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Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p><br>
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TRIUMF is starting to prepare its Five-Year Plan 2020-2025, a report
that will define TRIUMF's vision and mission, communicate the lab's
goals and priorities, and lay out an action plan for the period
2020-2025 and beyond. In addition, the Five-Year Plan will underpin
TRIUMF's request for operational funding from the Government of
Canada. <o:p></o:p><br>
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As announced in February, the 2020-2025 Five-Year Plan will be
shaped in part through broad community consultation. Hosted at
TRIUMF, Science Week is scheduled from July 10-14, 2017 and will
play a crucial role in this consultative process. <o:p></o:p><br>
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Science Week 2017 will consist of topical workshops from Monday
through Thursday, followed by the TRIUMF User Group (TUG) Annual
General Meeting on Friday. The current schedule is as follows:<o:p></o:p><br>
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• Monday, July 10, all day: Nuclear Physics with ARIEL & ISAC <o:p></o:p><br>
- Local Organizers: Iris Dillmann, Adam Garnsworthy, Greg Hackman,
Petr Navratil<o:p></o:p><br>
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• Tuesday, July 11, AM, PM: Molecular and Materials Science with
Assorted Probes<o:p></o:p><br>
- Local Organizers: Rob Kiefl, Iain McKenzie, Monika Stachura<o:p></o:p><br>
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• Tuesday, July 11, PM, evening: Innovation Pathways<o:p></o:p><br>
- Local Organizers: Karthryn Hayashi, Mike Trinczek<o:p></o:p><br>
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• Wednesday, July 12, AM: Life Sciences with Isotopes and Particle
Beams<o:p></o:p><br>
- Local Organizers: Conny Hoehr, Valery Radchenko<o:p></o:p><br>
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• Wednesday, July 12, PM: Accelerator Science and Applications<o:p></o:p><br>
- Local Organizers: Alex Gottberg, Victor Verzilov<o:p></o:p><br>
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• Thursday, July 13, all day: Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics, and
Beyond<o:p></o:p><br>
- Local Organizers: Mark Hartz, David Morrissey, Oliver
Stelzer-Chilton <o:p></o:p><br>
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• Friday, July 14, all day: TRIUMF User Group Annual General Meeting<o:p></o:p><br>
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</o:p>The workshop series will provide an opportunity to brainstorm
plans and ideas for TRIUMF’s scientific activities for the period
2020-2025 and beyond. The local organizing teams will solicit input
for the program and reach out to the community in forthcoming
communications. Each session will reserve time for discussing both
continuing commitments and new directions. Please feel free to
contact local organizing teams directly with ideas for their
respective workshops. <o:p></o:p><br>
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In May we will issue a call for proposals for any and all activities
that might involve commitments of TRIUMF resources and expertise
during the five years covered by the plan. The submission deadline
will be in the late summer or early fall, 2017. The submissions will
be reviewed by the Policy and Planning Advisory Committee (PPAC).
More information will be forthcoming.<o:p></o:p><br>
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While it is not mandatory to attend Science Week 2017 in order to
submit a PPAC proposal, we aim to include all major current
activities in the Science Week 2017 program. We encourage new ideas
to be presented in this forum for discussion and initial feedback
from the community.<o:p></o:p><br>
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TRIUMF has published a webpage to serve as the primary online
resource for information about the 2020-2025 Five-Year Plan
development process and the various consultations with stakeholders,
including Science Week 2017 programming. You can access it here,<font
color="#3333ff"> <a href="http://www.triumf.ca/FYP2020-25"><span
style="text-decoration: none;">http://www.triumf.ca/FYP2020-</span>25</a></font><o:p></o:p><br>
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We invite you to join us at TRIUMF during Science Week 2017 for an
open, broad, and in-depth discussion of exciting science and new
ideas. Please, also forward this invitation to any other colleagues
who may not be part of the TRIUMF community yet, but who may bring
valuable and outside the box ideas to our discussions.<o:p></o:p><br>
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We are looking forward to your input during Science Week 2017 and
the broader Five-Year Plan development process,<o:p></o:p><br>
<o:p></o:p><br>
Reiner Kruecken, TRIUMF Deputy Director<o:p></o:p><br>
and<o:p></o:p><br>
Jens Dilling, TRIUMF ALD Physical Sciences
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