Jim Thomas – LBL – 1 Planning for the Fall DNP Meeting in 2008 Presented by Jim Thomas Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 10/10/2007

Jim Thomas – LBL – 2 Oakland Marriott City Center Oakland Airport –10 minutes away –Served by a dozen air lines, esp. Jet Blue & SW San Francisco Airport –30 minutes away ($25) –Direct connect via BART –All major airlines BART station 1 block –connection to SF, Berkeley, and all points Wide range of restaurant prices and atmospheres Local to UC Berkeley, LBL, LLNL, Stanford, and driving distance to UCD

Jim Thomas – LBL – 3 Technical Factors Hotel has 476 guest rooms –Our block is 350 –Thus, no major competition with other groups Hotel is adjacent to the Oakland Convention Center –We will use some of that space, however, the hotel has more than enough meeting rooms –We need –1 plenary ballroom –8 parallel meeting rooms Services –Audio Visual Support for hire –Internet for hire –Possible internet solutions from LBL

Jim Thomas – LBL – 4 Cost and Schedule Rooms $125 per night –Advance registration fee target: ~$200 –Banquet fee target: ~$50 –30K food and beverage commitment req’d Dates –Thursday – Sunday October 23 – 26, 2008 –This is a pattern shift A new format & a new experiment: –Workshops: Thurs Morning –DNP Plenary: Thurs Afternoon –Regular Sessions: Friday –Regular Sessions: Saturday –Regular Sessions: Sunday morning –Adjourn: Sunday Noon

Jim Thomas – LBL – 5 Local Organizing Committee Committee Members – Sponsored by the University of California –Prof. Manuel Calderon de la Barca Sanchez, UC Davis –Dr. Jutta Escher, LLNL –Prof. Huan Huang, UCLA –Dr. Peggy McMahan, LBNL –Prof. Richard Seto, UC Riverside –Dr. Ron Soltz, LLNL –Prof. Robert Svobota, UC Davis and LLNL –Dr. Jim Thomas, LBNL (Chair) Workshop placeholder themes ( ½ day each, in parallel) –“The Deep Underground Science Laboratory” –“Latest Developments in Heavy Ion Physics Research” Invited session placeholder –“Latest Developments in Nuclear Physics Research at UC campuses”

Jim Thomas – LBL – 6 Activities Conference Experience for Undergraduates –Financial backing from National Labs, anticipated Poster Session –Space available and reserved Teachers Day –Peggy McMahan (Chair) After Banquet Speech (placeholder) –Proposed: Dr. Carl Haber, LBL “Restoring Old Audio Recordings Using Nuclear and Particle Physics Instrumentation and Techniques” Also exploring JPL speakers bureau. User Group Meetings –As needed

Jim Thomas – LBL – 7 Near term activities for the LOC 1.Learn from this meeting 2.Bi-weekly meetings to begin this month 3.Pick a photo for the poster 4.Refine themes for workshops 5.Set up a web page in ~February time frame 6.Anything else that Ben tells us to do …

Jim Thomas – LBL – 8 We look forward to seeing you in Oakland - October 2008 The end