Towards the European ELT

27th Nov 06 - 1st Dec 06

in Marseille

PHAROE-ELT E-ELT

 

Post Meeting info:

- access the oral presentations and/or posters (please note that they are not all available)

- list of participants (as of *before* the meeting, still to be updated)

- conference photos are available at this link (passwd protected)

 

Towards the European Extremely Large Telescope
European astronomical research is at a critical juncture with the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) project being currently defined by its community through in particular ESO, OPTICON and the ELT Design Study, with a decision to proceed designing the facility to be taken end 2006 / early 2007. This Meeting will offer to the European astronomical community at large the opportunity to provide precious feedback to the goals and means of that ambitious long-term programme. It will successively address the E-ELT Science case basic reference
design and instrumentation concepts.
The Meeting is organized in 3 main sessions: Science (1.5 day), Presentation by ESO of the E-ELT status and discussion (1.5 day), Instrumentation (1 day). Contributed talks and posters are invited for the Science and Instrumentation sessions.

The deadline for paper submission is over. Should you still wish to present a poster, please send an e-mail to info@elt2006.org and we will evaluate your request.

Key Dates
  • Paper & Poster submission September 30th, 2006
  • Deadline for funding requests September 30th, 2006
  • Author notification October 15th, 2006
  • Final Programme October 31st, 2006
  • Registration deadline: November 15th, 2006
 
Funding requests
There is a limited amount of funding available to cover expenses for those attending this conference. Priority will be given to European students and postocs. If you would like to be considered for funding, please send an email to info@elt2006.org stating the (approximate) amount of funding that you require. The deadline forfunding requests is 30th September 2006.
 
 
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ESO
OAMP
 
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