P R O G R A M M E
The main goals of the Workshop are:
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To give the opportunity to the users of the NOT to present and
discuss their viewpoints about the needs and possible solutions
to keep the NOT competitive and in the front-line of the research
to be carried out.
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To review the instrumentation available at the NOT, and to provide
basis for thinking about the future beyond the instrumentation
programme we now have under way.
SCIENTIFIC ORGANISING COMMITTEE
- Nils Bergvall (Chairman)
- Gunnlaugur Bjornsson
- Per Lilje
- Poul Erik Nissen
- Vilppu Piirola
- Alvio Renzini
- Hugo E. Schwarz
- Leo Takalo
LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE
- Tim Abbott
- Paco Armas
- Loida Fernandez
- Claudio Moreno
- Hugo E. Schwarz (Chairman)
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME AND INVITED SPEAKERS:
- NOT and Nordic astronomy
- Bernard Pagel: Views from an ex-Nordic visitor
- Vilppu Piirola: Astronomy with the NOT and Nordic collaboration
- Science with the NOT
- Jens Hjorth: Gravitational Lenses and Gamma-Ray Bursts through flexible sheduling/Service observations/Target of Opportunity programs.
- Haakon Dahle: Weighing 40 clusters of galaxies with weak gravitational lensing
- Kari Nilsson: Optical imaging of the RGB sample of BL Lacertae objects
- Margarethe Wold: Quasar environments at 0.5 < z < 0.8
- Thomas Heissel Dall: Spectroscopic asteroseismology with the NOT
- Ariel Goobar: Cosmological Parameters from Type Ia Supernovae
- Contributed talks
- Technical developments and Operational strategies
- Johannes Andersen: The NOT core instrumentations program
- Daniel Rouan: Adaptive Optics optimised for medium-size telescopes
- Roy Östensen: High-speed CCD photometry with the NOT
- Tim Abbott: More Clout for the Kroner- Optimising Scientific Return
- Edwin Valentijn: Wide field imaging with OmegaCAM
- Jesper Storm: The adaptive optics system for the Large Binocular Telescope
- Michael Andersen: HiRAC-II and beyond
- Contributed talks
- The European perspective
- Francesco Sanchez: ORM in the next decade
- Jose Miguel Rodriguez-Espinosa: The GTC at the ORM: Prospects
- Campbell Warden: European funding and research management
- Funding
- Views from the NOS-N representative Pär Omling and each of the representatives of the funding authorities of the different countries
- Round Table discussion
- Visit to ORM
A preliminary program frame is given below.
The final programme is also available.
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AM: |
The NOT and Nordic astronomy
Science with the NOT
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Science with the NOT (continued)
Technical developments
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The European perspective
Funding
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Visit to the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos
or
Boat trip 1.
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PM: |
Science with the NOT (continued)
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Operational strategies
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Round table discussion
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MEETING FORMAT
The meeting will consist of Invited talks (35 min + 10 min discussion),
and Contributed talks (15 + 5 min). Conference proceedings
book will be published. The expected number of participants in the
Workshop is 40-50.
REGISTRATION
The registration can be done by filling out
the registration form on our Web page.
The registration fee is USD 100 before February 15, 2000, and USD 150
thereafter. If you pay with a credit card, DO NOT send your card number via
the Internet or e-mail, use the fax.
The deadline for submitting titles of contributed talks is
February 15, 2000.
The deadline for registration is
March 1, 2000.
ABSTRACTS
The Abstract of your presentation can be sent either by e-mail to the
address nisse@astro.uu.se,
or by filling out the abstract form on our
Web page. The maximum length of the abstract
is 20 lines. The deadline for submitting abstracts is March 1, 2000.
ACCOMMODATION
We have reserved rooms in Hotel Playa Taburiente. This is a new and
convenient hotel, with a large swimming pool and other nice facilities,
located about 3 km outside the center of Santa Cruz, towards the Airport.
The Workshop will take place in the same hotel. We will
send you confirmation of your reservation. All hotel fees are payable
directly in the Hotel (credit cards accepted).
SOCIAL EVENTS
We kindly ask you to indicate on the Registration form the social
events you wish to attend. These will include:
- Conference Dinner, Friday April 14
- Visit to the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos
- Bus excursion with a boat trip along La Palma coastline
Updated information on the Social events will be given on the Web pages.
An informal gathering and Welcome coctail will be held in the hall of
the meeting place (Hotel Playa Taburiente) on Tuesday, April 11, at 19:00.
TRAVEL
IMPORTANT
We urge the participants to make the travel arrangements at their earliest
convenience, as the flights to and between the Canary Islands will later
become fully booked, due to the proximity of the Easter holidays after the
conference.
CONTACT ADDRESS (Scientific programme):
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Dr. Nils Bergvall
Astronomiska Observatoriet
Box 515
S-75120 Uppsala
e-mail: nils.bergvall@astro.uu.se
tel: +46 18 525 724
fax: +46 18 527 583
Registration, and hotel bookings
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