Agenda

Monday, March 7

(Day 1 R.A.S. - Science)

Impact of wavelength range and resolution, area of the sky, survey strategy and other science drivers on the science and science capability.

There is no videocon here; just phonecon.

 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee

 10:30 - 12:30 Session 1

 Plan for 30 minute talks plus time for discussion.

              Introduction DES & DESpec (Frieman)

              Key Science Goals for DESpec (Lahav)

              BAO, Power Spectrum, RSD (Percival)

 12:30 - 13:30 sandwich lunch on-site

 13:30 - 15:30 Session 2

 Plan for 20 minute talks plus time for discussion.

              Lensing Cross Correlations (Gaztanaga)

              LSS/WL Cross Correlation and Modified Gravity (Donnacha Kirk)

              WL + RSD and Fisher Matrix Calculations (David Bacon)

              Clusters (Gerke)

              SN (Sako)

 15:30 - 16:00 break

 16:00 - 18:00 Session 3

 Plan for 20 minute talks plus time for discussion.

              Galaxy Evolution (Thomas)

              SUMIRE (Peacock)

              Survey Strategy & Target Selection (Annis)

              Target Selection & Photo-z Calibration (Filipe Abdalla)

              Discussion (Kron)

Tuesday, March 8

(Day 2 UCL - Technical)

These talks describe either the present conceptual thinking for the DESPEC "reference design" and R&D needed to get there (particularly in the case of fiber positioners) OR about other projects.

 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee

 10:30 - 12:30 Session 1

 Plan for 25 minute talks plus time for discussion.

               Technical Conceptual Overview for DESpec (Diehl)

               Optical Design (Steve Kent)

               Fiber Positioner - Spines (Will Saunders)

               HETDEX Spectrographs R&D for DESpec (Marshall)

 12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

 13:30 - 15:30 Session 2

 Plan for 20 minute talks plus time for discussion.

               VISTA (Shanks)

               PAU (Francisco Castander)

               Fiber Positioners - general (Ian Parry)

               Fiber Positioners & Spectrographs (Gavin Dalton)

               Spectroscopic Reference Design Options (DePoy)

 15:30 - 16:00 break

 16:00 - 18:00 Session 3

 Plan for 20 minute talks plus time for discussion.

               Fiber Positioner - Cobra (Seiffert or Ellis, remote, TBC)

               BigBoss (Schlegel, remote)

               Novel Fiber Configurations (Gladders, remote, TBC)

               Spectroscopy Needs of LSST (Tyson, remote, TBC)

               DISCUSSION (Kron) Does the "reference design" match the science goals?