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Important Dates

16-19 June 2008

Symposium

04 July 2008

Discussion Forum Closes

Panel B Programme (18 June)

General    Panel A   Panel B   Panel C   Panel D   Panel E  

18 June - Wednesday What Who Where
09:00 10:30 Panel B - Session 1: Ground-based optical/NIR
09:00 09:10 Future instrumentation for the ESO VLT and VLTI (pdf) A. Moorwood Hall 1A
09:10 09:20 Science with the European Extremely Large Telescope (ppt) I. Hook Hall 1A
09:20 09:30 The European Extremely Large Telescope: Phase B Status (ppt) R. Gilmozzi Hall 1A
09:30 09:40 Coordinating medium-sized telescopes (ppt) R. Rutten Hall 1A
09:40 09:50 Robotic telescopes and telescope networks (ppt) I. Steele Hall 1A
09:50 10:00 The Kilometric Optical Interferometer (pdf) G. Perrin Hall 1A
10:00 10:30 Discussion All Hall 1A
10:30 11:00 Refreshments All Hall 2C
11:00 13:00 Panel B - Session 2: Radio, Sub-mm, Antarctica
11:00 11:08 Transformation of the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (ppt) G. DavisHall 1A
11:08 11:18 The role of ESO and ALMA in European (Sub)mm Facilities (ppt) L. TestiHall 1A
11:18 11:26 The CCAT Telescope Project (ppt) F. BertoldiHall 1A
11:26 11:36 Discussion AllHall 1A
11:36 11:44 Status of the Sardinia Radio Telescope (ppt) L. FerettiHall 1A
11:44 11:54 e-MERLIN (ppt) S. GarringtonHall 1A
11:54 12:04 E-LOFAR: Reaping the full harvest (ppt) R. VermeulenHall 1A
12:04 12:14 The Scientific Pathway to the SKA (ppt) S. RawlingsHall 1A
12:14 12:22 Gravitational physics and gravitational wave detection with the SKA (ppt) M. KramerHall 1A
12:22 12:45 Discussion AllHall 1A
12:45 12:55 Prospects for a future European Astronomical facility  in Antarctica (Dome C, CONCORDIA) (ppt) N. EpchteinHall 1A
12:55 13:00 Discussion AllHall 1A
13:00
(13:10)
14:00
(13:40)
Lunch
(IYA09 UK conference pre-planning meeting)
all
 
Hall 2C
(Hall 11B)
14:00 15:30 Panel B - Session 3: Space missions
14:00 14:10 ESA-ESO Galaxy Working Group (ppt) C. TuronHall 1A
14:10 14:15 Europe and LSST (pdf) A. LawrenceHall 1A
14:15 14:25 Euclid: Mission and Payload Overview (pdf) A. RefregierHall 1A
14:25 14:35 The SPace Infrared telescope for Cosmology and Astrophysics: Europe's part in the next generation FIR observatory (ppt) B. SwinyardHall 1A
14:35 14:45 Big astrophysical questions requiring large ultraviolet facilities (ppt) A. I. Gomez de CastroHall 1A
14:45 14:55 FIRI - the Far InfraRed Interferometer (ppt) F. HelmichHall 1A
14:55 15:00 B-Pol: Detecting primordial gravity waves from inflation with the B mode of the CMB Polarization anisotropy (ppt) R. ReboloHall 1A
15:00 15:30 General discussion AllHall 1A
15:30 16:00 Refreshments All Hall 2C
16:00 17:30 Plenary Session (ppt) All Hall 1A
18:30 21:30 Reception and Private View All Tate Liverpool