Agenda

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Friday January 18

 

Start time

End time

Event

Location

1:00pm

4:45pm

Shuttle runs from hotels to campus

Outside hotels

1:00pm

5:00pm

Check-in (Lab Tours for Early Arrivals)

Corwin Pavilion Lobby

5:15pm

6:00pm

Conference Opening and APS Welcome

Remarks by

  • Prof. Sathya Guruswamy
  • Prof. Claudio Campagnari, (Chair, UCSB Physics Department)
  • Nobel Laureate Prof. David Gross (President of the American Physical Society)
  • Dr. Kathryne Sparks Woodle (American Physical Society)

Corwin Pavilion

6:00pm

7:30pm

Dinner

Corwin Pavilion

7:30pm

8:30pm

Plenary Talk

Corwin Pavilion

8:30pm

10:00pm

Shuttle runs back to hotels

UCSB Bus Circle

     

    Saturday January 19

    Start time

    End time

    Event

    Location

    7:00am

    8:00am

    Breakfast (at hotels)

    Hotels

    7:00am

    9:00am

    Shuttle runs to campus

    Outside hotels

    8:30am

    9:30pm

    Plenary Talk

    Corwin Pavilion

    9:35am

    10:20am

    Breakout Session I

    • Research 1: Astrophysics (Flying A Studio)
    • Research 2: Gravity/String Theory (SB Mission Room)
    • Professional 1: Research Opportunities and Bridge Programs (State Street Room) - repeated during Breakout Session II
    • Professional 2: Graduate school and fellowships (SB Harbor Room) - repeated during Breakout Session III
    • Diversity 1: Getting Involved with Outreach (Lobero Room)
    • Diversity 2: Navigating Sexual Harassment and Discrimination (Chumash Room)
    • Diversity 3: Step Up 4 Women (Goleta Valley Room) - repeated during Breakout Session II

    UCen Rooms

    10:20am

    10:50am

    Coffee Break

    Corwin Pavilion

    10:50am

    11:00am

    Group photo

    Corwin Pavilion

    11:00am

    12:30pm

    Keynote Talk

    Corwin Pavilion

    12:30pm

    1:30pm

    Lunch

    Lagoon Plaza

    1:30pm

    2:30pm

    Student Talks

    Flying A Studio
    SB Harbor Room
    State Street Room

    2:45pm

    3:45pm

    Plenary Panel: Impostor Syndrome, Implicit Bias, and Stereotype Threat

    Corwin Pavilion

    3:45pm

    4:45pm

    Poster Session and Coffee Break

    Corwin Pavilion

    4:55pm

    5:40pm

    Breakout Session II

    • Research 3: High Energy and Particle Physics (Flying A Studio)
    • Research 4: Condensed Matter and Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (SB Harbor Room)
    • Professional 3: Research Opportunities and Bridge Programs (State Street Room)
    • Diversity 4: Building a Community in your Department (Lobero Room)
    • Diversity 5: Out in STEM (Chumash Room)
    • Diversity 6: Step Up 4 Women (SB Mission Room)

    UCen Rooms

    5:45pm

    6:30pm

    Breakout Session III

    UCen Rooms

    6:30pm

    8:00pm

    Dinner with speakers and panelists

    Remarks by

    • Prof. Joe Incandela (Vice Chancellor for Research, UCSB)
    • Prof. David Marshall (Executive Vice Chancellor, UCSB)
    • Prof. Henry Yang (Chancellor, UCSB)
    • Prof. Sathya Guruswamy (Conference Co-Chair)
    • Shankari Rajagopal (Conference Co-Chair)

    Corwin Pavilion

    8:00pm

    10:30pm

    Board Games/Social Time

    Corwin Pavilion

    8:00pm

    11:00pm

    Shuttle runs back to hotels

    UCSB Bus Circle

     

    Applications are now closed

    Sunday January 20

     

    Start time

    End time

    Event

    Location

    7:00am

    8:30am

    Breakfast (at hotels)

    Hotels

    7:00am

    9:00am

    Shuttle runs to campus

    Outside hotels

    9:00am

    9:45am

    Plenary Talk

    Corwin Pavilion

    9:45am

    10:10am

    Coffee Break

    Corwin Pavilion

    10:20am

    11:05am

    Panels: Careers in Industry and Gov’t Labs

     

    Buchanan 1920
    Buchanan 1940

    11:15am

    12:00pm

    Panels: Careers in Industry and Gov’t Labs

     

    Buchanan 1920
    Buchanan 1940

    12:00pm

    2:00pm

    Lunch and Networking Fair

    Corwin Pavilion

    2:00pm

    2:30pm

    Conference Closing

    Corwin Pavilion

    2:30pm

    4:00pm

    Google Lab Tours

    Google

    2:30pm

    6:00pm

    Shuttle runs back to hotels

    UCSB Bus Circle

     

    Maps of Campus and University Center

     

    Driving to Parking Lot 22

    Walking from Parking Lot 22 to Corwin Pavilion

    Shuttle Drop-off to Corwin Pavilion

    Corwin Pavilion to Buchanan

    University Center Map