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ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS ADV CMTE (AAAC), Oct 23, 2017, telecon, 3:00-4:00 pm ET
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The NSF-NASA-DOE Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee will hold a telecon from 3:00-4:00 pm ET on October 23, 2017 to discuss and accept the CMB Stage 4 CDT Task Force Report on behalf of NSF and DOE.
Details and dial-in instructions are in the Federal Register notice, which is reproduced below.
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92- 463, as amended), the National Science [[Page 46094]] Foundation (NSF) announces the following meeting: Name and Committee Code: Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee (#13883) meeting (Teleconference). Date and Time: October 23, 2017; 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. EDT. Place: National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314 (Teleconference). Type of Meeting: Open. http://www.nsf.gov/mps/ast/aaac.jsp To join via Browser: https://bluejeans.com/996692403/browser To join via phone: (1) Dial: +1.408.740.7256 +1.888.240.2560 +1.408.317.9253 (see all numbers--http://bluejeans.com/numbers) (2) Enter Conference ID: 996692403 Contact Person: Dr. Christopher Davis, Program Director, Division of Astronomical Sciences, Suite W9136, National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314; Telephone: 703-292-7165. Purpose of Meeting: The AAAC commissioned a subcommittee to develop a concept for implementing a ground-based Cosmic Microwave Background Stage 4 experiment. The Conceptual Design Team (CDT) will take as input the community CMB-S4 Science Book and any further community information as appropriate, will consider the global landscape of CMB experiments, and provide a project strawman concept with options and alternatives. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss and accept the subcommittee report. Agenda: To discuss and accept the CMB Stage 4 CDT Task Force Report on behalf of NSF and DOE.