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SUMMARY:PLATO Workshop
DTSTART:20251020T070000Z
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CONTACT:lomidze@mpa-garching.mpg.de\;+49 (0)89 30000-2086
DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Selma de Mink\n\nTheoreticians or Observers Alike: G
 et Ready to submit a successful PLATO Open Time Proposal\n20 – 21 Oct 20
 25\, MPA\nWe are pleased to invite you to this PLATO workshop. This event 
 will be conducted in a hybrid format\, allowing for both in-person and vir
 tual participation. The in-person sessions will be hosted by the Max Planc
 k Institute for Astrophysics (MPA) in Garching\, Germany. Additional detai
 ls\, such as the meeting schedule\, travel and online meeting information\
 , are available on this website.\nThe number of participants is limited to
  50. There is no registration fee. The institute generously provides acces
 s to its facilities and staff support without charge. However\, participan
 ts are responsible for their own meals\, accommodations\, and travel expen
 ses. If financial constraints are a concern\, please mention this in the c
 omment section at the end of the registration form.\n---  Please note our
  slightly extended deadline: apply by July 14 ---\nRationale:\nESA's PLATO
  space mission (Rauer et al. 2025) is in the final assembly stage before i
 ts launch\, foreseen in December 2026. While its Core Science program conc
 erns the detection and characterization of Earth-like planets around Sun-l
 ike stars\, PLATO also offers an open time program called PLATO-CS (PLATO 
 Complementary Science)\, which may cover any topic in astrophysics. Curren
 t simulations with PLATOSim (Jannsen et al. 2024) show that a multitude of
  science cases in time-domain astronomy can be tackled by the mission\, fr
 om planets to supermassive black holes.\nThe worldwide community is invite
 d to become a PLATO Guest Observer (GO) by applying for open time\, which 
 will cover up to 8% of the overall telemetry of the mission. This 2-day ha
 nds-on workshop aims to help the community in getting ready to prepare and
  apply for competitive open PLATO GO time\, by answering ESA's call for pr
 oposals in spring 2026 (9 months before launch).\nAfter a general descript
 ion of the mission and a demonstration of the GO call by an ESA representa
 tive\, participants will learn how to use PLATO's instruments\, its end-to
 -end simulator\, or existing mock simulations\, in order to evaluate the f
 easibility of their science plans. They will be guided to prepare their pr
 oposals by key figures in the PLATO-CS leadership\, including 2025 Bierman
 n lecturer Conny Aerts\, with the aim to maximize the breath and appeal of
  the PLATO GO program.\nWorkshop Program: \nCan be found here:\nRegistrat
 ion: \nPlease register by July 14\, 2025 to facilitate necessary administ
 rative checks (also needed for online participation). The number of partic
 ipants is limited to 50.  Participation\, online or in person\, is only p
 ossible after registering and confirmation by the organizers. We cannot gu
 arantee to process late registrations on time.\nOrganizing Committee: \nC
 onny Aerts (KU Leuven\, co-chair\, PLATO representative)\nSelma de Mink  
 (MPA\, co-chair\, local host)\nNicholas Jannsen (KU Leuven\, PLATO instrum
 ent simulator)\nAndrew Tkachenko\, KU Leuven\, Daily Manager PLATO Complem
 entary Science)\nLaurence O’Rourke (ESA Science Operations Development M
 anager PLATO GO call\nDavid Brown (Daily Manager\, PLATO Science Managemen
 t) \nJakub Klencki (MPA\, local host)\nAna Lomidze (MPA\, Administrative 
 support) \nWe look forward to seeing you in person or online in October!\
 n\nhttps://events.gwdg.de/event/1126/
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