SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT ON Wide Field Survey Telescope at DOME C and A

SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT ON Wide Field Survey Telescope at DOME C and A 3-4
June 2005, Beijing, China

Meeting Agenda

June 3 (morning)

  • 9:00 -9:20 (TBD): Introductory speech
  • 9:20 -10:00 Lawrence, Jon: Atmospheric turbulence measurements at DOME C
  • 10:00-10:40 Li,Yuansheng: Intriduction to Chinese Dome A Inland Traverse
  • 10:40-11:20 Yao, Yongqiang: Notions on Chinese antarctic site selection
  • 11:20-12:00 Aristidi, Eric: Last news about Dome C site testing from the current winterover, and some projects for the future

Lunch (afternoon)

  • 2:00-2:40 Yock, Philip: Prospect for detecting Earth-like exoplanets from DOME C by gravitational microlensing
  • 2:40 -3:20 Cappellaro, Enrico: The VLT Survey Telescope and OmegaCAM: ESO next wide field imaging facility Break
  • 3:40-4:20 Zhao, Yongheng: Science with LAMOST
  • 4:20-5:00 Wang, Lifan: Is DOME C a superior site for SN studies?
  • 5:00-5:40 Yang, Ji: Antarctic Submillimeter Exploration

June 4 (morning)

  • 9:00-9:40 Lemaitre, Gerard: Proposal for a Modified-Rumsey Survey Telescope by Active Optics
  • 9:40-10:20 York, Don: Wide field telescope at DOME C Break
  • 10:40-11:20 Saunders, Will: A design for a large reflective Schmidt telescope at Dome-C
  • 11:20-12:00 Cui, Xiangqun: The Extremely Large LAMOST Type Telescope

Lunch (afternoon)

  • 2:00-2:40 Storey, John: PILOT- the Pathfinder for an International Large Optical Telescope
  • 2:40-3:20 Pennypacker, Carl: DOME A/C and HOU
  •  3:20-4:00 Huang, Maohai: Environment and Reality of Doing Science at Antarctic Inland -- Experiences from US South Pole Station" Break
  • 4:00-5:00 Free discussions

June 5 Sightseeing in Beijing

The conference will be held in Beijing Meeting Center(Address: #88, Laiguangying West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing). Hotel is in the same place, the LOC has reserved the hotel for all participants. If you need an air port pick-up, please info us the flight number and arrival time in advance. If you have any request, please contact Ms. Ying Chen, office@lamost.org or office_lamost@bao.ac.cn.