Chair: Thomas Roser
 

08:30	Welcome and remarks	T.Kirk
08:40	Overview RHIC physics	T. Ullrich
09:30	Retreat goals	F. Pilat
09:40	Au-Au run 2004	W. Fischer
10:05	PP run 2004	M. Bai
10:30	Coffee break
11:00	Brahms comments,plans	D. Beavis
11:20	Phenix comments, plans	T. Awes
11:40	Phobos comments, plans	R. Pak
12:00	Star comments, plans	B. Christie

     Chairs: Peter Ingrassia
 

08:30	Scheduling issues	K. Yip
8:50	Impact of other programs	P. Pile
9:10	Machine-experiments interface	A. Drees
9:30	Start-up and ramp-up improvements	W. Fischer
10:00	Store to store improvements	G. Marr
10:30	Coffee break
11:00	Update on reliability (deferred)	M. Brennan
11:30	Input from the operations group	P. Ingrassia

     Chair: Fulvia Pilat
 

08:30	Online model	J. van Zejits
09:00	Offline model	N. Malitsky
09:30	Beam experiments: spin-off	F. Pilat
10:00	Beam experiments: results 2004	V. Ptitsyn
10:30	Coffee break
11:00	RHIC working point	R. Tomas
11:20	Operational decoupling	Y. Luo
11:40	Beam experiments: plans 2005	H. Huang
12:00	Discussion	T. Satogata

     Chair: Wolfram Fischer
 

2:00	Luminosity	W. Fischer
2:30	Injector performance	H. Huang
3:00	Which light ion	C. Gardner
3:30	Coffee break
4:00	Polarization measurements	O. Jinnouchi
4:25	Jet target	Y. Makdisi
4:50	Impact of upgrades: e-cooling	A. Fedotov
5:15	Impact of upgrades: eRHIC	V. Ptitsyn
5:40	Adjourn

     Chair: Todd Satogata
 

2:00	Triplet vibrations	C. Montag
2:10	Shutdown plans	G. McIntryre
2:30	Vacuum improvements	D. Hseuh
2:55	Instrumentation: BPM system	T. Satogata
3:20	Abort kickers	L. Ahrens
3:30	Coffee break
4:00	Instrumentation: PLL	P. Cameron
4:20	Radiation damage and protection	B. Oerter
4:40	Controls software	J. Morris
5:00	Power supplies	G. Ganetis
5:20	Cryogenics update	A. Nicoletti
5:40	Adjourn

     Chair: Derek Lowenstein
 

02:00	Tevatron: update. RHIC: observations, comments	D. Mc. Ginnis (FNAL)
02:45	Update on Reliability	M. Brennan
03:15	LI-LI run 2005 projections	F. Pilat
03:45	Coffee break
04:15	P-P run 2005 projections	M. Bai
4:45	Retreat 2004 summary	T. Satogata
4:45	Adjourn