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 Walk in coffee/tea

Welcome by Denis Mourard

12:30 Lunch

Afternoon session 2

1 Introduction

Speaker: Dr Denis MOURARD (CNRS)

2 CTA Science cases in the MWL/MM framework - By Emma de Ona Wilhelmi

3 ELT Science cases in the MWL/MM framework - By Michele Cirasuolo

4 KM3NET Science cases in the MWL/MM framework - By Damien Dormic

5 SKA Science cases in the MWL/MM framework

Speaker: Dr Antonio Chrysostomou (SKAO)

15:40 Coffee break

Afternoon session 2

6 Lessons learned from the recent gravitational waves discovery - Virgo - LIGO - By Nelson Christensen

7 Lessons learned from EVN activities

Speaker: Dr Arpad Szomoru (JIVE)

8 Lessons learned from Gaia follow - up - By Gerry Gilmore

9 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

10 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

11 Activities of ASTERICS/DADI Work Package related to the goals of the APF

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

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

13 Discussion + presentation of the splinter sessions - By Saskia Mateheussen

Thursday 18 January

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

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

15 Synthesis of SS1

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

17 Synthesis of SS2

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

19 Synthesis of SS3

12:30 Lunch

Afternoon session 2

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

21 Synthesis of SS4

22 Discussion

23 Discussion, list of actions, way forward. Lessons for the second APF

Social

24 Visit Nice Observatory

25 Wine & Cheese at the Grand Meridien