Dark Matter Working Group (v020912)
International Workshop on Neutrinos and Subterranean Science

September 19-21, 2002
Washington, DC


Thursday, September 19, 2:00-6:30pm Dark Matter: Physics presentations
2:00-2:40 John Ellis, CERN
SUGRA Dark Matter Candidates
2:40-3:05 Alexander Kusenko, UCLA
Non-Pointlike Dark Matter Candidates
3:05-3:30 Nigel Smith, RAL, UK
ZEPLIN (LXe)
3:30-3:55 Elena Aprile, Columbia
XENON (LXe)
4:00-4:30 coffee break
4:30-5:00 Gilles Gerbier, Saclay, France
EDELWEISS + DAMA/LIBRA (and background discussion)
5:00-5:25 Richard Schnee, CWRU
CDMS/CryoArray
5:25-5:50 Jeff Martoff, Temple
DRIFT
5:50-6:10 Craig Aalseth, PNL
MAJORANA for DM
6:10-6:30 Hans Volker Klapdor-Kleingrothaus, MPI, Heidelberg
GENINO/GENIUS for DM

Friday, September 20, 8:30 am-12:00 noon Dark Matter Sessions plus Joint working group session on low-level counting
(double beta decay, dark matter, national security, geomicrobiology, solar neutrinos)
8:30-9:00 (Joint) Andre Hamer, LANL
Screening Requirements for Future Rare-Event Searches
9:00-9:30 (Joint) Tom Shutt, Princeton
A Low-background Counting Facility
9:30-10:00 (Dark Matter) Jonathan Feng, UC Irvine
Kaluza-Klein Dark Matter
10:00-10:30 coffee break
10:30-11:00 Outreach/Education Discussion
11:00-12:30 (Joint) Round-Table Discussion, Low-level Counting Facilities
Discussion Leader: John Wilkerson, Univ. Washington

Friday, September 20, 7:00-9:00 pm Dark Matter Working Group Dinner
7:00-9:00 (evening) Dark Matter Working Group Dinner
at Hilton Hotel

Saturday, September 21, 8:00 am-8:45 am, 12:30-3:00 pm
8:00-8:45 (Dark Matter Group) Discussion of working group summary
to be presented in Combined Session that follows
9:00-12:30 Join the Main Session
12:30-3:00 (Dark Matter Group) Working Lunch & Meeting to Finalize Report