Science Week 2024
TRIUMF Science Week is back this summer!
July 22nd - July 26th, 2024.
Welcome to Science Week 2024
This year's program will feature presentations on recent achievements and highlights of TRIUMF's science program. This year's Science Week will also be used as platform to present the different 2025-2030 5-year plan scenario and engage discussions with the community. The program will be complemented with sessions on Indigenous learning, EDI, and Sustainability as well as an anniversary session celebrating the 50 years of beam at TRIUMF and the 70th anniversary of CERN. Parallel sessions will focus on Early Career Networking, Canadian R&D Strategy and Engineering topics. We will conclude the week with the TRIUMF Users Group Annual General meeting. Science Week features plenty of networking opportunities and social events throughout the week including the now infamous soccer tournament and BBQ at UBC Farm!
Science week is planned as in-person event, but if you want to join online, please follow the zoom links that will be send out to all participants via email.
Registration is now open! Please see the different registration options before starting registration.
Early registrations close on June 9th
We’re excited to see you at TRIUMF!
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REGISTRATION TRIUMF lobby
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Welcome session TRIUMF Auditorium
TRIUMF Auditorium
https://ubc.zoom.us/j/67039186259?pwd=maC5v0Vg9yLiP8Wp0CictUqzU4DaVb.1Convener: Chloé Malbrunot (TRIUMF)-
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Welcome & Introduction from TRIUMF Executive Director & CEO, Nigel Smith 45mSpeaker: Dr Nigel Smith (TRIUMF)
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Science week organizational information 15mSpeaker: Dr Chloé Malbrunot (TRIUMF)
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Accelerator Science TRIUMF Auditorium
TRIUMF Auditorium
Convener: Oliver Kester (TRIUMF)-
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Accelerator Technology for Nuclear Astrophysics 35mSpeaker: Prof. Rene Reifarth (LANL)
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TRIUMF 520 MeV Cyclotron Developments: Past, Present and Future 20mSpeaker: Dr Lige Zhang (TRIUMF)
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Novel Applications of TRIUMF’s Accelerated Beams with ASPIRE 20mSpeaker: Dr Christopher Charles (TRIUMF)
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Coffee Break Outside MOB ("fire lane")
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Life Sciences TRIUMF Auditorium
TRIUMF Auditorium
Convener: Valery Radchenko (TRIUMF)-
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Production of Alpha Emitting Radionuclides at Oak Ridge National Laboratory 45m
Dr Andrew Burgoyne received his Bachelor of Science (2009) with a double major in Chemistry and Biochemistry, Bachelor of Science Honours degree (2010) and Master of Science (2012) in Chemistry (cum laude) from the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, and his Ph.D. (2015) in Chemistry from the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
After a stint as a postdoctoral research fellow at the College of Pharmacy at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, Dr Burgoyne joined the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre SCK CEN to develop new radiopharmaceuticals harnessing therapeutic radioisotopes. While there he established new radioisotope production capabilities and developed radiochemical processing technologies to purify reactor produced radioisotopes.
Andrew then joined Oak Ridge National Laboratory to expand his portfolio and gain more experience in actinide chemistry. He is a R&D Staff Member Radiochemist in the Medical Isotopes Development Group, within the Radioisotope Science and Technology Division of the Isotope Science and Engineering Directorate, and now manages radioisotope production efforts for the US Department of Energy Isotope Program. Dr Burgoyne is the principal investigator for the R&D and production efforts of accelerator-produced actinium-225 (cGMP) from thorum-232, also for the fabrication of radium-224/lead-212 generators from thorium-228, and for tungsten-188/rhenium-188 production.Speaker: Dr Andrew Burgoyne (ORNL) -
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Development of Ac-225 Chelator 15mSpeaker: Dr LEE LEE LILY LI (the University of British Columbia)
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Production of medical radionuclides with ISAC facility (focus on Ac-226) 15mSpeaker: Helena Koniar (Life Sciences Division, TRIUMF)
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Nuclear Physics TRIUMF Auditorium
TRIUMF Auditorium
Convener: Moritz Pascal Reiter (University of Edinburgh)-
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Studying nuclear structure with laser spectroscopy 35mSpeaker: Kara Lynch (University of Manchester)
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The Impact of Oxygen-17 Alpha Captures on the s-Process 20mSpeaker: Dr Cameron Angus (TRIUMF)
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Recent achievements in developing ab initio optical potentials for nuclear reactions 20mSpeaker: Dr Matteo Vorabbi (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
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Quantum Materials / Molecular and Materials Science TRIUMF Auditorium
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Convener: Sarah Dunsiger (TRIUMF / Simon Fraser University)-
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Searching for quantum spin liquids & ices with muons 30mSpeaker: Dr Graeme Luke
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muSR studies of rare candidate spin-triplet superconductors wanted for spintronics and quantum computing applications 30mSpeaker: Dr Jeff Sonier
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On the Use of beta-NMR in Studying van der Waals Materials 20mSpeaker: John Ticknor
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Welcome Reception Outside MOB "fire lane"
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Public lecture TRIUMF Auditorium
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Convener: Cornelia Hoehr (TRIUMF)-
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From Vision to Seeing: Tracing the brief history of positron emission tomography in BC and Canada 1h 30mSpeaker: Dr Thomas Ruth (TRIUMF)
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Particle Physics TRIUMF Auditorium
TRIUMF Auditorium
Convener: David McKeen (TRIUMF)-
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The Status and Future of Particle Physics 45mSpeaker: Prof. Isabel Garcia Garcia (University of Washington)
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Searching for neutrinoless double beta decay with nEXO 20mSpeaker: Prof. Thomas Brunner (McGill)
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EDI TRIUMF Auditorium
TRIUMF Auditorium
Convener: Anna Kwiatkowski (TRIUMF)-
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Overview of TRIUMF EDI landscape 10mSpeaker: Dr Anna Kwiatkowski (TRIUMF)
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Engendering Success and Allyship in STEM 40mSpeaker: Dr Toni Schmader (UBC)
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Discussions / Q&A 25m
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Scientific Computing TRIUMF Auditorium
TRIUMF Auditorium
Convener: Wojciech Fedorko (TRIUMF)-
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The Worldwide LHC Computing Grid - present and future 20mSpeaker: Dr Reda Tafirout (TRIUMF)
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The Radiochemistry Lab of the Future 30mSpeaker: Dr P.J.H Scott (U. Michigan)
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Quantum Computing in High Energy Physics 30mSpeaker: Dr Andrea Delgado (ORNL)
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Science & Technology TRIUMF Auditorium
TRIUMF Auditorium
Convener: Harry Lewis (TRIUMF)-
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Tackling Technological Challenges for the MATHUSLA Detector 30mSpeaker: Dr Miriam Diamond (University of Toronto)
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Student competition TRIUMF Auditorium
TRIUMF Auditorium
Convener: Christopher Chambers (TRIUMF)-
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How to Tell if the Bartender Watered Down Your Liquid Xenon 3mSpeaker: Pierce Comerford (TRIUMF)
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Barium-Tagging and Geant4 3mSpeaker: Iroise Casandjian (TRIUMF and McMaster University)
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PMT Testing in the PIONEER Experiment 3mSpeaker: William Chow
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Up is Down: Ab-Initio Approaches to Superallowed Beta Decay to Test for New Physics 3mSpeaker: Ben Scully
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3D Particle Flow in the ATLAS Calorimeter: How to Train Your Model 3mSpeaker: Joshua Himmens ([to update account])
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Shining (Dark)Light on Interactions With the Dark Sector 3mSpeaker: Gabby Gelinas (TRIUMF)
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Lending a "Hand," or Rather an Arm. The Synthetic Development of a Four armed, Bifunctional Version of Crown for Optimized Actinium-225 Chelation in Cancer Therapies 3mSpeaker: Adlih Britton ([to update account])
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Comparing the Dose to Circulating Lymphocytes in Conventional and State-of-the-Art Radiation Therapy 3mSpeaker: Alasdair Holmes (to update account)
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TRIUMF soccer tournament South Turf Minifields
South Turf Minifields
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5-year plan - Views from the director TRIUMF Auditorium
TRIUMF Auditorium
Convener: Dr Nigel Smith (TRIUMF)-
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5-y plan - Process and Scenarios 50mSpeaker: Dr Nigel Smith (TRIUMF)
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Q&A 40m
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5-year plan - Views from the divisions TRIUMF Auditorium
TRIUMF Auditorium
Convener: Sean Lee-
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Accelerator Division 20mSpeaker: Oliver Kester (TRIUMF)
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Life Science Division 20mSpeaker: Cornelia Hoehr (TRIUMF)
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Physical Science Division 20mSpeaker: Petr Navratil (TRIUMF)
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Q&A 30m
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5YP-Consultations - Community representatives feedback TRIUMF Auditorium
TRIUMF Auditorium
Convener: Katherine Pachal (TRIUMF)-
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Particle physics perspective 12mSpeakers: Carsten Krauss (University of Alberta), Matthias Danninger (Simon Fraser University)
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CMMS perspective 12mSpeaker: Dr Jeff Sonier
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GAPS perspective 12mSpeaker: Louis Croquette (McGill University)
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Alignment of the 5YP with the 20 year vision 12mSpeaker: Dr Oliver Stelzer-Chilton (TRIUMF)
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5YP-Consultations - Town Hall TRIUMF Auditorium
TRIUMF Auditorium
Convener: Christian Diget (University of York)-
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Open mic/town hall 1h 15m
Everyone is invited to join and express your thoughts.
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Poster Session Outside MOB ("fire lane")
Outside MOB ("fire lane")
Convener: Katherine Pachal (TRIUMF)-
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AI Meets Antimatter: Unveiling Antihydrogen Annihilation Positions 1mSpeakers: Ashley Ferreira ([to update account]), Mahip Singh (to update account)
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Dynamics of Lithium ions implanted in alpha-quartz 1mSpeaker: Signy Spencer (to update account)
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In-situ Plasma Processing of 1.3 GHz ARIEL Cavities 1mSpeaker: Daniel Hedji (to update account)
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Temperature Measurement of Isotope Production Targets 1mSpeaker: Grace Dehnel (to update account)
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Solid Hydrogen and High Vacuum – Nuclear Physics with IRIS at TRIUMF 1mSpeaker: Gabriel Gorbet (to update account)
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Towards Radioactive Molecular Beams at CANREB 1mSpeaker: Devon Joseph (to update account)
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Resparking the Neutron Lifetime Debate with PENeLOPE 1mSpeaker: Dinel Anthony (to update account)
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An accelerator-driven Ba+ ion source for a future neutrinoless double beta decay search in nEXO 1mSpeaker: Megan Cvitan (to update account)
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ARIES: The New β-Tagging Ancillary Detector at Griffin 1mSpeaker: Annabelle Grimes (to update account)
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Let BOIS Steer the Beam: Bayesian Optimization for Ion Steering 1mSpeaker: Emma Ghelfi (to update account)
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Removing Lensing Effects from Electrostatic Steerers on OLIS beams using BOIS 1mSpeaker: Alexander Katrusiak (TRIUMF and Queens University)
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Tailored RI Beams for DRAGON With Multi-Objective Bayesian Optimization 1mSpeaker: Omar Hassan (to update account)
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Pioneering Quality Control in the Era of Targeted Alpha Therapy: A Microfluidic alpha sensor for pharmaceutical development and production 1mSpeaker: Tahirah DCosta (to update account)
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Application of DeepSets Machine Learning in FPGA to Improve the ATLAS L0 Global Trigger for Run4 1mSpeaker: Kelvin Leong (to update account)
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Investigating TDCs for General Fusion's Time-Of-Flight Neutron Spectrometer 1mSpeaker: Zeest Fatima (to update account)
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Simulating High Energy Particle Calorimeter Interactions Using 4-Partite Quantum-Assisted Variational Autoencoders 1mSpeaker: Hao Jia (The University of British Columbia)
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The Haunted BetaNMR Beamline: Simulating Rogue Electron Emissions 1mSpeaker: River Tranter-Tiffin (to update account)
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Simulation study on optimization of liquid xenon calorimeter for the PIONEER Experiment 1mSpeaker: Jesus Corral (TRIUMF)
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Testing Silicon Photomultipliers for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Experiments 1mSpeaker: Aileen Zhang (to update account)
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Developing atomic manipulation techniques for (anti)hydrogen measurements in ALPHA and HAICU 1mSpeaker: Alexis Papandreou (to update account)
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Tuning Pharmacokinetic Properties of Sulfur-Rich Macrocyclic Chelators for Complexation of Theranostic Meitner-Auger Electron Emitter Mercury-197m/g 1mSpeaker: Jordanne Burgess (to update account)
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Comparing Secondary Cancer Rates between Proton Therapy and Photon Therapy 1mSpeaker: Peter Dasiukevich (to update account)
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Particulate contamination in TRIUMF linear accelerators 1mSpeaker: Aveen Mahon (to update account)
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Implementation of Optical Target Temperature Measurements into ISAC Experiment Control and Data Acquisition Systems (MIDAS and EPICS) 1mSpeaker: Lucas Backes (TRIUMF and McGill University)
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Development of Alpha Spectrometry for Diagnostics of TAT on Cancer Cells in Vitro 1mSpeaker: Sidney Shapiro (to update account)
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50 years TRIUMF / 70 years of CERN TRIUMF Auditorium
TRIUMF Auditorium
Conveners: Oliver Stelzer-Chilton (TRIUMF), Robert Laxdal (TRIUMF)-
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Reflections on first beam at TRIUMF and Delivering In-kind equipment to CERN 30mSpeaker: Dr Ewart Blackmore (TRIUMF)
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Early Science at TRIUMF and Emerging Themes 30mSpeaker: Dr Jean-Michel Poutissou (triumf)
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Indigenous Knowledge: Integrating Indigenous Ways of Knowing with Western Sciences TRIUMF Auditorium
TRIUMF Auditorium
Convener: Andrew Ikeman- 10:30
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Weaving Indigenous Knowledge with Mainstream Science using Canada’s Synchrotron 45m
The Canadian Light Source (CLS), Canada’s only synchrotron, is a national facility the size of a (Canadian) football field. CLS has an education team that delivers programming for high school students and educators that connects science research and science curriculum through inquiry-based teaching and learning that includes hands-on opportunities for youth. In this presentation, Dallas Pelly, Education Coordinator- Indigenous programs, will share knowledge and tips on how to promote science inquiry in a reconciliation context. We will share insights about the Indigenous programming that has been established through the work of the CLS. We will also learn about the work that CLS is doing to change who sees themselves in science, including increasing Indigenous participation in STEM education and learning. Participants will also gain valuable insight into the many program offerings of the CLS including: Students on the Beamline, Teacher PD, seminars & workshops, and more.
Biography:
Dallas Pelly is an Indigenous educator, community builder, and social innovator. He is a proud U of S alumnus of the ITEP program (B Ed ’18). He is excited about working as an Education Coordinator- Indigenous Programs at the Canadian Light Source. Dallas is passionate about helping bridge the gap between Indigenous knowledge systems and mainstream science. In his spare time Dallas loves biking, going for long walks, and wrestling with his 3 sons, Oaklen, Emmett, and Denver. Dallas and his family currently reside on Treaty 6 territory in what is now known as Saskatoon.Speaker: Dallas Pelly (Canadian Light Source) -
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TRIUMF's Indigenous Engagement Roadmap 20mSpeaker: Andrew Ikeman
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Q&A 15mSpeakers: Andrew Ikeman, Dallas Pelly (Canadian Light Source)
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Sustainability session TRIUMF Auditorium
TRIUMF Auditorium
Convener: Thomas Planche (TRIUMF)-
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The Role of Policy, Business, and Technology in the Decarbonization Challenge: From the Global to the Local (Laboratory) Scale 45mSpeaker: Dr Sara Hastings-Simon (University of Calgary)
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Results of mobility survey and discussions 30mSpeaker: Dr Xiaoyue Li (TRIUMF)
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Parallel 1 : Early Career Networking Event Auditorium
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Convener: Christopher Chambers (TRIUMF)-
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Career Panel 1h
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Parallel 2 : Canadian R&D strategy: Emerging versus System Development MOB Conference room
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Convener: Pietro Giampa (TRIUMF)-
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Early Photon Detector R&D for Particle Physics and Beyond 20mSpeaker: Dr Harry Lewis (TRIUMF)
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ATLAS ITk strip detector – R&D and integration 20mSpeaker: Dr Chen Jiayi (SFU)
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mPMT - multi-PMT integration into detection unit for Hyper-K and beyond 20mSpeaker: Dr Mark Hartz (TRIUMF/Kavli IPMU (WPI), University of Tokyo)
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Parallel 3 : Engineering/Technical session Theory Room
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Recent BC legislative changes affecting Professional Engineering practices 40mSpeaker: Bill Richert (TRIUMF)
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Q&A 20m
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Parallel 1 : Early Career Networking Event Auditorium
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Convener: Christopher Chambers (TRIUMF)-
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Speed Mentoring 1h
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Parallel 2 : Canadian R&D strategy: Panel discussion: Balancing Pros and Cons MOB Conference room
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Panel discussion 1hSpeakers: Dr Isabel Trigger (TRIUMF), Dr William Trischuk (U. Toronto), Dr Zisis Papendreou (U. Regina)
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Parallel 3 : Engineering/Technical session Theory room
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Lessons learned from Project management of a novel and complex project 40mSpeaker: Dr Christopher Gibson (TRIUMF)
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Travel Break
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BBQ / summer festival at UBC farms UBC farm
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TRIUMF User's Group AGM TRIUMF Auditorium
TRIUMF Auditorium
Convener: Moritz Pascal Reiter (University of Edinburgh)- 08:30
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TRIUMF User's office update 20mSpeaker: Dr Marcello Pavan (TRIUMF)
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Q&A with Nigel - Additional feedback to 5YP and Concluding Remarks 20mSpeaker: Dr Katherine Pachal (TRIUMF)
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Concluding remarks TRIUMF Auditorium
TRIUMF Auditorium
Convener: Chloé Malbrunot (TRIUMF)-
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Concluding remarks from TRIUMF's director 20mSpeaker: Dr Nigel Smith (TRIUMF)
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Concluding remarks from SW LOC 10mSpeaker: Dr Chloé Malbrunot (TRIUMF)
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Early Career Researchers Workshop TRIUMF Auditorium
TRIUMF Auditorium
Convener: Gabby Gelinas-
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CV / Resume Writing - Academic perspective 30mSpeaker: Dr Maximilian Swiatlowski (TRIUMF)
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CV / Resume Writing - Industry perspective 30mSpeaker: Alex Verdecchia
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Personalized feedback on Resume/CVs 1h
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Travel Break Pizzas delivered at noon in front of the Auditorium (for registrants who ordered them)
Pizzas delivered at noon in front of the Auditorium (for registrants who ordered them)
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IAMI Tour
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