Programme

The preliminary programme is given below. This will be updated with more detail as the exact agenda is finalised.

Monday 10th June

09:00 Introduction to ALMA

  Introduction to interferometry

10:30 Coffee/Tea

11:00 ALMA science overview

12:30 Lunch

14:00 ALMA data calibration 

15:30 Coffee/Tea

16:00 – ALMA imaging: continuum & spectral line

Tuesday 11th June

09:00 ALMA imaging: array combination, analysis 

10:30 Coffee/Tea

11:00 The role of the Joint ALMA Observatory (JAO)

12:30 Lunch

14:00 ALMA Science Archive mining, user interface, basic and advanced queries

15:30 Coffee/Tea

16:00 – ALMA Science Archive: data retrieval and visualisation with CARTA

Wednesday (am) 12th June

09:00 ALMA imaging: self-calibration, ALMA VLBI 

10:30 Coffee/Tea

11:00 The Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI)

12:30 – Lunch (packed)

 Afternoon trip to Jodrell Bank Observatory

19:30 Meeting dinner at the Wharf restaurant

Thursday 13th June

09:00 The observing project lifetime: from proposals to observations

10:30 Coffee/Tea 

11:00 Exciting science with 10 years of ALMA

12:30          Lunch

14:00 Proposal preparation with the ALMA Observing Tool

15:30 Coffee/Tea

16:00 – Automated data processing & delivery to users

Friday 14th June

09:00 The future of ALMA  & the Wideband Sensitivity Upgrade (WSU)

10:30 Coffee/Tea  

11:00 – Upcoming ALMA Cycle-11 and Cycle-12 capabilities

Lunch / End of meeting