Even at very high levels of physics, in areas that overlap
significantly, it can require substantial effort to get one's research
points across. Yet it is often precisely at these interdisciplinary
boundaries where the most exciting and significant breakthroughs can
occur. This workshop will adapt the concept of PowerPoint Karaoke to
jump-start a discussion on the challenges of communicating one's
research across disciplinary (or sub-disciplinary) boundaries. Relax -
there will be no singing involved. PowerPoint Karaoke originated with a
group of graduate students who experimented with giving random
PowerPoint presentations in fields other than their own - often with
amusing results. Pre-selected volunteers will give a randomly selected
PowerPoint presentation to set the tone (and amuse the audience), and
then we will move to the discussion.