Meetings and Conferences 2004 to 2006
Historical OPTICON meetings are below. Click on them to see copies of the Agenda, Minutes, etc. For 2007 and 2008, please visit the 2007 meetings page.
| Dates | Activity | Information/Agenda/Minutes |
|---|---|---|
| Completed 2006 | 24 Feb 2006 | Executive Committe meeting #5, Paris | Meeting Minutes |
| 9,10 March 2006 | Network 4 Synergy meeting, Paris | Contact: M Kessler (Space/ground Synergy) or J-l Puget (Test Facilites) |
| 29 - 30 March 2006 | Brainstorming on future of AO, Paris | Contact: N Hubin |
| 30 - 31 March 2006 | AO-JRA1 General Meeting 3, Paris | Contact: N Hubin, Agenda |
| 27 April 2006 | N4 meeting with Commission in Brussels | Contact: Jean-Loup Puget |
| Spring 2006 | Key technology Working Group, La Palma | Contact: Callum Norrie at the UK ATC, Edinburgh |
| 1 June 2006 | NA2 Meeting, Freiburg | |
| 6 - 7 June 2006 | High Time Resolution Astrophysics Meeting, Galway | Contact: Don Phelan. HTRA
website for programme, etc, here. Proceedings available. Follow this link for details on the HTRA publication. |
| 22/23 June 2006 | OPTICON in FP7, UK ATC, Royal Observatory, Edinburgh | Contact: John Davies. This web page contains the details of the meeting. See also the Call for Letters of Interest to participate in FP7. |
| 23 June 2006 | Executive Committe meeting #6, UK ATC, Edinburgh | Minutes |
| 16/17 August 2006 | IAU Joint Discussion in UV astronomy part organised by NUVA | Contact: Ana-Ines Gomez de Castro |
| 21 August 2006 | European Session at the IAU in Prague | Website: http://www2.iap.fr/eas/meetings.html Dr JK Davies IAU presentation |
| 25 Sept 2006 | NA2 meeting, Tenerife | |
| 27 Sept 2006 | Telescope Directors Forum meeting, Tenerife | Minutes |
| 9 Oct 2006 | Executive Committee Meeting #7, Thessaloniki, Greece | Minutes |
| 20 - 21 October 2006 | N3.5 Key Technologies Network meeting on the use of the WHT Telescope on La Palma as a technology test bed for Adaptive Optics Systems. | The meeting will take place on the 20th October (including site visit) and the morning of the 21st October in La Palma. Contact: Callum Norrie at the UK ATC, Edinburgh |
| 20 - 21 October 2006 | OPTICON Board Meeting #4, Heidelberg | Minutes and FP7 proposal summary which accompanied minutes (PDF files) |
| 6 - 7 November 2006 | I3Net Science and Society Communications Workshop, London |
For general details of I3Net see http://i3.neutron-eu.net/ |
| 27 Nov 06 - 1 Dec 06 | Towards the European ELT, Marseille, France | Website |
| 11 - 12 December, 06 | JRA1 General Meeting, Marseille, France | Agenda to be advised. Specific topic suggestions to Norbert Hubin, Elise Vernet and Marc Ferrari. Accommodation details, site map, etc., available from: Anny Dansaut | Completed 2005 |
| 9 February | OPTICON Executive Meeting #3, Zurich, Switzerland | Meeting Minutes |
| 14 - 15 February | JRA-3 Meeting, Heidelberg, Germany | Meeting Minutes |
| 24 - 25 February | N4 meeting on Space-Ground Synergy and Co-ordination of instrument test facilities, IAS, Orsay, France | Contact Jean-Loup Puget and Martin Kessler |
| 8 April | JRA4/N5, Meeting of the Scientific Council of the Euro-Interferometry Initiative. | To discuss the concept studies for the second generation of VLTI instruments. |
| 12 -13 April | ELT science case; cosmology WG meeting. ESO Garching. | |
| 11 - 16 May | Project Scientist Visit to Rhozen Observatory, Bulgaria | Meeting Summary |
| 23 - 24 May | N6.2 meeting on "Enhancement activities" and Neon kick-off meeting, Dipartimento di Astronomia, Padova University, Italy | Contact: Michel Dennefeld. Website: Agenda and Details |
| 1 June | I3 co-ordinators meeting (by invitation only). Frankfurt, Germany. | Contact: G Gilmore |
| 23 - 24 June | N3.6 Future Software Meeting | Contact: P Grosbol. The Agenda is on the N3.6 twiki |
| 27 June - 1 July | N3.4 Euro VO Workshop, Munich | Programme |
| 7 - 8 July | JRA1 General Meeting, Arcetri Observatory, Florence, Italy | Agenda |
| 4 - 7 July | JENAM 2005, Liege, Belgium. 6 July - Special EU session . |
JENAM Presentations |
| 6 - 7 July | EU astronomy Day press conference. JIVE, Dwingeloo, Netherlands | Press briefing "Astronomy looks into the future: the role of European Infrastructures" |
| 25 - 29 July | Instrumentation for ELT Workshop, Bavaria | Website |
| 31 August - 1 September | Telescope directors review of access office. IAC, Tenerife. | Contact: Michel Dennefeld | 9 September | European Interferometry Initiative Scientific Council, Praga, Czech Republic |
| 14 - 15 September | Medium Telescope Working Group Meeting, Paris | Minutes and Presentations |
| 20 September | Executive Committee Meeting #4, Leiden, Netherlands | Minutes and Presentations |
| End September | CoPhasing and fringe tracking for Interferometry working group (JRA4: WP1.2), Cambridge, UK | JRA4 website. |
| 20 October | OPTICON Network N3.3 Meeting, Department of Experimental Physics, NUI, Galway | Meeting Summary, Presentation - S Wagner |
| 27 - 28 October | OPTICON Board Meeting #3, Rome, Italy. | Minutes and Presentations |
| 14 - 18 November | The Scientific Requirements for Extremely Large Telescopes, IAU Symposium 232, Cape Town, South Africa | Website |
| 17 - 18 November | UV Network meeting on Instrumentation | Contact: Ana Gomez de Castro |
| 23 - 24 November | N4 Synergy Network meeting. ESTEC, NL. | Contact: M Kessler/ J-L
Puget. 23 Nov agenda - Scientific support 24 Nov agenda - Test facilities |
| 28 - 29 November | JRA5 Smart Focal Planes Review Meeting, UK ATC, Edinburgh | Contact: Colin Cunningham |
| Completed 2004 | ||
| 8 - 9 January | Interferometry Working Group (JRA4), Nice | |
| 22 - 23 January | Medium Telescope Working Group, Tenerife | Final meeting minutes |
| 1 - 2 March | JRA-1 kick-off meeting, Garching | |
| 9 March | JRA-2 kick-off meeting, Grenoble | |
| 15-16 March | JRA-3 kick-off meeting, Garching | |
| 16-17 March | JRA-5 kick-off meeting, ATC | |
| 18-19 March | JRA-6 kick-off meeting, Milan | |
| 1 - 2 April | OPTICON Board Meeting #1, Ghent, Belgium | Minutes and Presentations |
| 2 April | OPTICON Executive Committe Meeting #1, Ghent, Belgium | Minutes |
| 17 May | Joint ELT Science Meeting with the GSMT Science Working Group | Click here for the Programme: |
| 19-21 May | Next Generation Infrastructures Meeting (ELT, ALMA, NGST, SKA, etc), 'Exploring the Cosmic Frontier: Astrophysical Instruments for the C21st', Berlin, Germany | www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/berlin04/ and Online presentations and proceedings preparation |
| 23 - 27 August | Science Case for Next Generation Optical/Infrared Interferometric Facilities (the post-VLT1 era) | Click here for the Programme |
| 13 - 17 September | JENAM 2004 Conference | JENAM 2004 |
| 16 - 17 September | JRA1: AO - Milestone 1 meeting, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Grenoble, France | http://www.eso.org/projects/aot/jra1/ |
| 21 September | OPTICON Executive Meeting #2, Leiden, Netherlands | Minutes |
| 26 - 27 September | Smart Focal Planes Meeting, Marseille, France | LAM Hosts: Eric Prieto and Frederic Zamkotsian
Subject: Beam pickoff and beam steering. |
| 21 - 24 September | Network for Ultra-Violet Astrophysics (NUVA) Kick-off meeting, Madrid, Spain | www.mat.ucm.es/~aig/NUVA/ |
| 1 October | JRA2 Meeting, Marseille | www-laog.obs.ujf-grenoble.fr/JRA2/ |
| 11 - 12 October | OPTICON Board meeting #2, Grenoble, France | Minutes and Presentations, G Gilmore FP7 document | 8 - 10 November | ELT Science Workshop, Florence, Italy | ELT Science Case website |
| 17 - 18 November | Telescope Directors Forum, Observatoire de Haute Provence, France | Attendees list, Minutes |
| 6 December | Euro-VO DCA Board meeting, Salle du Batiment B, Paris Observatory | Contact Francoise Genova |
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