Organizers:
Falk Herwig - University of Victoria, Canada
Maria Lugaro - Konkoly Observatory, Hungary
Keywords: Role of centers in nuclear astrophysics, diversity
Program:
In the 40-min plenary session two short talks will set the stage for the following discussions of the two topics, centers and diversity in smaller break-out groups. The goal is to collect ideas and materials for the white paper. Each break-out group assigns a rapporteur who takes notes in the WG5 google doc and may also participate in the Friday session as well. To help initiate and focus discussions in the break-out sessions guiding questions will be provided by the speakers and conveners. Rapporteurs of each break-out session will provide a summary in the WG5 Google doc and discuss outcomes during the Friday follow-up session which is designated to write white paper content organized by themes.
40-min plenary session Wednesday, December 2, 14:20 - 15:00 US Eastern
Chair: Falk Herwig
Schedule:
14:20 - 14:30 10 min Raphael Hirschi - “The role of centers in nuclear astrophysics”
14:30 - 14:40 10 min Dara Norman - “Advancing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Astrophysics and Astronomy”
14:40 - 15:00 20 min Break-out sessions in small random breakouts
1-hour parallel session Friday, December 4, 12:30 - 13:30 US Eastern
Chair: Maria Lugaro
This session will start with rapporteurs or members of the break-our groups from the plenary session highlighting discussion outcomes as well as summarizing the status of the WG5 Google Doc.
Ashley Hood (5 min)
Rahul Jain (5 min)
Jinmi Yoon (5 min)
Vanessa Ferreira (5 min)
We will then present a first draft of the summary slides (Falk Herwig)
Followed by breakout into 2 groups:
Group 1: Finalizes Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and stays on in same Zoom
Group 2: Finalizes Centers and will move into a separate Zoom to be provided
Based on these reports and the discussion in the group, themes we will be identified and the group breaks up again, with each group following-up on specific themes expanding on text in the Google Doc for the various themes.