- Programme

- Participants

- Documents

- Register

- Hotels

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• Reports on the Science Drivers and their impact on the various concepts (prepared by the Science Advisory Committee)
• National Development Programmes that focus on a particular concept (e.g. Phased Arrays, Luneburg Lenses, Large Reflectors, Small Dishes, etc.)
• Engineering Working Group activities being coordinated by the Engineering Management Team.

Concept descriptions and reports of the Bologna Science meeting are available in the Documents section. The Science Advisory Committee and Engineering Management Team will review these strawman concept documents and issue a preliminary report on each at the meeting. The presentation and discussion of these reports is to be the main focus of the workshop. The goal is try to develop a common vision on how the concepts can develop beyond the strawman phase.

• Day 1: Tuesday 13 August
• Day 2: Wednesday 14 August
• Day 3: Thursday 15 August
• ISSC & EMT Meetings: Friday 16 & Saturday 17 August
• Posters

Programme - (Final Version)

Monday 12 August
16.00-18.00 Registration and Reception

Day 1: Tuesday 13 August

09.00 Welcome - Arnold van Ardenne
09.05 Introduction – Workshop Goals and Programme - Harvey Butcher
09.20 General Science Goals – Chris Carilli (Chair, ISAC)
       Notes issued before the meeting
09.40 EMT and Responses to Concept Descriptions – Peter Hall (Chair, EMT)
       Notes issued before the meeting

10.20 ISAC Responses to Concept Descriptions – Steve Rawlings
       Compliance Matrix (external link, check version)

10.40 Coffee Break

11.00 Presentation of Concepts (30 mins each)
    1. Australia (LL) – Andrew Parfitt
    2. Australia (Cylindrical Reflectors) – John Bunton
    3. Canada – Peter Dewdney

12.30 Lunch

13.30 Presentation of Concepts (continued)
    4. China – Rendong Nan
    5. Europe – Arnold van Ardenne
    6. India – Subra. Ananthakrishnan
    7. United States – Ken Kellermann

15.30 Break

16.00 ISAC (closed session)
16.00 Continuation of Concept Discussions

17.30 End of Day 1

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Day 2: Wednesday 14 August

09.00 Highlights and Lessons from Demonstrators/Ongoing Projects (I) (15 mins)
    1. The New Technology Demonstrator (NTD) – Ron Beresford
    2. ATA – Jill Tarter/Jack Welch
    3. THEA – Jan Geralt bij de Vaate
    4. LOFAR – Marco de Vos

10.20 Coffee

10.45 Parallel Sessions
- Open ISAC Working Groups (in preparation for afternoon discussions)

12.30 Lunch

13.30 Discussion of Issues raised by ISAC
Topics:
    1. Low and High frequency limits (90 min) Leaders: Dougherty/vd Hulst
    2. Multibeaming. (45 min) Leaders: Cordes/Taylor
    3. Configuration (45 min) Leaders: Gaensler/Garrett
    4. Field of View (30 min) Leaders: Bunton/Carilli
 
17.30 End of Day 2

19.00 Workshop Dinner

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Day 3: Thursday 15 August

09.00 Various Presentations
    - Site Selection and Evalution Committee - Yervant Terzian
    - LOFAR Site Evaluation and Selection - Willem Baan
    - Poster Session

10.15 Coffee

10.30 Breakout Sessions as laid out by EMT Working Groups
Topics:
    - Antennas - Chair: Graeme James
    - RF Systems - Chair: Sandy Weinreb
    - Signal Distribution - Chair: Jan Reitsma
    - Signal Processing - Chair: Larry d'Addario
    - Interference Mitigation - Chair: Frank Briggs
    - Software Engineering - Chair: Marco de Vos
 
12.30 Lunch

13.30 Highlights and Lessons from Demonstrators/Ongoing Projects (II) (15 mins)
       5. EVLA – Peter Napier
       6. Array Technology Developments at JPL and Caltech – Sandy Weinreb
       7. Correlator Costs for Arrays and Filled Aperture Antennas – John Bunton
       8. Digital Signal Processing for the SKA - Larry d'Addario
       9. e-Merlin – Ralph Spencer
       10. LAR Progress Report – Peter Dewdney
       11. Yoshihiro Chikada - A Very Low Cost Antenna by a Film Lens

15.30 Wrap Up
       Science Advisory Committee - Chris Carilli
       Engineering Management Team - Peter Hall
       ISSC Impressions - Ron Ekers

17.30 End of Day 3

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Friday 16 August

08.00-08:30 Pick-up from Hotels

09.30 Arrive at ASTRON in Dwingeloo

10.00 – 17.30 ISSC Meeting (Day 1)

10.00 – 17.30 EMT Meeting

18.30 Dinner in Dwingeloo

21.00 Transport back to Groningen

Saturday 17 August

08.30 Bus departs for Dwingeloo/ASTRON from a single Central location in Groningen
10.00 ISSC Meeting (Day 2)

Afternoon - Transport back to Groningen

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Posters

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