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

• Smadar Naoz, UCLA
• Introduction: Isabel Lipartito, UCSB LOC

Corwin Pavilion

8:30pm

10:00pm

Shuttle runs back to hotels

UCSB Bus Circle

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

• Eun-Ah Kim, Cornell University
• Introduction: Christina Knapp, UCSB LOC

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

• Fabiola Gianotti, CERN Director-General
• Introduction: Kathryne Sparks Woodle, APS

Corwin Pavilion

12:30pm

1:30pm

Lunch

Lagoon Plaza

1:30pm

2:30pm

Student Talks

• Parallel Session A
• Parallel Session B
• Parallel Session C

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

• Research 5: Biophysics (Lobero Room)
• Research 6: Physics education and teaching (State Street Room)
• Professional 4: Graduate school and Fellowships (Flying A Studio)
• Professional 5: Effective science communication (SB Mission Room)
• Professional 6: Transitioning to a 4-year Institution (Chumash Room)
• Diversity 7: Finding Life/Career Balance (SB Harbor Room)

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