Session I: Motivation for Directional Detection                                                  Thursday, June 11

(chair: Prof. Gabriella Sciolla)

 

9:00     Welcome                                                                                                                          

              Prof. Ed Bertschinger, MIT Department of Physics, Head

              Prof. Gabriella Sciolla, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

 

9:15     White Paper / Proceedings,

              Dr. James Battat, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

 

9:30   Motivation for Directional Detection,

              Dr. Anne Green (Nottingham) for Prof. Ioannis Vergados, University of Ioannina

 

10:00 Optimizing Directional Detectors,                                                                         

              Dr. Anne Green, University of Nottingham, UK

 

Session II: Theoretical Interpretation of Recent Results and Consequences for Directional Searches                                                                                                                      Thursday, June 11

(chair: Dr. Anne Green)

 

11:00  Hierarchy in the Phase Space and Dark Matter Astronomy,

              Dr. Niayesh Afshordi, Perimeter Institute, CA

 

11:30 Directional Modulation in Crystalline Detectors,

              Dr. Paolo Gondolo, University of Utah, USA

 

Session III: Directional Dark Matter Experiments I                              Thursday, June 11

(chair: Prof. Daniel Santos)

 

14:00  The DRIFT Experiment,

              Prof. Dan Snowden-Ifft, Occidental College, USA

 

14:30  The Newage Experiment,                                                                                           

              Prof. Kentaro Miuchi, University of Kyoto, JP

 

15:00  The DMTPC Experiment,                                                                                           

              Dr. James Battat, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

 

Session IV: Directional Dark Matter Experiments II                                           Thursday, June 11

(chair: Prof. Dan Snowden-Ifft)

 

16:00  MIMAC Project : A Large Micro TPC For Directional Dark Matter Search

              Prof. Daniel Santos, LPSC/CNRS/IN2P3/UJF, Grenoble FR

 

16:30  Nuclear Emulsion for Directional Dark Matter Detection,  

              Mr. Tatsuhiro Naka, University of Nagoya, JP

 

Session V: Directional Detection Reconstruction & Analysis Techniques    Friday, June 12

(chair: Prof. Kentaro Miuchi)

 

9:00     Reconstruction in DRIFT,

              Dr. Demitri Muna, New York University, USA

 

9:30     Reconstruction Strategies for CCD-based Directional Experiments,

              Mr. Asher Kaboth, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

 

9:50     Backgrounds in DMTPC,                                                               

              Mr. Tom Caldwell, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

 

11:10  The Maximum Patch Method for Directional Dark Matter Detection,

              Mr. Shawn Henderson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

 

Session VI: Directional Detection R&D and Underground Backgrounds  Friday, June 12

(chair: Prof. Neil Spooner)

 

11:00  R&D Status for Directional Dark Matter Search with Nuclear Emulsion,

              Mr. Tatsuhiro Naka, University of Nagoya, JP

 

11:30  QPIX R&D for Large Directional Detectors,

              Prof. Kentaro Miuchi, University of Kyoto, JP

 

12:00 TPC R&D for DMTPC,                                                                                                               

              Dr. Denis Dujmic, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

 

12:25 Calibration techniques for dark matter detectors,

              Prof. Joe Formaggio, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

 

Session VII: Beyond Dark Matter with Directional Detectors                       Friday, June 12

(chair: Prof. Michael Gold)

 

14:00  Negative Ion Avalanche R&D,

              Prof. Jeff Martoff, Temple University/Fermilab, USA

 

14:30  Time Projection Chamber R&D for the Linear Collider and Dark Matter,

              Dr. Sven Vahsen, Berkeley Lab, USA

 

15:00  Neutron Detection with Directional Dark Matter Detectors,                      

              Mr. Hidefumi Tomita, Boston University, USA                    

 

Session VIII: Dark Matter Astrophysics                                                                   Friday, June 12

(chair: Prof. Paolo Gondolo)

 

16:00 Inelastic Dark Matter and Directional Detection,

              Prof. Doug Finkbeiner, Harvard University, USA

 

16:30 Gamma Flux from SUSY Dark Matter Annihilation,

              Dr. Mario E. Gomez, Universidad de Huelva, ES

 

17:00  Six-dimensional mapping of the Milky Way: techniques to disassemble the Galaxy,

              Dr. Nitya Kallivayalil, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

 

 

Session IX: Future Planning Discussion                                                                  Saturday, June 13

(chair: Dr. Jocelyn Monroe)

 

9:00     The Cygnus Campaign,                                                                                               

              Prof. Kentaro Miuchi, University of Kyoto, JP

 

9:15     Directional Detection and DUSEL

              Prof. Dan Snowden-Ifft, Occidental College, USA (TBC)

              Prof. Peter Fisher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

 

9:45     Future Plans in Europe,                                                                                

              Prof. Neil Spooner, University of Sheffield, UK

 

Session X: White Paper Discussion                                                            Saturday, June 13

(chair: Dr. James Battat)

 

11:00  White Paper Planning

              Dr. James Battat, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

 

11:15  Reports from White Paper Working Groups