Agenda

All times listed below are Eastern Standard Time (EST). All events are held at Boston College campus.

Friday

JAN 19 2024

2:00-5:30 pm EST

Registration, networking and check-in at AC hotel (shuttle service)

(Heights)

Student volunteer:

Notes: Student signatures will be collected during the registration. We will also plan campus tours if weather permits.

JAN 19 2024

9:00 pm EST

Opening remarks

(Heights)

05:30 pm – 05:40 pm Welcome from Prof. Benedetta Flebus on behalf of LOC

05:40 pm – 05:50 pm Prof. Laura Steinberg (on behalf of Schiller Institute)

05:50 pm – 06:00 pm Welcome by APS representative (Mu-Chun Chen)

JAN 19 2024

6:00-7:00 pm EST

Dinner

(Heights)

Event management team:

Ice breaker activity:

JAN 19 2024

7:00-8:00 pm EST

Plenary Speaker I: Diana Powell (University of Chicago)

Astrophysics, Diversity and Inclusion in Physics

(Heights)

JAN 19 2024

8:00-9:00 pm EST

Trivia night

(Heights)

Student volunteers:

JAN 19 2024

9:00 pm EST

Shuttle to AC hotel

Student volunteers help to navigate.

Saturday

JAN 20 2024

7:45-8:45 am EST

Breakfast

(Lyons Dining Hall)

Event management team:

JAN 19 2024

8:45-9:00 am EST

Location transition

(Lyons Dining Hall to Devlin Hall)

Student volunteers help to navigate.

JAN 19 2024

9:00-9:15 pm EST

Welcome by Prof. Mike Graf (BC Physics)

(Devlin Hall 008)

JAN 20 2024

9:00-10:00 am EST

Plenary Speaker II: Zeynep Demiragli (LHC experimentalist at BU)

LHC, Particle Physics and Experience

(Devlin Hall 008)

JAN 19 2024

10:05-10:20 am EST

Location transition

(Devlin Hall to Higgins Hall)

Student volunteers help to navigate.

JAN 19 2024

10:20-10:50 am EST

Coffee break

(Higgins Hall 2nd floor reception)

JAN 20 2024

10:50:-11:50 am EST

Parallel sessions

(Higgins)

JAN 20 2024

11:50-12:10 pm EST

Group Photo, Location transition

(Hggins Hall to Lyons Dining Hall)

Student volunteers help to navigate.

JAN 20 2024

12:10-1:45 pm EST

Poster session, Lunch

(Lyons Dining Hall)

JAN 20 2024

1:45-2:00 pm EST

Location transition

(Lyons Dining Hall to Devlin Hall)

Student volunteers help to navigate.

JAN 20 2024

2:00-3:30 pm EST

National Keynote Speaker

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

(Devlin Hall 008)

JAN 20 2024

3:30-4:00 pm EST

Break

JAN 20 2024

4:00-4:50 pm EST

Plenary Speaker III: Anushya Chandran (Boston University)

Condensed Matter Physics and Experience as a Woman

(Devlin Hall 008)

JAN 20 2024

4:50-5:50 pm EST

Break, Networking

JAN 20 2024

6:00-8:00 pm EST

Dinner. Best poster award.

(Lyons Dining Hall)

Sunday

JAN 21 2024

7:30-8:30 am EST

Breakfast

(Lyons Dining Hall)

Event management team:

JAN 19 2024

8:30-8:45 am EST

Location transition

(Lyons Dining Hall to Devlin Hall 008)

Student volunteers help to navigate.

JAN 21 2024

8:45-9:35 am EST

Plenary Speaker IV: Ling Wang

Transitioning from Academia to Industry and Careers in Biostatistics

(Devlin Hall 008)

JAN 20 2024

9:35-10:05 pm EST

Break

JAN 19 2024

10:05-10:20 am EST

Location transition

(Devlin Hall to Higgins Hall)

Student volunteers help to navigate.

JAN 21 2024

10:20-11:20 am EST

Parallel Panel Discussions

(Higgins)

JAN 19 2024

11:20-11:35 am EST

Location transition

(Higgins Hall to Lyons Dining Hall)

Student volunteers help to navigate.

JAN 21 2024

11:35-11:40 pm EST

Questionnair collected

JAN 21 2024

11:40-14:00 am EST

Closing Remarks by Prof. Yue Hu (Wellesley Physics)

Career fair, Lunch

(Lyons Dining Hall)