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Agenda for February 2011 JCSA Meeting

Dates: February 7-8, 2011
Venue: Canadian Space Agency, Montreal

Monday, February 7, 2011

Time Topic Lead
9:00 Recap of LRP recommendations Abraham
9:30 CSA Space Astronomy missions update Laurin
10:30 Recap of CSA CSEW9 workshop recommendations
  1. Strategic Planning and 2010 Exploration Workshop - outcome
  2. 2009 Space and Suborbital Workshop - 1 year later, (Lebeuf)
Piedboeuf
11:00 Break  
11:15 Status of G&C program Berinstain
12:30 Lunch  
1:30 JWST mission challenges
  1. Budget and schedule - Global
    1. Casani report
    2. JSTAC and SWG meetings: recap and future
  2. Budget - CSA specific
    1. JWST ops scientists at STScI
  3. TFI status
Hutchings, Doyon, Abraham
3:30 Break  
3:45 Other challenges
  1. Funding Astrosat I+T support, and science
  2. Astro-H funding, contract and science support
Hutchings, Gallo via telecon
4:30 AOB (e.g. more discussion of LRP and CSA strategic planning, if needed)  
5:00 Meeting Adjourn  

 

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Time Topic Lead
9:00 Conclusions from Dark Energy study Hutchings, Rowlands?
10:00 Heads-up about WISH Sawicki, via video
11:00 Break  
11:15 Dunlap Institute - overview, future directions Maness
12:00 Lunch  
1:00 UTIAS and You Zee
2:00 Outreach
  1. Hubblesite.org and JWST website at STScI
  2. 1.5% of all federal research money for outreach?
TBD
3:00 SPICA update Naylor
3:30 Break  
3:45 Herschel highlights Naylor
4:15 Future of JCSA All
4:30 AOB  
5:00 Meeting Adjourn