Symposium Celebrating the Scientific Career of Bill Willis

Friday Apr 26, 2013, 9:00 AM → 8:30 PM US/Eastern

Physics Dept. - Large Seminar Room (BNL)

Bob Palmer's Photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/57414934@N06/

Charlie Baltay and Nick Samios D6900413.jpg

Discussion during a break D6910413.jpg

Video of the Testamonials http://www.bnl.gov/video/index.php?v=378

Willis Family, Speakers and Chairs D6930413.jpg

9:00 AM → 10:30 AM Session 1 - Chair Howard Gordon

9:00 AM Welcome

Speaker: Berndt Mueller (BNL)

9:10 AM Logistics

Slides Logistics.pptx

9:20 AM The Early Years

Speaker: Nick Samios (TBC)

Slides Samios_-_Willis_Presentation_April_26_2013.pdf

9:55 AM Detector Development - Common Threads

Speaker: Veljko Radeka (BNL)

Slides Radeka_Willis_Symposium_2013.pptx

10:30 AM → 11:00 AM Coffee

11:00 AM → 12:10 PM Session 2 - Chair Barbara Jacak

11:00 AM CERN Years

Speaker: Chris Fabjan (Austrian Academy of Sciences)

Slides Fabyan_Willis_Symposium.pptx

11:35 AM The Birth of Relativistic Heavy Ion Experiments

Speaker: Bill Zajc (Columbia)

Slides ZajcWillisSymposiumNew.pdf ZajcWillisSymposiumNew.pptx

12:10 PM → 1:30 PM Lunch

1:30 PM → 3:15 PM Session 3 - Chair Charlie Baltay

1:30 PM SSC: GEM

Speaker: Barry Barish (ILC + LIGO)

Slides Barish_Willis_Symposium_04-13.ppt

2:05 PM LHC: ATLAS

Speaker: Howard Gordon (BNL)

Slides Gordon_-_Willis_Symposium.ppt

2:40 PM Accelerator Physics

Speaker: Bob Palmer (BNL)

Slides Palmer_1304-willis-v2.pdf

3:15 PM → 3:35 PM Coffee

3:35 PM → 5:40 PM Session 4 - Chair David Lissauer

3:35 PM Neutrinos

Speaker: Bonnie Fleming (Yale)

Slides BillWillisSymposium_BTF.pptx.pptx

4:10 PM Outreach and International Activities

Speaker: Jeremy Dodd (Columbia)

Slides Jeremy_Dodd_BillInternationalandOutreach.pdf

4:30 PM Individual Testimonials

5:40 PM → 6:30 PM Reception

6:30 PM → 8:30 PM Dinner

South Room of BNL Center