# Presentation: 635990

## GLAST 

**The Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope**
**First GLAST Symposium Planning**
**SWG Meeting**
**18 May 2006**
**P.F. Michelson and S. Ritz**

## First GLAST Symposium Planning

**IOC formed.  First telecon 27 October.**
- Membership: Atwood, Barbiellini, Blandford, Bloom, Dermer, Dingus, Gehrels, Giommi, Grenier, Grindlay, Hermsen, Kouveliotou, McEnery, Makishima, Meegan, Michelson, Ormes, Pohl, Ritz.
**Following advice from GUC, dates selected:**
- 5-8 February 2006 at Stanford University
- telecons and meetings ongoing (w/ lots of help from Sandy and Lucy!).  see later slides on local organizing and venue details.  Estimating 250-400 people.
** ****Immediate next steps**
- need another IOC telecon soon
- first bulletin
- dates already added to upcoming HEAD news
- international email lists (suggestions, please!)
- poster (circulated electronically), website
- started discussing press and possible teacher workshop with L. Cominsky.

## Top-level Symposium Schedule

| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 8-10 Registration, coffee | 8-9 coffee, posters | 8-9 coffee, posters | 8-9 coffee, posters |
| 10-12 plenary | 9-12 plenary with one break | 9-12 plenary with one break | 9-12 plenary with one break, summary talk(s) |
| 12-13:30 lunch | 12-13:30 lunch | 12-13:30 lunch | 12-13:30 lunch |
| 13:30-16:30 plenary with one break | 13:30-15:30 parallel sessions I | 13:30-14:30 posters | TBD.  Teacher workshop and/or satellite meetings |
| 16:30-17:30 posters | 15:30-16:00 break, posters | 14:30-17:30 plenary with one break |  |
| 17:30-19:00 reception | 16:00-18:00 parallel sessions II |  |  |
| evening free | 19:00 BANQUET at Stanford Faculty Club | 19:00 Public Lecture  TBD |  |

## Plenary Topics

**Opening talks **
**big, fundamental questions GLAST will address; leap from GRO to GLAST.**
**mission overview, MW connections, and how GI’s get involved**
**Blazars, microquasars, EBL and related topics**
**Pulsars, SNRs and Cosmic rays**
**Extended Sources and Diffuse Emissions**
**Surveys and Population Studies, New Point Source Classes**
**GRBs and solar flares**
**Dark Matter and New Physics Search Windows**
**Summary talk(s), visionary talk?  TBD. **
**Plan to leave extra time in the plenary sessions for additional/hot-topic contributions.**

## Parallel Sessions and Posters

**3 or 4 rooms available for two sets of parallel sessions on Tuesday afternoon.**
**Guessing ~150-200 posters**
**Topics moved from plenary to posters/parallels:**
**analysis techniques**
**future missions, facilities**
**current status other facilities**
**detailed subtopics of plenary**

## GSSC Booth

**GSSC booth or station staffed throughout the meeting**
**workstations set up to browse the GSSC and related websites.  mechanisms for immediate feedback.**
**handouts and Q&A on proposal tools**
**“****getting started” sheet to be included in registration packet**
**This approach seems better than having a devoted session in the Symposium.  Comments?**

## Proceedings

**After discussion with GUC, current plan is to have printed proceedings.  **
**plenary (10 pages) and contributed items (<=4 pages)**
**the articles should be findable and downloadable electronically through ADS, one way or another**
**there should be a hardcopy book produced in a manner that is not too costly**
**No CDs, but all contributions available on the web.**
**Contributors may also upload write-ups and other material to the web page for distribution and archiving. No prescribed document format; PDF recommended for file format.**
**Website will include posted agenda, abstracts, talks.**

## GLAST Symposium local planning

**GLAST Symposium local planning**

## GLAST Symposium

-  February 5 – 8, 2007 (Monday-Thursday)
-  Frances Arrilliga Alumni Center, Stanford University
-  local organizing committee formed
-  Physics Dept, HEPL, KIPAC, SLAC
-  facility arrangements; registration;
-  hotel arrangements (SLAC Guest House, Sheraton, Terrace Inn)
-  registration: ~$300;   banquet separate (~$60)

## Frances Arrilliaga Alumni Center

- cafe

## Frances Arrilliaga Alumni Center

- reception area

- library