Auger Inauguration Agenda

Thursday 13 November

Guests are welcome to visit the Auger Campus anytime on Thursday afternoon:

18:00 – 21:00 Welcoming Reception and tours of the Auger Campus -
Auger Observatory Office Building

19:00 Unveiling of Ana Kozel’s paintings.

21:00 Tango Music Concert – Brian Chambouleyron
Malargüe Convention Center (across the street from the Auger Campus)

Friday 14 November

9:00 – 11:30 Auger Symposium – Convention Center (presentations will be translated into Spanish)

· Introduction
Dr. Paul Mantsch, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Auger Project Manager

· Welcome to Argentina
Dra. Norma Boero, President of CNEA

· Welcome
Professor Giorgio Matthiae, University of Rome 2, Auger Spokesperson

· The History of Cosmic Ray Physics and the Pierre Auger Observatory
Dr. Antoine Letessier-Selvon, LPNHE - IN2P3/CNRS

· Building the Auger Observatory
Dr. Paul Mantsch

Coffee

· Auger Science Results
Professor Miguel  Mostafa, Colorado State University

· Grand View of Particle Astrophysics
Professor Masahiro Teshima, Max-Planck-Institute for Physics, Munich

· Next Steps for the Auger Observatory
Professor Johannes Blümer, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

12:30 Buses leave for Castillos de Pincheira from the Auger Campus

12:30 – 16:30 Traditional Argentine Asado (barbecue) at the Castillos de Pincheira

18:30 – 20:30 The Auger Inauguration Ceremony – In front of Auger Office Building.

· Introduction

· Introduction of the representatives of the Auger Observatory funding agencies
Professor Danilo Zavrtanik, Chair of the Auger Collaboration Board, University of Nova Gorica

· Unveiling of the plaque marking the Inauguration of the Auger Observatory by the Spokesperson Emeritus Prof. James W. Cronin, Spokesperson Emeritus Prof. Alan A. Watson and Project Manager Dr. Paul Mantsch

· Remarks

o Prof. Catherine Bréchignac, President CNRS (Introduced by Antoine Letessier-Selvon)

o Professor Frieder Meyer-Krahmer, State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Education and Research, Germany. (Introduced by Professor Johannes Blümer, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

o Dr. Alejandro Ceccatto, Secretary of Ministry of Science, Technology, and Production Innovation, Argentina. (Introduced by Dr. Alberto Etchegoyen, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica)

o Cdor. Celso Jaque, Governor, the Province of Mendoza (Introduced by Dr. Alberto Etchegoyen)

o Ing. Julio Cobos, Vice-President, the Republic of Argentina (Introduced by Dr. Etchegoyen)

20:30 – 22:00 Reception in front of the Auger Office Building.

Saturday 15 November

8:30 – 16:00 Tour of the Auger Observatory – Lunch will be offered during the tour at the fluorescence telescope building at Coihueco.
Buses leave 8:30 am from the Auger Campus.

18:30, 19:30, 20:30 Sky shows at the new Malargüe Planetarium (In English and Spanish)