IVOA Interoperability meeting

May 17-21, 2010: Victoria, Canada

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Local Organization

• National Research Council Canada / Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics / Canadian Astronomy Data Centre

Updates

• The Registration Form and the Participants List can now be found on the same page here
• Rooms can now be booked before 16 May 2010 - if you run into any problems, please e-mail michael.peddle@nrc.gc.ca
• Meeting Photos

Programme

Preliminary Meeting Schedule Please note the additional sessions on Wednesday afternoon.

Session	Time	Room	Session	Notes
4	16.00–17.30	Spirit	Apps 1: Web Applications
6	11.00–12.30	Spirit	Apps 2: Local Applications
8	16.00–17.30	Spirit	Apps 3: Outside the Astronomy Box
	19.00–	Terrace	Banquet Dinner
	10.30–11.00	Break
	15.30–16.00	Break
	10.30–11.00	Break
	15.30–16.00	Break
	10.30–11.00	Break
	15.30–16.00	Break
	10.30–11.00	Break
	15.30–16.00	Break
3	14.00–15.30	Spirit	Charge to Working Groups	Plenary Sessions Agenda
17	11.10–11.30	Spirit	Closing Remarks	Fabio Pasian
13	09.00–10.30	Spirit	DAL 1: TAP, SSAP, SIAP
12	16.00–17.30	Merino	DCP/GWS: Preservation, Linking and Storage Challenges
8	16.00–17.30	Merino	DM 1: Observation Data model Core Components
12	16.00–17.30	Spirit	DM 3: Photometry, Characterisation v2.0, Provenance
10	11.00–12.30	Spirit	DM/DAL: Utypes, Obs/TAP service and TAP/PQL
14	11.00–12.30	Merino	DM/Theory: Data Model Validation, IVOA Reusable Data Types and Theory-Related Topics
Friday May 21 2010
11	14.00–15.30	Spirit	GWS 1: Current Status
14	11.00–12.30	Spirit	GWS 2: Grid, Cloud and Workflow Experiences
2	11.30–12.00	Spirit	Invited Talk: Heliophysics Virtual Observatories, Registries, Data Model, and Possible IVOA Role: A Largely NASA perspective	Aaron Roberts
2	11.00–11.30	Spirit	Invited Talk: The Virtual Solar Observatory	Frank Hill
	16.00–18.00	Merino	IVOA Exec Meeting	Exec + WG/IG Chairs
	12.30–14.00	Harbour	IVOA Exec Meeting	Exec only
	17.30–	Harbour	IVOA Exec Meeting	Exec only
	12.30–14.00	Lunch
	12.30–14.00	Lunch
	12.30–14.00	Lunch
	12.30–14.00	Lunch
Monday May 17 2010
	08.30–09.00	Spirit	Registration
7	14.00–15.30	Spirit	Registry 1: VOResource extensions
16	16.00–17.30	Spirit	Registry 2: Registry Curation and Usage
17	11.00-11.10	Spirit	Science Input	Paolo Padovani
16	16.00–17.30	Merino	Semantics: General Topics
16	16.00–17.30	Harbour	Special: Knowledge Discovery in Databases Interest Group Charter
7	14.00–15.30	Merino	Special: Topics in Knowledge Discovery in Databases
5	09.00–10.30	Spirit	Special: Validation and Verification 1
15	14.00–15.30	Spirit	Special: Validation and Verification 2
1	09.15–09.40	Spirit	State of the IVOA	Fabio Pasian
1	09.40–10.30	Spirit	State of the TCG (PDF, PPT)	Christophe Arviset
Sunday May 16 2010
2	12.00–12.20	Spirit	Take-Up and IVOA Science Priorities	Dave De Young
2	12.20–12.30	Spirit	The ObsTAP Experience	David Schade
6	11.00–12.30	Merino	Theory 1: Demos
11	14.00–15.30	Merino	Theory 2: Sim*, S3 and Future Plans
Thursday May 20 2010
Tuesday May 18 2010
10	11.00–12.30	Merino	VOEvent 1: Requirements from the VOEvent community
13	09.00–10.30	Merino	VOEvent 2: Near term plans / long term vision for the VO time domain
9	10.15–10.30	Spirit	VOFrontrow: EuroVO-AIDA/WP5	Massimo Ramella
9	10.00–10.15	Spirit	VOFrontrow: Canadian VO (PDF)	Séverin Gaudet
9	09.45–10.00	Spirit	VOFrontrow: Japanese VO	Masatoshi Ohishi
9	09.00–09.15	Spirit	VOFrontrow: Seamless Astronomy	Alyssa Goodman
9	09.30–09.45	Spirit	VOFrontrow: VO India	Ajit Kembhavi
9	09.15–09.30	Spirit	VOFrontrow: VO Schools Across Europe (PDF)	Mark Allen
Wednesday May 19 2010
1	09.00–09.15	Spirit	Welcome and Logistics	Dr. Jim Hesser, Director, Dominion Astrophysical Observatory
1	09.00–09.15	Spirit	Welcome and Logistics	David Schade
17	09.00–11.00	Spirit	WG/IG session summaries	Plenary Sessions Agenda

Hotel Booking Information

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Banquet Information

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Location Notes

• Hotel Information
• About Victoria
• Attractions and Heritage Sites
• Culture and Entertainment
• Restaurants Nearby

Registration and Participants List

• Registration and Participants List

Travel

• Air Canada Jazz (Air Canada connector)
• BC Ferries
• Horizon Air (Alaska Airlines connector)
• Clipper Ferry (Passenger ferry between Victoria and Seattle, WA)
• M.V. Coho (Auto/Passenger ferry between Victoria and Port Angeles, WA)
• Victoria International Airport
• Washington State Ferries
• WestJet Airlines

Electricity

Electricity in Victoria is 100 - 127 Volts, 60 Hz AC. Further information and a description of plugs can be found here.

Visas

Citizenship and Information Canada provides information on entering Canada and Visa requirements. A list of the countries requiring visas can be found here. If a letter of invitation is required for your visa application, please send an email to michael.peddle@nrc.gc.ca including your complete mailing address.