Group PhotoHurry up!! It's chilly here!! (Photo: K. W. Smith) Agenda : Tuesday 7th Feb. -- see attached files at bottom of this page for talksChair : S. Mattila 09.15 - 09.30 : PESSTO status report (S. Smartt) 09.30 - 10.30 : Data Reduction and Quality Control: Overview of the pipeline and data products (S. Valenti) 10.30 - 11.00 : Data access, information flow and science user requirements (S. Smartt) 11.00 - 11.30 : Coffee Break
11.30 - 11.45 : First Observing season (April, August, Sept), observers and teams ; (M. Sullivan, S. Smartt) 11.45 - 12.00 : Lessons learned from the Benetti ESO LP[1] (S. Benetti) 12.00 - 12.30 : SkyMapper update (R. Scalzo & B. Schmidt - remote) 12.30 - 13.00 : La Silla QUEST (LSQ): update (C. Baltay - remote) 13.00 - 14.00 : Lunch
14.00 - 14.30 : GAIA Alerts - summary and update (S. Hodgkin) 14.30 - 14.45 : The future of PTF beyond 2012 (A. Gal-Yam) 14.45 - 15.00 : The future of PS1 beyond 2012 (S. Smartt) 15.00 - 15.30 : Summary of the Science proposals (M. Sullivan) 15.30 - 16.00 : Tea/Coffee Break
16.00 - 16.30 : Target and Alert Team (TAT) - Criteria of classification and follow-up of interesting targets (A. Pastorello) 16.30 - 17.00 : Discussion : merging science goals with the TAT 17.00 - 18.00 : Time for informal discussions Dinner in Munich (Meet at Garching U-bahn at ??.??) Agenda : Wednesday 8th Feb.Chair : A. Gal-Yam 09.15 - 09.45 : Lightcurves and ancilliary data : coordinating plans for LC and other data. (Discussion moderator : S. Smartt) 09.45 - 10.00 : Update on the plans from SN Factory and SNIFS (working with PESSTO) : S. Bongard 10.00 - 10.20 : Archiving and making data public (results of tests of PESSTO pipeline to WISEASS - now WiseRep) : O. Yaron 10.20 - 10.45 : Publication Policy (M. Sullivan) 10.45 - 11.15 : Coffee break 11.15 - 11.45 : Presentation from ESO: Phase 3 and data distribution for Public Surveys (Magda Arnaboldi) 11.45 - 12.00 : Automated acquisition software : P. Nugent 12.00 - 13.00 : Pipeline Data reduction workshop and tutorials - opportunity for more detailed discussion of reductions. Or science interest groups can take opportunity to meet in breakout sessions. 13.00 - 14.00 : Lunch 14.00 - 15.30 : Breakout sessions : parallel discussion groups (Groups to be decided, but likely to be science focused to discuss overlaps of science interests) 15.30 - 16.00 : Tea/Coffee together 16.00 - 16.30 : Summary, actions, and outcomes. (Discussion Moderator : S. Smartt) 16.30 onwards : Informal discussions (and run over time).
Video Conference OptionFor the duration of the PESSTO meeting we have booked an EVO meeting. Connection details are:
Shortcut for registered EVO users: click here to join the conference (valid 02/07 8.30 CET -- 02/08 20.00 CET).
EVO SoftwareFor this you have to get an EVO account and start the EVO software (Java Web Start, no installation necessary). You can obtain EVO from here. If you already have an EVO account you can use this direct link to connect to the conference immediately.
PhoneThere is an audio-only connection to the meeting via ordinary phone lines.
SkypeThe Skype connection is audio-only. Detailed instructions can be found here.
H.323 video conference systemIf you intend to use a H.323 video conference system to connect to the EVO meeting, please contact Stefan (tauben AT mpa-garching.mpg.de). Registration and Participant listPLEASE ADD YOUR NAME, or email Stefan (tauben AT mpa-garching.mpg.de): deadline for registration is 31st January.
To ensure you have wireless credentials please send your MAC-address to Maria Depner (maria AT mpa-garching.mpg.de) by 2nd February. Note that eduroam should in theory work as well. How to get hereFrom the airport you can take one of two trains (called S-Bahn; S1 or S8) that would both eventually arrive in downtown Munich, but take different routes. To arrive in Garching, you have to get off earlier anyway. If you want to come to the institute directly, you have two possibilities:
You can choose depending on which S-Bahn comes first. If you plan to go to your hotel first, the second option is definitely better, and you would get off the bus already in the city centre of Garching. Between Garching and the campus there is a subway (U-Bahn) connection (1 stop). You can check all possible connections at http://efa.mvv-muenchen.de/mvv/XSLT_TRIP_REQUEST2?language=en Transportation maps can be found at http://www.mvg-mobil.de/netzplaene/index.html
For your connection between the airport and Garching the best choice is a day ticket (Tageskarte) for the outer district (Aussenraum). It costs 5.60 Euros. For a trip from Garching to Munich and back, a day ticket Munich XXL for 7.50 Euros is the preferred option. The tickets have to be validated! A map of the campus is available at http://www.eso.org/public/about-eso/travel/images/eso-campus.jpg It highlights ESO, but MPA is just next to it. For more details see http://www.mpa-garching.mpg.de/mpa/contact/contact-en-1.html Where to stayWe have made block reservations for 25 people at Garching hotels: 10 at Hotel am Park (www.hotel-am-park.com) and 15 at Hoyacker Hof (www.hoyackerhof.de), from February 6 through 8, with extensions to February 9 being possible. They are guaranteed until January 25 and cost 75 Euros per night (including breakfast). Participants who would like to book one of those rooms are kindly asked to contact Mrs Maria Depner at MPA (maria AT mpa-garching.mpg.de, phone +49-89-30000-2214, fax +49-89-30000-2235). She will do the booking for you. |