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 30 April 2007 (XLS) (PDF) Comments should be sent to BobHanisch.

Schedule (version 30 April 2007)
	Session		Plenary Room	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 (Group photo during cafe break)
	1.2	10:30-12:00
	1.3	14:00-15:30	Reg1: Upgrade Progress & Issues			DM1: Characterization
	1.4	16:00-17:30	DAL1: SSAP & getCapablities			GWS1: VOSpace 1.x
Tuesday	2.1	08:30-10:00	Apps1: New & Updated		VOTable	Theory1: Simulation Data Model
	2.2	10:30-12:00	DM2 + DAL2: Spectrum Data Model			Reg2: Advanced Discovery:Inventories Footprints & Ontologies
	2.3	14:00-15:30	Apps2: New & Updated		Theory2: SNAP	GWS2: REST & UWS, VOSpace 2.x
	2.4	16:00-17:30	Apps3: New & Updated			VOQL1: ADQL
		18:00-21:00	Banquet (Shuttle bus take off at 5:40 from the hotel)
Wednesday	3.1	08:30-10:00	Apps4: 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: Extension Schemas (VOEvent, VOApps, VOStd)			Astro-RG
	4.4	16:00-17:30	Apps5: 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 2
	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.

Group Photo

• The full resolution group photo is available here (4MB) .