PROGRAM:

FRIDAY MAY 18, 2001

1:30 Welcome
Charles Vest, President, MIT
Marc A. Kastner, Head, Department of Physics, MIT

1:45 HERMAN FESHBACH AND PUBLIC SERVICE
Introductory Remarks
Francis Low, MIT

1:55 Session I: International Responsibilities of Physicists
Chair: Kurt Gottfried, Cornell University and Union of Concerned
Scientists

2:05 International Science Community and Human Rights
Irving Lerch, American Physical Society

2:35 Addressing the Nuclear Danger
Ernest J. Moniz, MIT

3:05 Contributions

3:20 Break

3:50 Session II: Strengthening the Academic Enterprise
Chair: Heather Lechtman, MIT

4:00 Reflections on Commitment
Paul Gray, MIT

4:30 Women in Science
Mildred Dresselhaus, MIT

5:00 Strengthening the Physics Community
D. Allan Bromley, Yale University

5:30 Contributions

6:00 Closing

SATURDAY MAY 19, 2001

9:00 Welcome
June Matthews, MIT

9:05 HERMAN FESHBACH AND DIRECTIONS IN NUCLEAR PHYSICS
Introductory Remarks
Earle Lomon, MIT

9:20 Session III: Nuclear Structure and Reactions

9:25 The Discovery of Supersymmetry in Nuclei
Francesco Iachello, Yale University

9:55 Statistical Description of Quantum Systems and Reactions
Steven Koonin, California Institute of Technology

10:25 Contributions

10:40 Break

10:55 Session IV: Intersections

11:00 Nuclear Astrophysics
Gerald Brown, SUNY, Stony Brook

11:30 Stranger than Fiction
Robert Jaffe, MIT

12:00 PM Contributions

12:15 Lunch

1:25 Session V: Quark Gluon Plasma

1:30 Relativistic Heavy Ion Experiments
Barbara Jacak, SUNY, Stony Brook

2:00 The Most Perfect State of Matter
Frank Wilczek, MIT

2:30 Contributions

2:45 Concluding Remarks
John Negele, MIT