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AGENDA
II LIOM International Workshop
Wavefront Sensing and Optomechanical concepts for Large Telescopes 

Hybrid Meeting – IACTEC & Virtual

Day 1 – Feb. 14, 2024

Morning Session (Chair: Rafael Rebolo)

  • 09h00–09h15 – Rafael Rebolo: Welcome from IAC and LIOM

  • 09h15–09h30 – Jeff Kuhn: Workshop Organization

  • 09h30–10h00 – All: Introduction LIOM and Collaborators

  • 10h00–10h10 – Nicolas Lodieu: SELF telescope construction update

  • 10h10–10h40 (online) – Gil Moretto: Live mirror curvature polishing

  • 10h40–11h00 – Jeff Kuhn: Live mirror discussion, timelines, milestones

  • 11h00–11h15 – Paula Sola La Serna: Differential abrasive polishing, timelines, milestones

  • 11h15–11h30 – Ed Kibblewhite: Discussion, abrasive shaping

  • 11h30–12h00 – Coffee break

  • 12h00–12h30 – Niko Romer: Curvature polishing, status

  • 12h30–13h00 – Jeff Kuhn: Discussion curvature polishing, timeline and milestones

  • 13h00–13h30 (online) – Uzair Mirza / Cynthia Giebink: The LIOM SELF public presence

  • 13h30–13h45 – Hamid Rafii: Creating greater public presence, AI and other tools

  • 13h45–14h00 (online) – Maud Langlois: High order wavefront correction

14h15–15h00 – Light Lunch @ IACTEC

Afternoon Session (Chair: Nicolas Lodieu)

  • 15h15–15h30 – Douglas Hope / Stuart Jefferies: AO, wavefront correction discussion, SURI

  • 15h30–16h00 – Auxiliadora Padrón: Photonic Lantern wavefront measurement

  • 16h00–16h15 (online) – Pradip Gatkine: PL discussion, milestones

  • 16h15–16h30 – Jeff Kuhn / Nicolas Lodieu: Subgroup follow-up discussions

  • 16h30–17h00 – Kevin Lewis: Further ideas on LIOM/ELF messaging

17h30 – End of Day 1 – Return to Hotel

Day 2 – Feb. 15, 2024

Morning Session (Chair: Jeff Kuhn)

  • 09h00–09h30 – Ye Zhou / Timothy Ko: Tensegrity, microELF and mirror support systems

  • 09h30–10h00 – Patricia Fernández: Discussion, optomechanical systems

  • 10h00–10h30 – Ye Zhou / Sergio Salata / Diego Tamayo / Alejandro Ruiz: SELF telescope status

  • 10h30–11h00 – Sergio Salata: SELF discussion

  • 11h00–11h15 – Sudhakar Prasad: Super Resolution

  • 11h15–11h45 – Luis Fernando Rodríguez: Photonics discussion

  • 11h45–12h00 – Coffee break

  • 12h00–12h30 (online) – Stuart Jefferies: SURI project and discussion

  • 12h30–13h00 (online) – Justin Fletcher / Ryan Swindle: USSF collaboration

  • 13h00–13h30 – Nicolas Lodieu: Broadening SELF collaborations, discussion

  • 13h30–14h00 – Jannick Rolland: Discussion of IP protection and collaborator rights

14h00–15h00 – Light Lunch @ IACTEC

Afternoon Session (Chair: Nicolas Lodieu)

  • 15h00–15h15 – Alfonso Rivera: IAC and space technology projects discussion

  • 15h15–15h30 – Niko Romer: Satellite projects: Coronagraph and space debris

  • 15h30–15h45 (online) – Pradip Gatkine: Satellite projects: Cubesat spectrograph

  • 15h45–16h15 – Jeff Kuhn: Fizeau telescopes in space

  • 16h15–16h45 – Alex Oscoz: LIOM and space project discussion

  • 16h45–17h00 – Wolfgang Osten: Creating Commercial Value, spinoffs and startups

  • 17h00–17h30 – Subgroup follow-up discussions

17h30 – End of Day 2 – Return to Hotel

Day 3 – Feb. 16, 2024

Morning Session (Chair: Jeff Kuhn)

  • 09h00–09h30 – Natalia Arteaga: Machine Learning wavefront solutions

  • 09h30–10h00 – Andrés Asensio / Fabien Capsal: Reinforcement solution strategies, adaptive wavefronts

  • 10h00–11h00 – Wolfgang Osten: Optomechanics masters curricula, examples, discussion

  • 11h00–11h30 – Jeff Kuhn: Wrap up discussion, collaborations, milestone review

  • 11h30–12h00 – Coffee break

12h00 – Departure to Teide Observatory: SELF site and telescopes visit
18h00 – Return to La Laguna – End of Workshop