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Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade do Porto
10-11 November 2008, Porto, Portugal

Preliminary programme

Monday, 10 November
9:30 - 11:10   1.    Welcome & introduction
         W. Boland (20 mins)
    1.1  Minutes/ actions of last meeting
    1.2  Election of new Chair
    2.    Development of CAUP/Astronomy in Portugal
         M. J.P.F.G. Monteiro (20 mins)
    3.    EC FP7 Perspective
         M. Carvalho-Dias (30 mins)
    4.    Strategy and FP7 overview
         G.Gilmore (30 mins)
11:10 - 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 - 13:00   5.    OPTICON FP6 Status and Overview
         J.Davies (30 mins)
    6.    Activities
    6.1   Adaptive Optics in FP6 and FP7
         N. Hubin (60 mins)
13:00 - 14:15 Lunch
14:15 - 17:15  6.2  Fast CCDs for AO Status & Plans
         P. Feautrier (45 mins)
   6.3  Photonics Promises
         J. Allington-Smith (30 mins)
   6.4  High-Time Resolution Astronomy
         A. Shearer (30 mins)
   6.5  Interferometry in Europe - JRA work
         A. Chelli (45 mins)
   6.6  Interferometry in Europe - EII and plans
         A. Chelli [on behalf of P. Garcia] (30 mins)
17:15 - 17:45Tour of CAUP
19:00 - 23:30 Dinner

Tuesday, 11 November
9:00 - 10:50  6.7  Smart Focal Planes: results and plans
         C. Cunningham (40 mins)
   6.8  Fast pn detectors for Astrophysics
         G. Kanbach (30 mins)
   6.9  Smart Materials: results and promise
         F. Zerbi (40 mins)
10:50 - 11:10 Coffee break
11:10 - 12:50  6.10 Future Planning: Key Technology Network
          C. Cunningham (30 mins)
   7.   Community Networking
   7.1  ELT Science Case
         I. Hook (30 mins)
   7.2  UltraViolet Astronomy
         A. Ines Gomez de Castro (20 mins)
   7.3  Software Futures
         P. Grosbøl (20 mins)
12:50 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:50  7.4  Solar Astronomy in EAST
         O. von der Lűhe (30 mins)
   8.    Telescope Access and Development
   8.1   The OPTICON Access Programme in FP6 and NA2 activities
          J. Burgos (40 mins)
   8.2   Developing the Community in FP6 and FP7
          M. Dennefeld (40 mins)
15:50 - 16:10 Coffee break
16:10 - 17:00  8.3   The OPTICON Access Programme in FP7
          J. Davies (40 mins)
   9.     Implementing the AstroNet Strategy
          G. Gilmore (10 mins)