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Future Prospects and Developments at NRAO and in the US Radio
Community
April 10 and 11, 2008 in Socorro, New Mexico
Day 1 (Thursday, April 10th)
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| 8:30 |
Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00-10:15 |
Session #1 NRAO Today (Chandler, 1.25 hrs)
Goals and Purpose of Workshop (Lo, 15 min)
Strategic Planning and Priority Setting at NRAO (Jewell, 30 min)
Large Astronomy Projects in the Federal Context 2010-2020 (Dickman,
30 min)
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| 10:15-10:30 |
Coffee Break |
| 10:30-12:00 |
Session #2 Astronomy in 2020 (Myers, 1.5 hrs)
Science Imperatives for 2020 (Carilli, 30 min)
Transformational Science and Observational Parameter Space (Condon, 30 min)
OPEN DISCUSSION (Dickman, 30 min)
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| 12:00-1:30 |
Lunch
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| 1:30-3:30 |
Session #3 Developments on Existing NRAO Telescopes
(Pospieszalski, 2 hrs)
A Development Plan for the GBT (Lockman, O'Neil, 40 min)
A Development Plan for the VLBA (Brisken, 40 min)
Instrumentation Research (Fisher, 40 min)
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| 3:30-4:00 |
Coffee Break
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| 4:00-5:30 |
Session #4 Large Projects in the Next Decade
Developments (Webber, 1.5 hrs)
Ground-based EoR Arrays (Bradley, 20 min)
Lunar Radio Observatory (Carilli, 20 min)
NRAO Involvement in the SKA-mid (RSSKA) (Myers, 40 min)
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| 6:30-9:00 |
Workshop Dinner
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Day 2 (Friday, April
11th)
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| 8:30 |
Continental Breakfast
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| 9:00-10:30 |
Session #5 Large Projects in the Next Decade (Napier1.5 hrs)
Computing Challenges for SKA and its Pathfinders (Golap, 20 min)
A Strawman Plan for the Decadal Committee (Ulvestad, 40 min)
OPEN DISCUSSION (Lo, 30 min)
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| 10:30-10:45 |
Coffee Break (Assumes Colloquium Has Been Moved)
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| 10:45-12:15 |
Session #6 Developments on Existing NRAO Telescopes
(Ransom, 1.5 hrs)
Opportunities in mm/submm beyond ALMA (Wootten, 40 min)
An EVLA+ Development
Plan (Dickman, 20 min)
EVLA E-Configuration(Perley, 10 min)
Low
EVLA Low-Frequency Extension(Perley, 10 min)
OPEN DISCUSSION (Brisken, 10 min)
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| 12:15-1:30 |
Lunch
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| 1:30-3:15 |
Session #7 Innovative New Projects (Fisher, 1.75 hrs)
A Path to SKA-Hi (Kellermann, 20 min)
Bolometer Arrays in the Next Decade (Mason, 20 min)
From Pixels to Cameras: An Array Feed Plan (Bryerton, 20 min)
One CM Widefield Imager (Owen, 20 min)
Cryogenic HFET Receivers for Radio Astronomy: Where Do We
Go From Here? (Pospieszalski, 20 min)
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| 3:15-3:30 |
Coffee Break
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| 3:30-5:15 |
Session #8 Innovative New Projects (O'Neil, 1.5
hrs)
The Green Bank Institute for Science Education (Lockman,
20 min)
Long Wavelength Array Status and Synergy with NRAO
(Taylor, 20 min)
Pulsars with Future Facilities (Ransom, 20min)
Transient Radio Source Search Facilities (Lorimer, 20min)
Neutrino Astronomy, and Space VLBI (Langston, 20 min)
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| 5:15-6:00 |
Session #9 A 2020 Vision for NRAO and the US Radio
Community (Carilii, .75 hrs)
Summary and Discussion (lead by members of the OSC and OTC)
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| 6:30-9:00 |
Open Evening |
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Friday, 11-Apr-2008 11:18:33 EDT
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