[asac] [Fwd: ALMA at 2006 IAU]

[Jean L. Turner]

Dear ASAC:

I got the following email from Peter Stockman, STScI Project
Scientist for the JWST. He suggests that we collaborate with
them on a Joint Discussion at the IAU GA in Prague in 2006,
on a session on future instruments. THey are suggesting
JWST, ALMA, and Herschel.

Al and I agree that this is an excellent idea. We have not
discussed this further with Peter, awaiting your response.
A JD would not be too difficult to organize, and doing this
jointly with JWST and Herschel at the IAU GA would bring
together many astronomers from different regions
of the spectrum. It will take some energy, and the ASAC has
a busy year ahead. However, this seems to be a very
worthwhile project. Do you agree?

If we decide we are interested, then a proposal will have to
be prepared by January 1. The paperwork will not be too bad,
only a few pages in length (as I recall; if someone knows
differently, please correct me!), but what will have to be done
is come up with an organizing committee, and a plan for the
JD in concert with the JWST and Herschel people.

Action items:

==> Please let me know what you think of the idea, ASAP.

==> Please let me know if you might be interested in serving
on a subcommittee to organize this proposal (not necessarily
to organize the JD at this stage, just the proposal), also
ASAP.

++> If you have any ideas for the workshop, I can collect those
too. One thought that has occurred is that there might be
members of the ESAC or ANASAC who would be willing to help
organize the JD.


Jean



-- 
Jean L. Turner, Professor
Division of Astronomy & Astrophysics, UCLA
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---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: ALMA at 2006 IAU
From:    "Peter Stockman" <stockman at stsci.edu>
Date:    Mon, December 13, 2004 11:38 am
To:      chicag at astro.ucla.edu
Cc:      john.mather at gsfc.nasa.gov
         mstiavel at stsci.edu
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Dear Dr. Turner (Vice Chair ALMA Scientific Advisory Committee):

In the last week, we in the JWST project have pursued how the project  and
its science
could be presented at the 2006 IAU Symposium in Prague. There is a  small
chance that
facilities such as ALMA, Herschel, and JWST could speak as part of to  be
selected symposium --
they prefer to hear about real data or models! (imagine). However,  there
is a greater possibility
that we could create or participate in a Joint Discussion, perhaps 
associated with extragalactic
and star-formation divisions (in the case of ALMA in particular).

Has the ALMA science team considered presentations at the 2006
meeting? If yes, maybe you can
help us, if no and if you are interested, maybe we can help put
together a proposal from a number of important, international future 
facilities in the Sub-mm-IR regarding upcoming research capabilities.

  Unfortunately, the deadline for submitting a proposal to the IAU is
~ Jan. 1 so we would appreciate any
thoughts or information that you have.

Peter
-- 
H.S. (Peter) Stockman		JWST Mission Head
stockman at stsci.edu		Space Telescope Science Institute
410-338-5007			3700 San Martin Drive
410-338-4436(fax)			Baltimore, MD 21218