BD meeting #4

The next Blue Dots meeting was held at Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris (Council Room) on November 17-18th, 2008:

Participants:

 Jean-Philippe Beaulieu (on-and-off, preparing the Molecules workshop)
 Anthony Boccaletti
 James Cho (Planetary atmospheres, Monday only)
 Vincent Coudé du Foresto
 Keigo Enya (JTPF)
 Fabio Favata (ESA, Monday morning only)
 Szymon Gladysz (ESO)
 Helmut Lammer
 Marc Ollivier
 Jean Schneider (Monday only)
 Giovanna Tinetti
 Gerard van Belle (Monday only)
 Hans Zinnecker

Skype links to:

 Abhijit Chakraborty
 Lisa Kalteneger
 Nuno Santos
 Damien Segransan (Tuesday only)
 Alessandro Sozzetti
 Ewa Szuszkiewicz

Agenda

Monday, Nov. 17th

Morning: general matters and discussions:

 9h30: welcome, agenda and practicalities (Foresto)
 9h45: ESA, EP-RAT status (Favata)
 10h45: SPICA status in Japan (Enya)

- 11h15: coffee break

 11h30: Europlanet plans and funding opportunities for Blue Dots (Lammer)
 12h00: THE roadmap? (Schneider)

- 13h00: lunch break

Afternoon: Astrophysics working group grids presentations and discussions:

 14h15: Observations of planetary atmospheres (Tinetti)
 15h15: Formation évolution of planetary systems (Zinnecker)

- 16h15: coffee break

 16h30: Habitability criteria (Kaltenegger, by Skype)
 17h30: Harmonization of science Grids (discussion, all)

- 19h30: dinner at Sud-Ouest et Compagnie, 39 boulevard du Montparnasse (Google Map itinerary from IAP).

Tuesday, Nov. 18th

Morning: Instrumentation working group grids presentations and discussions:

 9h30: Single aperture imaging (Boccaletti)
 10h15: Multiple aperture imaging (Ollivier)

- 11h00: Coffee break

 11h15: Astrometry (Segransan, by Skype)
 12h00: Radial velocities (Santos, by Skype)
 12h45: Transits (Sozzetti, by Skype)

- 13h30: Lunch break

 14h30: Microlensing (Beaulieu)
 15h15: Harmonization of instrumentation grids (discussion)

- 16h00: Coffee break

 16h15: Pathways SOC matters

- 18h00: Adjourn