HEASARC News: PhysPAG Workshop: August 14-16, 2012 in Washington, D.C.

[Newsletter for the field of High Energy Astrophysics <heasarcnews@lists.nasa.gov>]

    Fourth Meeting: PhysPAG Workshop 2012

August 14-16, 2012
Washington, D.C. Area

Announcing the fourth PhysPAG meeting, a dedicated workshop in Washington, D.C.
The PhysPAG Executive Committee is the Science Organizing Committee for this
workshop (see pcos.gsfc.nasa.gov/physpag <http://pcos.gsfc.nasa.gov/physpag> for
more information) and encourages the entire PCOS community to attend. Webcasting
will be available for those unable to attend in-person.

Current planned agenda topics include:

  * Public presentation/discussion of the reports of PCOS Gravitational Wave and
    X-ray Studies
  * Discussion of PCOS-related ESA missions, including activity on Euclid
  * Dark Energy measurements from space (Organizer: Jason Rhodes, jason.d.rhodes
    AT jpl.nasa.gov)
  * Meetings of all four Study Analysis Groups:
      o Inflation Probe SAG (Chair: Shaul Hanany, hanany AT physics.umn.edu)
      o X-ray SAG (Chair: Jay Bookbinder, jbookbinder AT cfa.harvard.edu)
      o Gravitational Wave SAG (Chair: Guido Mueller, mueller AT phys.ufl.edu)
      o Gamma Ray SAG (Chair: Elizabeth Hays, elizabeth.a.hays AT nasa.gov)

Please see the draft program
<http://pcos.gsfc.nasa.gov/physpag/PhysPAG2012JamboreeBlockProgram-v3.pdf>
posted on the website for overall organization of the workshop schedule.

The conference will be located in the Holiday Inn Capitol
(http://www.hicapitoldc.com/). There is currently a block of rooms reserved at
the rate of $169 per night. Please book your hotel room under reservation code
NPY by June 30, 2012 to secure the reduced rate. Note that the Holiday Inn
Capitol is convenient to L'Enfant Plaza and Federal Center Metro subway stations
<http://www.wmata.com/rail/maps/map.cfm>.

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN. Registration is free, but space at the workshop _*is*_
limited so please secure your spot now. Please visit
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/physpag2012_reg/  to register.

The workshop will be fully webcast for those who are not able to attend
in-person (registration is required for webcasting attendance).

For general questions regarding the workshop, please contact PhysPAG chair Steve
Ritz (ritz AT scipp.ucsc.edu) or PCOS Chief Scientist Ann Hornschemeier
Ann.Hornschemeier AT nasa.gov)

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