106th STC meeting
Draft Agenda (ESO/STC-728, Version 1.0, 14.03.2025)
Hybrid: Garching HQ & MS Teams Meeting
Items marked with [*] are for recommendation
Presenters should leave 5 minutes for questions.
Recommendations and Report from the 105th STC Meeting: STC-723
Draft Minutes of the 106th STC Meeting: STC-737
| 24 April | Document | ||||
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| CEST | CLT | AEST |
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| 08:30 | 02:30 | 16:30 | Closed Session | ||
| 09:00 | 03:00 | 17:00 | Closed Session with Director General Xavier Barcons | ||
| 09:30 | 03:30 | 17:30 |
Welcome | ||
| 09:35 |
03:35 | 17:35 | 1. | Adoption of the Agenda | STC-712 |
| 09:40 | 03:40 | 17:40 | 2. | Approval of the Minutes of the 105th STC Meeting | STC-727 |
| 09:45 |
03:45 | 17:45 | 3a. | Report by the Director General (X. Barcons) | |
| 10:15 | 04:15 | 18:15 | 3b. | Discussion | |
| 10:30 | 04:30 | 18:30 | Coffee Break | ||
| 4. |
ALMA | ||||
| 10:45 | 04:45 | 18:45 | 4a. | ALMA Programme manager update (E. Humphreys) | |
| 11:05 | 05:05 | 19:05 | 4b. | ALMA Science (M. Diaz Trigo) | STC-736* (Band 2 SV) |
| 11:30 | 05:30 | 19:30 | 4c. | ALMA Development (incl. WSU) (M. Zwaan) | STC-735* (CfP dev studies) |
| 11:50 | 05:50 | 19:50 | 4d. | ALMA Regional Centre Operations (incl. data processing after WSU) (E. Macias) | |
| 12:15 |
06:15 | 20:15 | 4e. | Report from ESAC (T. Hovatta) |
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| 12:35 | 06:35 | 20:35 | 4f. | Discussion | |
| 13:00 | 07:00 | 21:00 | Lunch | ||
| 5. | Instrumentation | ||||
| 14:00 | 08:00 | 22:00 | 5a. | Instrumentation Update (M. Cirasuolo) | STC-739 |
| 14:20 | 08:20 | 22:20 | 5b. | HARMONI updates (J. Vernet) | |
| 14:35 | 08:35 | 22:35 | 5c. | BlueMUSE Phase A report and approval (C. Péroux) | STC-730* |
| 14:50 | 08:50 | 22:50 | 5d. | 2GDSM Phase A report and approval (C. Péroux) | STC-731* |
| 15:05 | 09:05 | 23:05 | 5e. | Discussion | |
| 15:20 | 09:20 | 23:20 | Tea break | ||
| 6. | La Silla Paranal | ||||
| 15:35 | 09:35 | 23:35 | 6a. | LPO Operations (incl. IOP update) (T. Klein) | |
| 15:55 | 09:55 | 23:55 | 6b. | DMO update (incl. pipeline developments) (M. Sterzik) | |
| 16:10 | 10:10 | 00:10 | 6c. | VLT beyond 2030 and La Silla Planning (C. Péroux / A. Mérand) | |
| 16:25 | 10:25 | 00:25 | 6d. | GTO for Technology Development projects (N. Hubin) | STC-734* |
| 16:35 | 10:35 | 00:35 | 6e. | SOXS GTO and Community access (M. Schoeller) | |
| 16:45 | 10:45 | 00:45 | 6f. | Report from LSP (M. Marconi) | |
| 17:00 | 11:00 | 01:00 | Discussion | ||
| 17:30 | 11:30 | 01:30 | - End of day 1 - | ||
| 25 April 2025 | Document | |||||
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| CEST | CLT | AEST | ||||
| 08:30 | 02:30 | 16:30 | Closed session | |||
| 7. | ELT | |||||
| 08:45 | 02:45 | 16:45 | 7a. | ELT Project Overview (incl. costs & schedule) (R. Tamai) | ||
| 09:15 | 03:15 | 17:15 | 7b. | ELT Early Science (J. Vernet) | ||
| 09:35 | 03:35 | 17:35 | 7c. |
Report from ESC (N. Foerster Schreiber) | ||
| 10:00 | 04:00 | 18:00 | 7d. | Discussion | ||
| 10:30 |
04:30 |
18:30 |
Coffee break | |||
| 8. | CTA | |||||
| 10:45 | 04:45 | 18:45 | 8a. | CTA Update (X. Barcons / N. Gube) | ||
| 11:00 | 05:00 | 19:00 | 8b. | CTA Science (P. Andreani) | ||
| 11:15 | 05:15 | 19:15 | 9a. | Protecting the ESO sites (light contamination) (X. Barcons / A. Kaufer) | ||
| 11:30 | 05:30 | 19:30 | 9b. | Expanding Horizons (X. Barcons) | ||
| 11:45 | 05:45 | 19:45 | 9c. | ESO Landscape 2030 (J. Brinchmann / Prog. Scientists) | STC-733 | |
| 12:00 | 06:00 | 20:00 | 9d. | Discussion | ||
| 12:15 | 06:15 | 20:15 | 10. | Questions regarding the Factsheets | STC-729A-DOO / STC-729B-DSC / STC-729C-ELT | |
| 12:30 | 06:30 | 20:30 | 11. | STC meeting format (J. Brinchmann) | ||
| 12:40 | 06:40 | 20:40 | Lunch | |||
| 13:30 | 07:30 | 21:30 | Lab visit | |||
| 13:30 | 07:30 | 21:30 | Closed session | |||
| 16:30 |
10:30 | 00:30 |
Feedback with DG and Directors |
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| 17:00 | 11:00 | 01:00 | - End of Day 2 - |
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OTHER DOCUMENTS
| Cou-2035 | Terms of Reference and Rules of Procedure of the Scientific Technical Committee (STC) |
| ESO Code of Conduct for Workshops and Conferences | |