Programme
This programme is still preliminary and will be updated as more lectures and teachers are confirmed.
Draft programme for the 2nd OPTICON Instrumentation School
Tuesday September 15
Arrival in Milan
Wednesday September 16
08:30 - 09:00 Welcome and logistics
09:00 - 10:30 Science with optical spectroscopy in astronomy
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30 Science with integral field spectroscopy
12:30 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 16:00 Instrument requirement and definition (1): lessons learned
16:00 - 18:00 Group assignment and the first group meeting
Thursday September 17
09:00 - 10:30 Available technologies for IFU based instrumentation
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30 Optics for telescopes and spectrographs
12:30 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 16:00 Mechanics
16:00 - 18:00 Project work in groups
Friday September 18
09:00 - 10:30 Systems engineering
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30 Detectors
12:30 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 16:00 Fibre optics
16:00 - 18:00 Project work in groups
Saturday September 19
Visit to Merate and work in the laboratories
Sunday September 20
City tour, free time
Monday September 21
09:00 - 10:30 Adaptive Optics
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30 Astrophotonics
12:30 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 16:00 OPTICON TNA and proposal writing
16:00 - 18:00 Project work in groups
Tuesday September 22
09:00 - 10:30 Software and data reduction
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30 Project work in groups
12:30 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 18:00 Project work in groups
Wednesday September 23
09:00 - 10:30 Discussion on careers in science
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30 Project work in groups
12:30 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 18:00 Project work in groups
Evening: School dinner
Thursday September 24
09:00 - 10:30 Project work in groups
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30 Project work in groups
12:30 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 18:00 Project work in groups
Friday September 25
09:00 - 09:45 Group presentation 1
09:45 - 10:30 Group presentation 2
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:45 Group presentation 3
11:45 - 12:30 Group presentation 4
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch + Closing remarks
Lecturers
- Paola Amico, European Southern Observatory, Germany
- Gerardo Avila, European Southern Observatory, Germany
- Lorenzo Busoni, INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Italy
- Bernard Delabre, European Southern Observatory, Germany
- Rober Harris, Landessternwarte Heidelberg, Germany
- Heidi Korhonen, European Southern Observatory, Chile
- Marco Landoni, INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Italy
- Jean Louis Lizon, European Southern Observatory, Germany
- Livi Origlia, INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, Italy
- Sofia Randich, INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Italy
- Hermine Schnetler, ATC, Edinburgh, United Kingdom