IVOA Interoperability meeting

14-18 May, 2007: Beijing, China

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Meeting Web Site

Detailed information is available at the meeting webpage.

Important Dates

• 2007-4-15 Deadline for early hotel book
• 2007-4-20 Deadline for full refund of hotel cancellation
• 2007-4-28 Deadline for on-line registration

Program

Program as of 23 April 2007 (PDF) (XLS). Comments should be sent to BobHanisch. (If anyone cares to convert this into TWiki style, please do!)

Schedule (version 23 April 2007)
	Session		Plenary	Room 1	Room 2	Room 5	Room 4 - Splinter Discussions
Sunday	Exec	17:30-20:00				IVOA Executive
Monday	1.1	08:30-10:00	Plenary
	1.2	10:30-12:00
	1.3	14:00-15:30	Reg1: Upgrade Progress			GWS1: VOSpace 1.x
	1.4	16:00-17:30	VOTable			Theory1: Simulation Data Model
Tuesday	2.1	08:30-10:00			DAL1: SSAP & getCapab	DM1: Characterization
	2.2	10:30-12:00			DM2 + DAL2: Spectrum	Reg2: Extension Schema
	2.3	14:00-15:30			Apps1: New & Updated	GWS2: REST & UWS, VOSpace 2.x
	2.4	16:00-17:30		Theory2: SNAP	Apps2: New & Updated	VOQL1: ADQL
		18:00-21:00	Banquet
Wednesday	3.1	08:30-10:00	Apps3: Apps Messaging			VOQL2: ADQL
	3.2	10:30-12:00	DAL3 + VOQL3: TAP			Semantics1: UCDs
			Free Time
Thursday	4.1	08:30-10:00	Theory3: New and other			VOEvent: Update
	4.2	10:30-12:00	DAL4 + VOQL4: TAP			Semantics2: Ontologies
	4.3	14:00-15:30	Reg3: Advanced Discover			Astro-RG
	4.4	16:00-17:30	Apps4: Apps Messaging			DAL5: SIAP V2
Friday	5.1	08:30-10:00	DM3: STC et al.			GWS3: VO Services I/F. single sign-on
	5.2	10:30-12:00	IVOA Assessment			contingency
	5.3	14:00-15:30	Plenary
	5.4	16:00-17:30

Meeting Locations

All meetings will be held at Beijing Oriental Culture Hotel. Accommodation is available at both Beijing Oriental Culture Hotel and Botai Hotel.

Organization

Participants and Reservation Status

The list of registered participants can be found here.

Invitation and Visa

Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs provides information on entering China and Visa requirements. If a letter of invitation is required for your visa application, please send an email to Chenzhou CUI (ccz@bao.ac.cn) with the following information:

• Full Name on Your Passport
• Passport Number
• Nationality
• Institute Name
• Office Post Address

Logistics

Network

Network is available at both meeting rooms and hotel rooms. At the meeting rooms, it is wireless network. In the hotel rooms, DHCP LAN network will be available.

Electricity

Electricity is 220 volts/50 Hz. At the meeting rooms, there will be many universal outlets that can handle a wide variety of plug shapes.