IAU Focus Meeting FM13:
Global Coordination of International Astrophysics and Heliophysics Activities from Space and Ground
August 20 – 23, 2018
Scientific Rationale:
International collaboration has always been an important part of research in astronomy, astrophysics, and heliophysics. Over the past two decades, the increasing complexity and cost of new facilities, the constrained amount of funding available from individual sources, and the rapidly increasing volume of data produced by newer facilities have made international collaboration on large ground- and space-based facilities essential to moving the fields forward. All IAU members have a stake in the strategic decisions made by nations and various scientific consortiums concerning technology development and international collaborations. This focus meeting will provide a forum to discuss how to improve coordination of global planning in astronomy, astrophysics, and heliophysics and build towards future projects in order to maximize the scientific return.
Topics:
- Global engagement on Next Generation Large Optical-UV Space Telescopes
- International efforts on far-IR and sub-millimeter astronomy
- International efforts on heliophysics
- Global collaboration on new astronomies: gravitational waves, neutrino astrophysics, and high energy astrophysics
- International efforts on ground/space synergies
- Global coordination of instrumentation on large ground-based telescopes
- Cooperation and collaboration in the ELT era
- Engagement of small countries in international efforts
Programme:
Abstract list for FM13
Poster list for FM13
Monday, 20. Aug.
| Large international Space Projects: From Black Holes to Cosmology Moderator: Roger Davies room: N | Panel Discussions 10:30 - 12:00 Ryan Hickox Jeff Kruk Yannick Mellier Gunter Hasinger Thomas Zurbuchen Didier Barret Stefano Vitale Zhan Hu |
| Large international Space Projects: Opportunities for Studying Exoplanets, Planet and Star Formation Moderator: Ewine van Dishoec room: N | Panel Discussions 13:30 - 15:00 Karl Staplefeldt Ted Bergin Toru Yamada Doug Johnstone Frank Helmich |
Tuesday, 21. Aug.
| Global Coordination of Ground-based Astronomy Moderator: Debra Elmegreen room: N | Panel Discussions 10:30 - 12:00 Xavier Barcons Ram Ramaprakash Pat McCarthy Beth Willman Phil Diamond Alan McConnachie |
| Engagement of countries with emerging astronomical communities in international efforts & Governance of International Projects Moderator: Patricia Whitelock room: N | Panel Discussions 13:30 - 15:00 Bob Williams Ron Ekers Vanessa McBride Silvia Torres-Peimbert Peter Michelson Alisher Hojaev |
Wednesday, 22. Aug.
| International Efforts in Heliophysics Moderator: Cristina Mandrini room: F2 | Panel Discussions 15:30 - 17:00 John Morgan Valentin Martinez Lika Guhathakurta Saku Tsuneta Daniel Mueller |
Thursday, 23. Aug.
| Gravitational Waves and Transient Science Moderator: Pietro Ubertini room: B | Panel Discussions 10:30 - 12:00 (time changed) Bruce Allen Marica Branchesi David Buckley Matt Evans Alvaro Gimenez Suijian Xue |
SOC:
- Matthew Colless - Australian National University, Australia
- Ian Corbett - UK Athena Coustenis - Paris Obs.,
- France Roger Davies - Oxford, UK
- Ron Ekers - CSIRO, Australia
- Debra Elmegreen - Vassar, USA
- Sarah Gibson - National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA
- Richard Green - Arizona, USA
- Lynne Hillenbrand - Caltech, USA
- Masanori Iye - NAO, Japan
- Cristina Mandrini - Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Hermann Opgenoorth - Sweden
- Maria Teresa Ruiz - U. Chile, Chile
- David Spergel (chair) - Princeton U. & Flatiron Institute, USA
- Yasushi Suto - University of Tokyo, Japan
- Pietro Ubertini - INAF, Italy
- Ewine van Dishoeck - Leiden, Neth.
- Oskar von der Lühe - University of Freiburg, Germany
- Patricia Whitelock - South African Astronomical Observatory, South Africa
- Christine Wilson - McMaster, Canada
- Suijian Xue - NAOC, China
- Gang Zhao - NAOC, China
Contact:
David Spergel
dns@astro.princeton.edu
Link to External Website:
http://www.astro.princeton.edu/~dns/iau.html