2026 RHIC/AGS Annual Users' Meeting & RHIC Science Symposium

Session

RHIC Symposium

Morning I

14 May 2026, 09:00

Conveners

RHIC Symposium: RHIC's Early Years

• Abhay Deshpande (Stony Brook University)
• Rosi Reed (Lehigh University)

9. ALD for Nuclear and Particle Physics Welcome

Prof. Abhay Deshpande (Stony Brook University & BNL)

14/05/2026, 09:00

10. T.D. Lee Memorial

Shoji NAGAMIYA (remote) (RIKEN)

14/05/2026, 09:10

Status of field before RHIC

40. The status of the field before RHIC

Axel Drees (Stony Brook University)

14/05/2026, 09:25

37. Making RHIC Possible: Reflections on the Machine

Thomas Roser (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

14/05/2026, 10:00

105. Group Picture

14/05/2026, 10:30

12. Spokesperson Talk: STAR

John Harris (Yale University)

14/05/2026, 10:45

13. Spokesperson Talk: PHENIX

Prof. William Zajc (Columbia University)

14/05/2026, 10:55

14. Spokesperson Talk: PHOBOS

Gunther Roland (Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT))

14/05/2026, 11:05

15. Spokesperson Talk: BRAHMS

Flemming Videbaek (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

14/05/2026, 11:15

103. RHIC Spin Collaboration

Yousef Makdisi (BNL)

14/05/2026, 11:25

38. Panel Discussion

Gunther Roland (MIT), Timothy Hallman (Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Physics), Prof. William Zajc (Columbia University), Yousef Makdisi (BNL), flemming videbaek (BNL)

14/05/2026, 11:35

39. Keynote: Chancellor’s Chair Professor of Theoretical Physics David Gross - Reflections on RHIC

Prof. Prof. David Gross (remote) (University of California, Santa Barbara)

14/05/2026, 11:55

108. Additional Discussion

14/05/2026, 12:15