AGENDA
III LIOM International Workshop
The SMALL-ELF Telescope – Achieving Optical Coherence
3–5 February 2025
Venue: IACTEC (Science and Technology Park of La Laguna)
Day 1 – February 3, 2025
11h30–12h00 – Registration
12h00–12h30 – Introduction
Jeffrey Richard Kuhn – LIOM ERA Chair and Principal Investigator
(Contributors: Nicolas Lodieu, Rafael Rebolo, Valentin Martinez Pillet, Víctor Quintero)
12h30–13h00 – Science with SmallELF
Nicolas Lodieu – SmallELF Principal Investigator
(Contributors: Max Dobat, Rafael Rebolo)
13h00–14h00 – LIOM/SELF/ELF Messaging
Natalia Arteaga – LIOM Postdoc
(Contributors: Auxiliadora Padrón, Cynthia Giebink, Britta Walter, Hamid Rafii, Diego Tamayo)
14h00–15h30 – Light Lunch & Networking
15h30–16h30 – SELF Optics Concept Overview
Jeffrey Richard Kuhn – LIOM ERA Chair and PI
(Contributors: Natalia Arteaga, Jorge Sánchez)
16h30–18h00 – Wavefront Sensing
Auxiliadora Padrón – LIOM Postdoc
(Contributors: Maud Langlois, Stuart Mark Jefferies, Andrés Asensio, Ian Cunnyngham)
18h00 – End of Day 1
Day 2 – February 4, 2025
09h20–09h30 – Welcome
09h30–10h30 – Synergistic Programs: SURI…
Jeffrey Richard Kuhn – LIOM ERA Chair and PI
(Contributors: Maud Langlois, Stuart Mark Jefferies, Justin Fletcher, Rafael Rebolo, Peter Worden)
10h30–10h45 – New Ideas for Public and Private Strategies
Antonio Maudes – Lightbridges CEO
10h45–11h30 – Telescope Machine Strategies
Justin Fletcher – Data Science Fellow, USA Air Force Space Command
11h30–12h00 – Coffee Break
12h00–13h00 – Mirror Optomechanics, Controls
Patricia Fernández Izquierdo – LIOM Postdoc
(Contributors: Alejandro Ruiz, Aleksei Grave, Diego Tamayo)
13h00–14h00 – Achieving Coherence
Jeffrey Richard Kuhn – LIOM ERA Chair and PI
(Contributors: Auxiliadora Padrón)
14h00–15h30 – Light Lunch & Networking
15h30–17h00 – Open Discussion: Strategies for Accelerating SELF/ELF
Rafael Rebolo – IAC Researcher and Former IAC Director
(Contributors: All)
17h00–18h00 – Other Photonic Instruments
Pradip Gatkine – Professor, UCLA
(Contributors: Sudhakar Prasad)
18h00 – End of Day 2
Day 3 – February 5, 2025
09h20–09h30 – Welcome
09h30–11h00 – Mirror Manufacturing
Patricia Fernández Izquierdo – LIOM Postdoc
(Contributors: Gil Moretto, Nikolas Romer, Lingtong Zhang, José Luis Rasilla)
11h00–11h30 – SELF Instruments
Jannick Rolland – Professor, University of Rochester
11h30–12h00 – Coffee Break
12h00–14h00 – SELF Manufacturing Update
Sergio Salata – AVS
(Contributors: Ye Zhou, Nicolas Lodieu)
14h00–15h30 – Light Lunch & Networking
15h30–18h00 – Assessing Hard Problems – Discussions
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Thin Mirror Manufacturing – Jeffrey Richard Kuhn (LIOM ERA Chair and PI)
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Solving Vibration – Prof. Wolfgang Osten and Prof. Ed Kibblewhite
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Achieving Coherence – Prof. Ed Kibblewhite and Prof. Wolfgang Osten
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Wavefront Sensing – Prof. Stuart Mark Jefferies
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Effective Messaging – Auxiliadora Padrón and Natalia Arteaga
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Preparing for ELF – Prof. Rafael Rebolo
18h00 – Concluding Remarks and Closing