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Far-Infrared Astronomy from Space:
A Community Workshop about the Future |
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May 28-30, 2008 at the Pasadena Hilton | |||
Venue:The meeting will take place from Wed-Fri., the 28-30th of May 2008, at the Hilton Hotel in Pasadena, CA. A banquet will be held on Thursday evening (29 May 2008) at the Athenaeum on the Caltech campus.You must make your own hotel reservation. We have a special group rate of $118/night. This rate is only avalible until May 7, 2008. The Pasadena Hilton has setup a special registration page for this purpose. If you wish to reserve a room by phone the conference code is IPAC. Transportation:Airport to Pasadena:Public Transportation:Shared Ride Vans:Other Ground Transportation Choices |
Agenda for the Far-Infrared Astronomy from Space WorkshopTo download a copy of a presentation/poster, click on the item's title.
Poster Presenters:
Note that Exoplanet Forum 2008 will be held at the Hilton Hotel on May 29-30 2008. Please see their meeting web site for details: http://ces.jpl.nasa.gov/ces_exForum.cfm |
Instructions for presenters:We invite contributed talks and posters for the Far-Infrared Astronomy from Space workshop. Please indicate which you prefer on your registration form, and include your abstract. Once the registration deadline closes (April 30 2008) we will post the accepted talks and posters on this web site.Please remember that the talks and posters should not only focus on recent exciting science or technological results, but also discuss the implications and challenges they foster for the next generation of Far-Infrared space observatories. Try and address the "big picture" and help us define the key science and technology goals for future missions Talks:Contributed talks should be 15 minutes in length, with an additional 5 minutes reserved for questions.Posters:Posters should fit within a maximum area of 36x36 inches. We anticipate that the posters will remain up for the entire conference.Mission Handouts:Short instructional factsheets are avalible for the following missions/programs: |
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![]() Far-IR Astronomy from Space and the Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal ProcessThe 2008 Community Plan for Far Infrared/Submillimeter Space Astronomy (v1, 12 Dec. 2008)A draft of our white paper is now available. This will be distributed and discussed at the Jan 2009 AAS in Long Beach, CA, during the special session "The Far-Infrared/Submillimeter Universe in High Definition" on Tuesday, Jan 6th at 2pm.Talks & Posters Now Available:We will be posting pdf versions of the contributed talks and posters on this web site over the next few months as they become available. Please go to the Schedule page, and follow the links under each presenters name to find the pdf version of his/her talk/poster.Goals:In preparation for the Decadal Survey, and in celebration of the 25th anniversary of IRAS, we invite the community to a workshop to discuss strategies and plans for the future of far-infrared space astronomy. The goal of the workshop will be to define key science and technologies for the next generation of space-based far-infrared missions, based upon recent discoveries and the expected return of upcoming facilities, such as WISE, Herschel, SOFIA, JWST, ALMA, etc.
Venue:The meeting will take place from Wed-Fri., the 28-30th of May 2008, at the Hilton Hotel in Pasadena, CA. A banquet will be held on Thursday evening (29 May 2008) at the Athenaeum on the Caltech campus.The IRAS 25th anniversary dinner will be held at Dabney Gardens on the Caltech campus on Wednesday evening 28 May 2008. On Saturday, the 31st of May, the SOFIA project will be leading a tour of the Dryden Airborne Operations Facility in Palmdale, CA., for all interested meeting participants. Once the meeting registration closes, we will contact all registrants by email with instructions about how to sign up for the tour. The tour should take about 4 hours in total, including travel time from Pasadena to Palmdale and back. Although the exact time of departure has not been set, we expect to leave in the morning, and return to Pasadena in the early afternoon on the 31st. Buses will be provided for the trip. For more information on the venue and transportation please see Venue and Transportation. Useful Links:
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