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2013 NSLS/CFN Joint Users' Meeting

Agenda

 

Sunday, May 19, 2013
StartsEndsEventsLocation
4:00 PM7:00 PM Early Registration Berkner Hall Lobby and Room D
4:00 PM7:00 PM Exhibitor Set Up (Optional) Berkner Hall Lobby and Cafeteria
4:00 PM7:00 PM Poster Set Up (Optional) Berkner Hall

Monday, May 20, 2013
StartsEndsEventsLocation
7:00 AM5:30 PM Registration Office Opens (All attendees must check in before attending any event) Berkner Hall Lobby and Conf. Room D
7:00 AM4:30 PM Exhibitor Set Up Berkner Hall Lobby and Cafeteria
7:00 AM4:30 PM Poster Set Up Berkner Hall
9:00 AM5:00 AM

Workshops

 		Locations
8:50 AM5:00 PM Single Molecule Microscopy Tools for Life Science and Materials Science Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN). Bldg. 735, Large Conference Room
8:50 AM5:00 PM Frontiers of X-ray and Electron Imaging Berkner Hall, Bldg. 488, Conference Room B
8:30 AM5:00 PM Forty Years of the NSLS: From Conception through Commissioning and becoming a World Leader in Synchrotron Radiation Science Chemistry Bldg. 555, Hamilton Seminar Room
5:00 PM  All Workshops Conclude  
5:00 PM6:00 PM Center for Functional Nanomaterials UEC Meeting Berkner Hall Conference Room B
5:30 PM  Registraton Office Closes Berkner Hall Conference Room D
5:30 PM8:00 PM Exhibitor Reception and Poster Session Berkner Hall Lobby and Cafeteria

Tuesday, May 21, 2013
StartsEndsEventsLocation
7:30 AM4:00 PM Registration Office opens (All attendees must check in before attending any event) Berkner Hall Lobby and Conference Room D
8:00 AM4:00 PM Exhibitor Session Berkner Hall Lobby and Cafeteria
8:00 AM4:00 PM Poster Session Berkner Hall Cafeteria
8:30 AM10:10 AM

Morning Plenary Session - Plenary Sessions are Open to All Free of Charge (Registration is required)

 		Berkner Hall Auditorium
   Session Chair, Jen Bohon, Chair, Photon Sciences Users' Executive Committee, Case Western University  
8:30 AM8:35 AM Welcome, Bruce Ravel, Vice Chair, Photon Sciences Users' Executive Committee, National Institute of Standards & Technology Berkner Hall Auditorium
8:35 AM8:55 AM BNL Update, Doon Gibbs, Director, Brookhaven National Laboratory Berkner Hall Auditorium
8:55 AM9:25 AM BES Update, Linda Horton, Director, Materials and Science Engineering Division, Department of Energy Berkner Hall Auditorium
9:25 AM10:10 AM Plenary Talk 1, Paul T. Doucette, Director of Government Relations, Battelle Berkner Hall Auditorium
10:10 AM10:40 AM

Morning Break

 		Berkner Hall
10:10 AM12:00 PM BNL Exhibitors Networking Session (Open to all BNL) Berkner Hall Lobby and Cafeteria
10:15 AM10:25 AM Photo Session - NSLS/CFN UEC Members, BNL and DOE Management  
10:25 AM10:35 AM Photo Session - Users' Meeting Planning Committee  
10:40 AM12:00 PM

Late Morning Session

 		Berkner Hall Auditorium
10:40 AM12:00 PM Session Chair, Bruce Ravel, Vice Chair, Photon Sciences Users' Executive Committee, NIST  
10:40 AM11:10 AM PS Directorate Update, Steve Dierker, Associate Laboratory Director for Photon Sciences, Brookhaven National Laboratory Berkner Hall Auditorium
11:10 AM11:55 AM Plenary Talk 2: The Art of Communicating Science, Ainissa Ramirez, Associate Professor Mechanical Engineering; Associate Research Scientist Mechanical Engineering, Yale University Berkner Hall Auditorium
11:55 AM12:00 PM UEC Election Results Berkner Hall Auditorium
12:00 PM1:00 PM Joint UEC lunch with Linda Horton, Director, Materials and Science Engineering Division, U.S. Department of Energy Berkner Hall Conference Room A
12:00 PM1:00 PM

Lunch Break (Luncheon ticket required)

 		 
1:00 PM2:35 PM

Afternoon Plenary Session - Plenary Sessions are Open to All Free of Charge (Registration is required)

 		 
   Session Chair, Stan Wong, Vice Chair, CFN Users' Executive Committee, CFN, BNL  
1:00 PM4:00 PM BNL Exhibitors Networking Session (Open to all BNL) Berkner Hall Lobby and Cafeteria
1:00 PM1:30 PM CFN Update, Emilio Mendez, Director, Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory Berkner Hall Auditorium
1:30 PM2:15 PM Plenary Talk 3 - The Alda Center: Helping Scientists Connect with the Public, Evonne Kaplan-Liss, Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University Berkner Hall Auditorium
2:15 PM2:35 PM

Afternoon Break

 		Berkner Hall
2:35 PM4:00 PM

Late Afternoon Session - Plenary Sessions are Open to All Free of Charge (Registration is required)

 		 
   Session Chair, Nathalie Bouet, Chair, CFN Users' Executive Committee, CFN, BNL  
2:35 PM2:45 PM Poster Winners and Community Service Award Berkner Hall Auditorium
2:45 PM3:05 PM Julian David Baumert, PhD Thesis Award, Erik Johnson, Deputy Director for Programs, Photon Sciences Directorate, Brookhaven National Laboratory Berkner Hall Auditorium
3:05 PM3:50 PM Plenary Talk 4, Carl Safina, Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University Berkner Hall Auditorium
4:00 PM9:30 PM

Winery Tour and Banquet

 		 
4:00 PM4:30 PM Photon Sciences UEC Meeting Berkner Hall Conference Room B
4:00 PM  Buses Depart for Jason's Vineyard, Jamesport, NY Outside Berkner Hall, Bldg. 488
4:30 PM5:45 PM Winery Tour at Jason's Vineyard Jamesport, NY
5:45 PM  Bus leave BNL to Vineyard Caterers Outside Berkner Hall, Bldg. 488
6:00 PM  Bus leave Jason's Vineyard for Vineyard Caterers, Aquebogue, NY Aquebogue, NY
6:30 PM9:30 PM Users' Meeting Annual Banquet Aquebogue, NY
9:45 PM  Buses Depart to BNL and Hotels  

Wednesday, May 22, 2013
StartsEndsEventsLocation
8:00 AM2:00 PM Registration Office Open (All attendees must check in before attending any event) Berkner Hall Lobby and Conference Room D
9:00 AM5:00 PM

Workshops

 		Locations
9:00 AM5:00 PM Charge Transfer on the Nanoscale Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN), Bldg. 735, Large Conference Room
9:00 AM5:00 PM Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science Workshops: "Improvisation for Scientists" and "Distilling Your Message" Berkner Hall, Bldg. 488, Conference Rooms A, B, and C
9:00 AM5:00 PM Applications of Soft X-rays for Critical Energy Science and Technology Chemistry Bldg. 555, Hamilton Seminar Room
 2:00 PM Exhibitor Session Ends Berkner Hall Lobby and Cafeteria
5:00 PM  All Workshops Conclude