Conference Agenda

(all times listed are in Eastern Time)

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Friday, January 20, 2023

All Friday events will take place at the Metcalf Center for Science and Engineering (SCI), 590 Commonwealth Ave, Boston.  Walking directions from Hotel Commonwealth here.

4:00 pm – 6:00 pm: Mandatory conference Check-in | SCI Entrance Lobby

4:00 pm – 5:30 pm: Laboratory tours, hands-on physics demos (optional) | SCI Basement

6:00 pm – 6:10 pm: Welcome by BU CUWiP LOC chairs and BU Physics Chair | SCI Basement Lobby

  • Prof. Zeynep Demiragli
  • Prof. Masha Kamenetska
  • Prof. Shyam Erramili

6:10 pm – 7:10 pm: Pizza Dinner | SCI Basement Lobby

7:20 pm – 7:30 pm: APS representative Intro to CUWiP featuring | SCI 109

  • Dr. Agnese Curatolo

7:30 pm – 8:30 pm: Plenary Panel – How to make the most of CUWiP | SCI 109

  • Dr. Susannah Dickerson
  • Prof. Indara Suarez
  • Prof. Jen Pursley
  • Meadow Bradsby

8:30 pm & beyond: Trivia/ Movie night (optional)

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Saturday, January 21, 2023

All Saturday events will take place at the BU Questrom School of Business, 1 Silber Way, Boston.  Walking directions from Hotel Commonwealth here.

8:00 am – 9:00 am: Breakfast and conference check in (9th floor Ballroom)

9:00 am – 10:30 am: Plenary Panel – Journeys in Physics (9th Floor Ballroom)- is a conversation with

  • Prof. Casey Berger
  • Prof. Alice White
  • Rachel Finck
  • Prof. Rama Bansil

11:00 am – 11:15 am: Group photo (9th Floor Ballroom)

10:30 am – 11:00 am: **Break**

11:20 am – 12:50 pm: Parallel Sessions #1 & 2

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm: Lunch (9th Floor Ballroom)

2:00 pm – 3:30 pm: Millie Dresselhaus CUWiP Keynote (9th Floor Ballroom)

  • Prof. Nadya Mason

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm: **Break**

4:00 pm – 6:00 pm: Physics Careers Expo (4th Floor, #428)

  • Featuring companies and PhD programs from around Boston

6:30 pm – 7:30 pm: Dinner (9th Floor Ballroom)

7:30 pm -8:30: Plenary Speaker (9th Floor Ballroom)

  • Prof. Melissa Franklin

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Sunday, January 22, 2023

All Sunday events will take place at the BU Photonics Center, 8 St. Marys St, Boston.  Walking directions from Hotel Commonwealth here.

8:00 am – 9:00 am: Breakfast (PHO 906)

9:00 am – 10:30: Poster Session (9th Floor Lobby)

10:45 am – 12:15 pm: Parallel Sessions #3 & 4

12:30 pm – 2:00 pm: Lunch with topic discussion tables (PHO 906)

2:00 pm – 2:45 pm: Plenary talk: Single Molecule Electronics (PHO 906)

  • Prof. Latha Venkataraman

2:45 pm – 3:30 pm: Plenary talk: From Big Data in High Energy Physics to Big Data in Industry (PHO 906)

  • Dr. Clare Bernard

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm: Poster awards and Closing remarks (PHO 906)