Programme

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June 25, 2012

ESO Auditorium

9:30-9:35: Welcome & Practical Information - Suzanna Randall
Session 1: Introduction to ALMA 
9:35-10:05: ALMA construction status - Wolfgang Wild
10:05-10:20: ESAC - Jes Jorgensen
10:20-10:40: ALMA - The first year of observations - Andreas Lundgren
10:40-10:50: Cycle 1 scientific capabilities - Leonardo Testi

10:50-11:15: ***Coffee break***

Session 2: Observing with ALMA
11:15-11:20: The ALMA Science Portal - Felix Stoehr
11:20-11:30: The ALMA Simulator Tools - Eelco van Kampen
11:30-12:00: Phase 1: An Introduction to the ALMA OT - Andy Biggs
12:00-12:15: The Proposal Review Process - Maria Diaz Trigo
12:15-12:35: Phase 2 Processes and Life at the OSF - Suzanna Randall
12:35-12:50: Quality Assurance and Data Delivery - Liz Humphreys

12:50-14:15: *** Lunch break ***

Session 3: First ALMA science results
14:15-14:30: ALMA's first look at AGB stars: the secrets of thermal pulses and sculpted winds - Matthias Maercker
14:30-14:45: ALMA redshifts of strongly lensed submm galaxies - Axel Weiss
14:45-15:00: The origin of molecular gas in the oldest gaseous debris disk system HD 21997 - Agnes Kospal
15:00-15:15: The Antennae merger seen by ALMA and SINFONI: mass and energy tracers - Cinthya Herrera
15:15-15:30: Probing Saturn's 2011 storm with Herschel and ALMA - Thibault Cavalie
15:30-15:45: Science Verification - Martin Zwaan

15:45-16:15: ***Tea break***

Session 4: User support and future ALMA developments
16:15-16:30: Science Operations and the European ARC - Paola Andreani
16:30-16:45: The European ARC nodes - Martin Zwaan
16:45-16:55: Helpdesk - Evanthia Hatziminaoglou
16:55-17:10: ARTIST - Christian Brinch
17:10-17:30: Long-term Development of ALMA Science Capabilities - Leonardo Testi


~17:30-19:30: *** Reception in front of the ESO auditorium ***

26. June 2012: Tutorials (Novice and Advanced)

 

Room L130, IPP Building (Novice group)

Room 231/232, ESO main building (Advanced group)

OT tutorial script 1

OT tutorial script 2

9:30-12:30: Simulator Tutorial (Novice group) / OT Tutorial (Advanced group)

Advanced OT tutorial introduction slides

Novice Simulator tutorial introduction slides

12:30-14:00: *** Lunch break ***

14:00-17:00: OT Tutorial 1 (Novice group) / Simulator Tutorial (Advanced group)

Novice OT tutorial introduction slides

27. June 2012: Continued Tutorials (Novice group only)


L130, IPP Building


9:30-12:30: OT Tutorial 2 (Novice group)