Monday, 8 January 2018

Gravitational Wave Science Interest Group Meeting

Room: Maryland Ballroom 4

Time	Topic	Speaker	Presentation
8:30 — 8:45 AM	LUVOIR and LISA	John O'Meara	[PDF]
8:45 — 9:05 AM	NASA LISA Study Team Activities	Kelly H-B.
9:05 — 9:25 AM	LISA Consortium Update	Martin H.
9:25 — 9:45 AM	NASA LISA Study Office Update	Ira Thorpe	[PDF]
9:45 — 10:05 AM	Lynx and LISA	Rob Petre	[PDF]
10:05 — 10:25 AM	Galactic Binaries and LISA	Katie Breivik

X-Ray Science Interest Group (XR SIG) Meeting

Room: Maryland Ballroom 4

Time	Topic	Speaker	Presentation
10:45 — 10:55 AM	Opening Remarks	R. Kraft
10:55 — 11:15 AM	Lynx Status Report	J. Gaskin
11:15 — 11:35 AM	Athena Update	R. Smith	[PDF]
11:35 — 11:55 AM	XARM Progress	R. Petre	[PDF]
11:55 AM — 12:15 PM	IXPE Development and Science Summary	H. Marshall
12:15 — 12:30 PM	Possible Speaker on GW/X-ray Multi-Messenger Synergies	TBD

Gamma Ray Science Interest Group (GR SIG) Meeting

Room: Maryland Ballroom 3

Time	Topic	Speaker	Presentation
11:00 AM — 11:15 AM	Presentation of PhysPAG and GRSIG	Sylvain Guiriec	[PDF]
11:15 AM — 11:40 AM	The e-ASTROGAM Mission (Exploring the Extreme Universe with Gamma Rays in the MeV-GeV Range)	Dave Thompson	[PDF]
11:40 AM — 12:05 PM	AMEGO Update	Julie McEnery	[PDF]
12:05 PM — 12:30 PM	Open Discussion

Joint PAG Meeting

Room: Maryland Ballroom A

Time	Topic	Speaker	Presentation
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM	Meeting and Discussion	Paul Hertz, NASA's Astrophysics Division Director	[PDF]

Physics of the Cosmos Program Analysis Group (PhysPAG) Meeting

Room: Maryland Ballroom 4– 6

Time	Topic	Speaker	Presentation
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM	PCOS Programmatic Update	Rita Sambruna	[PDF]
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM	PhysPAG Activities	Mark Bautz	[PDF]
4:00 PM – 4:10 PM	Non-Strategic Technology Gaps	Terri Brandt	[PDF]
4:10 PM – 5:00 PM SIG Updates	IP SIG	Jamie Bock for Ed Wollack	[PDF]
	XR SIG	Ralph Kraft	[PDF]
	GR SIG	Terri Brandt for Sylvain Guiriec, John Tomsick, and Henric Krawczynski	[PDF]
	CR SIG	Terri Brandt for Igor Moskalenko and Jim Beatty	[PDF]
	GW SIG	Kelly Holley-Bockelmann	[PDF]
5:00 PM – 5:30 PM	Multi-Messenger Astrophysics SAG: Intro and Discussion	John Conklin	[PDF]

PhysCOS Related Activities

All activities at Gaylord Hotel/Conference Center

Hyperwall Talks schedule [PDF], Exhibit Hall booth #435

Tuesday, 9 January 2018

Time	Event	Location
10:00 AM–11:30 AM	Gamma Ray Bursts	Maryland D
10:00 AM–11:30 AM	HEAD I: NICER Session	National Harbor 12 & 13
2:00 PM–3:30 PM	Gravitational Waves and EM Counterparts I	Maryland C

Posters

NASA Decadal Preparations II: Probes Mission Concept Studies Posters Computation, Data Handling, Image Analysis Posters

Prince Georges Exhibit Hall A-C

Wednesday, 10 January 2018

Time	Event	Location
10:00 AM–11:30 AM	Multimessenger Astronomy in light of LIGO-Virgo Discoveries	Maryland C
10:00 AM–11:30 AM	HEAD II: GW170817/GRB 170817A: Multi-messenger Astrophysics from a Neutron Star Merger	National Harbor 12 & 13
10:00 AM–11:30 AM	AGN, QSO, Blazars III	Maryland B
2:00 PM–3:30 PM	Gravitational Waves and EM Counterparts II	Maryland D
2:00 PM–3:30 PM	Data Driven Discoveries in Serendipitous X-ray Catalogs	National Harbor 3
4:30 PM–5:20 PM	HEAD Bruno Rossi Prize: Title TBD, Gabriela González  (Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge)	Potomac AB

Posters

Gravitational Waves, Relativistic Astrophysics and Related Topics Poster Session AGN, QSO, Blazars Posters Data Driven Discoveries in Serendipitous X-ray Catalogs Poster

Prince Georges Exhibit Hall A-C

Thursday, 11 January 2018

Time	Event	Location
10:00 AM–11:30 AM	Multi-messenger Observations of Intermediate Mass Black Holes with LISA	Maryland C
2:00 PM–3:30 PM	Gravitational Waves and EM Counterparts III	Maryland D
2:00 PM–3:30 PM	New Results on Nearby AGN with Swift BAT	Potomac C

Posters

Multi-messenger observations of intermediate mass black holes with LISA Poster Session Black Holes Poster Session

Prince Georges Exhibit Hall A-C

Friday, 12 January 2018

Time	Event	Location
8:00 AM–8:50 AM	Plenary Talk: Illuminating Gravitational Waves, Mansi Kasliwal (California Institute of Technology)	Potomac AB
10:00 AM–11:30 AM	Black Holes I	Maryland C
2:00 PM–3:30 PM	Black Holes II	Maryland C
2:00 PM–3:30 PM	AGN, QSO, Blazars VIII	Maryland B
4:30 PM–5:20 PM	Lancelot M. Berkeley Prize: The Instruments that Launched Gravitational-wave Astronomy, Peter Fritschel (MIT Kavli Institute) for LIGO	Potomac A–B