Preliminary Agenda
| Day 1 | |
| 8:00 |
Breakfast Welcome and overview session |
| 8:30 | Welcome note (R. Blandford - KIPAC) |
| 8:40 | Current status of the field and future directions (W. Hofmann - MPI-K Heidelberg) pdf |
| 9:10 | Summary of the White Paper (H. Krawczynski - Washington University) pdf |
| 9:40 | Discussion |
| 10:00 | Coffee Break |
| Science Session | |
| 10:40 | Galactic talk - Top 10 Science Questions (S. Funk, KIPAC) pdf |
| 11:10 | Extragalactic talk - Top 10 Science Questions (P. Coppi – Yale) pdf |
| 11:40 | New physics talk - Top 10 Science Questions (L. Bergstrom - Stockholm University) pdf |
| 12:10 | The connection to GLAST (O. Reimer - Stanford University) pdf |
| 12:40 | Lunch break |
| Projects session: | |
| 14:30 | HAWC (B. Dingus - Los Alamos National Lab) pdf |
| 15:00 | AGIS (J. Buckley - Washington University) pdf |
| 15:30 | CTA (M.Martinez – IFAE Barcelona) pdf |
| 16:00 | Status of the Japanese Gamma-ray Community (T. Tanimori - Kyoto University). pdf |
| 16:30 | Other ideas for Gamma-ray instruments (S. LeBohec - University of Utah) pdf |
| 17:00 | Coffee Break |
| 17:30 | Technical challenges and parameters for a future design (S. Swordy - University of Chicago) pdf |
| 18:00 | Wrap up and social event |
| Day 2: | |
| 8:30 | Breakfast |
| Technical Session | |
| 9:00 | Wide field of view instruments and secondary optics (V. Vassiliev - UCLA) pdf |
| 9:25 | Monte Carlo Studies for CTA (K. Bernloehr – MPIK Heidelberg) pdf |
| 9:50 | Monte Carlo Studies for a future instrument (S. Fegan - UCLA) pdf |
| 10:15 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 | Survey instrument (G. Sinnis - Los Alamos National Lab) pdf |
| 11:10 | Backend electronics and readout (H. Tajima – SLAC) pdf |
| 11:35 | Triggering etc. (F. Krenrich - Iowa State University) pdf |
| 12:00 | Current and future Photodetectors for AGIS (Bob Wagner – ANL) pdf |
| 12:25 | Photodetectors in gamma-astronomy (M. Teshima – MPIP Munich) pdf |
| 12:50 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 | Future of Space-based Gamma-Astronomy (N. Gehrels - NASA/GSFC) pdf |
| AGIS Session (3pm-6pm) devoted to AGIS collaboration and future R&D proposals | |
| 15:00 | Opening comments (V. Vassiliev) |
| 15:30 | Short presentations (1 transparency) of visions for the future instrument (discussion moderated by J. Buckley) |
| 16:00 | General discussion of AGIS collaboration issues: International collaboration, schedule for collaboration meetings, timescale for proposals, possible site (north versus south). |
| 16:30 | Presentation on optimization of design parameters for an array of IACTs (S. Bugaev) pdf |
| 16:40 | The Low Energy Array of A Major Future VHE Gamma-Ray Experiment (A. Konopelko) pdf |
| 16:50 | Discussion of cost of different camera approaches (H. Tajima) pdf |
| 17:05 | Coffee Break |
| 17:20 | Discussion of mechanical design and fabrication, schedule (B. Wagner and V. Gaurino) |
| 17:40 | Presentation on the SPM site |
