All times listed below are Pacific Standard Time (PST). Participants can also find this schedule upon arrival in their packets.
All conference locations (indicated on the map above) are on the University of Oregon campus, and include:
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3:00 - 5:00 pm ~ Optional Lab Tours or Scavenger Hunt (CAMCOR, Optics, Biophysics, LIGO virtual visit)
4:30 - 6:00 pm ~ Check-In [EMU Ballroom lobby]
6:00 - 6:30 pm ~ Welcome Address from Dr. Ray Frey (Physics Department Head, University of Oregon), Dr. Patrick Phillips (Acting Executive Director of Knight Campus and Professor, Biology Department, University of Oregon), Dr. Pearl Sandick (Associate Professor, Physics Department, University of Utah, and NOC chair) and Dr. Stephanie Majewski (Associate Professor, Physics Department, University of Oregon, and LOC chair) [EMU Ballroom]
6:30 - 7:45 pm ~ Dinner and Presentation by Dr. Geraldine Richmond (Presidential Chair in Science and Professor of Chemistry, University of Oregon) [EMU Ballroom]
7:45 - 8:00 pm ~ Break [EMU Ballroom]
8:00 - 10:00 pm ~ Icebreakers and Trivia [EMU Ballroom]
8:00 - 9:00 am ~ Breakfast / Arrival [EMU Ballroom Lobby]
9:00 - 10:30 am ~ Parallel Sessions (Participants will choose 3)
(Session 1 = 9:00 - 9:25 am, Session 2 = 9:30 - 9:55 am, Session 3 = 10:00 - 10:25 am)
10:30 - 11:00 am ~ Coffee/Tea Break [EMU Ballroom Lobby]
11:00 - 12:30 pm ~ Keynote - Dr. Patricia Burchat [EMU Redwood Auditorium]
12:30 - 12:40 pm ~ Group Photo [EMU Redwood Auditorium]
12:40 - 1:30 pm ~ Networking Lunch & Industry/Academia Table Fair sponsored by the Masters Industrial Internship Program [EMU Ballroom]
1:30 - 2:30 pm ~ Participant Poster Session [EMU Gumwood]
2:30 - 2:45 pm ~ Break [EMU Gumwood]
2:45 - 3:45 pm ~ Presentation by Dr. Mary James (Dean for Institutional Diversity and Professor, Physics Department, Reed College) [EMU Redwood Auditorium]
3:45 - 4:15 pm ~ Tea/Coffee Break sponsored by the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact [EMU Redwood Auditorium]
4:15 - 5:45 pm ~ Rotating Sessions
(Session 1 = 4:15 - 4:55 pm, Session 2 = 5:00 - 5:40 pm)
5:45 - 6:00 pm ~ Walk to Gerlinger Hall
6:00 - 7:15 pm ~ Banquet Dinner [Woodruff Gym]
7:15 - 7:30 pm ~ Walk to Straub Hall
7:30 - 9:00 pm ~ Physics Slam [156 Straub Hall]
9:00 - 10:00 pm ~ Dessert Social with Physics Slammers [EMU Crater Lake N/S]
8:00 - 9:00 am ~ Breakfast / Arrival [EMU Redwood Auditorium]
9:00 - 10:00 am ~ Talk by Dr. Jennifer Dionne (Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University) [EMU Redwood Auditorium]
10:00 - 11:00 am ~ Talk by Alison Yates (Director of Virtual Prototyping, Zemax) [EMU Redwood Auditorium]
11:00 - 11:30 am ~ Coffee/Tea Break [EMU Redwood Auditorium]
11:30 - 12:45 pm ~ Career Panel: Academic and Industrial Careers [EMU Redwood Auditorium]
12:45 - 1:00 pm ~ Walk to Willamette Hall
1:00 - 2:00 pm ~ Lunch [Paul Olum Atrium]
2:00 - 2:15 pm ~ Farewell Address [Paul Olum Atrium]
2:15 - 3:00 pm ~ Mingling and Adjourn [Paul Olum Atrium]
Hosted by the University of Oregon physics department, the UO Master's Industrial Internship Program, and UO Women in Physics, and supported by the American Physical Society and local sponsors.
These conferences are supported in part by the National Science Foundation (PHY-1622510) and by the Department of Energy Office of Science (DE-SC0011076). Further details are available on the APS conference website.