Final Announcement
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             Science Operations with ALMA
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                 Friday November 8, 2002
 
                    ESO auditorium


The Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) consisting of 64x12m
telescopes at the high-altitude Chajnantor site in Chile will provide
a major leap forward in millimeter and submillimeter astronomy,
allowing fundamental questions in the formation of galaxies, stars and
planets to be addressed.  The aim of this one-day meeting is to
provide an overview and update to the European astronomical community of
the ALMA project as it enters the construction phase, and to sollicit
input from the community on science operations and user support for
ALMA.


                   Program
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                                                          chair: R. Booth

 8:45 -  9:00:  Welcome                                   C. Cesarsky

 9:00 -  9:30:  Project status and overview               S. Guilloteau


                Science with ALMA
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 9:30 - 10:05:  ALMA and the high redshift universe       S. Lilly
 
10:05 - 10:35:  ALMA and star- and planet formation       A. Natta

10:35 - 10:55:  ALMA and the study of late-type stars     H. Olofsson


10:55 - 11:15:  Coffee


                ALMA operations:                          chair: P. Shaver
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11:15 - 11:55:  ALMA science operations:                  E. van Dishoeck
                Chile, Regional Support Centers, 
                Early science observing

11:55 - 12:20:  Toward ALMA operations: lessons           D. Silva
                from the VLT

12:20 - 12:50:  ALMA data reduction software and          R. Lucas
                observing tools


12:50 - 13:50:  Lunch

                                                          chair: R. Bachiller

13:50 - 14:15:  Coordination of European millimeter       P. Cox
                community and preparation for ALMA: 
                opportunities within the         
                EU Framework 6 program

14:15 - 14:50:  Short contributions by participants (5 min each)

                - P. Papadopoulos:   Additional receiver priorities and the
                                     cosmological aims of ALMA

                - P. Schilke:        Additional receiver priorities and the
                                     star-formation aims of ALMA

                - F. Schoeier:       Radiative transfer tools and molecular
                                     data bases for ALMA

                - A. Dutrey:         Surveys and large programs with ALMA

                - Th. van der Hulst: Analysis of aperture synthesis data: 
                                     what can we learn from existing experience

                - P. Diamond:        RSCs and the experience gained 
                                     from cm-wave interferometry

                - F. Gueth:          The ADACE (ALMA Data Analysis
                                     Center in Europe) project



14:50 - 16:00:  Open discussion                          chair: J. Richer &
                                                                E. van Dishoeck

16:00 - 16:10:  Summary and roadmap                        




 
Suggested background reading:

- ALMA Messenger March 2002 article:
  <http://www.eso.org/projects/alma/info/brochure.pdf>.

- Appendix C on "ALMA Operations Plan: Recommendations and Issues" of the 
  September 2001 meeting of the ALMA Scientific Advisory Committee
  <http://www.strw.leidenuniv.nl/~ewine/alma_sciops.pdf>


Organizing Committee:

R. Bachiller, A. Benz, R. Booth, P. Cox, E.F. van Dishoeck,
S. Guilloteau, R. Kurz, J. Richer, P. Schilke, P. Shaver, M. Walmsley