• Tuesdays 10:40AM, Room 102/103, Physics & Astrophysics Building (PAB), Campus
• Fridays 10:40AM, 3rd floor conference room, Fred Kavli Building (FKB), SLAC

We meet twice weekly for "KIPAC Tea" (alternating between campus and SLAC) to discuss recent hot papers and other news items, and to hear a short talk. All are welcome to join us before Tea on the PAB patio (Tuesdays) or FKB second floor balcony (Fridays) for snacks, coffee, and friendly conversation.

KIPAC members are strongly encouraged to volunteer to give a KIPAC Tea talk by emailing tealeaks@kipac.stanford.edu or signing up here. You can also suggest a paper for someone else to highlight via this form. 

Prospective external speakers may request a Tea talk. We are inviting requests for KIPAC tea talks in Summer and Fall 2022 here.

We intend KIPAC tea talks to raise awareness of each other's activities, and provide a stage for the presentation of interesting new results, an upcoming conference paper, or a particular problem that would best be tackled with help from other KIPAC members. By keeping the atmosphere friendly and informal, these talks hopefully help to improve communication across the institute. The carrot is finding out what others are up to (and hopefully being entertained in the process). The stick is that everyone is expected to contribute at some point. 

The tea talk rules are as follows:

• Talks should last NO MORE THAN 15 - 20 MINUTES.
• Talks should be aimed at the level of a first-year graduate student.
• We would like for all KIPAC members (including students!) to speak periodically.  Volunteers will get first pick of the dates (no more than one talk per quarter).
• There are no rules about presentation style so don't feel obliged to prepare a fancy powerpoint presentation. There are whiteboards in both locations if you prefer to 'talk and chalk.'
• Talks will be given from a mixture of locals and visitors.

To reiterate, some suggestions for what you might talk about are:

• An interesting or amusing aspect of your current research or reading that others would benefit from hearing about ("The Tidbit")
• A thorny problem that you'd like to explain and then get help with ("The Poser")
• A presentation you've put together for a short conference talk ("The Run-through")
• A recent result that you are particularly excited about ("The Champion")
• A short summary of your recent work and your future directions ("The New Kid")

As a rough guide to the level of these things, if it will take you more than a morning's work to prepare you should probably talk about something else. ("Run-throughs" take no time at all as you were going to have written them anyway.)

Finally, this webpage contains the current schedule.