Program

Wed, Aug 3 Thur, Aug 4 Fri, Aug 5
8:00 AM  Registration
8:15 AM 
8:30 AM  HERA (Baltimore Ballroom) Pulsars (Maryland Ballroom B) CMB Summary
8:45 AM 
9:00 AM   Welcome
9:15 AM 

Plenary

(Baltimore Ballroom)

9:30 AM  ngVLA Summary
9:45 AM 
10:00 AM 
10:15 AM  Break  
10:30 AM 
CMB (Maryland Ballroom B)
 
ngVLA (Baltimore Ballroom)
Break Break
10:45 AM   HERA (Baltimore Ballroom)  Pulsars (Maryland Ballroom B)  
HERA Summary
11:00 AM 
11:15 AM 
11:30 AM 
11:45 AM  Pulsars Summary
12:00 PM 
12:15 PM 
12:30 PM 
12:45 PM  Lunch Lunch Lunch
1:00 PM 
1:15 PM 
1:30 PM 
1:45 PM 
2:00 PM  CMB (Maryland Ballroom B) ngVLA (Baltimore Ballroom) HERA (Baltimore Ballroom) Pulsars (Maryland Ballroom B) Midscale Summary
2:15 PM 
2:30 PM 
2:45 PM 
3:00 PM  Panel Discussion
3:15 PM 
3:30 PM  Break Break
3:45 PM   
CMB (Maryland Ballroom B)
 
ngVLA (Baltimore Ballroom)
Midscale
4:00 PM  Conclusion
4:15 PM 
4:30 PM   
4:45 PM 
5:00 PM 
5:15 PM 
5:30 PM 

Reception

(Watertable Ballroom)

5:45 PM 
6:00 PM 
6:15 PM   
6:30 PM 
6:45 PM 

Conference Dinner

(Pratt Street Ale House)

7:00 PM   
7:15 PM 
7:30 PM 
7:45 PM 
8:00 PM 
8:15 PM 
8:30 PM 

 

Detailed Program

Wed, 3 August
8:00am
Registration
9:00am
Welcome
9:15am
Plenary: Kavli Futures 1 Outcomes and Community Status - Baltimore Ballroom
10:00am - Break
10:30am - CMB - Maryland Ballroom B 10:30am - ngVLA Baltimore Ballroom

Overview: 30 minutes

Key Science Highlights/Science Requirements: 1.25hr (Lead: Walter)

12:45pm - Lunch 12:30pm - Lunch
2:00pm - CMB
  • Status of Current Ground-based CMB Experiments (30 min - Joaquin Vieira)
  • CMB Balloooning Program: Status and Outlook (30 min - Aurelien Fraisse)
  • Simons Observatory (30 min - Mark Devlin)
1:45pm - ngVLA

Key Challenges/Options/Opportunities: 1.25hr (Lead: Myers)

Antennas/Computing: 25min (Lead: James Lamb)

3:30pm - Break 3:25pm - Break

3:45pm - CMB

3:40pm - ngVLA

Antennas/Computing (continued): 30min (Lead: James Lamb)

Receiver/Feed Options: 45min (Lead: Wes Grammer)

Moving Forward/Next Steps: 15 min (Lead: Mark McKinnon)

Community Discussion and Engagement: 20 min (Lead: Laura Chomiuk)

  • Open discussion on how to facilitate community involvement and scientific leadership.
  • Synergies with OIR/High-Energy/FIR/SKA future directions
An additional set of Breakout Sessions will occur on Day 2 of the meeting.

An initial list of topics and discussion leaders are given, but the final agenda will be put together during the ngVLA session on Day 1.

8:45AM: Science Opportunities

  • Time Domain (Hallinan)
  • SETI (Lazio)
  • Surface Brightness Sensitivity at 3mm (Bolatto)

10:45AM: Technical Opportunities and Challenges

  • Low Frequency Opportunities (Taylor)
  • VLBI Opportunities (Reid)
  • Short Spacings/Total Power (Schinnerer)

2:00PM: Community Engagement & Synergies with Other Facilities

  • ALMA Synergies (Brogan)
  • SKA Synergies (Lazio)
  • Future Single Dish Synergies (Stacey)
5:30pm - 6:15pm
Reception
Thursday, 4 August
8:30am - HERA - Baltimore Ballroom

Session 1: 21 cm Epoch of Reionization

8:30am - Pulsars, Gravitational Waves, and Cosmic Bursts - Maryland Ballroom B
10:30am - Break
10:45am - HERA

Session 2: Dark Ages & the 21cm Monopole

10:45am - Pulsars, Gravitational Waves, and Cosmic Bursts
12:45pm - Lunch
2:00pm - HERA

Session 3: Imaging & Transient Science

2:00pm - Pulsars, Gravitational Waves, and Cosmic Bursts
3:30pm - Break

3:45pm - 6:15
Midscale Session
Baltimore Ballroom

Talks are expected to last about 20 minutes each.

6:45pm - 8:30pm
Conference Dinner - Pratt Street Ale House
Friday, 5 August
8:30am
CMB Summary
9:30am
ngVLA Summary
10:30am - Break
10:45am
HERA Summary
11:45am
Pulsars Summary
12:45pm - Lunch
2:00pm
Midscale Summary

3:00pm
Panel Discussion - Fabian Walter, Alycia Weinberger, Rogier Windhorst

4:00 - 4:30pm
Conclusion

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