I.ANN QCD Summit 2024: Empowering New Talents and Building Global Networks

America/New_York
Room 233/235 (Washington DC )

Room 233/235

Washington DC

Hall of The States, 444 North Capitol Street NW, R, Washington, DC 20001
Description

The I.ANN QCD Summit 2024: "The Future of QCD: Empowering New Talents and Building Global Networks" took place at the Hall of States in Washington, D.C. June 13 and 14. 

The summit brought together key figures from government and diplomacy, network representatives, experts, scientists and early career researchers to discuss how research partnerships in strong interaction physics across the Americas can be accelerated, within the wider international community. 

 

Diplomats and science attaches that participated at the Summit: 

Brazil:
 

Paulo Cezar Rotella Braga

Science & Technology

Embassy of Brazil in Washington, D.C.

Mexico


Claudia Gabriela Quiroz Mercado

Chief of Cooperation and Education 
Embassy of Mexico in the United States 

 

Soileh Padilla Mayer
Consul of Mexico in Kansas City 

 

Peru

 

Alejandro Neyra

Deputy Chief of Mission

Embassy of Peru in Washington, D.C.

 

Claudia Tello

Economic and Environmental Affairs at the Embassy of Peru in Washington, D.C. 

 

Poland

Katarzyna Granat

Science attaché of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Washington, D.C. 

Government agency representatives: 

 

Paul Mantica

Director, Facilities and Project Management Division

Office of Nuclear Physics (NP)

US Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science (SC)

 

Additional speakers: 

Jackson Howard and Derya Büyüktanir Karacan (George Washington University)

Regional Coordinator at EURAXESS North America

 

Elke-Caroline Aschenauer 

Brookhaven National Laboratory 

 

Estefania Ortiz Calva 

Senior Program Associate, International Affairs and Science Diplomacy

AAAS Center for Science Diplomacy 

 

 

 

 

Both in-person and remote participation possible. The meeting room in Washington, D.C. has a capacity of no more than 40 participants. 

Participation in this event is by invitation only. Please register or contact the organizers. 

Hall of The States, 444 North Capitol Street NW, R, Washington, DC 20001

Room 233/235

 

 

 

 

I.ANN QCD is a AccelNet-Design project supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF). This project is jointly funded by the Established program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR)

 

 

 

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Registration
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    • 9:00 AM 9:15 AM
      Welcome Remarks and Introductions & Overview of US project-focused networks 15m
      Speaker: Daniel Tapia Takaki (University of Kansas)
    • 9:15 AM 9:30 AM
      AGS & RHIC Users Association report 15m
      Speaker: Marcus Alfred
    • 9:30 AM 9:45 AM
      US LHC Users' Association report 15m
      Speaker: Matt LeBlanc (Brown University)
    • 9:45 AM 10:00 AM
      EIC Users Association Report 15m
      Speaker: Or Hen (MIT)
    • 10:00 AM 10:30 AM
      Break 30m
    • 10:30 AM 11:30 AM
      US Perspectives on Long Range Plans 1h
      Speaker: Christine Aidala (The University of Michigan)
    • 11:30 AM 12:30 PM
      Reports from Inter-American countries 1h
      Speakers: Alberto Gago, Gerardo Herrera Corral, Jun Takahashi
    • 12:30 PM 2:00 PM
      Lunch and social 1h 30m
    • 2:00 PM 3:00 PM
      Roundtable discussion: Inter-American Engagement in the Global context 1h
      Speakers: Abhay Deshpande, Jorge Lopez
    • 3:00 PM 3:30 PM
      AAAS Center for Science Diplomacy 30m
      Speaker: B. Estefania Ortiz Calva (Senior Program Associate, International Affairs and Science Diplomacy AAAS Center for Science Diplomacy)
    • 3:30 PM 4:00 PM
      NSF Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE) - Video recorded talk 30m

      Video recorded presentation

      Speakers: Allen James Pope, Kara Hoover
    • 4:00 PM 5:00 PM
      I.ANN QCD Coordination meeting 1h
      Speakers: Abhay Deshpande, Carlos Bertulani, Christine Aidala, Daniel Tapia Takaki (University of Kansas)
    • 9:00 AM 10:00 AM
      I.ANN QCD status and plans 1h
      Speakers: Abhay Deshpande, Carlos Bertulani, Christine Aidala, Daniel Tapia Takaki (University of Kansas)
    • 10:00 AM 10:30 AM
      Break 30m
    • 10:30 AM 11:30 AM
      Round table discussion: Opportunities and challenges of international cooperation for large-scale science 1h
      Speakers: Farid Salazar, Gerardo Herrera Corral, Jaki Noronha-Hostler, Jun Takahashi
    • 11:30 AM 11:50 AM
    • 11:50 AM 12:30 PM
      EURAXESS North America 40m
      Speakers: Derya Büyüktanir Karacan (EURAXESS North America & George Washington University), Jackson Howard (EURAXESS North America)
    • 12:30 PM 2:00 PM
      Lunch and social 1h 30m
    • 2:00 PM 3:00 PM
      The Electron-Ion Collider and international cooperation 1h
      Speaker: Elke-Caroline Aschenauer (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
    • 3:00 PM 3:30 PM
      Break 30m
    • 3:30 PM 4:00 PM
      DOE NP perspectives on international cooperation in QCD and the EIC 30m
      Speaker: Paul Mantica (DOE Office of Science, Nuclear Physics)
    • 4:00 PM 4:45 PM
      Round table with diplomas: Science and Technology initiatives and policy in the Inter-American region 45m
      Speakers: Alejandro Neyra, Paulo Cezar Rotella Braga, Soileh Padilla Mayer
    • 4:45 PM 5:00 PM
      Recap and Adjourn 15m