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Workshop on Accelerator Operations '98
Schedule  as of 16 MAY 1998

Note:   When using Netscape, this page should now return to the correct location after viewing abstracts and biog's. ...FWB 16May1998


Location: Law Building (West of Walter Gage Complex, UBC Campus)

WAO'98  Monday, May 18, 1998:

    1900 - 2100 - Evening registration and reception.

WAO'98  Tuesday, May 19, 1998:     Theme -   Maintenance

Chair:   Ron Lauzé (Jefferson Lab)

    0800 - Registration
    0830 - Welcoming, Opening Speakers
      -- Dr. Alan Astbury, TRIUMF Director
      -- Dr. Gerardo Dutto, Head of Cyclotron Division
    0850 - Logistics, Announcements and Introductions
   
    0900 - SESSION A - Maintenance Styles
    1030 - Break:
      - Refreshments
      - Group Photograph
   
    1100 - SESSION B - Maintenance Posters
   
    1200 - Lunch break
   
    1330 - SESSION C - Maintenance Statistics
      -- Jean Boillot  (biog.) / Simon Baird (both from CERN)    Analyze Operational Statistics  (abstract)
      -- Chris Piaszczyk (Northrop Grumman)  (biog.)   Machine Reliability Databases  (abstract)
    1500 - Break for refreshments
    1515 - Open panel discussion
    1700 - Supper break
   
    1830 - SESSION X - The DOE Accelerator Order
      Chair:   Chris Nelson (Los Alamos National Lab)  (biog.)
      - Speakers
      -- DeVaughn Nelson (Office of Energy Research, U.S. Department of Energy)   The New DOE Accelerator Order  (abstract)
    2100 - End
   
   

WAO'98  Wednesday May 20, 1998:      Looking at Ourselves

Chairs:  Nigel Stevenson and Rick Bloemhard (TRIUMF)

    0830 - Logistics and Announcements
    0835 - SESSION D - How We Do Business at the BC Transit Sky Train Control Center
      - Invited Speaker: Ian Graham of B.C. Rapid Transit Co. Ltd. Sky Train Control Center
   
    0915 - SESSION E - Problems at Small Labs
      -- Introduction - N.R.Stevenson
      -- CANADA:   René Van den Elzen  (biog.)
        Challenges facing TRIUMF-ATG Operations  (abstract)
      -- USA:   A.Kellock  (biog.)
        Ion Beam Laboratory, IBM ARC (San Jose, Californina, USA)
         Ion Beam Analysis at IBM ARC - Keeping It Running    (abstract)
      -- UK:   D.Kinch - Nycomed-Amersham
      -- CANADA:  Ken Buckley  (biog.)
        Difficulties Encountered by TRIUMF-PET Operations  (abstract)
      -- ARGENTINA:  Roberto Strangis, Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica
      Possible Additional Speakers
      -- AUSTRALIA:   D. Arnott -
        Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization
      -- ROMANIA:  Liviu Popa-Simil -
        National Institute for Nuclear Physics and Engineering
    1000 - Panel Discussion - Above speakers & chairpersons
    1030 - Break:
      -- Refreshments
   
    - SESSION F - How We Do Business Posters
   
    1115 - SESSION G - Team Building
      - Invited Speaker: Lynn Duncan of HRDQ Consulting
      - Discussion
    1155 - Announcements
   
    1200 - Lunch break
   
    1300 - Tour of TRIUMF
      1300 - 1400 Buses leave UBC for TRIUMF
      1430 - 1530 Buses leave TRIUMF for UBC
    1700 - Buses leave UBC for Banquet on Grouse Mountain
    1830 - First Screening of Theater in the Sky film Born to Fly
    1900 - Second Screening of Born to Fly
    1930 - Evening Banquet
      Buses leave banquet approximately 2130, 2145, 2200
   
   

WAO'98  Thursday, May 21, 1998:      Theme -   Training

Chair:   Simon Baird (CERN)

    0830 - Logistics and Announcements
   
    0835 - SESSION H - Training and Staff Development
      -- Matt Hardy (LANL)  (biog.)   Developing Accelerator Operators at LANSCE  (abstract)
      -- David Mantrom (NIF - LLNL)  (biog.)   Plans for Operations Training and Operations Procedures at NIF  (abstract)
    1030 - Break for refreshments
   
    1045 - SESSION I - Training Posters
   
    1200 - Lunch break
   
    1330 - SESSION J - Training and Staff Development
    1500 - Break for refreshments
    1515 - Open panel discussion
    1700 - Supper break
   
    1830 - SESSION Y - Web-based LogBooks and Other Web Tools
      Chair:   Anton Mezger (Paul Scherrer Institute)
      - Speakers
      -- Anton Mezger (Head of Operations, PSI)  (biog.) Present State of Logging Tools at PSI  (abstract)
      -- Tom Meyer (Crew Chief, Fermilab)  (biog.) The Web-based Electronic Logbook Project at Fermilab  (abstract)
      -- David Windmueller (Senior Accelerator Operator, TJNAF)  (biog.) Web-based Logbooks at Jefferson Lab  (abstract)
      -- (more speakers to be announced)
    2100 - End
   
   

WAO'98  Friday, May 22, 1998:      A Better Work Environment

Chair:   Martha Zumbro (LANL - LANSCE)

    0830 - Logistics and Announcements
   
   
    - SESSION L - Control Room Layout Posters
1015 - Break for refreshments

Chair:   Mike Stanek (SLAC)

   
    1030 - SESSION M - Scheduling
      - Speakers (4)
      -- Tadashi Yoshida (Head, Accel. Div, JAERI, Japan)   (abstract) (This paper will not be delivered but will appear in the publications)
      -- Eiichi Takada (HIMAC, NIRS, Japan)  (biog.)  Personnel and Accelerator Scheduling at HIMAC  (abstract)
      -- Robert Miller (Advanced Light Source, LBNL)  (biog.)   Personnel and Accelerator Scheduling Issues at ALS  (abstract)
      -- Floyd Gallegos  (Deputy Group Leader, LANSCE-6, LANL    
      - Discussion
   
    1200 - Lunch break
   
    1330 - SESSION N - Highlights and After-thoughts
      - 1330 Maintenance
      - 1400 Training
    1430 - Looking Forward
      - Assessment of this workshop
      - What's Next? (WAO 2000 and beyond)
    1500 - End of Workshop

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