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Thank you to all the people who helped make the conference a success. See you next year in Aspen!

Cosmic Genesis and Fundamental Physics -- Exploration of Particle, Astro-, Nuclear, and Gravitational Physics, October 28-30, 1999, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California

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the workshop's poster

The study of the birth and evolution of the universe using a variety of space-based and terrestrial tools promises exciting new opportunities to probe the fundamental laws of nature. At the recent Inner Space/Outer Space meeting held at Fermilab, NASA Administrator Dan Goldin challenged the physics-astronomy community to develop a vision for the future of the field in the quest to understand the composition, evolution, structure, and origin of the universe. Undersecretary of Energy Ernie Moniz and Assistant Director of the National Science Foundation Robert Eisenstein joined Goldin in pledging support for a new multi-disciplinary, multi-agency initiative.

“Cosmic Genesis and Fundamental Physics” was the first in a series of workshops that will help generate a programmatic vision for the long-term future of this meeting ground of particle, nuclear, gravitational, and astro physics. The main purpose of the workshops will be the invention and development of new experimental concepts and promising experimental approaches to address the scientific challenges of this emerging field. Theory will play an important supporting role in the program in helping to point the way to the most challenging and pressing issues in fundamental physics. The next workshop in the series will be held in Aspen, Colorado, Jan. 30-Feb. 5, 2000. (Drop a note to Cathy Thompson at LBNL if you would like to be on the Aspen mailing list.)

Program and Downloadable Slides

Topics we covered, with, in many cases, the presenters' transparencies, in PDF format, that you can download. These slides constitute an informal, rapidly available partial proceedings of the conference. A proper proceedings is being published under the auspices of Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.

Legacy Information

The following information is being left up for the convenience of people filling out their travel paperwork, getting in touch with colleagues they met at the conference, and so forth.

Registration

General information and a registration form that you can print and send in.

Travel

Accommodations, maps, and other travel-related information.

Time Envelope

Registration and Welcome: Wednesday, October 27, Doubletree Hotel, 4:30-6:30 pm
Technical Program: Thursday through Saturday, October 28-30, Sonoma State campus. (Registration continues 8 a.m. to noon Thursday, on campus.)
The end of the conference is 6:30 p.m. Saturday, October 30.

Attendance Roster

People who had registered as of Thursday evening (those who attended only Friday and/or Saturday might not be listed).

Organizing Committee

Members of the Organizing Committee and the International Advisory Committee, with links to their personal pages or curricula vitae where available online.

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Thank You To Our Co-Sponsors

The organizers gratefully acknowledge the sponsorship of
U.S. Department of Energy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Science Foundation
Berkeley Lab, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Fermilab
and Sonoma State University.

The administrative information on the AFRD Homepage is applicable to this page, as is the Laboratory policy on authorized use and lack of expectation of privacy upon government computers.

Credits: Poster by Terry Anderson of SLAC. Some images used on this site were adapted from The Particle Adventure, a learning tool made available by the Particle Data Group and the Contemporary Physics Education Project.