Exoplanet Roadmap Advisory Team Workshop: A Roadmap for Exoplanets
| Update: 31 March 2010 - preliminary programme The workshop's preliminary programme is now available. It is given below and can also be downloaded (pdf) from the right-hand menu. |
| Update: 22 March 2010 - draft roadmap available The draft roadmap document is now available to download. See link under Documentation in the right-hand menu. |
| Update: 4 March 2010 - registration now open All workshop participants have to register through the online form, which can be accessed below or from the right-hand menu. |
The Exoplanet Roadmap Advisory Team was appointed by ESA for the purpose of advising the Agency on the best scientific and technological roadmap to pursue in order to address one of the most exciting goals in modern astrophysics: the characterization of terrestrial exoplanets.
The EPR-AT has a mandate to consult with the broad scientific community in order to solicit input for their report to ESA. The first step in the consultation process was a Call for White Papers, issued in May 2008. These papers have informed the EPR-AT in their preparation of the draft roadmap.
The purpose of this workshop is to discuss the draft roadmap and to solicit input from the community in preparation for the final report.
The draft of the EPR-AT roadmap will be available from the ESA EPR-AT web pages (http://sci.esa.int/eprat) at least two weeks prior to the meeting.
Workshop Programme
| Start: | 09:00 on Wednesday, 7 April 2010 | |
| End: | 13:30 on Thursday, 8 April 2010 |
The workshop will begin with an overview of existing and planned facilities and a presentation of the draft EPR-AT report. This will be followed by a panel discussion where the community can pose questions directly to the EPR-AT. In the afternoon of the first day the participants will be divided into working sub-groups to discuss and improve the EPR-AT report. On the second day the sub-groups will present their evaluation of the draft report in a plenary session. The results of this session will help the EPR-AT to prepare the final document.
In the interest of efficiency there will be no contributed talks. Presentations can be made during the sub-working groups, but these should be short (no more than 5 minutes) and with a maximum of 3 viewgraphs.
Preliminary programme:
| Wednesday, 7 April 2010 | ||
| Opening Remarks (A. Hatzes) | ||
| The ESA programmatic context (F. Favata) | ||
| Presentation of Draft Roadmap (A. Hatzes) | ||
| Presentation of updates to White Papers | ||
| Coffee break | ||
| Presentation of updates to White Papers | ||
| Open discussion | ||
| Lunch | ||
| Parallel sessions of Working Groups | ||
| Coffee break | ||
| Parallel sessions of Working Groups | ||
| Thursday, 8 April 2010 | ||
| Presentation of report from Working Group 1 | ||
| Open discussion of report from WG1 | ||
| Presentation of report from Working Group 2 | ||
| Open discussion of report from WG2 | ||
| Coffee break | ||
| Presentation of report from Working Group 3 | ||
| Open discussion of report from WG3 | ||
| Open discussion: Panel consisting of EPRAT plus working group chairs | ||
| Concluding remarks (A. Hatzes) | ||
| Afternoon | Executive session of EPRAT | |
Venue
The workshop will be held in the Christopher Ingold Auditorium at University College London (UCL). For details of how to get to UCL and for the location of the Auditorium, please see the links in the right-hand menu.
Accommodation
Participants at the workshop must arrange their own accommodation. For a list of hotels close to UCL please see the link in the right-hand menu.
Registration
Participants are required to register in order to attend the EPR-AT Workshop.
Registration is handled through the online registration form:
| Registration is now closed |
Further information on the EPR-AT
The EPR-AT brief and its membership, as well as documentation pertaining to committee activities, can be found at the ESA EPR-AT webpages: http://sci.esa.int/eprat
For further details about this workshop please contact:
Malcolm Fridlund, Secretary, Exoplanet Roadmap Advisory Team
Email: mfridlun
rssd.esa.int