The Symposium on Physics, Energy, Computing, and Cities (SPECC-2012) was held in New York City on December 17-18. The purpose of this meeting was to bring together scientists from several areas to discuss large-scale science, technology, and computational endeavors that have had substantial impacts ranging from fundamental knowledge of how the universe works, to a practical understanding of our energy systems and the human interaction with them. The meeting also celebrated Steve Koonin's 61st birthday.
David Dean (ORNL), Kim Budil (LLNL), Dan Meiron (Caltech), Sharon Rynders(BP), Michael Holland (CUSP), Kimona Alfred (CUSP)
Time |
Title |
Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30-9:00 | Registration | Location: Pfizer Auditorium |
| 9:00-9:15 | Welcome | Jerry Hultin, President, NY Poly |
| 9:15-10:00 | Progress in Nuclear Astrophysics: From Kellogg to FAIR (working breakfast) | Karlheinz Langanke, Scientific Director, GSI |
| 10:00-10:45 | Neutrinos and the Origin of Matter | Bob McKeown, Deputy for Science and Technology, JLab |
| 10:45-11:00 | Break | Location: Pfizer Auditorium |
| 11:00-11:45 | Quark-gluon Plasma Research in Europe: Status and Prospects | Peter Braun-Munzinger, Scientific Director, EMMI, Helmholtz Foundation |
| 11:45-12:30 | Earthshine and Sunshine from Big Bear Solar Observatory in California (Note this is tar archive.) | Phil Goode, Director, Big Bear Solar Observatory |
| 12:30-1:45 | Discussion on the evolution of big science (working lunch) | Location: Dibner Building - Room LC-400 |
| 1:45-2:30 | National Security I | Thomas D'Agostino, DOE/NNSA Administrator |
| 2:30-3:15 | The National Ignition Facility: Pathway to Strategic and Energy Security and Physics of the Cosmos | Edward Moses, Principal Associate Director for NIF and Photon Sciences, LLNL |
| 3:15-4:00 | Break/Picture - (refreshments) | Location: Pfizer Auditorium |
| 4:00-4:45 | Cosmic Dawn: The Quest for the First Galaxies | Richard Ellis, Steele Professor of Astronomy, Caltech |
| 4:45-5:30 | Virtualizing the Environment | James Hack, Director, Center for Computational Sciences, ORNL |
| 5:30-6:30 | Casual Gathering at La DeFense | Location: 2 MetroTech Center |
Time |
Title |
Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00-9:45 | Innovation and the Department of Energy (working breakfast) | Ernest Moniz, Cecil and Ida Green Distinguished Professor, MIT |
| 9:45-10:30 | Research and its Strategic Context in the Energy Industry | Ellen Williams, Chief Scientist, BP |
| 10:30-10:45 | Break | Location: Pfizer Auditorium |
| 10:45-11:30 | How Much Should We Spend on Science? | Bill Press, Professor of Computer Science and Integrative Biology, University of Texas |
| 11:30-12:15 | Managing Cities: Improvement Science versus Randomized Clinical Trials | Paul Romer, Director, NYU-Stern Urbanization Project |
| 12:15-1:30 | Discussion on policy during the next 4 years (working lunch) | Location: Dibner Bldg. - Room LC-400 |
| 1:30-2:15 | Biofuels: What works? | Wolfgang Bauer, University Distinguished Professor, Michigan State University |
| 2:15-3:00 | National Security, Climate and Small Modular Reactors: A U.S. National Leadership Strategy | Victor Reis, Senior Policy Advisor, DOE |
| 3:00-3:45 | Four years of learning how Cities become Smarter - Some Experience from the Field | Jurij Paraszczak, Director, Industry Solutions, Smarter Cities, IBM |
| 3:45-4:00 | Break (refreshments) | Location: Pfizer Auditorium |
| 4:00-4:45 | Instrumenting the future | Steve Koonin, Director, Center for Urban Science and Progress |