NOVA-ESO Instrumentation Day
10:00 Doors open, coffee & tea
10:30 – 12:20 Session 1
- Welcome by Michiel Rodenhuis, NOVA Executive Director
- MICADO: Instrument development and future science, by Eline Tolstoy, NL-PI & MICADO project scientist
- The status and promise of METIS from the NOVA perspective, by Bernhard Brandl, METIS PI and Felix Bettonvil, METIS consortium manager
- MOSAIC: the multi-object spectrograph for the ELT, by Annemieke Janssen, MOSAIC systems engineer in the NOVA optical-infrared instrumentation group
- The Paranal Instrumentation Programme, by Antoine Mérand, ESO VLTI programme scientist
- Science results from VLTI/MATISSE, by Michiel Hogerheijde, Leiden Observatory VLTI expertise center
12:20 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 14:40 Session 2
- The BlackGEM array on La Silla (live from the observatory!) by Paul Groot, BlackGEM PI, and Steven Bloemen, project manager
- Recent Science Highlights from ALMA, by Nienke van der Marel, Leiden Observatory
- The future of ALMA, by Martin Zwaan, Head of the ESO-ALMA regional centre
- The development of the ALMA Band 2 receiver, by Pavel Yagoubov, ESO Band 2 project manager
- NOVA connecting ESO to the high-tech industry in the Netherlands, by Ramon Navarro, NOVA optical-infrared instrumentation programme manager
14:40 -15:00 Break for tea & coffee
15:00 Main event
- Welcome: Ewine van Dishoeck (NOVA ambassador) and Amina Helmi (NOVA scientific director)
- ESO@60 uniting European astronomy: ESO Council President Linda Tacconi
- 60 years history of ESO and NL role: Tim de Zeeuw, former ESO Director General
- Science with ESO(I): Revealing mysteries about supermassive black holes: Hector Olivares
- ESO instrumentation, NL involvement: Michele Cirasuolo (ESO)
- ESO and industry: Hans Priem, CEO of VDL-ETG
- Science with ESO (II): Stars as fossils of galaxies’ histories: Else Starkenburg
- NOVA and ESO instrumentation: Michiel Rodenhuis, NOVA Executive Director
- ESO and outreach: Marieke Baan, Head of the NOVA Information Center
- Science with ESO (III): Exoplanets and the search for life: Jean-Michel Désert
- ESO, now and the next 60 years: ESO Director General Xavier Barcons
- Reflections on ESO and the importance of IGOs: Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf
- Closing
From 17:00 onwards, celebratory drinks will be served.
Please note that the program may be subject to changes.