Canadian Subatomic Physics Long Range Plan <br> Community mini-townhall consultation

16 Feb 2021, 12:00 → 10 Mar 2021, 14:00 US/Eastern

Virtual meeting

The Long Range Plan Committee is holding a series of virtual consultation meetings, with the Canadian subatomic physics community, to discuss and seek feedback on cross-cutting issues impacting the community and its scientific objectives.

Tuesday, 16 February

12:00 → 14:00 Topic 1: SAP community: Education, Training and Careers

<u>Target audience</u>: Current or former graduate students, postdocs and research associates, who have received some or all of their training in Canada, including those now working outside the field.

<u>Goal</u>: To develop a prioritized list of realistic initiatives in support for Subatomic Physics (SAP) education, careers and community organization, and which could be recommended to community organizations, funding agencies and other stakeholders.

<u>Slack workspace</u>: canadian-sap-lrp-2022.slack.com

<u>Zoom link</u>: [obsolete]

Conveners: Adam Ritz (University of Victoria), Chris Jillings (SNOLab), Rituparna Kanungo (Saint Mary's University)

slides Topic1_slides.pdf

12:00 Welcome and introduction

12:05 Aspirations

12:25 Education, Training & Careers

13:05 Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

13:35 Wrap-up

Wednesday, 17 February

14:00 → 16:00 Topic 1 : SAP community: Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Early Career researchers, Community organization

<u>Target audience</u>: All members of the SAP community in Canada (graduate students, postdocs and research associates, faculty members, etc.)

<u>Goal</u>: To develop a prioritized list of realistic initiatives to support Subatomic Physics (SAP) education, careers and community organization, and which could be recommended to community organizations, funding agencies and other stakeholders.

<u>Slack workspace</u>: canadian-sap-lrp-2022.slack.com

<u>Zoom link</u>: obsolete

Conveners: Alexander Wright (Queens), Brigitte Vachon (McGill University), Juliette Mammei (University of Manitoba)

slides townhall-17Feb2021.pdf

14:00 Welcome and introduction

14:05 Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

14:35 Early Career Researchers

15:05 Community organization

15:35 Wrap-up

Monday, 8 March

14:30 → 16:30 Topic 2: Science opportunities: Planning and Science Opportunities

<u>Target audience</u>: All members of the SAP community in Canada (graduate students, postdocs and research associates, faculty members, etc).

<u>Goal</u>: To explore the opportunities and planning needed for Canadian subatomic physics to optimize its impact. The discussion will be focused and fueled by an international panel with expertise ranging across nuclear, particle and accelerator physics and instrumentation.

<u>Slack workspace</u>: canadian-sap-lrp-2022.slack.com

<u>Zoom link</u>: [obsolete]

Conveners: Eckhard Elsen (DESY), Prof. Jeffery Martin (The University of Winnipeg), Niki Saoulidou (University of Athens)

slides Topic3_slides_8Mar2021.pdf

14:30 Welcome and Introduction

14:35 Q&A discussion featuring a panel of experts

Panel members: María José García Borge (IEM-CSIC, Representative of AEI) Marcel Demarteau (ORNL, Head of Physics Division) Lia Merminga (Fermilab, Director of PIP-II Program) Mark Thomson (Cambridge, Executive Chair - STFC) Canadian commentators: Jens Dilling (TRIUMF, Associate Lab Director for Physical Sciences) Art McDonald (Queen's, Former Director - SNO, Nobel 2015) Nigel Smith (SNOLAB, Executive Director)

16:25 Wrap-up

Wednesday, 10 March

12:00 → 14:00 Topic 2 : Science opportunities: Subatomic Physics Connections: Interfacing to other fields and society

<u>Target audience</u>: All members of the SAP community in Canada (graduate students, postdocs and research associates, faculty members, etc).

<u>Goal</u>: To explore the scientific, social and commercial opportunities that lie at the boundary with other research fields. The discussion will be focused and fueled by five expert panelists with expertise in Medical Physics, Material Science, Commercialization, Quantum Information and Industrial Accelerators.

<u>Slack workspace</u>: canadian-sap-lrp-2022.slack.com

<u>Zoom link</u>: Zoom

Conveners: Dr Augusto Macchiavelli (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Kate Scholberg (Duke University), Robert Laxdal (TRIUMF)

slides Topic4_slides_10Mar2021-final.pdf

12:00 Welcome and Introduction

12:05 Q&A discussion featuring a panel of experts

Panel members: Serge Charlebois (U Sherbrooke) Quantum information Mark de Jong (Canadian Isotope Innovations) Industrial accelerators/applications Bruce Gaulin (McMaster) Material science Kathryn Hayashi (TRIUMF Innovations) Commercial applications Conny Hoehr (TRIUMF) - Medical physics

13:55 Wrap-up