German eROSITA Consortium meeting
Potsdam, March 4-7, 2019
Registration
For planning purposes only, we request that participants register here before February 1st 2019. There will be no registration fees, lunch is available from Tuesday to Thursday in the mensa of the University of Potsdam.
Meeting Venue
The meeting will take place at the Leibniz-Institut for Astrophysics (AIP) (opening of the meeting Monday afternoon) and at the Campus 'Neues Palais' of the University of Potsdam.
Local Information
Information on transport and nearby hotels are provided here
Code of Conduct
TBD. We will not tolerate any form of harassment, discrimination and violence on any of our premises.
Guidelines for Chairing Sessions
Last year, the Committee for Inclusiveness of the SDSS collaboration put together a set of guidelines for chairs of sessions during scientific conferences aimed at fostering inclusiveness and encourage all participants to take part in the discussions. These are useful measures of good practice, and can be found here.
Draft Agenda
Monday, 4/3
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Plenary session: Mission Update [AIP Lecture Hall], Chair: TBD |
14:00 - 14:05: |
Welcome Address. |
14:05 - 14:30: |
eROSITA status and launch campaign. Predehl (20+5) |
14:30 - 14:50: |
SRG Mission Profile, Planning. Robrade (15+5) |
14:50 - 15:10: |
On-ground Calibration Dennerl (15+5) |
15:10 - 15:30: |
Commissioning and in-orbit Calibration Plan Freyberg (15+5) |
15:30 - 15:50: |
PV program. Merloni (15+5) |
15:50 - 16:20: |
Coffee Break |
16:20 - 16:50: |
TBD. Ensslin (25+5) |
16:50 - 17:10: |
eSASS pipeline Brunner (15+5) |
17:10 - 17:30: |
NRTA/alerts. Wilms (15+5) |
17:30 - 17:50: |
Multi-wavelength Databases, IDs. Salvato (15+5) |
17:50 - 18:10: |
Publication Archive. Merloni/Sanders (15+5) |
Tuesday, 5/3
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Splinters Session I: WG meetings [Neues Palais] |
9:00 - 10:30: |
TBD |
10:30 - 11:00: |
Coffee Break |
11:00 - 12:30: |
TBD |
12:30 - 14:30: |
Lunch Break --> Steering Committee Meeting [Room TBD] |
14:30 - 16:00: |
TBD |
16:00 - 16:30: |
Coffee Break |
16:30 - 18:00: |
TBD |
Wednesday, 6/3
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Splinters Session II: WG meetings [Neues Palais] |
9:00 - 10:30: |
TBD |
10:30 - 11:00: |
Coffee Break |
11:00 - 12:30: |
TBD |
12:30 - 14:30: |
Lunch Break --> WG Chairs Meeting [Room TBD] |
14:30 - 16:00: |
TBD |
16:00 - 16:30: |
Coffee Break |
16:30 - 18:00: |
TBD |
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Thursday, 26/7
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Plenary Session: Reports from Science WGs [TBD], Chair:TBD |
9:30 - 9:45: |
SNR/ISM+BKG WG report. (10+5) |
9:45 - 10:00: |
Stars/Solar System WGs report. (10+5) |
10:00 - 10:15: |
Compact objects WG report. (10+5) |
10:15 - 10:30: |
TDA WG report. (10+5) |
10:30 - 10:45: |
Nearby Galaxies WGs report. (10+5) |
10:45 - 11:15: |
Coffee Break |
11:15 - 11:30: |
AGN WG report. (10+5) |
11:30 - 11:45: |
Clusters and Cosmology WG report. (10+5) |
11:45 - 12:00: |
Background WG. (10+5) |
12:00 - 12:15: |
Calibration WG. (10+5) |
12:15 - 12:30: |
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12:30 - 14:00: |
Lunch Break |
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Plenary Session: Final Discussion [TBD] |
14:00 – 15:30: |
DISCUSSION: Are we ready to analyse/exploit eROSITA data? |
15:30 – 15:45: |
Merloni: closing remarks |
~15:45 |
'End of the Meeting' |
The preliminary Agenda in pdf can be found here