European VSOP-2/Astro-G Kick-off Meeting

JIVE, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
Hooghoudt Room, 15 June 2006

Agenda

09:30 - 11:00 Arrival, coffee

11:00 M.Garrett Opening, welcome

11:10 H.Hirabayashi VSOP-2/Astro-G project

• science goals
• technical specifications;
• timeline;
• international aspects of the project.

12:00 L.Gurvits Outlook for European role in the VSOP-2 mission

12:30 M.Garrett EVN and JIVE in 2012

13:00 Lunch

13:40 S.Pogrebenko Space VLBI and the Next Generation VLBI corelators

14:00 C.Reynolds VSOP-2 in SKADS simulations

14:20 A.Lobanov mm-VLBI and VSOP-2

14:40 F.Colomer Participation of IGN (Spain) in the Astro-G mission

15:00 L.Gurvits European VSOP-2 contact group: past and future

15:20 Tea/coffee break

15:40 Open podium - brain-storming session

17:00 H.Hirabayashi Astro-G calendar for the next 18 months

17:20 L.Gurvits Wrap-up, action items

17:40 AOB

18:00 Adjourn

List of participants (as of 15 June 2006):