<p>This was the hot topic at a panel discussion last week at <a href=”http://susy06.physics.uci.edu/”>SUSY06</a>. There were two evening panel sessions at the conference, the first was on the Anthropic Principle and was <a href=”http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/06/17/susy06-wednesday-night-smackdown/”>reported on by Clifford</a>. The seond was entitled, &#8220;<a href=”http://susy06.physics.uci.edu/program.html#panel”>Getting Ready for the LHC</a>&#8221; and was infinitely more rancorous than the Anthropic session which was tame by comparison! Who would have guessed that?</p> <p><img class=”aligncenter” width=”300″ src=’http://cosmicvariance.com/wp-images/panel.jpg’ alt='’ /></p> <p><img class=”alignleft” width=”226″ src=’http://cosmicvariance.com/wp-images/panel_tao.jpg’ alt='’ /></p> <p>The LHC panel members were: Gordy Kane (Michigan), Giacomo Polesello (CERN/Pisa), Maria Spiropulu (CERN), Konstantin Matchev (Florida), Howie Baer (Florida State), Tao Han (Wisconsin), Tilman Plehn (Edinburgh) and Joe Lykken (Fermilab) served as moderator. Each panel member spoke for a few minutes, then the floor was turned over for general discussion. However, Tao Han brought up a push-your-buttons topic during his presentation: […]

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