Light Meets Matter: Atoms and Lasers (Teachers' Conference)Coordinators: Mikhail IvanovMay 16, 2009Primary consideration deadline for applications has passed (March 1, 2009) |
Friday, May 15, 2009 |
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| 6:30pm | WINE AND CHEESE RECEPTION | Best Western South Coast Inn More Information on this Event |
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Saturday, May 16, 2009 |
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| 8:00am | REGISTRATION | Coffee and Light Refreshments |
Morning Session Chair: Almut Beige (Univ. of Leeds) |
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| 8:45am | David Gross (KITP Director) |
Welcome |
| 9:00am | Martin Plenio (Imperial College, London) |
Clocks and Entanglement |
| 9:50am | QUESTIONS/DISCUSSION | |
| 10:00am | MORNING BREAK | |
| 10:30am | Peter Knight (Imperial College, London) |
Quanta and Non-Classicality |
| 11:20am | QUESTIONS/DISCUSSION | |
| 11:30am | Jon Anderson (Teacher, Circle Pines, MN) |
Entering the Contest: A View from One of Last Year's Prize Winners |
| 11:50am | TOWN HALL DISCUSSION | Led by David Gross |
| 12:30pm | LUNCH BREAK | |
Afternoon Session Chair: Serguei Patchkovskii (Nat'l Research Council Canada) |
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| 2:00pm | Yaron Silberberg (Weizmann Inst., Israel) |
Lasers and Microscopy |
| 2:50pm | QUESTIONS/DISCUSSION | |
| 3:00pm | AFTERNOON BREAK | |
| 3:30pm | Paul Corkum (Nat'l Research Council of Canada) |
Attosecond Science |
| 4:20pm | QUESTIONS/DISCUSSION | |
| 4:30pm | Rachel Ross (Las Cumbres Observatory) |
Overview of the LCOGT: A Network of 0.4-1.0 Meter Telescopes for Education |
| 5:00pm | CONFERENCE END | Shuttle Available to BWSCI, SB Airport, SB Airbus *See Jocelyn to Sign Up |
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Sunday, May 17, 2009 |
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| 9:00am | Las Cumbres Observatory (Training Session) |
Best Western South Coast Inn More Information on this Event |
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