Joint pre-Cycle 5 ALMA workshop - Toruń & Ondřejov

The Toruń Centre for Astronomy of the Nicolaus Copernicus University and the Czech ALMA Regional Center organize a joint workshop aimed to prepare the community of Polish and Czech astronomers to the upcoming ALMA Cycle 5 deadline expected on 20 April 2017. The workshop will take place on 3-4 April 2017 in Piwnice near Toruń, Poland, and on 6-7 April 2017 in Prague, Czech Republic. The workshop will cover an introduction to the ALMA observatory, its current capabilities and the science highlights, as well as the introduction to the ALMA procedures and tools. The main focus during the hands-on exercises will be the ALMA Observing Tool so that participants can start to prepare their own ALMA proposals with technical support from experts.

Registration deadline is March 27, 2017.

Program

Monday, April 3 - Piwnice near Toruń

9:30 - 10:00	Introduction to ALMA	-	Pavel Jachym (ALMA node, Ondřejov)
10:00 - 10:30	ALMA in connection to Polish astronomy	-	Agata Karska (NCU)
10:30 - 11:15	Coffee break
11:15 - 12:00	ALMA science today and tomorrow	-	Leonardo Testi (ESO Garching)
12:00 - 12:30	ALMA Cycle 5 capabilities and constraints	-	Leonardo Testi
12:30 - 13:00	ALMA Observing Tool	-	Andy Biggs (ESO)
13:00 - 14:30	Lunch break
14:30 - 15:30	Hands-on tutorial 1	-	Andy Biggs, Pavel Jachym, Ivica Skokic
15:30 - 16:00	Coffee break
16:00 - 18:00	Hands-on tutorial 2	-	Andy Biggs, Pavel Jachym, Ivica Skokic
18:00	Conference dinner

Tuesday, April 4 - Piwnice near Toruń

9:30 - 10:00	EU ALMA Regional Center and Czech node	-	Pavel Jachym
10:00 - 10:30	Solar observations with ALMA	-	Ivica Skokic
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 - 13:00	Hands-on tutorial 3	-	Andy Biggs, Pavel Jachym, Ivica Skokic
13:00 - 14:30	Lunch break and end of the meeting

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Registration

Registration for the workshop is required due to the limited capacity of the workshop space. The registration deadline is March 27. There is no registration fee.

All participants are requested to bring their own laptops with the installation of the ALMA Observing Tool. More details will follow shortly.

Accommodation is not provided, but we will help with the room reservation either in Piwnice (30 PLN / night) or in the University Hotel in Toruń (120 PLN / night, hotel website: pl, en). We can offer a limited support for the stay at Piwnice upon the individual requests.

In order to register, please fill in this form.

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Required installations

All participants are requested to bring their personal computers with installation of ALMA Observing tool. Please see the instructions on the installation at ALMA Science Portal.

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Organisers and sponsors

The workshop is organized by the Toruń Centre for Astronomy, Nicolaus Copernicus University, in collaboration with the Ministry of Science and Higher Education in Poland.

Support is also provided by the ALMA Czech nod at Ondřejov and the European Southern Observatory.

This event has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 730562 [RadioNet].

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Contact

Contact person: dr Agata Karska agata.karska@umk.pl

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