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Meeting Schedule

Day 0 Sunday 9th October
9 AM Group excursion to the Corning Museum of Glass (bus from Ithaca)
Chartered bus ("Swarthout") will pick up at the Hotel Ithaca — [Google Maps]; [Apple Maps]
2:30 PM? Return to Ithaca
3 PM Group excursion to the Sheldrake Point winery on Cayuga lake (bus from Ithaca)
Chartered bus ("Swarthout") will pick up at the Hotel Ithaca — [Google Maps]; [Apple Maps]
6 PM? Return to Ithaca
Day 1 Monday 10th October
Meeting in 401 Physical Sciences Building — [Google Maps]; [Apple Maps]
8:30 AM Refreshments and Coffee (provided)
8:45 AM Welcome from the Dean and the Department Chair
9:00 AM Session 1. Are there multiple FRB populations?
Chairs: Zhang, Hessels
Live talks: Caleb, Nimmo, Pleunis; Panel discussion.
11:00 AM Coffee Break
11:15 AM Session 2. What do modelers want to see from observers, and vice versa?
Chairs: Metzger, Pleunis
Live talks (short): Lyutikov, Thompson, Zhang, Ioka, van Kerkwijk; Discussion.
1:30 PM Lunch Break - multiple options on and off-campus
3:00 PM Session 3. The local environments of FRBs
Chairs: Tendulkar, Thompson
Live talks: Law, Li, Metzger; Discussion.
5:00 PM Sessions end
6:00 PM Dinner - Baker portico, Physical Sciences Building (catered)
Day 2 Tuesday 11th October
Meeting in 401 Physical Sciences Building — [Google Maps]; [Apple Maps]
8:30 AM Refreshments and Coffee (provided)
9:00 AM Session 4. Connecting FRBs with the local cosmic web
Chairs: Phinney, Battaglia
Live talks: Ocker, Masui, van Leeuwen; Discussion.
11:00 AM Coffee Break
11:15 AM Session 5. FRBs in the Milky Way and Local Group
Chairs: Lu, Connor
Live talks: Cook, Connor, Kulkarni; Discussion.
1:30 PM Lunch Break - multiple options on and off-campus
3:00 PM Session 6. Near-term plans, projects, and newsflashes
Chair: Chatterjee
Live talks: Bannister, Tendulkar, Pen, Werthimer; Discussion.
5:00 PM Sessions end
Evening Dinner - at Coltivare, downtown Ithaca (catered)
[Google Maps]; [Apple Maps]
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