Name: High Energy Shielding Collaboration Kick Off Meeting
Start: 2012-12-10T10:00:00+01:00
End: 2012-12-15T23:59:00+01:00
Location: USA

Monday 10 December
- 10:00 → 11:00
  
  Checkin: (except Richard & Uwe)
- 12:20 → 15:15
  
  Flight to Washington DC
Tuesday 11 December
- 10:00 → 16:00
  
  Sightseeing: (Richard & Uwe travelling)
- 18:30 → 22:00
  
  Dinner with Dan Neumann & David Mildner: Copper Canyon Grill by the lake, next to the hotel
Wednesday 12 December
- 09:00 → 12:00
  NIST
  - 10:45
    
    Detector Presentation 45m
    
    Speaker: Richard Hall-Wilton (European Spallation Source ESS AB)
- 12:00 → 13:00
  
  Lunch at Dogfish Head
- 13:00 → 17:00
  
  NIST
- 19:00 → 22:00
  
  Dinner with Rob Dimeo (Director)
Thursday 13 December
- 10:00 → 14:00
  
  Shopping
  
  At the mall near the hotel & lake
- 14:00 → 15:00
  
  Return to Airport
- 16:54 → 18:23
  
  Flight to Knoxville
Friday 14 December
- 08:30 → 17:30
  SNS Morning
  - 08:30
    
    Introductions and Objectives 15m
    
    Speaker: Dr Ken Herwig (SNS)
  - 08:45
    
    What is in the beams at a spallation source and fast background experience from IPNS 45m
    
    Speaker: Jack Carpenter
    
    Slides
  - 09:30
    
    Tour of Experiment Hall (emphasis on CNCS and HYSPEC) 1h
  - 10:30
    
    Coffee 15m
  - 10:45
    
    Observations on CNCS and Discussion 45m
    
    Speaker: Georg Ehlers
    
    Slides
  - 11:30
    
    Observations on HYSPEC and Discussion 45m
    
    Speaker: Barry Winn
    
    Slides
  - 12:15
    
    Lunch 45m
  - 13:00
    
    SNS Facility Background Measurements 30m
    
    Speaker: Barry Winn
    
    Slides
  - 13:30
    
    PSI Experience and Discussion 45m
    
    Speaker: Uwe Filges
  - 14:15
    
    Break 15m
  - 14:30
    ESS Concerns and Source Characteristics 30m
    
    Speakers: Nataliia Cherkashyna (ESS), Dr Phil Bentley (ESS)
    
    Slides
    
    Cherkashyna.pptx
    
    PMB_ESS_Source_and_Concerns.pdf
    
    PMB_Introductions.pdf
  - 15:00
    
    High Energy Neutrons and Shielding (CERN experience) 30m
    
    Speakers: Kalliopi Kanaki (European Spallation Source), Richard Hall-Wilton (European Spallation Source ESS AB)
    
    Slides
  - 15:30
    
    Round Table Discussion 1h
  - 16:30
    
    Next Steps – Collaborations/Measurements 1h
Saturday 15 December
- 10:00 → 11:00
  
  Shopping in Tennessee
- 11:00 → 12:00
  
  Return to Airport
- 14:37 → 16:10
  
  Flight to Washington DC: (Phil, Kelly, Natasha, Uwe)
- 17:15 → 23:59
  
  Flight to Europe: (Phil, Kelly, Natasha)