The Heterogeneous Telescope Networks Interoperability Workshop
Initial Announcement and Call for Registration
The Southgate Hotel, Exeter, United Kingdom 18th - 21 July 2005
Aims
Website
The workshop website can be found at
http://www.astro.ex.ac.uk/htn-workshop2005/
The Workshop
The aim of the workshop is to make real progress towards standards for event notification and interoperability of the existing proprietary robotic (and non-robotic) telescope networks, and with the Virtual Observatory (VO). As such the number of people attending will be intentionally limited to between 30 and 40.
The workshop will be held in the cathedral city of Exeter in the U.K. between the 18th and 21st of July 2005. There will be no charge for conference registration or attendance.
Format
Each delegate representing an interested project or group will be expected to present a talk of about half an hour, describing the status of their project. These talks will be followed by architectural discussions, and breakout sessions.
Location
The workshop will be held in the 4 star Southgate Hotel
(http://www.southgate-hotel.co.uk/) which is only a few minutes from
the centre of the historic city of Exeter . Built in 1989, in the
Georgian Style, the Southgate occupies a commanding position in the
heart of the city. Situated next to the city walls and close to the
cathedral, the hotel benefits from ample free car parking.
Exeter, with its stunning 12th century cathedral
(http://www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/) is a fascinating city in which to
base yourself to explore the South Devon Coast, Dartmoor
(http://www.dartmoor-npa.gov.uk/) and the many local attractions, or
for taking a day trip to The Eden Project (http://www.edenproject.com/)
near St. Austell.
The Southgate itself offers a wide range of leisure facilities including; a heated indoor swimming pool, whirlpool spa, saunas, solarium and an air-conditioned gymnasium all of which which will be made available free of change for delegates staying at the hotel.
Registration
Please see the workshop website at
http://www.astro.ex.ac.uk/htn-workshop2005/ for details of how to
register. Registration will open on the 1st of March 2005 and will
close on the 30th of April 2005.
Accommodation
The LOC has arranged a conference discounted rate of £120 per night with the Southgate Hotel for the duration of the conference. However there are many other places to stay in Exeter and a full list to suit a range of budgets will be made available on the workshop web site in a few days.
Network Access
The Southgate offers free WiFi network access in its lounge areas. Network access for the conference areas has be arranged separately by the LOC.
Funding
Some funding may be available to support people wishing to attend, please mail Alasdair Allan <aa-at-astro.ex.ac.uk> for more details. Please be aware that funding is very limited, and all funding decisions will be made by the LOC at the close of the registration process.
Organisation
The local organising committee (LOC) consists of,
Tim Naylor <timn-at-astro.ex.ac.uk>
Alasdair Allan <aa-at-astro.ex.ac.uk>
Eric Saunders <saunders-at-astro.ex.ac.uk>
The science organising committee (SOC) consists of,
Tim Naylor <timn-at-astro.ex.ac.uk>
Alasdair Allan <aa-at-astro.ex.ac.uk>
Iain Steele <ias-at-astro.livjm.ac.uk>
Rick Hessman <hessman-at-astro.physik.uni-goettingen.de>
Robert White <rwhite-at-lanl.gov>
Anuradha Koratkar <koratkar-at-umbc.edu>
This workshop was funded by an EPSRC grant for "Links to International e-Science Sister Projects", which was obtained in a joint proposal between eSTAR and Robonet-1.0 Projects in the United Kingdom, the MONET Project in Europe, the RAPTOR Project (Los Alamos Laboratory) and SGM Project (NASA Advanced Architectures and Automation Group) in the United States. Received on 2005-02-16Z02:16:13