The NOT in the 2000's

P R O G R A M M E

Tuesday 11th
18:00-19:00 Registration
19:00- Welcoming Cocktail
Wednesday 12th
8.30 Registration
9:00 Welcoming Address: Vilppu Piirola (SOC); Hugo Schwarz (LOC)
The NOT and Nordic Astronomy Nils Bergvall
9:15 B. Pagel: View from an ex-Nordic visitor
10.00 V. Piirola: Astronomy with the NOT and Nordic collaboration.
10:40 Coffee
Science with the NOT
11:00 J. Hjorth: Gravitational Lenses and Gamma-Ray Bursts through flexible sheduling/Service observations/Target of Opportunity programs.
11:45 M. Wold: Quasar environments at 0.5 < z < 0.8.
12:30 Lunch
Science with the NOT P. E. Nissen
13:30 H. Dahle: Weighing 40 clusters of galaxies with weak gravitational lensing.
14:15 T. Dall: Spectroscopic asteroseismology with the NOT.
15:00 T. Grav: Recovery observations of Kuiper Belt Objects.
15:20 Coffee
16:00 A. Goobar: Cosmological parameters from Type Ia Supernovae.
16:45 A. Berdyugin: Mapping the interstellar polarization at the North galactic Pole with TurPol.
17:05 S. Katajainen: Cataclysmic Variables polarisation studies with NOT.
17:25 O. Kochukov: Magnetic Doppler imaging of Ap stars
17:45 H. Korhonen: Spectroscopic monitoring of FK Comae.
Thursday 13th
Science with the NOT P. Lilje
9:00 K. Nilsson: Optical imaging of the RGB BL Lacertae objects.
9:45 L. Takalo: Optical identification of ROSAT/FIRST sources at the NOT.
10:05 J. Masegosa: Results from the IAA ALFOSC GT observations.
10:30 Coffee
Technical developements and Operational strategies
10:50 T. Abbott: More Clout for the Kroner- Optimising Scientific Return
11:35 J. Andersen: The NOT core instrumentations program.
12:10 M. Andersen: Back to Boller & Chivens.
12:30 Lunch
V. Piirola
13:30 R. Östensen: High speed CCD photometry with the NOT.
14:15 E. Valentijn: Wide field imaging with OmegaCAM
15:00 N. van der Bliek: SIRCA, the Stockholm infrared camera.
15:20 H. Schwarz: Some thoughts about the NOT: past & present + goodbye
15.30 Coffee
15:50 D. Rouan: Adaptive Optics optimised for medium-size telescopes.
16:35 J. Storm: The adaptive optics system for the Large Binocular Telescope.
17:10 M. Andersen: HiRAC-II and beyond
Friday 14th
The European Perspective J. Andersen
9:00 J. Rodriguez-Espinosa: The GTC at the ORM: Prospects
9:45 C. Warden: European funding and research management.
10:30 Coffee
10:50 F. Sanchez: ORM in the next decade.
11:35 P. Linde: Dynacore
12:00 Lunch
Funding P. Omling
13:00 P. Omling: NOS-N
13:20 S. Egelund:
13:30 J. Gustafsson:
13:40 S. Irgens-Jensen:
13:50 P. Pulkkinen:
14:00 Coffee
14:30 ROUND TABLE Discussion
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