When: 9 Mar 2010
Venue: University of Calgary, CyberPortal Room, Biological Sciences 540B
Organiser: Russ Taylor and Bethany Holmes on behalf of the LRP Panel
Contact: Russ Taylor (russ@ras.ucalgary.ca), Bethany Holmes (bholmes@ras.ucalgary.ca)
Tags: meeting, town hall, astronomy, canada
The meetings starts at 9:00 am in BI540B. McGill University, University of Manitoba, UBCO and DRAO will participate by video link.
The meeting will be webcast - please go to www.westgrid.ca/live
Schedule
| 8:30- 9:00 |
Coffee/Refreshments - Reception area - BioSciences 5th floor |
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| 9:00- 9:15 |
Introduction to the LRP2010 |
Chris Pritchet |
| 9:15- 9:50 |
The Square Kilometre Array |
Russ Taylor |
| 9:50-10:10 |
SKA Industrial Opportunities and Challenges |
Gary Hovey |
| 10:10-10:30 |
HIA-DRAO |
Sean Dougherty |
| 10:30-10:45 |
Coffee Break - Reception Area | |
| 10:45-11:05 |
Thinking about the unthinkable: ICT Challenges for the SKA Era |
Tony Willis |
| 11:05-11:25 |
IBM's Interest in the SKA |
Don Aldridge |
| 11:25-11:45 |
The Origin and Evolution of Cosmic Magnetism |
Jeroen Stil & Jo-Anne Brown |
| 11:45-12:00 |
Training the Astronomers of the Future |
Jo-Anne Brown |
| 12:00-13:00 |
Lunch | |
| 13:00-13:20 |
High Performance Receiver Systems for the SKA |
Jim Haslett & Leo Belostotski |
| 13:20-14:30 | Questions from the Panel (will be posted) | |
| 14:30-15:00 | Coffee Break - Reception Area | |
| 15:00-16:30 | Open Discussion |
Please contact Bethany Holmes (bholmes@ras.ucalgary.ca) for more information on local arrangements.
