ELFT HÍRADÓ

[Zsolt Frei <zsolt.frei AT me.com>]

Kedves Kollegak,

Bar gondolom az erintettek tudnak rola, de a tagabb kozvelemenyt is
feladatom ertesiteni - mint a SOC tagja - az alabbi konferenciarol, 
amelynek elozetes regisztracioja a ho vegen zarodik!

Frei Zsolt

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LSST @ Europe: The Path to Science
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*Registration Update* : v20130515

- Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, UK 

- 9-12 September 2013

*Early registration closing and abstract submission deadline - Fri 31 May 
2013*

*Rationale*

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) project is now entering an
exciting phase, moving towards the start of federal construction
expected in 2014. With first light planned for 2019 and science
operations to commence in 2021, it is now timely to consider the
scientific opportunities of LSST in the era of major new European
facilities, especially wide-field missions such as Gaia, eRosita and
Euclid, and major ground based facilities such as ESO's E-ELT.

This major LSST science meeting in Europe will bring together LSST
scientists and European scientists involved in, or interested in,
taking LSST forward.  This will allow for discourse as to current key
science, the role of LSST, and the role of European expertise and
facilities in partnership with LSST, in driving forward the next
astronomical science revolution into the 2020's.

The meeting will provide an opportunity to review the current status
of the LSST, and the key science programmes which are underpinning its
development. The conference will include presentations identifying
current science challenges where a combination of LSST and
major new European facilities and expertise will result in major leaps
in understanding. These topics will range from studies of our Solar
System and the Milky Way, to the Universe at the largest scales.

You are cordially invited to attend what promises to be a significant
milestone in the evolution of the LSST. 

*Registration*

Registration is now open - see http://lsstcorp.org/lsst-europe-2013

Early registration will close *31 May 2013* - whilst late registration
will close 31 Jul 2013.

*Contributed Presentations*

The conference will have time and space for community input. Those
wishing to contribute a short talk or poster are invited to do
so. Closing date for abstracts will be *31 May 2013*. See
http://lsstcorp.org/lsst-europe-2013 for details.

In addition, the conference will have a dedicated twitter feed, and
those not able to attend will be able to provide input - especially to
the panel discussion session.

*Outline Programme*

The four day conference will cover the full range of science themes to
be addressed by LSST. Each session will contain a mix of invited
(currently - 20130515 - confirmed invited speakers as noted) and
contributed talks.

Mon 9 Sep: 2013

- Session 1: LSST status and overview (Steven Kahn, LSST Director),
LSST Science Drivers (Zeljko Ivezic, LSST Project Scientist),   
Data Management for LSST (Mario Juric, LSST Data Management Project Scientist)
- Session 2/3: LSST Science Theme: Cosmology (Tony Tyson, Sarah Bridle,
Catherine Heymans, Eiichiro Komatsu) 
- Session 4: Synergies (Euclid, eRosita, etc) (Yannick Mellier, Kirpal Nandra)

Tue 10 Sep 2013

- Session 5/6: LSST Science Theme: Nearby Universe + Milky Way (Vasily
Belokurov, Annie Robin)
- Session 7/8: Synergies (Gaia etc) (Timo Prusti, Mike Kramer, Coryn
Bailer-Jones, Laurent Eyer)

Wed 11 Sep 2013

- Session 9/10: LSST Science Theme: Galaxy Evolution (Guinevere
Kauffmann, Henry Ferguson)
- Session 11: Spectroscopic Followup (Sofia Randich, Roelof de Jong)
- Session 12: Panel Discussion: Towards an Effective European Roadmap
                        for LSST Science Impact

Thu 12 Sep 2013

- Session 13: LSST Science Theme: Solar System (Francois Mignard, Karri
Muinonen)
- Session 14: Big Data, Big Science (Wil O'Mullane, Rob Fender, Andy Connolly)
- Session 15: LSST Science Theme: Transients (Suvi Gezari, Stephen Smartt)
- Session 16: Transient Followup (Samaya Nissanke, Lucianne Walkowicz) &
Conference Summary


*SOC Membership*

Zeljko Ivezic (University of Washington, USA) (Chair: SOC)
Nicholas Walton (University of Cambridge, UK) (and Chair: LOC)
Vasily Belokurov (University of Cambridge, UK)
Andy Connolly (University of Washington, USA)
Zsolt Frei (Eotvos University, Budapest, H)
Mario Juric (LSST, USA)
Robert Lupton (Princeton University, USA)
Richard McMahon (University of Cambridge, UK)
Reynald Pain (Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, F)
Timo Prusti (ESTEC, ESA, NL) (TBD)
Matthias Steinmetz (AIP, Potsdam, D)
Lukasz Wyrzykowski (Warsaw University, PL)

*Contact Details*

website: http://lsstcorp.org/lsst-europe-2013

email:  
lsstcam13 AT ast.cam.ac.uk