Kickoff Meeting (PM1)Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge: March 26-27 2009If you wish to attend this meeting please email Nicholas Walton (naw@ast.cam.ac.uk). Registration closed: Friday 13th March 2009 |
NEWS: Please sign up for the dinner by Mon 23 March - see dinner page
NEWS: GREAT Kickoff meeting wiki at http://camd08.ast.cam.ac.uk/Greatwiki/GreatMeet-20090326
NEWS: GREAT Kickoff PHOTO at [jpg]
Agenda (Finalised 20090318)
Time | Who | Title | File |
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Thu 26 Mar 2009 | |||
10.10-11.00 | Coffee & Registration | ||
11.00-11.30 | Nicholas Walton | Meeting Goals and GREAT Outline | [pdf] |
11.30-11.50 | Timo Prusti | ESA Gaia Mission Status | [pdf] |
11.50-12.10 | Francois Mignard | DPAC Status | [pdf] |
12.10-12.30 | Anthony Brown | ELSA | [pdf] |
12.30-12.35 | Meeting Photo (Outside the Hoyle Lecture Theatre) | [jpg] | |
12.35-13.45 | Lunch | ||
13.45-14.10 | Gerry Gilmore | Realising the Science Potential from Gaia | [pdf] |
14.10-15.40 | Institute presentations (see full list at Presentations Page) | ||
15.45-16.15 | Coffee | ||
16.15-16.25 |
Nicholas Walton | Setting the Breakout sessions | |
16.25-17.45 | Breakout A: Survey Science, understanding the Milky Way |
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16.25-17.45 |
Breakout B: Stellar
Astrophysics, star formation |
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16.25-17.45 |
Breakout C: Non single stars,
extrasolar planets, the solar system |
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17.45 | Close Day 1 | ||
19.30-22.00 |
Dinner @ The Fleur Please sign up by Mon 23 March - see dinner page |
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Fri 27 Mar 2009 | |||
08.30-09..00 | Coffee | ||
09.00-11.00 | Breakout A: Survey Science, understanding the Milky Way | ||
09.00-11.00 | Breakout B: Stellar Astrophysics, star formation | ||
09.00-11.00 | Breakout C: Non single stars, extrasolar planets, the solar system | ||
11.00-11.30 | Coffee | ||
11.30-12.15 |
Nicholas Walton | GREAT opportunities (inc international links) | [pdf] | 11.45-12.00 |
Xu Zhou | LAMOST Status | [pdf] | 12.00-12.15 |
Jinliang Hou | LAMOST Survey Planning | [pdf] |
12.15-12.30 | Francois Mignard |
GREAT planning for 2009/2010: Interface to Gaia | [pdf] |
12.30-13.30 | Lunch | ||
13.30-13.45 |
Feedback from Breakout Group A: |
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13.45-14.00 | Feedback from Breakout Group B: | ||
14.00-14.15 | Feedback from Breakout Group C: | ||
14.30-15.15 | Led by NAW, FM, TP | GREAT: planning for 2009/2010 | |
15.15-15.30 | Nicholas Walton | Conclusions, Next Steps | |
15.30 | Coffee and Close |
The three breakout sessions will enable discussions around the major science themes of Gaia. During these sessions the groups will aim to outline suggestions for networking activities around these science themes. These could include ideas for:
- Conferences - thus with topics
- Workshops
- Exchange visits
- Community building via joint research programmes
- (Need for) development of new techniques (multi-wavelength,
multi-domain, computational)
Meeting Room Locations
The plenary sessions will take place in the Sackler Lecture theatre which is located in the main Hoyle Building of the IoA. The breakout sessions will be located as follows:- Group A: in the Sackler Lecture Theatre
- Group B: in the Earth Sciences seminar room - see map - a three minute walk from the Hoyle
- Group C: in the Hoyle Committee Room - located next to the Sackler in the Hoyle Building
Attendees (65 as of 20090325)
Name | Institute | Country |
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Juan Alcala |
INAF - Naoploi |
Italy |
Frederic Arenou |
GEPI, Obs de Paris |
France |
Vasily Belokurov |
IoA, Cambridge |
UK |
James Binney |
Oxford |
UK |
Ronny Blomme |
Royal Obs of Belgium |
Belgium |
Maarten Breddels |
Groningen |
Netherlands |
Anthony Brown |
Leiden |
Netherlands |
Carla Cacciari |
INAF - Bologna |
Italy |
Gisella Clementini |
INAF - Bologna |
Italy |
Michelle Collins |
IoA, Cambridge |
UK |
Mark Cropper |
MSSL/UCL |
UK |
Mariateresa Crosta |
OATO |
Italy |
Walter Dehnen |
Leicester |
UK |
Janet Drew |
Univ Hertfordshire |
UK |
Josef Duerch |
Charles Univ, Prague |
Czech Republic |
Laurent Eyer |
Geneva |
Switzerland |
Sofia Feltzing |
Lund |
Sweden |
Ignacio Ferreras |
MSSL/ UCL |
UK |
Annette Ferguson |
IfA, Edinburgh |
UK |
Duncan Fyfe |
Leicester |
UK |
Filipe Gameiro |
CAU Porto |
Portugal |
Gerard Gilmore |
IoA, Cambridge |
UK |
Facundo Gomez |
Groningen |
Netherlands |
Ulrike Heiter |
Uppsala University |
Sweden |
Daniel Hestroffer |
IMCCE, Obs de Paris |
France |
Jinliang Hou |
Obs Shanghai |
China |
Mike Irwin |
IoA, Cambridge |
UK |
Carme Jordi |
UB, Barcelona |
Spain |
Yipeng Jing |
Obs Shanghai |
China |
Daisuke Kawata |
MSSL/UCL |
UK |
Sergei Klioner |
Dresden |
Germany |
Indrek Kolka |
Tartu Observatory |
Estonia |
Evangelos Kontizas |
National Observatory of Athens |
Greece |
Mary Kontizas |
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens |
Greece |
Andreas Korn |
Uppsala |
Sweden |
Alessandro Lanzafame |
Catania |
Italy |
Floor van Leeuwen |
IoA, Cambridge |
UK |
Xavier Luri |
Barelona |
Spain |
Jesus Maiz Apellaniz |
IAA, Granada |
Spain |
Tom Marsh |
Warwick |
UK |
Paul McMillan |
Oxford |
UK |
Tadeusz Michalowski |
Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan |
Poland |
Francois Mignard |
Nice |
France |
Andre Moitinho |
SIM, Lisbon |
Portugal |
Karri Muinonen |
Helsinki |
Finland |
Wil O'Mullane |
ESAC, ESA |
Spain |
Dagmara Oszkiewicz |
Observatory, University of Helsinki |
Finland |
Timo Prusti |
ESTEC, ESA |
Netherlands |
Sofia Randich |
Arectri |
Italy |
Joris De Ridder |
K.U. Leuven |
Belgium |
Annie Robin |
Obs Besancon |
France |
George Seabroke |
Open University |
UK |
Arnaud Siebert |
CDS, Strasbourg |
France |
Martin Smith |
IoA, Cambridge |
UK |
Alessandro Sozzetti |
INAF - Torino |
Italy |
Antti Tamm |
Tartu Observatory |
Estonia |
Antonella Vallenari | INAF - Padua |
Italy |
Alberto Vecchio |
Birmingham |
UK |
Lionel Veltz |
AIP, Potsdam |
Germany |
Nicholas Walton | IoA, Cambrdge |
UK |
Laura Watkins | IoA, Cambrdge |
UK |
Mark Wilkinson |
Leicester |
UK |
Lukasz Wyrzykowski | IoA, Cambrdge |
UK |
Xu Zhou |
NAOC, Beijing |
China |
Tomaz Zwitter |
Ljubljana |
Slovenia |
Travel and Location
The meeting will be held at the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge.If you are travelling from the airports - I recommend pre-booking a taxi from one of the firms listed at http://www.cam.ac.uk/local/travel/taxis.html - i often use Blue Rose (bluerosecars@btinternet.com).
Information as to how to get to the IoA can be found at http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/IoA/about_ioa/contact/directions.php
Accommodation
It would be good if you could arrange your own accommodation if
needed
for this meeting.
The Cambridge tourist office has an extensive
accommodation page. Cambridge hotels are also listed.
The University of Cambridge have preferential rates at The Arundel, De Vere University Arms, and the Royal Cambridge Hotel. When booking please mention that you are visiting the University of Cambridge. The discounts offered seem to vary depending on how busy the hotel in question is at the time.
Acommodation queries
If you have problems with booking accommodation for this meeting or obtaining the preferential rates, please could you let Judith Moss know (jm at ast.cam.ac.uk), she maybe able to help.
Lunches and Dinner
Complimentary lunches and coffee/ tea will be provided during the meeting.Important If you have special dietary requirements, please send an email to Nicholas Walton (naw@ast.cam.ac.uk) - with subject line: GREAT March 2009: Food Request - with your requirement (e.g. no nuts, vegan, no eggs, no diary etc). Please note that lunches will include a selection suitable for vegetarians.
We will organise a dinner for the evening of the Thur 26 March 2009 at The Fleur - see the Dinner page to sign up and for location details etc.
About Cambridge
We have provided a list of restaurants in Cambridge - please find this in reception. There is plenty of choice!In terms of pubs - there is a list at http://www.cambridge-pubs.co.uk/ - the Castle on Castle Hill is the closest to the IoA.
Getting around Cambridge
- Taxi stands are located at the railway station, bus station (Drummer Street) and Market Square in the city centre. The taxi stands are depicted with a white car on a blue square on the maps.
- The bus station is located at Drummer Street.
- The train station is located more than a mile to the south of the city centre. There is a regular bus service to Drummer Street bus station and the University West Site which is close to the Institute of Astronomy.
- The IoA site is served by nearby buses, including the Uni 4 and Citi 4. Here is a map of local bus services, and timetables are available here.
- There is a pleasant walk from the Institute of Astronomy to the city centre which takes about 30 minutes. This route is to cross Madingley Road, go down Clarke Maxwell Road, then take the Coton footpath to Adams Road, follow Adams Road, then Burrell's Walk, and finally down Garret Hostel Lane across the river into the centre of town.
Things to do in Cambridge: some suggestions:
- Visit the Kettle's Yard gallery
- Visit the Fitzwilliam Museum
- Take a guided tour of Cambridge
- Go punting
- Visit Duxford air museum
- Visit London
- Spend the afternoon in a pub
- Visit grand houses such as Wimpole Hall or Audley End