PLATO kickoff: Program
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Day 1, Nov. 9, 2010, CNES Headquarters, salle de l'Espace
| 9:30 | Welcome, coffee | |
| 10:00–10:15 | Introduction — The PLATO mission (ppt) | Claude Catala |
| 10:15–10:45 | PLATO Science goals — Science Preparation Management (pdf) | Heike Rauer |
| 10:45–11:00 | Exoplanet search and characterization (ppt) | Don Pollacco |
| 11:00–11:30 | Coffee break | |
| 11:30–11:45 | Stellar science with PLATO (pdf) | Marie-Jo Goupil |
| 11:45–12:00 | Additional science with PLATO (pdf) | Werner Weiss |
| 12:00–12:15 | Field and target characterization (ppt) | Giampaolo Piotto |
| 12:15–12:30 | PLATO Follow-up (pdf) | Stéphane Udry |
| 12:30–13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30–13:45 | PLATO science requirements (ppt) | Claude Catala |
| 13:45–14:00 | PLATO Payload Organization Development Plan (pdf) | Pierre Bodin |
| 14:00–14:15 | Instrument Architecture (ppt) | Patrick Levacher |
| 14:15–14:30 | Telescope Optical Unit (pptx) | Roberto Ragazzoni |
| 14:30–14:45 | Focal Plane Assembly (ppt) | Roser Urqui |
| 14:45–15:00 | CCD — FEE (ppt) | David Walton |
| 15:00–15:15 | Data treatment algorithms (pdf) | Réza Samadi |
| 15:15–15:25 | N-DPU Software (pdf) | Philippe Plasson |
| 15:25–15:40 | MEU Hardware (ppt) | Miguel Mas Hesse |
| 15:40–15:55 | Fast Camera Digitial Processing Unit (pdf) | Gisbert Peter |
| 15:55–16:10 | Instrument Control Unit (ppt) | Rosario Cosentino |
| 16:10–16:30 | Coffee break | |
| 16:30–17:00 | PDC &mdash Structure of PLATO Data Centre (ppt) | Laurent Gizon |
| 17:00–17:15 | Exoplanet Analysis System (pdf) | Nic Walton |
| 17:15–17:30 | Stellar Analysis System (pptx) | Thierry Appourchaux |
| 17:30–17:45 | PLATO Ancillary database (pdf) | Magali Deleuil |
| 19:30–22:00 | Reception at Observatoire de Paris, Salle du Conseil |
Day 2, Nov. 10, 2010, Observatoire de Paris
| Splinter | Morning | Afternoon |
|---|---|---|
| #1. Payload | Salle du Conseil (2 on this map), agenda | |
| #2. Data centre | (Joint session) Amphitheatre of Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), 98bis Boulevard Arago, Paris 14eme (around the corner from the Paris Observatory, see map), agenda | Salle Danjon (15 on this map), agenda |
| #3. Science Preparation Management | Amphitheatre of Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), 98bis Boulevard Arago, Paris 14eme (around the corner from the Paris Observatory, see. map), agenda | |
