ALMA day 2008
9 May 2008: ALMA community day
The Italian ARC organizes this day to bring together the Italian community of future ALMA users.
This meeting aims to inform the community of recent developments at ALMA and the Italian Regional Centre. We also hope that this day will be an occasion for the community to interact with representatives of ESO, INAF, and the Italian ARC. The meeting will take place at the Istituto di Radioastronomia, Bologna.
Those who wish to participate are kindly requested to send an email to Jan Brand (brand@ira.inaf.it) BEFORE 15 April 2008.
Programme
| Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 09:35 – 09:40 | Luigina Feretti Director IRA |
Introduction |
| 09:40 – 10:35 | Tim de Zeeuw ESO Director-General |
ALMA and its role in EU astrophysics |
| 10:35 – 11:00 | Leonardo Testi EU ALMA Project Scientist |
Status of the project, test results, commissioning & science verification, timelines |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee break | ———— ———— |
| 11:30 – 11:55 | Paola Andreani EU ARC Manager |
Developments at the EU ARC |
| 11:55 – 12:20 | Jan Brand Coordinator Italian ARC |
Developments at the Italian ARC |
| 12:20 – 12:45 | Martin Zwaan EU ARC Astronomer |
Proposal submission and obs. preparation software |
| 12:45 – 13:10 | Alessandra Rossetti Post-doc at the Italian ARC |
CASA; work on the ARC’s expertise |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | Lunch | ———— ———— |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | for ESO and INAF representatives only |
Guided Tour of the Italian ARC facilities |
| 15:00 – 17:30 | Afternoon session | Round Table, interaction with the community. Questions, comments, wishes. Introduction by Paolo Vettolani [Director Dept. of Research Projects] on the intentions of INAF towards the Italian ARC. |