ESO STC 91st Meeting

Draft Agenda (ESO/STC-605, Version 1.0, 23.03.2018)

Items marked with [*] are for recommendation

Presentors should leave 5 minutes for questions.

Recommendations and Report from the 91st STC Meeting: STC-613

Minutes of the 91st STC Meeting: STC-614

 

24 April
  Document
08:30   Closed Session, with Council President, including 1-min introductions from all STC members  
09:30   Closed Session with DG  
10:00
  Welcome  
10:05
1. Adoption of the Agenda STC-605
  2. Approval of the Minutes of the 90th STC Meeting
STC-604 rev.
10:15
3. Report of the Director General (Xavier Barcons)
 
       
10:45   Coffee Break  
       
  4. European ELT-related business
 
11:00 4a. ELT project overview (Roberto Tamai)
STC-606D-ELT
11:30 4b. ELT science and instruments update incl. MAORY/HARMONI-LTAO study (Michele Cirasuolo) STC-602 rev.*
12:00 4c. Report from the ELT Subpanel (Vanessa Hill)
 
12:30 4d. Discussion  
       
12:45   Lunch  
       
13:45   Closed session STC only
 
       
14:15 5a.
Science prioritisation (Markus Kissler-Patig)
STC-608
14:45 5b. Discussion
 
       
  6. ALMA-related business
 
15:00 6a. ALMA Science Operations update (Martin Zwaan)
 
15:30 6b. ALMA Development Vision and Projects (Leonardo Testi)
STC-609*
16:00 6c. Discussion
 
       
16:15   Coffee Break  
       
16:30 6d. Report from ESAC (Eva Schinnerer)  
17:00 6e. Discussion  
       
17:15   End of Day 1  
       
19:30   Dinner  
  25 April
  Document
    7.
LSP-related business
 
  08:30 7a.

Closed session STC only, incl. discussion of documents re: TLRs for AO instrument and SOXS GTO

Also available: Rob Ivison's presentation re SOXS GTO at CoC (146th extraordinary Council meeting) in Vienna on 7 March 2018

STC-610, STC-611
  09:00 7b.

LPO Operations (Andreas Kaufer)

 
  09:30
7c. Data Flow System review (Michael Sterzik/Markus Kissler-Patig)
 
  09:55 7d. Paranal instrumentation update (Luca Pasquini) Cou-1768
  10:25 7e. PLATOSPEC hosted telescope proposal (Bruno Leibundgut) STC-612*
  10:45 7f. Discussion  
         
  11:00   Coffee Break  
         
  11:15 7g. VLTI update, incl. NAOMI and Visitor Focus (Antoine Mérand)
 
  11:45 7h. Report from the LSP sub-panel (Michael Ireland)
 
  12:15 7i. Discussion
 
         
  12:30 8.
Questions regarding Fact Sheets DOO/PIP/DSC/ELT
STC-606A-DOO/STC-606B-PIP/STC-606C-DSC/STC-606D-ELT
         
  12:45   Lunch  
         
  13:45   Closed session STC only
 
         
  16:30
  Feedback with DG and Directors
 
         
  17:00   End of Day 2
 

LIST OF DOCUMENTS

Cou-1513 rev Terms of Reference of the Scientific Technical Committee (STC)
Cou-1513 rev2 Rules of Procedure for the Scientific Technical Committee (STC)
STC-602 rev.* Status of risk mitigation study for HARMONI AO
STC-603 Recommendations and Report of 90th STC Meeting
STC-604 rev. Draft Minutes of 90th STC Meeting
STC-606A-DOO Directorate of Operations - Fact Sheets
STC-606B-PIP Paranal Instrumentation Programme Fact Sheets
STC-606C-DSC Directorate for Science - Fact Sheets
STC-606-D-ELT ELT Fact Sheets
STC-608 Science Prioritisation
STC-609* ALMA Development Vision and Projects
STC-610 Top Level Requirements for a VLT Visible MCAO Instrument
STC-611 SOXS GTO
  Rob Ivison's presentation re SOXS GTO at CoC (146th extraordinary Council meeting) in Vienna on 7 March 2018
STC-612* PLATOSPEC hosted telescope proposal
Cou-1768
Paranal Instrumentation Programme Plan and 6 monthly Report
Cou-1769 ELT Project 6 month update March 2018