ESO STC 75th Meeting

Garching, 12-14 April, 2011

Draft Agenda (ESO/STC-478, Version 1.1, 31.03.2011)

Items marked with [*] are for recommendation

Recommendations and Report from the 75th STC Meeting: STC-482

Draft Minutes from the 75th STC Meeting: STC-483

12 April
  Document
09:00   Closed session STC only  
09:30   Closed session with DG  
10:00   Welcome  
10:05 1. Adoption of the Agenda STC-478
  2. Approval of the Minutes of the 74th STC Meeting
STC-477 rev.
10:15 3. Report of the Director General
 
       
10:45   Coffee break  
       
  4. ESO Long-Term Perspectives  
11:00 4a. ESO Long-Term Perspectives (DG) Cou-1377 conf.
11:30 4b. Discussion  
       
12:30   Lunch  
       
  5. Directorate of Programmes  
13:30 5a. Directorate of Programmes Overview (A. Russell)  
13:50 5b. Discussion of Directorate of Programmes Fact Sheets STC-479B-DOP
       
    E-ELT  
14:00 5c. Report of delta Phase B (A. McPherson)  
14:30 5d. Report from the E-ELT Science Office (M. Kissler-Patig)  
14:45 5e. Report from the ESE Subpanel (T. Herbst)  
15:05 5f. Discussion of E-ELT delta Phase B  
       
16:00   Coffee break  
       
16:15   Closed session  
       
13 April
  Document
  6. Directorate of Operations  
08:30 6a. Directorate of Operations Overview (A. Kaufer)  
09:00 6b. Discussion of Directorate of Operations Fact Sheets
STC-479A-DOO
09:15 6c. Report from the La Silla Paranal Subpanel (Y. Mellier)
 
09:25 6d. Discussion  
09:45 6e. Proposal for Next Generation Transit Survey Facility (A. Kaufer) STC-480 [*]
10:00 6f. Discussion  
       
10:20   Coffee break  
       
  7. VLT Instrumentation  
10:35 7a. Wide-field Spectrograph - Phase A Study Proposal (M. Casali)  
10:50 7b. Discussion  
11:20 7c. GTO Overview (M. Casali)  
11:30 7d. Adaptive Optics Instrumentation Plan (M. Casali)  
11:50 7e. Report from the La Silla Paranal Subpanel (Y. Mellier)  
12:00 7f. Discussion  
       
12:30   Lunch  
       
    VLTI  
13:30 7g. VLTI Status and Implementation Plan (R. Gilmozzi/ F. Delplancke) STC-481
13:50 7h. Report from the La Silla Paranal Subpanel (Y. Mellier)
 
14:00 7i. Discussion  
       
  8. ALMA  
14:20 8a. Project Status Report (W. Wild)  
14:45 8b. Discussion of ALMA Fact Sheets STC-479D-ALMA
15:00 8c. ALMA Early Science (L. Testi)  
15:15 8d. Report from ESAC (L. Tacconi)  
15:35 8e. Discussion  
       
15:50   Coffee break  
       
  9. Directorate for Science  
16:10 9a. Directorate for Science Overview (B. Leibundgut)  
16:30 9b. Discussion of Directorate for Science Fact Sheets STC-479C-DSC
       
16:45   Closed session  
14 April
  Document
08:30   Closed session  
       
12:00   Meeting with DG and Directors  
       
12:30   End of Meeting  

LIST OF DOCUMENTS

  Terms of Reference and Rules of Procedure for the STC
  Rules for Dealing with Conflicts of Interest on ESO Committees
STC-476 Recommendations of STC 74th Meeting
STC-477 rev.
Draft Minutes STC 74th Meeting
STC-479A-DOO Directorate of Operations - Fact Sheets
STC-479B-DOP Directorate for Programmes - Fact Sheets
STC-479C-DSC Directorate for Science - Fact Sheets
STC-479D-ALMA ALMA - Fact Sheets
STC-480 [*]
Proposal for Next Generation Transit Survey Facility
STC-481 VLTI Mid-Term Implementation Plan
Cou-1377 conf. ESO Long Term Perspectives