Upcoming ESO or ESO-Related Workshops

• Sixth European Radio Interferometry School (ERIS2015)
  ESO Garching, Germany, 6тАУ10 September 2015

  The 6th European Radio Interferometry School (ERIS), sponsored by the European Union, RadioNet3 and ESO is a 5-day school of lectures and tutorials focussed on obtaining scientific results from radio interferometry at metre to sub-mm wavelengths. The School is primarily intended for graduate students and beginning post-docs, but more senior researchers interested in learning about the techniques are also welcome to attend. Full details can be found here, but capacity has been reached.

• 8th VLTI Summer School: High Angular Resolution in Astrophysics: Optical Interferometry from Theory to Observations
  Maternushaus, Cologne, Germany, 6тАУ13 September 2105

  The School aims to initiate and train astronomers in the best possible exploitation of VLTI over a broad range of science topics, showcasing some science applications, teaching the fundamentals of optical interferometry and providing practical training with software tools. The school is addressed to undergraduate and PhD students, postdocs and astronomers keen to exploit long-baseline interferometry and the 2nd generation instruments coming to VLTI, GRAVITY and MATISSE. More details are available on the Summer School webpage.

• Science with MOS: Towards the E-ELT Era
  INAF-OAR Astronomical Observatory of Rome Workshop, Cefal†µ, Italy, 7тАУ11 September 2015

  The workshop will consider the science from current and upcoming multi-object spectroscopy (MOS) facilities, with a focus on the important cases already limited by sensitivity and spatial resolution. The scientific topics that demand future MOS capabilities on ELTs will be reviewed. The workshop will be organized in sessions on science themes from planetary systems and stellar populations to the earliest phases of galaxy formation. There will be a special session dedicated to critical analysis of the ELT MOS facilities required in the post-JWST era to assess their complementarity and competitiveness. More details can be found on the website.

• Astrobiology and Planetary Atmospheres
  Joint ESO, Universidad de Chile, Universidad Andr†йs Bello Workshop, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile, 28 September тАУ 02 October 2015

  Astrobiology has become the meeting point for astronomers, biologists, geologists, and climatologists in trying to solve the puzzle of how life originated in the Universe. The main aims of the workshop are to foster exchanges across all the major disciplines involved in the field of astrobiology, particularly those working on climatology of Solar System planets. More details can be found on the workshop webpage or by email. Registration deadline is 1 September.

• Rainbows on the Southern Sky: science and legacy value of the ESO Public Surveys and Large Programmes
  ESO Workshop, Garching, Germany, 5тАУ9 October 2015

  ESO Public Surveys have increased in size and number and now vastly increase the volume of public data delivered. Also about 15% of VLT science time has been allocated to Large Programmes. This workshop will focus on the scientific results achieved and the potential for enhanced exploitation of the archival data from these programmes. Presentations from all the Public Surveys and a representative set of the Large Programmes completed since the last Large Programme workshop in 2008 will be scheduled. Full details can be found on the workshop website. The registration deadline is 7 September 2015.

• Science and Technology with the E-ELT
  INAF, ESO & FP7-OPTICON School, Erice, Sicily, Italy, 8тАУ20 October 2015

  The "F. Lucchin" International PhD School STEEL will provide a comprehensive training in both the science and the technologies used to deliver astronomical results with the range of E-ELT instruments. The school is open to postgraduate and masters students and early career postdoc researchers, with space for around 80-100 participants. Lectures at the School will cover the full range of E-ELT science cases and hands-on sessions will be offered in techniques ranging from crowded-region photometry to simulations of AO observations. Details can be found on the School webpage or by email for further inquiries.

• Science Operations 2015: Science Data Management
  ESO/ESA Workshop, ESO Headquarters, Garching, Germany, 24тАУ27 November 2015

  The objective of the workshop is to present and discuss the various approaches to science data management in spacecraft missions and ground-based facilities for astronomy. The workshop continues the series of ESO/ESA joint meetings on operating ground- and space-based astronomical facilities. Topics for the current workshop include: quality assurance of science data and related calibrations; data reduction and analysis; and science archives (content and user services). Full details on the workshop website or by enquiry to sciops2015. Deadline for registration and abstract submission is 18 September 2015.

• The Solar System as Seen by the ELTs
  ESO Workshop, Garching, Germany, 30 November тАУ 4 December 2015

  PLEASE NOTE: This workshop has been CANCELLED.