IVOA May 2006 Interoperability Meeting

14-19 May 2006

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Meeting Web site

Detailed information is available at the meeting webpage.

Tips for Victoria

Programme

The meeting programme is available - attached as

Date	Time	Place	Activity	Comments
Sun 14 May 2006	17:00-19:00	MG	Architecture Review	IVOA Exec / WG&IG Chairs
Mon 15 May 2006	10:00-12:30	--	Welcome + Logistics
	10:15-13:00	--	Plenary-1	charge to the working groups
	14:00-17:30	--	--	Parallel sessions
	14:00-17:30	--	--	Parallel sessions
	14:00-17:30	--	--	Parallel sessions
Tue 16 May 2006	09.00-12.30	--	--	Parallel sessions
	09:00-12:30	--	--	Parallel sessions
	14:00-17:30	--	--	Joint sessions
	14:00-17:30	--	--	Parallel sessions
	evening		Banquet
Wed 17 May 2006	09.00-12.30	--	--	Parallel sessions
	09:00-12:30	--	--	Parallel sessions
	09:00-12:30	--	--	Parallel sessions
	12:30-17:00		Free Afternoon
	12:30-15:30	--	IVOA Exec Meeting FMxx	working lunch
Thu 18 May 2006	09.00-12.30	--	--	Parallel sessions
	09:00-12:30	--	--	Parallel session
	09:00-12:30	--	--	Parallel sessions
	12:30-12:45		Group Photo
	14:00-17:30	--	--	Parallel sessions
	14:00-17:30	--	--	Parallel sessions
	14:00-17:30	--	--	Parallel sessions
Fri 19 May 2006	09.00-12.30	--	--	Parallel sessions
	09:00-12:30	--	--	Parallel sessions
	09:00-12:30	--	--	Parallel sessions
	13:30-15:30	--	--	Meeting Review, Actions, Wrap-up
	15:30		Meeting Closes	Have a good trip home

Meeting Locations

All meetings (except the architecture review meeting on the Sunday) will be held at the hotel.

Organization

The organisers for the meeting and the contents of each of the working group activities are listed below.

Committee (link to IVOA page)	Chair	People	Session Agenda & Materials
Programme Committee		FrancoiseGenova, BobHanisch, NicholasWalton	programme (.pdf)
Local Organising Committee		David Schade, Danielle Frenette
Session	Chair	Session Agenda & Materials
Plenary Presentations		InterOpMay2006Plenary %ISNEW{days="7"}%
Registry	TonyLinde	InterOpMay2006ResReg %ISNEW{days="7"}%
UCDs	AndreaPreiteMartinez	InterOpMay2006UCD %ISNEW{days="7"}%
Data Models	JonathanMcDowell	InterOpMay2006DataModel %ISNEW{days="7"}%
VOQL	MariaNieto	InterOpMay2006VOQL %ISNEW{days="7"}%
DAL	DougTody	InterOpMay2006DAL %ISNEW{days="7"}%
VOEvent	RoyWilliams	InterOpMay2006VOEvent %ISNEW{days="7"}%
VOTable	FrancoisOchsenbein	InterOpMay2006VOTable %ISNEW{days="7"}%
Grid&Web Services	GuyRixon	InterOpMay2006GridAndWebServices %ISNEW{days="7"}%
Architecture IG	RoyWilliams	InterOpMay2006Architecture %ISNEW{days="7"}%
Applications IG	MarkAllen	InterOpMay2006Applications %ISNEW{days="7"}%
Astro-RG IG	NicholasWalton	InterOpMay2006Astro-RG %ISNEW{days="7"}%
Theory IG	GerardLemson	InterOpMay2006Theory %ISNEW{days="7"}%
Curation and Preservation IG	FrancoiseGenova, ReaganMoore	InterOpMay2006CP %ISNEW{days="7"}%

Participants and Reservation Status

Updated Announcement

The Spring 2006 IVOA Interoperability Workshop will be held in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, hosted by the Canadian VO etc. etc. We expect to have work sessions for all IVOA Working Groups, and Interest Groups.

The chairs of the Working Groups and Interest Groups are requested to prepare summary reports for the opening plenary session that describe progress to date and plans for the Interop meeting.

We look forward to your participation – it is the contributions from all IVOA projects and personnel that make the VO development stimulating and successful!

Françoise Genova, Chair, Bob Hanisch, and Nic Walton

Interop Program Organizing Committee

Location

Banquet

The Banquet Dinner will be held in the Terrace Room of the Laurel Point Inn on Thursday, May 18th at 7pm. All participants along with their spouses and children are invited to attend. A fee of $55 will be collected at the registration table for all those who will be attending.

Travel

Electricity

Electricity in Victoria is 100 - 127 Volts, 60 Hz AC.

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 Danielle.Frenette@nrc.gc.ca including your complete mailing address.

Group Photo

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