Large Telescope Education Collaboration

Program for February 16-20, 2001

Friday, February 16, 2001--SAAO, Cape Town

08:30 - 09:00 Welcome, Introductions, Challenge of the Meeting

09:00 - 10:00 Gemini, Keck, and Subaru Educational/Outreach--Peter Michaud

10:00 - 10:15 Coffee/Tea Break

10:15 - 11:15 Arecibo Educational/Outreach--Drs. Jose Alonso and Daniel Altschuler,

11:15 - 11:45 VLA Educational/Outreach--Dave Finley

11:45 - 12:00 McDonald Observatory/HET--Dr. Mary Kay Hemenway

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch

13:00 - 14:00 Invited Speaker, Dr. Terry Teays, Hubble Space Telescope Educational

Programs

14:00 -14:30 Update on Southern African Large Telescope, Kobus Meiring, Project Mgr.

14:30 -14:45 Continue McDonald/HET presentation --Frank Cianciolo

14:45 -15:15 Educational/ Outreach Programs of the Gran Canaries Telescopio--Luis Cuesta Crespo

15:15 - 15:30 Coffee/Tea Break

15:30 -16:00 Description of the Jodrell Bank Educational Outreach Programs--Dr. Ian Morison

16:00 -16:30 Description of ESO/VLT Educational Outreach Programs--Richard West

16:30 -17:00 Description of the SALT/SAAO Educational Outreach Programs--Case Rijsdijk

17:00 - 17:30 Summarize

18:30 - Hosted Reception and Dinner

Saturday, February 17 2001, SAAO, Cape Town

08:00 - 08:30 A Model for an Educational Collaboration based on the

Southwestern Consortium of Observatories for Public

Education, SCOPE. Sandra Preston, McDonald Observatory.

08:30 - 10:00 Establish Mission and Membership Guidelines

10:00 - 10:15 Coffee/Tea Break

10:15 - 12:00 Establish the Goals of the Collaboration

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch

13:00 - 13:30 Break-away Groups to Assess strengths/weaknesses

13:30 - 14:00 Report back

14:00 - 14:30 Break-away to Assess Opportunities/Threats

14:30 - 15:00 Report Back

15:00 - 15:15 Coffee/Tea Break

15:15 - 17:00 Establish Priorities, Name, Leadership

17:00 - 17:30 Summarize

Dinner on your own

Sunday, February 18, 2001, SAAO, Cape Town & Sutherland

08:00 - 10:00 Establish a plan of action of the collaboration

10:00 - 10:15 Coffee/Tea Break

10:15 - 12:00 Complete action plan and assign responsibilities

12:00 Lunch at SAAO hosted by SAAO

14:30 Depart for Sutherland

18:30 Arrive Sutherland and check into Hotel at own expense.

19:00 Reception and Braai hosted by SAAO

21:00 Viewing night sky

Monday, February 19, 2001, Sutherland

08:30 Depart for tour of Observatory

11:00 Depart for Matjiesfontein

12:30 Lunch at Matjiesfontein

17:00 Arrive Cape Town

Tuesday, February 20, 2001

08:00 - 18:00 Day Tour of the Cape at own expense.

Participants from the U.S., Europe, and South Africa

Sandra Preston Hobby-Eberly Telescope/McDonald Obs. (confirmed)

Peter Michaud Gemini Project also representing Keck and Subaru (confirmed)

Daniel Altschuler Arecibo Observatory (confirmed)

Dave Finley Very Large Array (confirmed)

Case Rijsdijk SAAO/SALT (confirmed)

Richard West Very Large Telescope (confirmed)

Alletta Van Sittert Town Clerk, Sutherland (confirmed for Friday)

Luis Cresto Crespa Gran Canaries Telescopio (confirmed)

Terry Teays Hubble Space Telescope (confirmed)

Ian Morison Jodrell Bank Observatory (confirmed)

Mary Kay Hemenway McDonald Observatory (confirmed)

Jose Alonso Arecibo Observatory (confirmed)

Frank Cianciolo Hobby-Eberly Telescope/McDonald Obs. (confirmed)