ANDES all-hands consortium meeting

6 Oct 2026, 08:30 → 8 Oct 2026, 12:50 Europe/Stockholm

Hall X (University Main Building)

Meeting Infopage

Tuesday, 6 October

Registration open

Welcome, system overview, recent developments

1 Welcome

Welcome and introduction

Speakers: A Marconi, E Stempels

2 System overview

Speaker: A Zanutta

3 SW System overview

Speaker: M Landoni

4 Science operations overview

incl. FTM, coro

Speaker: L Origlia

5 ETC

Speaker: N Sanna

6 Recent developments at project level

Funding situation, YJH

Speaker: A Marconi

10:20 Coffee/tea

ESO business: ELT status

7 ELT status

Speaker: ESO

ESO business: PDR review process

8 ESO: pre-PDR review discussions

PDR process, RIDs discussions

Speaker: ESO

LOC information

12:00 Lunch

ESO business: Phase B and future

9 ESO: PDR schedule, Phase B subsystem reviews vs future phases

Presentation of preliminary PDR schedule. Discussion of phase B review experiences; arguments pro/con subsystem reviews

Speakers: ESO, P Di Marcantonio

Science WGs: priorities, feasibility and requirements: WG1

10 Introduction to science prioritization process

Speaker: R Maiolino

11 WG1

Speaker: E Palle

15:00 Coffee/tea

Science WGs: priorities, feasibility and requirements: WG2, WG3, WG4

12 WG2

Speaker: J Alvarado-Gómez

13 WG3

Speaker: V D’Odorico

14 WG4

Speaker: TBD

Wednesday, 7 October

Discussion on specific technical topics

15 Modal noise

10 min Artigau/Doyon
10 min Project Office
10 min Discussion

Speaker: (Several)

16 YJH sampling and resolution

Speakers: D Lee, J Stevenson

17 CRE on contrast

Including possible CREs on other technical specs

Speaker: AO team

18 ANDES efficiency / FTM

Speakers: A Zanutta, Spectro teams

10:30 Coffee/tea

Science WGs: priorities, feasibility and requirements: Wrap-up from previous day, discussion on prioritization and implications

19 Science priorities wrap-up

Wrap-up from previous day, first discussion on transversal prioritization and implications

Speakers: R Maiolino, A Marconi

12:00 Lunch

Splinter 1: System RIXes & Control software (internal)

20 NGC II

Speaker: ESO

21 Coudé and Nasmyth interface

Speaker: ESO

22 Fiber Link Slit Interface

Speaker: D Giannone

23 Electronic standards

Speaker: I Coretti

24 Grating procurement

Speaker: J Stevenson

Splinter 2: Science & DRS software (internal)

25 Coronograph

Speaker: E Palle

26 YJH sampling and resolution

Speaker: M Landoni

27 Scope of DRS

Speaker: T Marquart

28 Modal noise exoplanets/FTM

Speaker: E Artigau

Splinter 3: EB/SC meeting (closed session)

15:00 Coffee/tea

Splinter 1: System RIXes & Control software (internal)

29 Mechanics

Speaker: E Redaelli

30 Cooling

Speaker: M Aliverti

31 Requirements

Speaker: C Selmi

32 Interfaces

Speaker: L Cabona

Splinter 2: Science & DRS software (internal)

33 New ETC implementation

Speaker: N Sanna

34 Absorption cell

Speaker: C Martins

35 Degraded mode

Speaker: A Järvinen

Splinter 3: EB/SC meeting (closed session)

Management / next steps: Splinter wrap-up, other related business

36 Splinter wrap-up

Recapitulation of splinters, other related business, joint discussion

Speakers: A Marconi, A Zanutta, P Di Marcantonio

Conference dinner

Thursday, 8 October

Management / next steps

37 FE

Speakers: A Cabral, B Wehbe

38 AO

Speakers: E Pinna, M N'Diaye

39 FL-IFU

Speakers: M Rainer, A Tozzi

40 CU

Speakers: P Huke, M Debus

41 US

Speakers: D Giannone, J Brynnel

42 RS

Speaker: Y Ivanisenko

43 YS

Speaker: J Stevenson

44 KS

Speaker: W Gaessler

45 SW

Speakers: M Monteiro, M Landoni

10:30 Coffee/tea

Management / next steps

46 Configuration

Lessons learned from review process

Speakers: V Baldini, P Di Marcantonio

47 Management / next steps / future reviews

Speakers: P Di Marcantonio, A Marconi

48 Closing remarks

Speaker: A Marconi