Agenda of Technical Advisory Committee for LCGT 23th August 2005 0. executive session ( 9:45 - 10:00) 1. introduction (10:00 - 10:40) overview of LCGT Kuroda 40min. 2. required technologies (10:40 - 12:10) interferometer Ando 30min. laser Mio 30min. sapphire mirrors Uchiyama 30min. - lunch - vibration isolation Takahashi 30min. (13:10 - 14:40) SPI Miyoki 30min. cryogenic system Suzuki 30min. - break - 3. strategy to detect GW (15:10 - 16:00) GW sources, twin interferometers Kanda 40min. Misc. 10min. 4. executive session (16:00 - 17:00) material and recommendations ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Committee members Whitcomb, Stan LIGO (chair) Cerdonio, Massimo Padova University Drever, Ronald W.P. California Institute of Technology Kawashima, Nobuki Kinki University Miyama, Shoken National Astronomical Observatory of Japan Ueda, Ken-ichi Institute for Laser Science, University of Electro-Communications Secretary Ohashi, Masatake Institute for Cosmic Ray Research