IVOA Interoperability meeting

May 21-25, 2012
at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA),
the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL

Meeting information

The meeting will be take place at the NCSA building on the campus of the University of Illinois. See the venue page for more information.

Programme

Session	Time	Room	Session	Notes
1	09.00–09.15	Auditorium	Welcome and Logistics	RayPlante
1	09.15–09.30	Auditorium	State of the IVOA	Ajit Kembavi
1	09.30–10.00	Auditorium	State of the TCG	Christophe Arviset
1	10.00-10.15	Auditorium	In the classroom with the VO	Giulia Iafrate
1	10.15-10.30	Auditorium	Future Science Uses Cases	Mark Allen
10	11.00–12.30	Auditorium	DM: UTypes draft/discussion
11	14.00–15.30	Auditorium	Applications 3
11	14.00–15.30	Rm 1040	Joint Theory/DAL/Registry: SimDAL
12	16.00–17.30		Petascale Computing Facility Tour
13		Auditorium	Special: VO Take-up in Major Projects
13	09.00-09.30	Auditorium	Dark Energy Survey	Don Petraveck
13	09.30-10.00	Auditorium	One-Degree Imager	Arvin Gopu
13	10.00-10.30	Auditorium	The ALMA Archive and the VO	Felix Stoehr
14	11.00–12.30	Auditorium	Special: Feedback on Implementation
15	14.00–15.30	Auditorium	GWS 2
15	14.00–15.30	Rm 1040	Reg: Publication and Validation
16	16.00–17.30	Auditorium	DAL: Footprint
16	16.00–17.30	Rm 1040	VOEvent
17	08.30–10.00	Auditorium	WG/IG session summaries	WG/IG Chairs
17	10.00-10.15	Auditorium	Science Impact	Mark Allen (CSP)
17	10.15–10.30	Auditorium	Closing Remarks	Ajit Kembavi
18	11:00 - 12:15	Lobby	Petascale Computing Facility Tour	see sign-up sheet, more info
2	11.00–12.30	Auditorium	Charge to Working Groups	WG/IG Chairs
3	14.00–15.30	Auditorium	Joint Applications and Semantics: VOTable and Units	Units -- VOTable intro
4	16.00–17.30	Auditorium	DCP: Development of a Unified Astronomy Thesaurus
4	16.00–17.30	Rm 1040	Applications 1
5	09.00–10.30	Auditorium	DAL: DALI and DataLink	DAL Schedule
5	09.00–10.30	Rm 1040	Semantics
6	11.00–12.30	Auditorium	DM: Ongoing Data Models
6	11.00–12.30	Rm 1040	DCP: Data publication, data sharing and linking
7	14.00–15.30	Auditorium	Applications 2
7	14.00–15.30	Rm 1040	Registry: Standards and Interfaces
8	16.00–17.30	Auditorium	GWS 1
8	16.00–17.30	Rm 1040	Theory: SimDAL
9	09.00–10.30	Auditorium	Special: General Interest Topics
9	09.00-09.30	Auditorium	Astronomy and Wolfram Alpha	Jeff Bryant
9	09.30-10.00	Auditorium	Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation	Michael Bletzinger
9	10.00-10.30	Auditorium	NEES Laboratory tour	Michael Bletzinger
Friday May 25 2012
Monday May 21 2012
	09.00–15.30	Board Room	IVOA TCG Meeting	TCG
	16.00–18.00	Board Room	IVOA Exec Meeting	Exec + WG/IG Chairs/Vice-chairs
	08.30–9.00	Auditorium	Registration
	10.30–11.00	Break
	12.30–14.00	Lunch
	15.30–16.00	Break
	10.30–11.00	Break
	12.30–14.00	Lunch
	15.30–16.00	Break
	10.30–11.00	Break
	12.30–14.00	Lunch
	12.30–14.00		IVOA Exec Meeting	Exec
	15.30–16.00	Break
	15.30–16.00	Lobby	Petascale Computing Facility Tour	see sign-up sheet, more info
	16.00–17.30	Various	Splinter meetings, hack-a-thon
	16.00–17.30	Rm 2000	Committee on Science Prioities	CSP Members
	10.30–11.00	Group Photo
	10.30–11.00	Break
	12.30–14.00	Lunch
	15.30–16.00	Break
	19.00–	Lobby	Banquet Dinner
Sunday May 20 2012
Thursday May 24 2012
Tuesday May 22 2012
Wednesday May 23 2012

Notes

Programme Organising Committee

Please contact the POC for changes to the agenda, etc:

• Séverin Gaudet
• Nicholas Walton
• Ray Plante (LOC Chair)

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Registration and Participants List

Registration is now open. There is no charge for attendance; however the cost to attend the banquet is $36.

To register, please visit the registration page. The deadline for purchasing a banquet ticket is May 7.

See who has registered so far. Note that this list is not updated in real-time.

Travel, Accommodation and Visa Information

Please consult the venue page for logistical information.