VO-TECH Stage 08 Planning Meeting & EuroVO-AIDA Second Technology Forum

Dates and general information

• The planning meeting for Stage 08 of VO-TECH, which is also the Second Technology Forum of the Euro-VO AIDA project, will take place September 29th - October 2nd in Cambridge

Registration DEADLINE Fri 19 Sept 2008

Please register by 19 Sept 2008 (list below) if you plan to attend the meeting

Accommodation, Visitor Information etc

Meeting Equipment

Full details will be provided here. Wireless networking will be available in all of the meeting rooms.

Workshop Dinner

Dinner will be at Cafe Naz (45 / 47 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB3 0AH - map) at 19.00 on Weds 1 Oct 2008.

Travel and Weather

Information as to how to get to the IoA can be found at http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/IoA/about_ioa/contact/directions.php.

If you are travelling from the airports - I recommend pre-booking a taxi from one of the firms listed at http://www.cam.ac.uk/local/travel/taxis.html - i often use Blue Rose (bluerosecars@btinternetNOSPAM.com).

The latest weather forecast for Cambridge from the BBC Weather Office

Tourist Information and What's On in Cambridge

• The tourist office pages are at: http://www.visitcambridge.org/
• The Cambridge Evening News is a good source of info, see the main pages and the tourism section
• Cambridge wikipedia page

Accommodation

Hotels

It would be good if you could arrange your own accommodation if needed for this meeting. The Cambridge tourist office has an extensive accommodation page. Cambridge hotels are also listed - the Cambridge Lodge Hotel is the closest to the IoA - a 10 minute walk (but Cambridge Lodge is apparently closed for maintenance during the meeting -- MarkTaylor 05 Sep 2008)

Further information and a booking facility can be found at http://www.a1tourism.com/uk/cambridge.html

The University of Cambridge have preferential rates at The Arundel, The Cambridge Lodge, De Vere University Arms, and the Royal Cambridge Hotel. When booking please mention that you are visiting the University of Cambridge. The discounts offered seem to vary depending on how busy the hotel in question is at the time.

Accommodation queries.

If you have problems with booking accommodation for this meeting or obtaining the preferential rates, please could you let Judith Moss know (mailto:jm@astNOSPAM.cam.ac.uk), she maybe able to help.

Provisional Agenda

Mon 29	10:00-10:30	Registration - Coffee
	10:30-10:50	VOTECH project status and overview	Andy Lawrence
	10:50-11:10	AIDA project status and overview	Françoise Genova
	11:10-13:30	DS3 (Infrastructure) /	Keith Noddle
	13:30-14:30	Lunch
	14:30-15:00	AIDA WP6 (Evolution of VO protocols and standards)	Keith Noddle
	15:00-15:45	DS4 (User Tools)	Keith Noddle
	15:45-16:15	Coffee
	16:15-17:30	DS4 (User Tools) (cont.)	Keith Noddle
Tue 30	09:30-10:00	Coffee
	10:00-12:30	DS6 (Data Mining and Visualization)	Bob Mann
	12:30-13:00	AIDA WP7 (Data Access Protocols and Data Models )	Pedro Osuna
	13:00-14:00	Lunch
	14:00-16:00	DS5 (Intelligent Resource Discovery)	Sebastien Derriere
	16:00-16:30	Coffee
	16:30-17:00	AIDA WP8 (Assessment of emerging Technologies)	Françoise Genova
Wed 01	09:00-11:30	Science Team meeting
	09:00-10:45	Hack-a-thon I
	10:45-11:15	Coffee
	11:15-13:00	Hack-a-thon II
	13:00-14:14	Lunch
	14:15-15:30	Hack-a-thon III
	15:30-16:00	Coffee
	16:00-18:00	Hack-a-thon IV
	19:00	Conference Dinner	Cafe Naz
Thu 02	09:00-09:45	Feedback: VOTECH DS sessions, Hack-a-thon & Science mtg
	09:45-10:15	AIDA WP6 Proposals	Keith Noddle
	10:15-10:45	AIDA WP7 Proposals	Pedro Osuna
	10:45-11:15	Coffee
	11:15-11:45	AIDA WP8 Proposals	Françoise Genova
	11:45-12:30	Cross WP proposals and Summary
	12.30	CLOSE (coffee available but NO lunch!)

Note: The Wednesday sessions will take place in the Lecture Theatre (unavailable 13.00-14.15 due to lunchtime lectures), the Hoyle Committee Room and Observatory meeting room A.

Hack-a-thon

The "Hack-a-thon" session is devoted to informal discussions. As well as usual cross-project collaboration work, this session must examine key technical issues facing the VO in general and seek common ground between AIDA projects, proposing standards and solutions to be presented to the IVOA. It is expected that one important outcome will be an update of AIDA WP work plan. Please register the topics you wish to discuss on StageEightAIDAHackAThon.

Attendees

Please indicate below the days on which you will be attending the DS Planning Meetings

(Can you please note any dietary requests that you might have - vegetarian, no nuts, vegan, etc - so that we can arrange the correct selection of lunches)

Name	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Conf. dinner (Wed)	Dietary requests
Keith Noddle	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
Alexandre Richard	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
Sebastien Derriere	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Pascal Wassong	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Christian Bonnin	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Thomas Boch	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
AndreSchaaff	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
CedricCapoulun	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
CyrilPestel	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
AndreaPreiteMartinez	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Francoise Genova	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Nicholas Walton	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
Brice Gassmann	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Paolo Padovani	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Andy Lawrence	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
Patrizia Manzato	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Marco Molinaro	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Massimo Ramella	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Giulia Iafrate	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Riccardo Smareglia	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Fabio Pasian	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Guy Rixon	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Richard McMahon	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Bruno Rino	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Fabien Chereau	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Mark Taylor	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Paul Harrison	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Dugan Witherick	Y	Y	N	N	N
Noel Winstanley	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
MarkHolliman	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Franck Le Petit	Y	Y	Y	Y	?
Jeff Lusted	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
Eduardo Gonzalez	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Veg
Jonathan Tedds	N	N	Y	Y	Y
AnitaRichards	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Veg-ish
Dave Morris	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
Laurent Bourges	N	N	N	N	N
Norman Gray	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Veg
Natalia Deniskina	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Mark Allen	N	N	Y	Y	Y
BrianWalshe	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
BobMann	N	Y	N	N	N
FrancoisBonnarel	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Pierrre Fernique	N	Y	Y	Y	Y
Gabriella Caniglia	Y	Y	N	N	N
Gary Gilchrist	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Veg

-- KeithNoddle - 25 Jul 2008