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March 22-25, 2014 - Tucson, AZ (USA)
Westward Look Wyndham Grand Resort and Spa 245 E. Ina Rd., Tucson, Arizona Map and Direction |
The presentations are available in pdf format from the Final Program page.
The LBTO 2014 Users' Meeting, the first of a long series (we intend to have one every three years...), is entirely dedicated to LBTO and its users.
For the observatory, this first users' meeting comes at a very important time: LBTO is preparing a development plan which intends to bring the observatory to the forefront of astronomy by the end of the decade. For this plan to be successful, it must fit the expectations of those the observatory is serving: its users!
Therefore, the meeting will serve three main purposes:
- Give the LBTO users an opportunity to gather beyond the partners' borders and share their current and planned scientific projects through talks and posters, a great chance to build new multi-partners collaborations and to start building a real LBT community, something LBTO will need for its long-term future.
-Engage the users in the reflection on the development of the observatory: new observing modes, new services provided to users, upgrades of the currents instruments or capabilities, next generation instrumentation...
- Offer the LBT Partner Representatives a chance to interact with their users and to measure the level of interest the future of LBT generates all over the partnership.
The Users' Meeting will follow The Search for Life Beyond the Solar System: Exoplanets, Biosignatures & Instruments, a conference also held in Tucson March 16-21 and organized by the Vatican Observatory and the Steward Observatory.
For the observatory, this first users' meeting comes at a very important time: LBTO is preparing a development plan which intends to bring the observatory to the forefront of astronomy by the end of the decade. For this plan to be successful, it must fit the expectations of those the observatory is serving: its users!
Therefore, the meeting will serve three main purposes:
- Give the LBTO users an opportunity to gather beyond the partners' borders and share their current and planned scientific projects through talks and posters, a great chance to build new multi-partners collaborations and to start building a real LBT community, something LBTO will need for its long-term future.
-Engage the users in the reflection on the development of the observatory: new observing modes, new services provided to users, upgrades of the currents instruments or capabilities, next generation instrumentation...
- Offer the LBT Partner Representatives a chance to interact with their users and to measure the level of interest the future of LBT generates all over the partnership.
The Users' Meeting will follow The Search for Life Beyond the Solar System: Exoplanets, Biosignatures & Instruments, a conference also held in Tucson March 16-21 and organized by the Vatican Observatory and the Steward Observatory.