13th Science Working Team Meeting

European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC)
Villafranca del Castillo, Madrid, Spain

9-12 May 2016

Please note: As discussed during our last SWT meeting we intend to connect our BC working group meetings to the science working team meetings. The reason is two folded:

  1. We/you will save some cost
  2. It will allow better interactions with other teams and combined working group sessions.

In the future we plan to start with the working group meetings in order to provide feedback of the results introduced and discussed with the full science working team. This time – due to the transit event – we have not been able to arrange this. The working group chairs will define the agenda of the working group. However, Masaki and I may ask for specific support to the overall mission planning to be pre discussed by the splinter groups.

Regards,
Masaki & Johannes

Link to ESAC map of meeting/lunch locations.

AGENDA

Monday 9th May

Mercury Transit Event - Room B003/B005

10:30 Welcome and introduction  
11:00 Coffee break  
11:30 Transit information/Posters/Public viewing  
13:00 Lunch Break: Sandwiches @ B003/B005  
14:00 Transit information/Posters/Public viewing  
15:00 Soccer match  
18:00 Mercury Transit Event BBQ  
19:30 Transit information/Posters/Public viewing  
21:00 End of event (bus to hotels in Madrid)  
Tuesday 10th May 

BepiColombo Science Working Team Meeting #13 - Room B005

11:00 SWT registration and coffee  
11:30 Welcome & introduction M.Fujimoto/J.Benkhoff
11:45 Project overview / Status MPO F. Giannini
12:00 The expected level of magnetic s/c interferences – results of the magnetic cleanliness program U. Auster et al
12:15 Status MMO H. Hayakawa
12:30 Status OGS E. Montagnon
12:45 Status SGS M. Casale
13:00 Lunch Break: Paella @ D-building terrace  
14:15 Mercury's tectonic and volcanic histories P. Byrne
14:45 Plasma-surface interaction: Lessons learned from the Japanese lunar orbiter Kaguya Y. Saito
15:15 The magnetic field of Mercury as measured by the MESSENGER spacecraft J. S. Oliveira
15:30 Mercury's rotational parameters from MESSENGER image and laser altimeter data A. Stark
16:00 Coffee break  
16:30 Mercury's low-degree geoid and topography controlled by insolation-driven deformation N. Tosi
16:45 Effects of large impacts on the melt production of Mercury S. Padovan

BepiColombo Executive Meeting - Room A024

17:00 Welcome J. Benkhoff
  - BepiColombo Project Status Overview (brief)  
  - Contracts with the teams M. Casale
  - Data Sharing J. Benkhoff
  - Discussion PIs & CoPIs
19:00 End of Executive meeting  
19:00 End of day (bus to hotels in Madrid)  
Wednesday 11th May
BepiColombo new Science Instrument Tutorials part II #1 - ROOM B005
09:30 MDM M. Kobayashi
10:15 MSASI I. Yoshikawa(PI)/ G. Murakami
11:00 Coffee break  
11:30 MERTIS J. Helbert/M. d'Amore
12:15 SIMBIO-SYS G. Cremonese (PI)
13:00  Lunch break: @ D-building terrace  
14:30 SIMBIO-SYS M. Massironi
15:00 Discussion: Science Goals revisited All
15:30 Report from HEWG meeting A. Milillo
16:00 Coffee break  
16:30 Science Quick-look S. Martinez
17:00 Discussion on open issues related to (science) operation  
17:30 AOB  
18:00 End of SWT#13 (bus to hotels in Madrid)  
21:00 Social event (Madrid) at Restaurante Sagaretxe - map - menu
22:00 Flamenco (at restaurant)
Thursday 12th May

BC Working group splinter meetings

Surface and Composition Group - Room A024
09:30 Introduction D.Rothery/M.Massironi
11:00  Coffee break  
11:30 TBC  
13:00 Lunch break  
13:45 OPTIONAL: VENUS Fly-by WG splinter Room B003
14:30 TBC  
15:30 End of meeting (bus to airport)  
Hermean Environment Working Group - Room B065 (AM) B003 (PM)
09:30 Introduction A.Milillo/M.Fujimoto
11:00 Coffee break  
11:30 TBC  
13:00 Lunch break  
13:45 OPTIONAL: VENUS Fly-by WG splinter Room B003
14:30 TBC  
15:30 End of meeting (bus to airport)  
Geodesy and Geodynamic Working Group - Room E018
09:30 Introduction T.Spohn/L.Iess
11:00 Coffee break  
11:30 TBC  
13:00 Lunch break  
13:45 OPTIONAL: VENUS Fly-by WG splinter Room B003
14:30 TBC  
15:30 End of meeting (bus to airport)  

 

Mini Agenda

Monday 9th May
Mercury Transit event
10:30 - Welcome
11:00 - 13:00 - Coffee & Transit info
13:00 - Lunch
14:00 - 18:00 - Transit viewing/sport
18:00 - Mercury Transit Event BBQ
21:00 - End of day (Bus to Madrid)

Tuesday 10th May
11:00 - SWT registration and coffee
11:30 - Welcome and introduction
11:45 - Project summary/MPO
12:00 - Magnetic clealiness
12:15 - Status MMO
12:30 - Status OGS
12:45 - Status SGS

13:00 - Lunch
14:30 - 16:30 - Science talks
17:00 - 19:00 - BC Executive meeting
                      (PIs & COPIs only)
19:00 - End of PI meeting

Wednesday 11th May
Science Instrument Tutorials
09:30 - 11:00 - MMO
11:30 - 13:00 - MPO
13:00 - Lunch
14:30 - 17:30 - various
18:00 - End of SWT
21:00 - Dinner/Social event

Thursday 12th May
Working Group Splinter meetings
09:30 - Introduction
10:00 - 13:00 - AM Session
13:45 - Optional: VENUS fly-by
14:30 - 15:30 - PM session

15:30 - End of meeting