Gemini is pleased to announce the 2009 Gemini Users Meeting that will be held at Kyoto University, Kyoto Japan, in conjunction with the Joint Subaru/Gemini Science Conference.
The main goal of the Users Meeting is to provide an opportunity for Gemini's community to provide feedback to the Observatory on both short-term operational issues and long-term strategic issues such as future instrumentation.
2009 Gemini Users Meeting Agenda
9:30 Welcome (Packham)
I Operations Status and Reports - Chair: TBD
9:35- Queue completion rates and Operational Efficiency (Jørgensen - 30+5)
10:10 - Dataflow Project (Labrie - 15+5)
10:30 - Gemini Publications: Productivity and Impact (Crabtree - 15+5)
10:50 -Break (20)
II Instrumentation / Adaptive Optics Updates - Chair: TBD
11:10 - Altair/LGS (Christou - 10+5)
11:25 - MCAO (Rigaut - (15+5)
11:45 - NICI (TBD - 10+5)
12:00 - GNIRS (Geballe - 10+5)
12:15 - FLAMINGOS-2 (Gomez - 15+5)
12:35-GMOS CCDs (TBD - 5+5)
III Open Discussion 1 - Chair: TBD
12:45 - Moderated Q&A/Discussion
13:25 - Lunch
IV Users Survey - Chair: TBD
15:00 - 2008 Users Survey (Crabtree - 30+5)
V Science Operations Long Range Plan - Chair: TBD
15:35 - Future Science Operations (Crabtree - 15+5)
15:55 - Break (20)
VI Science Long Range Plan - Chair: TBD
16:15 - Future Gemini Instrumentation (Jensen - 25+20)
VII Open Discussion 2 - Chair: TBD
17:00 - Moderated Q&A/Discussion
18:00 - End of Day
Top: Kinkaku-ji temple in Kyoto
Bottom: Contemporary Kyoto: the Kyoto train station
Organizing Committee
Chris Packam (University of Florida)- CHAIR
Ross McLure (Edinburgh University)
Scrott Croom (University of Sydney)
Chris Willott (National Research Council of Canada)
Dennis Crabtree (Gemini)