An European ALMA workshop will be held in
Leiden December 18-20 in the Lorentz Center. The Lorentz Center (see
http://www.lc.leidenuniv.nl) is well set-up for workshops of up to ~30
people, with offices available for people to work, small meeting rooms
to discuss in groups and larger meeting rooms for plenary discussions.
The specific program is currently still under discussions, but it will
certainly include the following aspects (the Herschel HIFI team meets
in Leiden Dec. 16-18):

 - Wednesday December 18: introduction
                          joint sessions with HIFI on analysis tools,
                          preparatory studies, molecular data, 
                          simulations/modeling
                          (i.e., the "end" part of the data analysis)

 - Thursday December 19:  morning: joint calibration discussion ALMA-HIFI,
                          i.p. amplitude and bandpass
                          suggested format: 2 overview talks (1 HIFI, 1 ALMA)
                          followed by small working group discussions

                          afternoon: ALMA calibration issues, i.p.
                          phase corrections, WVR, atmospheric modeling, 
                          bandpass, ...

 - Wed - Friday Dec. 18-20: Discussions and writing of ALMA European FP6
                          proposal, in particular plans for networking
                          activities with mm community, relation
                          to other projects/communities, preparatory
                          observations with existing facilities;
                          TBC to what extent to include software discussions
                        

As EU Science IPT members, you are encouraged to attend this workshop,
especially those members working in the calibration and data analysis
areas. Details about lodging etc. will follow. Please let Ewine
(ewine@strw.leidenuniv.nl) know as soon as possible whether you are
able to attend.