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Monday April 25th

7:00 PM Registration and welcoming reception at Aspen Center for Physics


  Tuesday, April 26th    
9:00-11:40 morning    
       
  Survey Session, chair: G. Thomson    
10 min "Welcome and Introduction" P.Sokolsky  
40 min "The Knee, Theory And Experiment" G.Yodh  
40 min "From the Knee to the Ankle, Theory & Experiment" T.Gaisser  
10 min Break    
60 min Discussion - Outstanding Issues    
       
11:40 - 1:00 PM Lunch!    
       
1:00 - 5:00 PM afternoon, chair: B. Streitmatter and C. Jui    
       
  Experimental Results    
20 min "HESS Observations of Galactic TeV Sources" G.Rowell  
20 min "Space Based Experiments" D.Mueller  
20 min "Approaching The Knee - Balloon-Borne Cosmic Ray Composition Measurement" M.Cherry  
30 min Discussion    
10 min Break    
       
  Ground Based Experiments    
20 min "A Review of Experimental Results at the Knee" J.Hoerandel  
20 min "Primary Cosmic-Ray Energy Spectrum Around The Knee Energy Region Measured By The Tibet Hybrid Experiment" M.Takita  
20 min "Results from the Akeno Experiment" N.Sakaki  
20 min "Results from the HiRes Experiment" C.C.H. Jui  
30 min Discussion    
10 min Break    
       
20 min Organization of working groups    
5:00 - 6:00 PM Working Groups    
       
  Wed April 27th    
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM morning, chair: T.Bell    
       
9:00-9:30 Report of Working Groups    
       
  SuperNova Acceleration    
25 min "Superbubbles, Wolf-Rayet Stars, and the Origin of Galactic Cosmic Rays" R.Binns  
25 min "OB Associations, Supernova Generated Superbubbles and the Origin of Cosmic Rays" V. Ptuskin  
25 min "The Origin of Galactic Cosmic Rays" P.Biermann  
15 min Break    
30 min Discussion    
       
11:30 - 1:00 PM Lunch    
       
1:00 - 5:00 PM afternoon, chair: F.Jones and P. Biermann    
       
  Alternative Models    
30 min Wakefield Acceleration P.Chen  
30 min "Galactic Modulation of Extragalactic Cosmic Rays" H.Muraishi and S.Yanagita  
15 min Break    
       
30 min "UHE Cosmic Rays from Local GRBs" A.Atoyan  
30 min "Magnetic Fields and Accelerated Shock Acceleration" T.Bell  
       
30 min Discussion    
       
15 min Break    
       
5:00-6:00 PM Working Groups    
       
  Thursday April 28th    
9:00 AM - 12:00 PMo Morning, chair: A. Atoyan and Z. Ca    
       
20 min Report of Working Groups    
       
  Propagation Effects    
20 min "Final Results of RUNJOB and Related Topics" M. Hareyama  
20 min "Cosmic Ray Transport in the Galaxy" V.Ptuskin  
20 min "Galactic Magnetic Fields" J.Han  
20 min "Galactic Transport of Cosmic Rays" T.Stanev  
10 min Break    
       
  New Look at the Knees and the Ankle    
25 min "The End Of The Galactic Cosmic Ray Energy Spectrum - A Phenomenological View" J.Hoerandel  
25 min "The Nature of the Knees and the Ankle" V.Berezinsky  
20 min "Fitting the HiRes Data" D.Bergman  
       
12:00 - 1:30 PM Lunch    
       
1:30 - 5:00 PM afternoon, chair: T. Stanev    
       
30 min "The Effects of Magnetic-Field Angle on the Acceleration of Energetic Charged Particles At Shocks" J.Giacalone  
30 min "The Cosmic-Ray Knee Spectrum Seen as a Consequence of Bell's Self-Magnetised SNR Shock Acceleration Process" M.Hillas  
30 min "The Knee Caused by Change in Hadronic Interactions?" F.Jones  
15 min Break    
30 min "Cosmic Ray Acceleration Beyond the Knee Up to the Ankle in Galactic Wind Halo" V.Zirakashvili  
15 min Break    
       
60 min Panel Discussion - Galactic Acceleration and the Knees and the Ankle    
       
5:00 - 6:00 PM Working Groups    
       
7:00 PM Conference Dinner, Aspen Meadows Hotel    
       
  Friday April 29th    
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM morning, chair: D. Bergman    
       
20 min Report of Working Groups    
       
  A Fresh Look at the Galaxy - Hints and Allegations?    
30 min "The Structure of the Milky Way's Stellar Halo" H.Newberg  
30 min "High-Energy Processes Within The Inner 5 Parsecs Of the Galaxy" R. Crocker  
10 min Break    
       
90 min Discussion - What Experiments Are Needed?    
       
12:00 - 1:30 PM Lunch    
       
1:30 - 5:00 PM afternoon, chair: T. Gaisser and P. Lipari    
       
  Hadronic Interactions    
25 min Supernova Origin of CR to the Knee H.Voelk  
30 min "Hadronic Multiparticle Production and EAS Characteristics" R.Engel  
30 min "Simulations of Cosmic Ray Interactions: Past, Present, and Future" S.Ostapchenko  
15 min Break    
30 min Discussion - Hadronic Simulations    
       
  Prospects in Gamma Ray Astronomy    
20 min "Stereoscopic Cherenkov Imaging at Energies > 10 TeV" G.Rowell  
20 min Veritas S. LeBohec  
20 min Gamma Ray Observations of SN to be determined  
15 min Break    
       
5:00-6:00 PM Working Groups    
       
  Saturday April 30th    
9:00 - 12:00 AM morning, chair: J. Hoerandel and A. Vacchi    
       
45 min Final Reports From Working Groups    
       
  Future Experiments    
20 min "Possible Future Experiments in Space" R.Streitmatter  
20 min "Investigating The Second Knee: Status Of The KASCADE-Granda Experiment" A.Haungs  
20 min "ICECUBE/ICETOP" S.Tilav  
10 min Break    
20 min "The TA and TALE Experiments" G.Thomson  
20 min "Performance of the CRTNT Detector for sub-EeV Cosmic Ray Measurement" Z.Cao  
20 min "Ideas for an Upgrade of the Southern Auger Observatory: Scientific Objectives and Plans for the Future" M.Roth  
       
12:00 - 1:00 PM Lunch    
       
1:00 - 3:00 PM afternoon, chair: G. Yodh    
       
  Conference Summary Session    
60 min Theoretical Summary F.Jones and R.Jokipii  
60 min Experimental Summary P.Sokolsky  


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