SCIENCE BRINGS NATIONS TOGETHER MPD-ITS Coordination meeting (Canceled over travel restrictions)

6 Feb 2020, 09:00 → 7 Feb 2020, 22:00 Europe/Moscow

NICA Hall (JINR-VBLHEP)

Thursday 6 February

10:00 → 12:30 Morning Session

10:00 Welcome

Welcoming words from the MPD leaders

Speakers: Prof. Adam Kisiel (Warsaw University of Technology), Dr Viacheslav Golovatyuk (JINR)

10:15 Project overview

Speaker: Dr Yuri Murin (JINR)

10:35 Simulations

Speaker: Prof. Valery Kondratiev (SPbSU)

11:00 Experiences from ALICE-ITS production

Speaker: Dr Cesar Ceballos Sanchez (JINR)

11:25 Mechanics

Speaker: Sergey Igolkin (SPbSU)

11:40 Coffe Break

12:00 Project organization proposal

Organize the production of the different components of the detector among the participant institutions and the shipment scheme to be followed.

Speaker: Prof. Yaping Wang (CCNU)

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch

14:30 → 17:35 Afternoon Session

14:30 Project stoppers

An overview on the foreseen stoppers/bottle-necks of the project. (e.g. The read-out unit)

Speaker: Prof. Xiangming Sun (CCNU)

14:55 Project structure and managment

Definition of the project's working structure (e.g. Working Packages) and management structure (e.g. Project leader, Deputy project leader, WP conveners, Technical coordinator,...)

Speaker: Dr Yuri Murin (JINR)

15:30 Proposal for the project's TDR content

Definition of the content of the MPD-ITS TDR. The discussion should include the creation of the corresponding task force, the establishing of the responsible for each section of the document as well as the schedule for deliver it.

16:05 Project Timetable

First proposal of the project timetable from the chip shipment to the detector layers assembly

Speaker: To be determined

16:35 Proposal for the creation of the MPD-ITS Consortium

Speaker: To be determined

17:05 Refreshments

Refreshment drinks will be served at the end of the session.

Friday 7 February

10:00 → 12:30 Morning Session

10:00 Overview of the topics and agreements from Day 1

Speaker: Dr Cesar Ceballos Sanchez (JINR)

10:25 Round Table

Discussion on the role of CERN ALICE specialist for supervising the MPD-ITS project

11:30 Coffe Brreak

11:50 Round Table (Cont.)

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch

14:30 → 16:00 Afternoon Session

14:30 NICA sightseeing

Guided visit to the NICA construction site

19:00 → 22:00 Social Dinner

Typical Russian food and drinks will be served