This Network will facilitate the assembly of expertise and transmission of skills for an efficient European use of future flagship astronomical facilities. This will be realised by training of young researchers, enhancing key skills of already established but isolated astronomers, and developing the user community in the whole of Europe. The key elements in this Network include:
The core task of educating the next generation of European observational astronomers means that this Network heavily builds on the experience gathered during the previous OPTICON grants.
Here we incorporate the key-features which have proven successful over the years, with new innovative elements in demand for the upcoming facilities.
ESO–NEON Observing School at La Silla Observatory [ESO/PDF]
ESO/OPTICON "Instrumentation School on Use and Data Reduction of X-shooter and KMOS" [ESO/PDF]
ESO/OPTICON/IAU Summer School "Modern Instruments, their Science Case, and Practical Data Reduction" [ESO/PDF]
Heidi Korhonen (Copenhagen) -