2006 Michelson Summer Workshop
Frontiers of Interferometry: Stars, Disks, and Terrestrial Planets
Final
Announcement
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
July 24-28, 2006
Final Workshop Agenda (Complete with Presentation Slides!)
Local Information
(Workshop Hotel, Bus Transportation, Opening Reception, Workshop Banquet, Mt. Wilson Tour, Internet, Maps, and more!)
Financial Support
If you have been awarded support for the workshop you must abide by all rules in the travel guidelines:
Attendees
SpeakersGeneral Michelson Summer Workshop
Information
The
2006 Michelson Summer Workshop will consist of a series of
tutorial lectures covering interferometry, including
past, present, and future applications of the
technique,
particularly in its application to the detection of
extrasolar planets.
The summer
workshop will be held on
the
campus of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). It will be held from
Monday, July 24 to Friday, July 28, 2006 with an opening reception on
Sunday evening, July 23.
The Summer
Workshop is intended for graduate
students and postdoctoral
researchers, although applications for financial support from other
individuals in the field
of astronomical
interferometry and planet finding will be considered. Financial
assistance for
travel and
accommodations may
be available for successful applicants in accordance with U.S.
government
reimbursement regulations. Local accommodations, near or on the
Caltech
campus, may be provided to participants for the duration of the
workshop. An early
registration fee
of $150 will be charged.
Local Organizing Committee
Dawn Gelino (chair)Helga Mycroft
Kathy Golden
Shellie Hanna
M.E. McElveney
Scientific Organizing Committee
Tom Armstrong (NRL)
Michelle Creech-Eakman (NM Tech)
Christian Hummel (ESO)
Harold McAlister (GSU)
Rafael Millan-Gabet (MSC, Caltech)
Peter Tuthill (U of Sydney)
Stephen Unwin (JPL)
Important Dates
- October 17, 2005: First
announcement
- February 6, 2006: Second announcement
- February 6, 2006:
Financial Support Application period
begins
- March 3, 2006: Financial Supprt Application deadline
- March 23, 2006: Decisions on financial support announced
- June 2, 2006: Early Registration Fee
deadline
- July 7, 2006: Final announcement; agenda and attendee list posted
- July 17, 2006: On-line Registration Fee
deadline
Useful Links
- Michelson Science Center
- California Institute of Technology
- Optical Long Baseline Interferometry News (OLBIN)
- OLBIN email News Forum
- Workshop coordinator
email: Dr. Dawn Gelino
- Previous summer workshops:
2006 Michelson Summer Workshop
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, July 24-28, 2006