Agenda: ASAC Meeting, Charlottesville, Virginia, October 5 & 6, 2011
ALMA Science Advisory Committee Meeting
2011 October 5- October 6
North American ALMA Science Center
520 Edgemont Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia
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Attendance
ASAC Members (
Attendees appear in RED):
- Andrew Baker (Rutgers)
- Frederic Gueth (IRAM) (ASAC Chair, EU)
- Michiel Hogerheijde (Leiden)
- Rob Ivison (ROE)
- Kelsey Johnson (U. Virginia) (ASAC Vice Chair, NA)
- Douglas Scott (UBC, Vancouver)
- Kotaro Kohno (U. Tokyo)
- Nario Kuno (NRO)
- Jesus Martin-Pintado (Madrid)
- Munetake Momose (Ibaraki U.) (ASAC Vice Chair, EA)
- Neil Nagar (U. de Concepcion)
- Gordon Stacey (Cornell)
- Linda Tacconi (MPE)
- Jonathan Williams (Hawaii)
- CHARGES:
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- Other ASAC activities which are not formal charges from the Board.
- Community sounding on expectations for early science, and ALMA information resources for the general community.
- ASAC will continue to look for ways in which ALMA construction and operations might be more environmentally friendly, especially in terms of energy use (without compromising science).
Evening, Tuesday, 4 October
Reception/Dinner at Kelsey Johnson's home (?)
Agenda
Wednesday, October 5th
09.00 Welcome & charges - TBD
09:10 – 09.30 Organization (Closed session) ( Gueth, Johnson, Momose)
Session 1. Project Status
09.30 – 10.30 ALMA Construction Status ( McKinnon? )
10.30 – 10.50 Break
10.50 – 11.00 Power and Alternative Energy Sources ( ? )
11.00 – 11.40 Progress with Commissioning (Hills)
11.40 – 12.00 Science Verification Status (Peck) Session 2. Preparations and Commencement of Early Science
12.00 – 12.30 Path to Early Science (Ball)
13:00 – 14.00 Lunch.
<Meet the NAASC?>
14.00 – 14.30 Early Science Execution (Nyman)
14:30 - 15.00 Proposal Review for Cycle 0, Plans for Cycle 1 (Nyman)
15:20 – 15.40 ARP Membership (Ball)
15.40 – 16.00 Break
<Meet the NAASC?>
16.00 – 16.30 Cycle 1 Capabilities (Hills)
16.30 – 17.00 ALMA Development (Ball)
17.00 – 18.00 Closed Session
18:30 Dinner at a restaurant
Thursday, 6 October 2011
09.00 – 10.30 Software (Glendenning)
10.30 – 11.00 Break
11.00 – 11.40 Continued Commissioning and Cycle 1 capabilities (Peck, Hills)
11:40 – 12:20 Regional Reports
12:20 – 12:40 AOB
12:40 – 13.30 Lunch.
13:30 - 15:00 Closed Session; Writing of Report
15:00 - 15:30 Break
15:30 - 16:00 Oral Report
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AlWootten - 2011-08-23