Horizons for Optical Long Baseline Interferometry

13:00 - 14:00 (1h)

Welcome desk with coffee

We will welcome you in the entrance hall of building 18, in front of the amphitheater, with you badge and a cup of coffee.

14:00 - 14:15 (15min)

Welcome

Chairs, Observatory Director

14:15 - 15:45 (1h30)

Setting the Stage

Claudia Paladini

› Expanding Horizons: crowdsourcing to shape the next ESO programme - Antoine Merand, European Southern Observatory 14:15-14:45 (30min)

› An overview of the future space missions context - Coustenis Athena, Laboratoire d'Etudes Spatiales et d'Instrumentation en Astrophysique 14:45-15:15 (30min)

› Future landscapes - Michele Cirasuolo, European Southern Observatory 15:15-15:45 (30min)

15:45 - 16:15 (30min)

Coffee break

16:15 - 18:00 (1h45)

Setting the Stage and Galactic Astronomy

Steve Ertel

› The CHARA Array in 2040 - Nic Scott, The CHARA Array 16:15-16:45 (30min)

› Dark matter determinations in Local Group dwarf galaxies - Giuseppina Battaglia, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias 16:45-17:15 (30min)

› Using long baseline interferometry to study the dark matter distribution in Milky Way analog galaxies - Natanael De Isídio, European Southern Observatory, National Radio Astronomy Observatory [Socorro], Observatório do Valongo/UFRJ [Rio de Janeiro] 17:15-17:30 (15min)

› Realising the scientific potential of VLTI in the coming decade: a call for an ambitious data analysis open ecosystem - Antoine Merand, European Southern Observatory 17:30-17:45 (15min)

› Servo controlled hectometric outdoor fiber links between telescopes: principle and on-sky experimental demonstration at 810nm - Ludovic Grossard, Photonique Fibre et Sources Cohérentes 17:45-18:00 (15min)