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''Preliminary agenda''
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== Archive of talks, recording and the White Book ==
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<big>'''The White Book including a brief summary of the talks and the discussions held during the workshop is available [[Media:whitebook2011.pdf|here]].'''</big>
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All talks are available as PDFs. Video and audio recording is available under '''''rec''''' link. Note, some of the videos are not available or a bit corrupt due to technical issues.
  
 
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|'''time (with discussion)'''
 
|'''time (with discussion)'''
 
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|colspan="5"|'''Wednesday'''
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|10:00
 
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|10:10
 
|10:10
 
|Gaia
 
|Gaia
|Gaia overview
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|[http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Talks/vanLeeuven-SciAlertsWSJune11_v2.pdf Gaia overview] [http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Movies/vanLeeuven-Gaia.mov rec]
 
|Floor van Leeuven
 
|Floor van Leeuven
|25m
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|20m
 
|----
 
|----
|10:35
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|10:30
 
|
 
|
|Gaia Alerts overview
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|[http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Talks/hodgkin.pdf Gaia Alerts overview] ([http://prezi.com/_3ghuqjeiq6k/around-gaia-alerts-in-30-questions/ Prezi on Gaia Alerts]) [http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Movies/Hodgkin-GaiaScienceAlerts.mov rec]
 
|STH/LW
 
|STH/LW
 
|30m
 
|30m
 
|----
 
|----
|11:05
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|11:00
|coffee
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|''coffee''
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|30m
 
|30m
 
|----
 
|----
|11:35
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|11:30
|Gaia
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|
|Asteroids with Gaia
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|[http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Talks/Walton-gap-alerts-jun11.pdf Gaia Archive Preparations] [http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Movies/Walton-GaiaArchivePreparation.mov rec]
|Paolo Tanga
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|Nicholas Walton
|25m
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|15m
 
|----
 
|----
|12:00
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|11:45
|Gaia
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|
|Gaia Spectro Science Alerts  
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|[http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Talks/dimatteo_spectralalerts.pdf Gaia Spectro Science Alerts] [http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Movies/diMateo-SpectroscopicAlerts.mov rec]
 
|Paola di Mateo
 
|Paola di Mateo
|25m
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|20m
 
|----
 
|----
|12:25
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|12:05
|lunch
 
 
|
 
|
|
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|[http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Talks/Tanga_asteroid_alerts.pdf Asteroids with Gaia] [http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Movies/Tanga-AstrometricAsteroidAlerts.mov rec]
|90m
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|Paolo Tanga
 +
|20m
 
|----
 
|----
|13:55
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|12:35
 +
|''lunch''
 
|
 
|
|Ground Based Observations for Gaia (GBOG)'s role in Gaia Science Alerts
 
|George Seabroke
 
|20m
 
|----
 
|14:15
 
 
|
 
|
|Gaia-FUN-SSO: a ground-based follow-up for Solar System Objects
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|95m
|Whilliam Thuillot
 
|25m
 
 
|----
 
|----
|14:40
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|14:00
|Science
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|Special
|Variable stars??
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|[http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Talks/Mahabal-20110629_GaiaAlertsII_v3.pdf What shall we follow today?] [http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Movies/Mahabal-What_to_follow.mov rec]
|Laurent Eyer
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|Ashish Mahabal
|20m
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|30m
 
|----
 
|----
|15:00
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|14:30
 
|
 
|
|SNe, overview and follow-up
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|[http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Talks/Williams-Skyalert-201106.pdf Skyalert: Rapid Transients for you and your Robot] [http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Movies/Williams-Skyalert.mov rec]
|Massimo Turrato
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|Roy Williams
|30m
+
|60m
 
|----
 
|----
 
|15:30
 
|15:30
 +
|''tea''
 
|
 
|
|tea
 
 
|
 
|
 
|30m
 
|30m
 
|----
 
|----
 
|16:00
 
|16:00
|
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|Science
|Microlensing
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|[http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Talks/Eyer_AlertWGII.pdf Variable stars with Gaia] [http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Movies/Eyer-VariableStars.mov rec]
|Vasily Belokurov/Wyn Evans
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|Laurent Eyer
 
|20m
 
|20m
 
|----
 
|----
 
|16:20
 
|16:20
 
|
 
|
|Prediction of Astrometric Microlensing Events for the Gaia Mission
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|[http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Talks/Turatto_2011_Gaia_SNe_v6.pdf (Gaia) Supernovae: overview and follow-up] [http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Movies/Turrato-Supernovae.mov rec]
|Svea Proft
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|Massimo Turrato
|20m
+
|30m
 
|----
 
|----
|16:40
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|16:50
 
|
 
|
|The detectability of GRB optical counterparts with Gaia
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|[http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Talks/SveaProft-Microlensing.pdf Prediction of Astrometric Microlensing Events for the Gaia Mission] [http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Movies/Proft-Microlensing.mov rec]
|Jure Japelj/Andreja Gomboc
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|Svea Proft
 
|20m
 
|20m
 
|----
 
|----
|17:00
+
|17:10
 
|
 
|
|Study of high z Universe with Gaia
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|Microlensing ([http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Talks/Evans-Microlensing.pdf Evans], [http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Talks/LW-Microlensing_with_Gaia.pdf Wyrzykowski]) [http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Movies/Evans-Wyrzykowski-Microlensing.mov rec]
|Rene Hudec
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|Wyn Evans/Lukasz Wyrzykowski
 
|20m
 
|20m
 
|----
 
|----
|17:20
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|17:30 (moved to Thu))
 
|
 
|
|Exotic events??
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|[http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Talks/gaia_alerts_japelj.pdf The detectability of GRB optical counterparts with Gaia] [http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Movies/Japelj-GRBs.mov rec]
|Simon Hodgkin??
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|Jure Japelj/Andreja Gomboc
 
|20m
 
|20m
 
|----
 
|----
|17:40
+
|17:50 (moved to Thu)
 
|
 
|
|discussion
+
|[http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Talks/Hudec-Gaia_Alerts2011_Final.pdf Study of high-z Universe with Gaia, Spectroscopic Alerts & Czech Gaia CU7 support by RTs] [http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Movies/Hudec-High-z.mov rec]
|all
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|Rene Hudec
 
|20m
 
|20m
 
|----
 
|----
|18:00
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|18:10
|end of day 1
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|colspan="4"|''end of day 1''
|
 
|
 
|
 
|----
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
 
|----
 
|----
 
|19:00
 
|19:00
|'''DINNER at St.John's Chop House'''
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|colspan="4"| '''''DINNER at St.John's Chop House'''''
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|
 
|
 
 
|----
 
|----
|
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|
 
|
 
|
 
 
|----
 
|----
|'''Thursday'''
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|colspan="5"|'''Thursday'''
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
 
|----
 
|----
 
|09:00
 
|09:00
|
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|Facilities
|Galactic transients; linking GAIA alerts with multi-wavelength surveys
+
|[http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Talks/Seabroke-GBOG.pdf Ground Based Observations for Gaia (GBOG)'s role in Gaia Science Alerts] [http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Movies/Seabroke-GBOG.mov rec]
|Danny Steeghs
+
|George Seabroke
 
|20m
 
|20m
 
|----
 
|----
 
|09:20
 
|09:20
|Facilities
+
|
|Potential follow-up of GAIA alerts from the SONG and MiNDSTEp networks of telescopes.
+
|[http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Talks/Jorgensen-cambridge2011.pdf Potential follow-up of GAIA alerts from the SONG and MiNDSTEp networks of telescopes.] [http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Movies/Jorgensen-SONG.mov rec]
 
|Uffe Jorgensen
 
|Uffe Jorgensen
 
|20m
 
|20m
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|09:40
 
|09:40
 
|
 
|
|Java Robotic Telescope for Gaia Alert System
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|[http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Talks/Steeghs_GAIA_alerts_Jun11.pdf Galactic transients; linking GAIA alerts with multi-wavelength surveys] [http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Movies/Steeghs-CVs.mov rec]
|Jan Soldan
+
|Danny Steeghs
 
|20m
 
|20m
 
|----
 
|----
 
|10:00
 
|10:00
 
|
 
|
|"Pi of the Sky" - wide field search for optical transients
+
|[http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Talks/soldan_jrt.pdf Java Robotic Telescope for Gaia Alert System] [http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Movies/Soldan-JavaRoboticTel.mov rec]
|Marcin Sokolowski
+
|Jan Soldan
 
|20m
 
|20m
 
|----
 
|----
 
|10:20
 
|10:20
 
|
 
|
|Gloria - a network of telescopes which can take on some of Gaia alerts
+
|[http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Talks/Sokolowski-PI.pdf "Pi of the Sky" - wide field search for optical transients] [http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Movies/Sokolowski-PI.mov rec]
|Lech Mankiewicz
+
|Marcin Sokolowski
 
|20m
 
|20m
 
|----
 
|----
 
|10:40
 
|10:40
 
|
 
|
|The La Palma 0.5m Robotic Telescope
+
|[http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Talks/Mankiewcz-Gloria-talk.pdf Gloria - a network of telescopes which can take on some of Gaia alerts] [http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Movies/Mankiewicz-Gloria-edited-badrecording.mov rec]
|Stuart Littlefair
+
|Lech Mankiewicz
 
|20m
 
|20m
 
|----
 
|----
 
|11:00
 
|11:00
 +
|''coffee''
 
|
 
|
|coffee
 
 
|
 
|
 
|30m
 
|30m
 
|----
 
|----
|11:30
+
|11:30 (not presented)
 
|
 
|
|Transients detected in the WASP survey
+
|[http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Talks/littlefair_keynote09.pdf The La Palma 0.5m Robotic Telescope]
|Peter Wheatley
+
|Stuart Littlefair
 
|20m
 
|20m
 
|----
 
|----
|11:50
+
|11:50 (not presented)
 
|
 
|
|The LCOGT network
+
|[http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Talks/Wheatley-WASP-Gaia-workshop-june11.pdf Transients detected in the WASP survey]
|Yannis Tsapras
+
|Peter Wheatley
 
|20m
 
|20m
 
|----
 
|----
 
|12:10
 
|12:10
 
|
 
|
|STILT (Small Telescopes Installed at LT) instruments
+
|[http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Talks/Tsapras-2011_YT_Jun_cambs_gaia_30.06.2011.pdf The LCOGT network] [http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Movies/Tsapras-LCOGT.mov rec]
|Neil Mawson
+
|Yannis Tsapras
 
|20m
 
|20m
 
|----
 
|----
 
|12:30
 
|12:30
 +
|colspan="3"|[[Media:GaiaAlertsWorkshop-June2011.jpg|WORKSHOP PHOTO]]
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|5m
 +
|----
 +
|12:35
 +
|''lunch''
 
|
 
|
|lunch
 
 
|
 
|
|90m
+
|85m
 
|----
 
|----
 
|14:00
 
|14:00
 
|
 
|
|The Liverpool Telescope and Gaia
+
|[http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Talks/Steele-LT-Gaia-2011.pdf The Liverpool Telescope and Gaia] [http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Movies/Steele-LiverpoolTel.mov rec]
 
|Iain Steele
 
|Iain Steele
 
|20m
 
|20m
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|14:20
 
|14:20
 
|
 
|
|Iranian National Observatory Project
+
|[http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Talks/Mawson-STILT_GAIA_presentation.pdf STILT (Small Telescopes Installed at LT) instruments] [http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Movies/Mawson-SkyCamLT.mov rec]
|Habib Khosroshahi
+
|Neil Mawson
 
|20m
 
|20m
 
|----
 
|----
 
|14:40
 
|14:40
 
|
 
|
|PanStarrs &amp; Spectroscopy
+
|[http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Talks/HKhosroshahi-gaia-ioa.pdf Iranian National Observatory Project]
|Stephen Smartt
+
|Habib Khosroshahi
 
|20m
 
|20m
 
|----
 
|----
 
|15:00
 
|15:00
 
|
 
|
|tea
+
|[http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Talks/Mahabal-20110630_GaiaAlertsII-CRTS.pdf Catalina Realtime Transient Survey (CRTS)] [http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Movies/Mahabal-Catalina-badrecording.mov rec]
|
+
|Ashish Mahabal
 
|30m
 
|30m
 
|----
 
|----
 
|15:30
 
|15:30
 +
|''tea''
 
|
 
|
|Lucky Imaging Astrometric follow-up
+
|
|Craig Mackay
+
|30m
|20m
 
 
|----
 
|----
|15:50
+
|16:00
 
|
 
|
|Exploring Night Sky from the Top of the World.
+
|[http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Talks/Mackay-Lucky_AO_Gaia_300611.pdf Lucky Imaging Astrometric follow-up] [http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Movies/Mackay-LuckyImagin.mov rec]
|Utsav Kandel
+
|Craig Mackay
 
|20m
 
|20m
 
|----
 
|----
|16:10
+
|16:20
 
|
 
|
|Overview of French and other European spectroscopic facilities
+
|[http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Talks/Dennefeld-Cambridge_Gaia_June2011.pdf Overview of European and French spectroscopic facilities] [http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Movies/Dennefeld-SpectralFacilities-badrecording.mov rec]
 
|Michel Dennefeld
 
|Michel Dennefeld
 
|20m
 
|20m
 
|----
 
|----
|16:30
+
|16:40
 
|
 
|
|Italian facilities
+
|[http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Talks/Clementini-Alerts.pdf Italian facilities] [http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Movies/Clementini-ItalianFacilities.mov rec]
 
|Gisella Clementini
 
|Gisella Clementini
 
|20m
 
|20m
 
|----
 
|----
|16:50
+
|17:00
 
|
 
|
|other facilities (Swiss,Israeli, Polish)???
+
|Overview of other facilities (Swiss, Israeli, Polish, Austrian) [http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Movies/Wyrzykowski-OtherFacilities-badrecording.mov rec]
|???
+
|Lukasz Wyrzykowski
 
|20m
 
|20m
 
|----
 
|----
|17:10
+
|17:20
 
|
 
|
|discussion
+
|Discussion [http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Movies/Discussion1.mov rec]
 
|all
 
|all
|30m
+
|40m
 
|----
 
|----
|17:40
+
|18:00
|end of day 2
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|colspan="4"|''end of day 2''
|
 
|
 
|
 
 
|----
 
|----
|
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|colspan="5"|
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
 
|----
 
|----
|'''Friday'''
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|colspan="5"|'''Friday'''
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
 
|----
 
|----
 
|09:00
 
|09:00
 
|Facilities
 
|Facilities
|SAAO facilities and instruments
+
|[http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Talks/Whitelock.pdf SAAO facilities and instruments] [http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Movies/Whitelock-SAAO-nocamera.mov rec]
 
|Patricia Whitelock
 
|Patricia Whitelock
 
|20m
 
|20m
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|09:20
 
|09:20
 
|
 
|
|Engaging with the public
+
|[http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Talks/Smartt-GAIA-Alerts-June2011.pdf The ESO Public spectroscopic survey of the Transient Universe] [http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Movies/Smartt-ESO-Transient-Survey-nocamera.mov rec]
 +
|Stephen Smartt
 +
|30m
 +
|----
 +
|09:50
 +
|
 +
|[http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Talks/WThuillot-GREAT-2011.pdf Gaia-FUN-SSO: a ground-based follow-up for Solar System Objects] [http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Movies/Thuillot-GaiaFUN-audio_only.mov rec]
 +
|William Thuillot
 +
|30m
 +
|----
 +
|10:20
 +
|
 +
|[http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Talks/Gilmore-Alerts-outreach.pdf Engaging with the public] [http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Movies/Gilmore-Outreach-audio_only.mov rec]
 
|Gerry Gilmore
 
|Gerry Gilmore
 
|20m
 
|20m
 
|----
 
|----
|09:40
+
|10:40
|
+
|Discussion
|What shall we follow today?
+
|Getting organized [http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~wyrzykow/GAIA/GSAW2011/Movies/Discussion2.mov rec]
|Ashish Mahabal
+
|all
 
|20m
 
|20m
|----
 
|10:00
 
|
 
|Skyalert: Rapid Transients for you and your Robot
 
|Roy Williams
 
|60m
 
 
|----
 
|----
 
|11:00
 
|11:00
 +
|''coffee''
 
|
 
|
|coffee
 
 
|
 
|
 
|30m
 
|30m
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|11:30
 
|11:30
 
|Discussion
 
|Discussion
|Getting organized
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|Getting organized and Summary
 
|all
 
|all
 
|60m
 
|60m
 
|----
 
|----
 
|12:30
 
|12:30
 +
|''lunch''
 
|
 
|
|lunch
 
 
|
 
|
 
|90m
 
|90m
 
|----
 
|----
 
|14:00
 
|14:00
|end of day 3
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|----
 
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The workshop's dinner will take place in [http://www.stjohnschophouse.co.uk/ St.John's Chop House] on '''Wednesday''' evening.
 

Latest revision as of 14:55, 18 September 2011

Archive of talks, recording and the White Book

The White Book including a brief summary of the talks and the discussions held during the workshop is available here.

All talks are available as PDFs. Video and audio recording is available under rec link. Note, some of the videos are not available or a bit corrupt due to technical issues.


session title name time (with discussion)
Wednesday
10:00 Welcome STH/LW 10m
10:10 Gaia Gaia overview rec Floor van Leeuven 20m
10:30 Gaia Alerts overview (Prezi on Gaia Alerts) rec STH/LW 30m
11:00 coffee 30m
11:30 Gaia Archive Preparations rec Nicholas Walton 15m
11:45 Gaia Spectro Science Alerts rec Paola di Mateo 20m
12:05 Asteroids with Gaia rec Paolo Tanga 20m
12:35 lunch 95m
14:00 Special What shall we follow today? rec Ashish Mahabal 30m
14:30 Skyalert: Rapid Transients for you and your Robot rec Roy Williams 60m
15:30 tea 30m
16:00 Science Variable stars with Gaia rec Laurent Eyer 20m
16:20 (Gaia) Supernovae: overview and follow-up rec Massimo Turrato 30m
16:50 Prediction of Astrometric Microlensing Events for the Gaia Mission rec Svea Proft 20m
17:10 Microlensing (Evans, Wyrzykowski) rec Wyn Evans/Lukasz Wyrzykowski 20m
17:30 (moved to Thu)) The detectability of GRB optical counterparts with Gaia rec Jure Japelj/Andreja Gomboc 20m
17:50 (moved to Thu) Study of high-z Universe with Gaia, Spectroscopic Alerts & Czech Gaia CU7 support by RTs rec Rene Hudec 20m
18:10 end of day 1
19:00 DINNER at St.John's Chop House
Thursday
09:00 Facilities Ground Based Observations for Gaia (GBOG)'s role in Gaia Science Alerts rec George Seabroke 20m
09:20 Potential follow-up of GAIA alerts from the SONG and MiNDSTEp networks of telescopes. rec Uffe Jorgensen 20m
09:40 Galactic transients; linking GAIA alerts with multi-wavelength surveys rec Danny Steeghs 20m
10:00 Java Robotic Telescope for Gaia Alert System rec Jan Soldan 20m
10:20 "Pi of the Sky" - wide field search for optical transients rec Marcin Sokolowski 20m
10:40 Gloria - a network of telescopes which can take on some of Gaia alerts rec Lech Mankiewicz 20m
11:00 coffee 30m
11:30 (not presented) The La Palma 0.5m Robotic Telescope Stuart Littlefair 20m
11:50 (not presented) Transients detected in the WASP survey Peter Wheatley 20m
12:10 The LCOGT network rec Yannis Tsapras 20m
12:30 WORKSHOP PHOTO 5m
12:35 lunch 85m
14:00 The Liverpool Telescope and Gaia rec Iain Steele 20m
14:20 STILT (Small Telescopes Installed at LT) instruments rec Neil Mawson 20m
14:40 Iranian National Observatory Project Habib Khosroshahi 20m
15:00 Catalina Realtime Transient Survey (CRTS) rec Ashish Mahabal 30m
15:30 tea 30m
16:00 Lucky Imaging Astrometric follow-up rec Craig Mackay 20m
16:20 Overview of European and French spectroscopic facilities rec Michel Dennefeld 20m
16:40 Italian facilities rec Gisella Clementini 20m
17:00 Overview of other facilities (Swiss, Israeli, Polish, Austrian) rec Lukasz Wyrzykowski 20m
17:20 Discussion rec all 40m
18:00 end of day 2
Friday
09:00 Facilities SAAO facilities and instruments rec Patricia Whitelock 20m
09:20 The ESO Public spectroscopic survey of the Transient Universe rec Stephen Smartt 30m
09:50 Gaia-FUN-SSO: a ground-based follow-up for Solar System Objects rec William Thuillot 30m
10:20 Engaging with the public rec Gerry Gilmore 20m
10:40 Discussion Getting organized rec all 20m
11:00 coffee 30m
11:30 Discussion Getting organized and Summary all 60m
12:30 lunch 90m
14:00 end of day 3