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
Introductory talk by SKAO director
Tour of the 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