Tango and SKA France meeting held at ESRF (Grenoble, FRANCE)

Thursday 5 Apr 2018, 09:30 → 17:00 UTC

ESRF

Chiara Ferrari (Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur), Jean-Michel Chaize (ESRF)

The TANGO software developed at ESRF in collaboration with several other scientific institutions in Europe has been selected as the control system for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), the largest radio telescope that will be built in 2020+ in South Africa and Australia. In this framework, ESRF and SKA France, the academic and private partnership coordinating the activities towards a French participation to the SKA, organize a meeting to discuss the future TANGO-related activities and developments of interest for the SKA and radio astronomical applications.

09:30 → 09:50 Welcome coffee

09:50 → 10:00 Welcome address

Speaker: Michael Krisch

Slides ESRF_for_SKA_france.pptx

10:00 → 10:20 The SKA project and SKA France

presentation of SKA project and the newly created Maison SKA France

Speaker: Dr Chiara Ferrari ((SKA France Director) Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur)

Slides TANGOSKAFRANCE.pdf

10:20 → 10:35 SKA project management

general planning of the SKA control, contractual and politic aspects

Speaker: Dr Nick Rees (SKA Organisation)

Slides FrenchSKADay_-_SKA_Project.pdf FrenchSKADay_-_SKA_Project.pptx

10:35 → 10:50 Overview of TANGO

Speaker: Jean-Michel Chaize (ESRF)

Slides Tango_organisation_short.pptx

10:50 → 11:10 The SKA control system

General description of the system, Tango strategy...

Speaker: Mr Lorenzo Pivetta (SKA Organisation)

Slides SKA-control-system.pdf

11:10 → 12:10 Round table of each participant

Each participant is invited to present his(her) company in few minutes

12:10 → 12:40 lunch break

12:40 → 15:10 Discussions on potential collaborations

• How SKA France partners can contribute to the SKA project?
• Role played by the participants to the meeting
• Identification of other possible interested partners at national and international level...
• Action plan and Conclusions

Convener: Dr Chiara Ferrari (Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur)

12:40 minutes of the discussions

Speaker: Dr Chiara Ferrari (Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur)

15:10 → 15:25 Coffee break

15:25 → 16:40 Visit of the ESRF installation

short presentation followed by the visit of the control room and a beamline

Slides Anneau_VF.mpg general_esrf.ppt