TOG Manchester 2026
Nield Bohr common room
The 2026 European VLBI Network Technical Operations Group meeting will be held 18 September 2026, overlapping with the last day of the EVN Symposium.
The meeting will be held in hybrid format, both online and in person in the Niels Bohr Common Room of the Schuster Building (Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, The University of Manchester, (UK). For logistics, see the EVN Symposium logistics page.
Please register using this link to indicate if you wist to participate online or in person. Registration has closed; please contact the TOG Chair/vice chair if in dire need.
The Zoom room link will be shared with registered participants only!
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IntroductionSpeaker: Sergio Poppi (INAF)
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a) WelcomeSpeaker: Sergio Poppi (INAF)
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b) Last minute additions to the AgendaSpeaker: All
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From the previous TOGSpeaker: All
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a) Acceptation of minutes from the previous TOG
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Update by the TOG ChairSpeaker: Sergio Poppi (INAF)
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Performance of the EVNSpeaker: JIVE Supp Sci
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EVN Session/scheduling reformSpeaker: Junghwan Oh
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Updates from stations
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a) MeerKAT (South Africa)Speaker: Marcel Gouws
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b) VERA (Japan)Speaker: Tomoya Hirota
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c) TNRT (Thailand)Speaker: Koichiro Sugiyama
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d) Updates from other stations
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10:45
Coffee
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Developments at JIVE
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a) GPU-based correlation for the EVNSpeaker: Aard Keimpema (JIVE)
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b) etransfer (etc/etd) updates, jive5abSpeaker: Mrs Marjolein Verkouter (Joint Institute for VLBI - ERIC)
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VLBA updatesSpeaker: Walter Brisken
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FieldSystem updatesSpeaker: Ed Himwich
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12:00
Lunch
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DBBC3 CommissioningSpeaker: All
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Operations with tri-band receiversSpeaker: Gabriele Surcis
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Projects at JIVE?Speaker: Mrs Marjolein Verkouter (Joint Institute for VLBI - ERIC)
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Next meeting
Looking for candidates to host the next TOG. From the collection of TOG locations LVA or FIN could/should be next?
Speaker: All
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