	Robert Eisenstein
	Department of Energy	Peter Rosen
14:00	Reconvene in CLOSED SESSION
	AASC Recommendations – CLOSED SESSION Status of Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey – OPEN SESSION	Joseph Taylor
15:00	BREAK
15:15	Reconvene in OPEN SESSION Cosmic Genesis Workshop— Connections: From Quarks to the Cosmos	Rocky Kolb
16:00	AASC Panel on Particle, Nuclear, and Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics	Thomas Gaisser
	Physics Survey
	Elementary Particle Physics	Bruce Winstein
	Gravitational Physics	Clifford Will
17:00	Discussion	Michael Turner
17:30	ADJOURN
18:00	Reception
18:30	Dinner. NAS Executive Dining Room

Thursday, March 16

CLOSED SESSION

08:30	Continental Breakfast
09:00	Study Plan Redux Charge, Objectives, Audience, Style of Report, Potential Impact, SCHEDULE, DEADLINES NRC Process: Oversight, Report Review, Publication	Michael Turner Don Shapero
10:00	Structure of Report. Discussion of Draft Outline. Writing Assignments. Speakerphone session with West Coast	Michael Turner
12:00	LUNCH. End of speakerphone session with West Coast
13:30	Further discussion of writing tasks
14:30	Future Plans for Committee Activities Making the Community Aware of the Study Getting Community Input Next Meeting Future Meetings
15:30	ADJOURN

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