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50th Anniversary Science Symposium and Celebration

Tuesday, July 17th, 2018
Celebrating TRIUMF’s achievements and successes – past, present, and future
UBC Pharmaceutical Sciences Building

All talks will take place in PHRM1101, UBC Pharmaceutical Sciences Building, unless otherwise stated.

Schedule

09:00 – 09:15
Welcome
Jonathan Bagger, Director, TRIUMF

09:15 – 09:25
Guest Remarks

Session 1 – The Beginning: Early Days of the TRIUMF Cyclotron

09:25 – 10:00
Early Cyclotron Days
Dave Axen, Emeritus, University of British Columbia

10:00 – 10:35
Science at the Meson Facility
Ryugo Hayano, Emeritus, University of Tokyo 

10:35 – 11:10
Always at the Forefront: From NN Experiments to Ab-Initio Theory
Achim Schwenk, Darmstadt University of Technology

Break

11:10 – 11:25

Session 2 – Branching Out: Material, Life Sciences, and Beyond

11:25 – 12:00
Life Sciences at TRIUMF
Suzy Lapi, University of Alabama at Birmingham

12:00 – 12:35
Material Sciences and Quantum Materials at TRIUMF
Rob Kiefl, University of British Columbia

12:35 – 13:00
Accelerator Science and Achievements: SRF at TRIUMF
Lia Merminga, Fermilab

Lunch 

13:00 – 13:45

Session 3 – TRIUMF and Particle Physics

13:45 – 13:55
Guest Remarks 

13:55 – 14:30
The On-Site Program – “A Selection”: From TWIST & PIENU to UCN
Chloe Malbrunot, CERN

14:30 – 15:05
The TRIUMF Neutrino Program – T2K
Dean Karlen, University of Victoria

15:05 – 15:40
The High-Energy Frontier – TRIUMF and HERA & LHC – ATLAS HERA
Manuella Victor, Carleton University

Break

15:40 – 15:55

Session 3 – Rare Isotopes at TRIUMF

15:55 – 16:30
From TISOL to ISAC to ARIEL
Paul Schmor, Emeritus, TRIUMF 

16:30 – 17:05
Nuclear Astrophysics: Red Giants and Neutron Star Mergers
Gavin Lotay, University of Surrey

TRIUMF 50th Anniversary VIP Panel

17:05 – 18:00

Reception

18:00 – 19:30
Atrium, UBC Pharmaceutical Sciences Building

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TRIUMF staff pose in the Meson Hall