AGENDA

ILIAS 4th Annual Meeting

February 26th - 28th, 2007
Chambéry, France

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Monday February 26th
Time
14:00 Mayor of Chambéry
Welcome
14:10 G. Gerbier (CEA Saclay)
ILIAS Status
14:50 E. Fernandez (U. A. Barcelona)
ApPEC Astroparticle Roadmap
15:20 L. Gurvits (JIVE)
Advanced Radio Astronomy in Europe: RadioNet today and in the next decade
16:00 Coffee break
16:30 L. Roszkowski (Sheffield Univ.)
Dark Matter Theory
16:55 A. Nordt (TU Darmstadt)
The solar axion helioscope CAST. Past, present and future performance
17:20 J. Gascon (IPNL/UCBL Lyon)
Progress in Germanium cryogenic detectors
17:45 K. Mavrokoridis (Sheffield Univ.)
Noble Liquid Physics with Zeplin II and ArDM
18:10 - 18:30 R. Lemrani (CEA Saclay)
A web based tool for dark matter hunters
19:15 Welcome drink by City of Chambéry
Tuesday February 27th
Time
08:45 P. Cushman (Univ. of Minnesota)
Status of DUL projects in US : DUSEL
09:25 F. Piquemal (LSM)
Prospects for new Very Large Deep Underground Labs in Europe
09:50 J. Argyriades (LAL IN2P3)
A BiPo detector for extremely low level radioactivity diagnostic
10:15 W. Plastino (Univ. of Roma Tre)
Current Status and Future Prospects of the ILIAS-TA Applications for Earth and Environmental Physics at LNGS
10:40 Coffee break
11:15 E. Tziaferi (Sheffield Univ.)
Neutron background studies in the DUL
11:40 L. Pandola (LNGS)
Muon-induced background for underground physics experiments
12:05 C. Vignoli (Univ. of Pavia & INFN)
Safety and Outreach in the European Deep Labs
12:30 Lunch
14:00 G. Bélanger (LAPTH)
Astroparticle physics - LHC : complementarities, links
14:40 A. Morselli (INFN Roma 2)
Report on HEAPNet proposal
15:10 F. Raab (Caltech Univ.)
Status and perspectives of GW search in the US with LIGO
15:40 I. Jones (Univ. of Southampton)
Modelling sources of gravitational waves
16:05 G. Losurdo (INFN Firenze)
Commissioning and characterization of Virgo and GEO
16:30 Ik Siong Heng (Univ. of Glasgow)
Gravitational wave detectors network data analysis
16:55 Coffee break
17:30 S. Reid (Univ. of Glasgow)
Mirror substrates and coatings for cryogenic interferometers
17:55 P. Puppo (INFN Roma 1) and
A. de Waard (Univ. of Leiden)

Advanced cryogenic techniques for future gravitational wave detectors (P. Puppo)
Advanced cryogenic techniques for future gravitational wave detectors (A. de Waard)
18:20 - 18:40 R. Flaminio (LAPP/EGO)
The future of gravitational wave detectors in Europe
20:00 Social Dinner at Château des Comtes de Challes
Wednesday February 28th
Time
08:45 F. Avignone (Univ. of South Carolina)
Report of ILIAS Peer Review Committee
09:25 A. Poves (Univ. auton. Madrid)
Theory of nuclear matrix elements
09:50 S. Jullian (LAL IN2P3)
Innovative enrichment methods
10:15 J. Kisiel (Univ. of Silesia)
Gamma-ray measurements in the various DUSL
10:40 Coffee break
11:10 S. Pirro (Univ. Milano Bicocca & INFN)
Scintillating bolometers for DBD
11:45 M. Pavan (Univ. Milano Bicocca & INFN)
Control of bulk and surface radioactivity in bolometric searches for DBD
12:10 S. Schönert (MPI-K Heidelberg)
Noble liquid shielding for DBD Ge experiments
12:35 F. von Feilitzsch (TU München)
Concluding remarks
12:45 Adjourn
12:45 Lunch
Thursday March 1st
20:00 R. Taillet (LAPP IN2P3)
Public lecture (in French):
“Des particules à l'Univers : joies et déboires des scientifiques”