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IVOA Executive Committee Meeting (TM129)

Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Time: 13:00 UTC

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Zoom Link: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/62257207376?pwd=h6391EcXq0bPD60OlxjbcouTQ374K1.1

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Zoom Link: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/62257207376?pwd=h6391EcXq0bPD60OlxjbcouTQ374K1.1

Contents

Agenda

Roll call and agenda
IVOA Website [New Standing Item]
- Status and roadmap for new website
- Draft new website available: https://webtest.ivoa.info/
- Git Hub repository: https://github.com/ivoa/ivoa-web
  - Bug reporting and change requests: https://github.com/ivoa/ivoa-web/issues
Review and approval of TM127 & TM128 Minutes
Review of Actions for TM129
Future Interop meetings
- Northern Fall 2025 - Görlitz (ADASS dates: 9-13 November 2025, Interop held after ADASS)

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A dozen of representatives from China have registered the ADASS and IVOA meetings.
Organized by China-VO (National Astronomical Data Center), the 1st Citizen Science Summit in Astronomy (CSSA) took place in Dalian, Northeast China, from July 31 to August 1, 2025. The Summit Featured: 4 invited talks, including a virtual keynote by Chris Lintott (founder of Zooniverse) titled “Lessons from the Zooniverse: Citizen Science in the Rubin Observatory Era”, 17 contributed talks, 3 roundtable discussions, and 4 major meeting announcements. The event proved highly productive and successful, with all presentation slides available at “https://nadc.china-vo.org/events/cssa2025/info/131”. Extensive media coverage, including multiple English-language reports, can be found at “https://nadc.china-vo.org/events/cssa2025/info/134”. The summit formally established a working definition of Citizen Science: Citizen Science is a research model where the general public collaborates to address a specific scientific question, aiming to generate scientific outcomes. Or in Chinese: 公众科学是围绕一个具体的科学问题，以产生科学成果为目标，由社会公众协作开展的一种科研模式。