HIRES Consortium meeting & Progress meeting with ESO

12 Jul 2016, 10:30 → 14 Jul 2016, 13:00 Europe/Rome

Geneva Observatory

Alessandro Marconi (Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Firenze), Francesco Pepe (Geneva Observatory)

Observatoire de Geneve
51, ch. des Maillettes
CH-1290 Versoix

Tuesday 12 July

10:30 Arrival and welcome coffee

HIRES consortium internal meeting

1 Introduction & Status of HIRES

Speaker: Alessandro Marconi

2 Report from Project Office

Speaker: Luca Valenziano

3 Report from Technical Team

Speaker: Marco Riva

4 Science prioritisation

Speaker: Roberto Maiolino

12:45 Lunch at Observatory

HIRES consortium internal meeting: BOARD MEETING (closed session)

HIRES consortium internal meeting: Technical splinter session

15:30 Coffee Break

HIRES consortium internal meeting

5 Discussion on Science Prioritisation (input from Board and Technical Team)

17:30 Shuttle to Versoix train station

Wednesday 13 July

09:15 Shuttle from Version train station

Progress meeting with ESO

6 Update on E-ELT and its instrumentation (ESO)

Speaker: ESO

7 Status of HIRES, Request for Information

Speaker: Alessandro Marconi

8 Report from Project Office

Speaker: Luca Valenziano

9 Report from Technical Team

Speaker: Marco Riva

10 Science prioritisation

Speaker: Roberto Maiolino

12:45 Lunch at Observatory

Progress meeting with ESO

11 Discussion on the Polarimetry mode

12 Discussion

16:00 Coffee break

16:30 Visit of new assembly hall and ESPRESSO

17:45 Shuttle to Versoix train station

19:00 Joint dinner at Geneva downtown (TBC)

Thursday 14 July

09:15 Shuttle from Versoix train station

Scientific exchange with the E-ELT Project Scientist

13 Answer to PST questions

14 Discussion and Wrap Up

12:30 End of meeting and shuttle to train station