1. Office of Science U.S. Department of Energy SLAC Users Organization Meeting July 6, 2004 Dr. Robin Staffin, Associate Director Office of High Energy Physics Office of Science, DOE Perspectives from the DOE Office of High Energy Physics

2. Office of Science U.S. Department of Energy 2 What are some of the things I have learned in the past year?  Design  Build  Maintain  Take data  Analyze  Write & publish papers  Public Outreach  + What I missed What is a User: a lot more than one who uses A Great Partnership between the Laboratory and User Community

3. Office of Science U.S. Department of Energy 3 We’re just full of partnerships  Lab – Universities  Lab – Lab  Lab – DOE  Lab – NSF  DOE – NSF  DOE – NASA  DOE – NSF – White House  DOE – NASA – White House  DOE – NSF – NASA – White House  Interests are not always initially aligned Necessary for communication, consultation, and consensus

4. Office of Science U.S. Department of Energy 4 A few modest examples  Joint Dark Energy Mission  DOE – NASA  Physics of the Universe Report  White House – NSF – NASA – DOE  National Academy of Sciences Study of Elementary Particle Physics  DOE – NSF  Governments and the Linear Collider  UK – Germany – France – Italy – US – Canada – Japan – CERN – ?

5. Office of Science U.S. Department of Energy 5 Washington sees growing technical success at the HEP laboratories Tevatron Run II Peak Luminosities PEP-II Monthly Integrated Luminosities

6. Office of Science U.S. Department of Energy 6 How do we communicate that “we’re on the edge of something really big”?  Quantum Universe: a great start  It is getting a lot of positive reviews  It did what we asked for (and more)  We intend to capitalize on it  Validation: Nothing like scientific discovery. Talk of discovery can get us only so far.  Priority of the broadest scientific community: NAS study, and YOUR efforts. Dark energy, dark matter, neutrinos, EWSB, Supersymmetry…

7. Office of Science U.S. Department of Energy 7 Charting a Path for the Future  Well Known Fact: the HEP budget has not been keeping pace with inflation. Budgets are a year-to-year process.  Is there reason to believe this trend will not continue, absent extraordinary trends or national initiative?  Are there enough users for the experiments ongoing or on the way? (LHC, Run II, B Factory, BTeV, RSVP, JDEM…). Will users stay committed, will they vote with their feet, will it be overnight?  Is this community inclined to prioritize? To down-select?  Will it, if asked by the funding agencies?  Or, must government do it for the community?  Figuring out the advisory process. Community assistance to the funding agencies is essential for the long-term health and even the success of the field