Agenda

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All sessions are set up in this Google calendar and this is the iCal link. All sessions are in time-zone PDT/MT (UTC-7).
Monday 08/08

9:00am - 10:30am

Dove Mountain Ballroom

Science Advisory Council Meeting Part One

Michael Strauss

Recorded Session

10:30am

Ritz-Carlton Ballroom Pre-Function 3 & 4

Registration Opens

11:00am - 12:30pm

Dove Mountain Ballroom

Science Advisory Council Meeting Part Two

Michael Strauss

Tortolita A

MEETING ROOM AVAILABLE

Tortolita B

MEETING ROOM AVAILABLE

Upper Javelina

MEETING ROOM AVAILABLE

12:30pm - 1:30pm

Lunch on Your Own

1:30pm - 3:00pm

Dove Mountain Ballroom

Travel to and within Chile

Kevin Reil

Recorded Session

Tortolita A

DM all Hands

William O'Mullane

Recorded Session

Tortolita B

Introduction to Rubin Observatory: Systems, Jargon, and Acronyms

Melissa Graham

Upper Javelina

Quiet Room

3:00pm - 3:30pm

Ritz-Carlton Ballroom Pre-Function 1 & 2

Afternoon Break

3:30 - 5:00pm

Ritz-Carlton Ballroom

Monday Plenary
Recorded Session

5:00 - 6:00pm

Tortolita Pre-Function

Student Poster Session: Research related to Rubin/LSST

Patricia Burchat

Evening Events

Dinner on Your Own
Tuesday 08/09

8:00am - 9:00am

CORE Kitchen & Wine Bar

Breakfast

9:00am - 10:30am

Ritz-Carlton Ballroom

Tuesday Plenary
Recorded Session

10:00am - 10:30am

Ritz-Carlton Ballroom

Lightning Stories

10:30am - 11:00am

Ritz-Carlton Ballroom Pre-Function 1 & 2

Morning Break

Tortolita Pre-Function

Contributed Posters (In-Person, Tuesday)

Science Organizing Committee

11:00am - 12:30pm

Dove Mountain Ballroom

Difference Image Analysis

Michael Wood-Vasey

Recorded Session

Tortolita A

Satellite Constellations

Tony Tyson, Rachel Street

Recorded Session

Tortolita B

Equity and Inclusion workshop

Alysha Shugart

Tortolita C

There’s an App for That: Good UX and How it Helps Complicated Ideas Feel Approachable

Blake Mason

Tortolita D

Science Verification and Validation

K. Bechtol

Upper Javelina

Quiet Room

12:30pm - 1:30pm

CORE Kitchen & Wine Bar

Lunch

1:30pm - 3:00pm

Dove Mountain Ballroom

Low Surface Brightness Science with Rubin: Unlocking LSST's Discovery Domain I

Aaron E. Watkins, Sarah Brough, Lee Kelvin

Recorded Session

Tortolita A

Multi-Messenger Astronomy with Rubin Observatory

Eric Bellm, Raffaella Margutti

Recorded Session

Tortolita B

How to Foster Trust in the Workplace

Sandrine Thomas

Tortolita C

Simulating the Rubin Optical System with imSim

Chris Walter

Tortolita D

Onboarding for SIT-Com In-Kind Contributions

Keith Bechtol

Upper Javelina

Quiet Room

3:00pm - 3:30pm

Ritz-Carlton Ballroom Pre-Function 1 & 2

Afternoon Break

3:30 - 5:00pm

Dove Mountain Ballroom

The Extended LSST Astronomical Time-Series Classification Challenge (ELAsTiCC)

Alex Gagliano, Alex Malz

Recorded Session

Tortolita A

Early Science with Rubin

Leanne Guy, Bob Blum

Recorded Session

Tortolita B

Safety & Environmental Compliance During Commissioning and Operation

Giovanni Corvetto

Tortolita C

Interacting with the Rubin Observatory Control Software: Overview

Tiago Ribeiro

Tortolita D

Low Surface Brightness Science with Rubin: Unlocking LSST's Discovery Domain II

Aaron E. Watkins, Sarah Brough, Lee Kelvin

Upper Javelina

Quiet Room

5:30 - 6:00pm

Group Photo

6:30 - 8:30pm

Brisa Lawn

Reception

Rubin Obs.
Wednesday 08/10

8:00am - 9:00am

CORE Kitchen & Wine Bar

Breakfast

9:00am - 10:30am

Ritz-Carlton Ballroom

Wednesday Plenary: The LSST Science Collaborations

Science Organizing Committee

Recorded Session

10:30am - 11:00am

Ritz-Carlton Ballroom Pre-Function 1 & 2

Morning Break

Tortolita Pre-Function

Graduate Student Poster Session: Research related to Rubin/LSST

Patricia Burchat

11:00am - 12:30pm

Dove Mountain Ballroom

Update from Science Pipelines

Yusra AlSayyad

Recorded Session

Tortolita A

Survey Strategy I

Lynne Jones

Recorded Session

Tortolita B

Introduction to the Auxiliary Telescope (AuxTel), Its Data & Commissioning

Merlin Fisher-Levine

Tortolita C

Camera pump coolant working session

Vincent Riot

Tortolita D

Active Optics Commissioning

Josh Meyers

Upper Javelina

Quiet Room

12:30pm - 1:30pm

CORE Kitchen & Wine Bar

Lunch

1:30pm - 3:00pm

Dove Mountain Ballroom

LSST Photometric Redshifts

John Franklin Crenshaw, Alex Malz

Recorded Session

Tortolita A

Follow-Up Facilities for Time-Domain Astronomy

Alessandra Corsi, Rachel Street, Jen Sobeck

Recorded Session

Tortolita B

OpSim & MAF: an In-Person Drop-In Discussion

Lynne Jones

Tortolita D

Instrument Signature Removal and Characterization of the LSST Camera

Merlin Fisher-Levine, Claire Juramy

Upper Javelina

Quiet Room

3:00pm - 3:30pm

Ritz-Carlton Ballroom Pre-Function 1 & 2

Afternoon Break

3:30 - 5:00pm

Dove Mountain Ballroom

Unconference

Melissa Graham

Tortolita A

Unconference

Melissa Graham

Tortolita B

Unconference

Melissa Graham

Tortolita C

Unconference

Melissa Graham

Tortolita D

Unconference

Melissa Graham

Cochi Springs

Unconference

Melissa Graham

Upper Javelina

Quiet Room

Evening Events

Dinner on Your Own
Thursday 08/11

8:00am - 9:00am

CORE Kitchen & Wine Bar

Breakfast

9:00am - 10:30am

Ritz-Carlton Ballroom

Thursday Plenary: Keynote Speakers

Science Organizing Committee

Recorded Session

10:30am - 11:00am

Ritz-Carlton Ballroom Pre-Function 1 & 2

Morning Break

Tortolita Pre-Function

Contributed Posters (In-Person, Thursday)

Science Organizing Committee

11:00am - 12:30pm

Dove Mountain Ballroom

From Data to Software to Science

Andy Connolly, Jeremy Kubica, Rachel Mandelbaum

Tortolita A

Source Injection in the Rubin Pipelines

Sophie Reed

Recorded Session

Tortolita B

Camera re-assembly on the summit

Vincent Riot

Tortolita C

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI): LSST Synergies

Julien Guy, Martin White

Cochi Springs

Exploring the Solar System with Rubin EPO - Part 1

Ardis Herrold

Upper Javelina

Quiet Room

12:30pm - 1:30pm

CORE Kitchen & Wine Bar

Lunch

1:30pm - 3:00pm

Dove Mountain Ballroom

Connecting the Community to IDAC and SPC Resources

Knut Olsen

Tortolita A

Bootstrapping Photometric Calibration

Eli Rykoff

Recorded Session

Tortolita B

Camera removal from the telescope during operation

Vincent Riot

Tortolita C

Rubin-related Initiatives Toward Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Federica Bianco

Cochi Springs

Exploring the Solar System with Rubin EPO - Part 2

Ardis Herrold

Upper Javelina

Quiet Room

3:00pm - 3:30pm

Ritz-Carlton Ballroom Pre-Function 1 & 2

Afternoon Break

3:30 - 5:00pm

Dove Mountain Ballroom

The Rubin In-kind Program Community Session

Aprajita Verma, Steve Ridgway, Knut Olsen, Steve Margheim, Phil Marshall, Greg Madejski, Bob Blum

Tortolita A

Deblending: Plans and Challenges

James J. Buchanan

Recorded Session

Tortolita B

Camera verification and reverification activities

Vincent Riot

Tortolita C

Leaning into the Dark: The Rubin Observatory as Cultural Metaphor

McKean

Cochi Springs

All about NOIRLab Communications, Education and Engagement

Amanda Kocz

Upper Javelina

Quiet Room

Evening Events

Dinner on Your Own
Friday 08/12

8:00am - 9:00am

CORE Kitchen & Wine Bar

Breakfast

9:00am - 10:30am

Dove Mountain Ballroom

Users Committee Meeting

Melissa Graham

Recorded Session

Tortolita A

Computerized Maintenance Management Workshop

Jeff Barr, Holger Drass

Recorded Session

Tortolita B

Dynalene System: From the original scope to startup, going through the design

David Jiménez Mejías

Tortolita C

Early Career Astronomers: Networking & Tools

Jim Annis

Tortolita D

Coffee with the Rubin Science Platform Developers

Frossie Economou

Upper Javelina

Quiet Room

10:30am - 11:00am

Ritz-Carlton Ballroom Pre-Function 1 & 2

Morning Break

11:00am - 12:30pm

Ritz-Carlton Ballroom

Friday Plenary
Recorded Session

12:30pm - 1:30pm

Ritz-Carlton Ballroom Pre-Function 1 & 2

Grab & Go Box Lunch