Name: Maximizing MeerKAT's full potential:the scientific roadmap for band5B
Start: 2025-05-05T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-05-07T20:00:00+02:00
Location: INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania

Maximizing MeerKAT's full potential:the scientific roadmap for band5B

from Monday, 5 May 2025 (09:00) to Wednesday, 7 May 2025 (20:00)

Monday, 5 May 2025
09:00 Introductory Presentations
09:00 - 11:00
Room: Aula Ovest
Contributions

09:00 Welcome - M.E. Palumbo (Director) (INAF-OACT)

09:10 Scope of the meeting - G. Umana (PI of Band 5B project) (INAF-OACT)

09:30 The PNRR STILES project - A. Fontana (PI STILES)

10:00 MeerKAT and its scientific highlights (on-line) - R. Deane

10:30 Funding channels (TBC) - P. Sarti

10:40 INAF-SARAO relationships (on-line) - A. Tiplady
11:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30
Room: Aula Ovest
11:30 Introductory Presentations
11:30 - 13:00
Room: Aula Ovest
Contributions

11:30 The Band 5B project - U. Di Giammatteo

12:00 Technical challenges of Band 5B - M. Labate K. Cloete

12:30 Band 5B and SETI - A. Melis I. Heywood
13:00 Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:30
Room: Aula Ovest
14:30 Introductory Presentations
14:30 - 14:45
Room: Aula Ovest
Contributions

14:30 Update on MeerKAT Band5 Scientific Capabilities - F. Cavallaro
14:45 Galactic Science
14:45 - 16:00
Room: Aula Ovest
Contributions

14:45 Complex organic molecules in Solar System precursors (on-line) - Area 1 - E. Bianchi

15:15 Discussion Area 1
16:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:30
Room: Aula Ovest
16:30 Galactic Science
16:30 - 18:00
Room: Aula Ovest
Contributions

16:30 The Galactic Centre - Area 2 - C. Trigilio

17:00 Discussion Area 2
Tuesday, 6 May 2025
09:30 Galactic Science
09:30 - 11:00
Room: Aula Ovest
Contributions

09:30 Pulsars in the Galactic Centre - Area 3 - A. Possenti

10:00 Discussion Area 3

10:30 Star formation and census of HII regions - Area 4 - A. Traficante
11:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30
Room: Aula Ovest
11:30 Galactic Science
11:30 - 12:00
Room: Aula Ovest
Contributions

11:30 Discussion Area 4
12:00 Distant Universe and Cosmology
12:00 - 13:15
Room: Aula Ovest
Contributions

12:00 Molecules at high redshift - Area 5 - G. Bernardi

12:30 Discussion Area 5
13:15 Lunch
Lunch
13:15 - 14:30
Room: Aula Ovest
14:30 Nearby Universe
14:30 - 15:45
Room: Aula Ovest
Contributions

14:30 Nearby Galaxies - Area 6 - V. Casasola

15:00 Discussion Area 6
15:45 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:45 - 16:15
Room: Aula Ovest
16:15 Transients
16:15 - 18:35
Room: Aula Ovest
Contributions

16:15 Transient Science - Area 7 - P. Woudt

16:45 Discussion Area 7

17:30 Synergies with high energy facilities - Area 8 - M. Giroletti

17:50 Discussion Area 8
Wednesday, 7 May 2025
09:00 Radio galaxies and VLBI
09:00 - 10:45
Room: Aula Ovest
Contributions

09:00 Radio galaxies - Area 9 - G. Migliori

09:30 Discussion Area 9

10:15 Band 5B on MerKAT and prospcts for VLBI - Area 10 - C. Spingola
10:45 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:15
Room: Aula Ovest
11:15 Radio galaxies and VLBI
11:15 - 12:00
Room: Aula Ovest
Contributions

11:15 Discussion Area 10
12:00 Surveys and Galaxy Clusters
12:00 - 13:15
Room: Aula Ovest
Contributions

12:00 A MeerKAT Band 5B spectro- polarimetric extragalactic survey - Area 11 (on-line) - R. Deane

12:30 Discussion Area 11
13:15 Lunch
Lunch
13:15 - 14:30
Room: Aula Ovest
14:30 Galaxies and Galaxy Clusters
14:30 - 15:45
Room: Aula Ovest
Contributions

14:30 Galaxy clusters - Area 12 - A. Botteon

15:00 Discussion Area 12
15:45 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:45 - 16:15
Room: Aula Ovest
16:15 Conclusions
16:15 - 17:00
Room: Aula Ovest
Contributions

16:15 Wrap up & next steps - G. Umana

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