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Date/Time(§)
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Tues 6th April
14.00 - 19.00
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Registration
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Weds 7th April
08.50 - 09.00
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Welcome
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Gehring/Tadhunter (Sheffield)
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Session 1:
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The 8-m Impact
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09.00 - 09.20
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Introduction
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Rutten (ING)
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09.20 - 10.00
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Gemini and the role of small telescopes
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Roche (Gemini/Oxford)
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I
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10.00 - 10.40
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The 10-m GTC project
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Espinosa (Grantecan)
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I
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10.40 - 11.00
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Coffee
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Session 2:
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Science on sub 8-m Telescopes
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11.00 - 11.30
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Supporting 8-m's - imaging surveys
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Irwin (IoA)
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I
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11.30 - 12.00
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Supporting space science projects
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Mason (MSSL/UCL)
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I
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12.00 - 12.30
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Inherent small telescope projects
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Charles (Oxford)
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I
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12.30 - 13.30
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Lunch and Posters
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Session 3:
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The USA and European Approach
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13.30 - 14.00
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NOAO
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Bohannan (NOAO)
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I
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14.00 - 14.30
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Calar Alto
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Gredel (MPI-CAHA)
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I
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14.30 - 15.00
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CFHT instrumentation plan -
long term perspective
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Bacon (Lyon)
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I
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15.00 - 15.20
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Coffee
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15.20 - 15.50
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TNG - La Palma
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Bortoletto (TNG)
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I
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15.50 - 16.10
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Instrumentation plans for the AAO
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Bailey (AAO)
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C
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16.10 - 16.30
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The Liverpool Robotic Telescope
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Steele (Liverpool John Moores)
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C
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16.30 - 17.30
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Poster Session
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P
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Thurs 8th April
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Session 4:
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The ING strategy
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09.00 - 09.10
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Introduction
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Rutten (ING)
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09.10 - 09.40
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The ING 'focussed strand' approach
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Rutten (ING)
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09.40 - 10.10
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IR/Optical Wide Field Spectroscopy
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Pollacco (ING)
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10.10 - 10.40
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Optical/Near IR AO imaging and spectroscopy
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Benn (ING)
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10.40 - 11.00
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Coffee
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11.00 - 11.30
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LAST - La Palma Spectroscopic Telescope
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Walton (ING)
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11.30 - 12.00
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Alternatives: Modes or Operations
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Lennon (ING)
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Session 5:
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Instrumentation for sub 8-m
Telescopes
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12.00 - 12.30
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Adaptive Optics and Laser Guide Stars
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Longmore (UKATC)
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I
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12.30 - 13.00
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Spectroscopy developments (fibres, IFU)
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Sharples (Durham)
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I
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13.00 - 14.00
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Lunch and Posters
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Session 6:
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The Science / Instrumentation
Synthesis
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14.00 - 17.00
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Panel discussion: `Small telescopes,
the way ahead.'
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Chair: Frenk (Durham/JSC)
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D*
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19.30 - 22.30
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Conference Dinner
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Fri 9th April
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Session 5 (cont.):
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Instrumentation for sub 8-m
Telescopes
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09.00 - 09.30
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Imaging and Large Array Cameras
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Kuijken (Groningen)
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I
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09.30 - 10.00
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Detector technologies and STJ's
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Peacock (ESA/ESTEC)
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I
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10.00 - 10.30
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SALT and novel operational modes
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Buckley (SAAO)
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I
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10.30 - 10.50
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Coffee
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10.50 - 11.10
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Progress report on Sodium layer
monitoring for laser guide star adaptive optics
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Dainty (Imperial)
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C
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11.10 - 11.30
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Ultracam - studying astrophysics on the
fastest timescales
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Dhillon (Sheffield)
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C
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11.30 - 11.50
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First light for SAURON
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Miller (Leiden)
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C
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11.50 - 12.10
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The LDSS future
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Bower (Durham)
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C*
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12.10 - 12.30
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High-resolution imaging and 3-D
spectroscopy of galaxy cores
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Knapen (Herts)
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C
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12:30 - 13.30
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Lunch
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Session 7:
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The ING Science / Instrumentation
Synthesis
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13.30 - 14.10
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The ING's Wide Field Survey
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McMahon (IoA)
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I
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14.10 - 14.30
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The ING's Pipeline processed data
products
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tbd
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Session 8:
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Workshop Summary
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14.30 - 15.10
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Recommendations for instrumentation at
the ING
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Frenk (Durham/JSC)
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15.10 - 15.30
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Coffee and Workshop Close
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§ - the 40 and 30 minute talks include 10 and 5 mins for
discussion respectively
* - Indicates that the speaker is as yet unconfirmed
I - Invited contribution
C - Contributed short talk
D - Discussion session
P - Poster session