Agenda

[The program is subject to change/update frequently]

For 20 min. slot, please keep 5 min. Q&A time, and the other slots, accordingly, a quarter of the time slot for Q&A.

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November 9, 2011
08:30~09:00	Registration at Meeting room (9F)
09:00~09:05	Welcome Paul Ho (ASIAA)
09:05~09:15	Introduction Makoto Inoue (ASIAA)
09:15 VLBI Science
	Status of submm VLBI Observations (Chair: Makoto Inoue)
09:15~09:35	Event Horizon Telescope Sheperd Doeleman (MIT Haystack Observatory)
09:35~09:55	mm-VLBI in Europe Thomas Krichbaum (Max-PLanck-Institut fuer Radioastronomie)
09:55~10:10	sub-mm VLBI activity in Japan Mareki Honma (NAOJ)
10:10~10:30	Sgr A* and M87 EHT Results Vincent Fish (MIT Haystack Observatory)
10:30~10:50	Coffee Break
	SMBH shadow, Accretion Disk, Relativistic jets (Chair: Thomas Krichbaum)
10:50~11:10	Property of the M87 Jet Constrained by Theory and Observation Masanori Nakamura (ASIAA)
11:10~11:30	Polarization with sub-mm VLBI Juan Carlos Algaba Marcos (ASIAA)
11:30~11:50	Plasma dynamics in a black hole magnetosphere Shinji Koide (Kumamoto University)
11:50~12:30	Discussion (Leader: Sheperd Doeleman)
12:30~14:00	Lunch
14:00 Single Dish Science (Chair: Pierre Cox)
14:00~14:40	Single Dish Science Opportunities Eric Keto (SAO)
14:40~15:00	Possible single dish sciences proposed from ASIAA Hiroyuki Hirashita (ASIAA)
15:00~15:15	Comparison with existing facilities Ray Blundell (SAO)
15:15~15:30	Possible first light instrumentation Ray Blundell (SAO)
15:30~15:50	Coffee Break
15:50~17:00	Discussion and summary for single dish requirements (Leader: Ray Blundell)
17:30~19:00	Welcome Tea at 9F
November 10, 2011
09:00 Site Survey (Chair: Keiichi Asada)
09:00~09:20	Why Greenland Keiichi Asada (ASIAA)
09:20~09:40	Site Condition at Greenland Summit Scott Paine (SAO)
09:40~10:00	225GHz Data for the Summit Station Satoki Matsushita (ASIAA)
10:00~10:20	Discussion: Comparison of Various Submillimeter Sites (Leader: Scott Paine)
10:20~10:40	Coffee Break
10:40 Greenland (Chair: Ming-Tang Chen)
10:40~11:00	Report on the meeting with NSF/Polar Service Ming-Tang Chen (ASIAA)
11:00~11:20	ASIAA Radiometer Deployment Pierre Martin-Cocher (ASIAA)
11:20~11:40	Building Site on Ice Sheet George Nystrom (Consultant)
11:40~12:10	Logistics and Operation Impact on Ice Sheet Roberto Burgos (SAO)
12:10~12:30	Group Photo
12:30~14:00	Lunch
12:30~14:00	Lab Tour
14:00 Antenna (Chair: Philippe Raffin)
14:00~14:20	Performance of the ALMA North American Prototype Antenna Jeff Mangum (National Radio Astronomy Observatory)
14:20~14:50	Antenna Retrofitting Plan Philippe Raffin (ASIAA)
14:50~15:10	Coffee Break
15:10~17:00	Discussion: From Socorro to Greenland, schedule, planning Additional requirement for antenna, antenna control, missing topics, Operation in Greenland, or telecon with Vertex (TBC) (Leader: Philippe Raffin)
18:30~21:00	Meeting Dinner
November 11, 2011
09:00 Receivers & Backends (Chair: Ted Huang)
09:00~09:20	Receiver: ALMA Receiver for VLBI Ted Huang (ASIAA)
09:20~09:40	Relay Optics in the Receiver Cabin Paul Grimes (SAO)
09:40~10:10	Backends for VLBI & ALMA Phase-up Sheperd Doeleman (MIT Haystack Observatory)
10:10~10:30	Coffee Break
10:30~12:10	Discussion: Receiver and backend development plan manpower and resource distribution (Leader: Ted Huang)
12:10 Related and Future Issues (Chair: Mareki Honma)
12:10~12:30	Proposal of Space sub-millimeter VLBI Yoshiharu Asaki (Institute of Space and Astronautical Science)
12:30~14:00	Lunch
14:00~14:20	The current status and future outlook for Mauna Kea Remo Tilanus (JCMT)
14:20~14:40	Imaging the Black Hole Candidate M87 Lei Huang (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, CAS)
14:40~15:00	AGN Jet Monitoring Activity in Japan and Future Prospects for Submm VLBI Hiroshi Nagai (NAOJ)
15:00~15:20	Coffee Break
15:20~17:00	Summary - Action Items (Leader: Paul Ho and Ray Blundell)