NGST Conjunction

A mini-workshop on future Opt/IR telescopes in space and on the ground

ESO Rm 231/232, Wednesday, 7 July 1999, 10am

Actual programme

10:00 - Bob Fosbury - Introduction and current status of NGST in Europe

10:30 - Pete Stockman - Science drivers: The Design Reference Mission (DRM)

11:15 - General discussion, including

• Gert Finger - IR detector developments and noise characteristics
• Ulli Kaeufl - Groundbased performance at longer wavelengths

about 12:30 - Lunch break

14:00 - Peter Shaver - ALMA

14:00 - Roberto Gilmozzi - The future of large groundbased telescopes

15:10 - Stefano Cristiani - the ESA spectrograph study

15:25 - Santiago Arribas - Integral field/Multi-object spectrograph trade study