ASTERICS Policy Forum

17 Jan 2018, 12:30 → 18 Jan 2018, 20:30 Europe/Amsterdam

Room NEF in building CION (Nice Observatory)

Denis MOURARD (CNRS)

STEPS TOWARD MULTI WAVELENGTH, MULTI MESSENGER ASTROPHYSICS The first ASTERICS Policy Forum (APF) organized at Nice Observatory in France - Room NEF in building CION.

Agenda APF#1 v3 APF#1-AgendaV3_1.pdf

APF guideliness APF-Guidelines20170728_1.pdf

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Science case CTA Science_case_CTA_ASTERICS_PF_v0.pdf

Science case ELT Science_case_ELT_ASTERICS.pdf

Science case KM3NeT Science_case_APF_km3net_29112017.pdf

Science case SKA Science_case_SKA_APF.pdf

Wednesday 17 January

11:00 → 12:30 Walk in coffee/tea

Welcome by Denis Mourard

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 15:40 Afternoon session 2

13:30 Introduction

Speaker: Dr Denis MOURARD (CNRS)

13:40 CTA Science cases in the MWL/MM framework - By Emma de Ona Wilhelmi

14:10 ELT Science cases in the MWL/MM framework - By Michele Cirasuolo

14:40 KM3NET Science cases in the MWL/MM framework - By Damien Dormic

15:10 SKA Science cases in the MWL/MM framework

Speaker: Dr Antonio Chrysostomou (SKAO)

15:40 → 15:55 Coffee break

15:55 → 18:55 Afternoon session 2

15:55 Lessons learned from the recent gravitational waves discovery - Virgo - LIGO - By Nelson Christensen

16:15 Lessons learned from EVN activities

Speaker: Dr Arpad Szomoru (JIVE)

16:35 Lessons learned from Gaia follow - up - By Gerry Gilmore

16:55 Activities of ASTERICS/DECS Work Package related to the goals of the APF

Speaker: Prof. Stephen Serjeant (The Open University)

Slides asterics_decs_policy_forum.pptx

17:15 Activities of ASTERICS/OBELICS Work Package related to the goals of the APF

Speaker: Dr Giovanni Lamanna (LAPP/IN2P3/CNRS)

Slides NICE_OBELICS_17_1_2018_V2.pdf

17:35 Activities of ASTERICS/DADI Work Package related to the goals of the APF

Speaker: Dr Mark Allen (CDS, Observatoire de Strasbourg)

17:55 Activities of ASTERICS/CLEOPATRA Work Package related to the goals of the APF - By Mark Kettenis

18:15 Discussion + presentation of the splinter sessions - By Saskia Mateheussen

Thursday 18 January

09:30 → 12:30 Splinter sessions: (animators to be defined, 3 groups of 8-10 persons)

09:30 SS1: Joint time allocations: practical aspects, software tools, database…(3 separate groups)

10:15 Synthesis of SS1

10:30 SS2: Observing strategies: models for coordinating observing campaigns, technological requirements...(3 separate groups)

11:15 Synthesis of SS2

11:30 SS3: Data access: distribution of data, protection, proprietary rights, tools and technology requirements…(3 separate groups)

12:15 Synthesis of SS3

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 16:30 Afternoon session 2

14:00 SS4: General policies: how to propose general rules enhancing the MWL/MM framework in European Astronomy ( 3 separate groups)

14:45 Synthesis of SS4

15:00 Discussion

16:00 Discussion, list of actions, way forward. Lessons for the second APF

16:30 → 20:00 Social

16:30 Visit Nice Observatory

18:00 Wine & Cheese at the Grand Meridien