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

08:30 → 09:00 Registration open

09:00 → 10:20 Welcome, system overview, recent developments

09:00 Welcome

Welcome and introduction

Speakers: A Marconi, E Stempels

09:15 System overview

Speaker: A Zanutta

09:30 SW System overview

Speaker: M Landoni

09:40 Science operations overview

incl. FTM, coro

Speaker: L Origlia

09:55 ETC

Speaker: N Sanna

10:05 Recent developments at project level

Funding situation, YJH

Speaker: A Marconi

10:20 → 10:45 Coffee/tea

10:45 → 11:00 ESO business: ELT status

10:45 ELT status

Speaker: ESO

11:00 → 11:45 ESO business: PDR review process

11:00 ESO: pre-PDR review discussions

PDR process, RIDs discussions

Speaker: ESO

11:45 → 12:00 LOC information

12:00 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 14:15 ESO business: Phase B and future

13:30 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

14:15 → 15:00 Science WGs: priorities, feasibility and requirements: WG1

14:15 Introduction to science prioritization process

Speaker: R Maiolino

14:30 WG1

Speaker: E Palle

15:00 → 15:30 Coffee/tea

15:30 → 17:00 Science WGs: priorities, feasibility and requirements: WG2, WG3, WG4

15:30 WG2

Speaker: J Alvarado-Gómez

16:00 WG3

Speaker: V D’Odorico

16:30 WG4

Speaker: TBD

Wednesday, 7 October

09:00 → 10:30 Discussion on specific technical topics

09:00 Modal noise

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

Speaker: (Several)

09:30 YJH sampling and resolution

Speakers: D Lee, J Stevenson

09:50 CRE on contrast

Including possible CREs on other technical specs

Speaker: AO team

10:10 ANDES efficiency / FTM

Speakers: A Zanutta, Spectro teams

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee/tea

11:00 → 12:00 Science WGs: priorities, feasibility and requirements: Wrap-up from previous day, discussion on prioritization and implications

11:00 Science priorities wrap-up

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

Speakers: R Maiolino, A Marconi

12:00 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 15:00 Splinter 1: System RIXes & Control software (internal)

13:30 NGC II

Speaker: ESO

13:45 Coudé and Nasmyth interface

Speaker: ESO

14:00 Fiber Link Slit Interface

Speaker: D Giannone

14:15 Electronic standards

Speaker: I Coretti

14:30 Grating procurement

Speaker: J Stevenson

13:30 → 15:00 Splinter 2: Science & DRS software (internal)

13:30 Coronograph

Speaker: E Palle

13:50 YJH sampling and resolution

Speaker: M Landoni

14:10 Scope of DRS

Speaker: T Marquart

14:30 Modal noise exoplanets/FTM

Speaker: E Artigau

13:30 → 15:00 Splinter 3: EB/SC meeting (closed session)

15:00 → 15:30 Coffee/tea

15:30 → 16:30 Splinter 1: System RIXes & Control software (internal)

15:30 Mechanics

Speaker: E Redaelli

15:45 Cooling

Speaker: M Aliverti

16:00 Requirements

Speaker: C Selmi

16:15 Interfaces

Speaker: L Cabona

15:30 → 16:30 Splinter 2: Science & DRS software (internal)

15:30 New ETC implementation

Speaker: N Sanna

15:50 Absorption cell

Speaker: C Martins

16:10 Degraded mode

Speaker: A Järvinen

15:30 → 16:30 Splinter 3: EB/SC meeting (closed session)

16:30 → 17:00 Management / next steps: Splinter wrap-up, other related business

16:30 Splinter wrap-up

Recapitulation of splinters, other related business, joint discussion

Speakers: A Marconi, A Zanutta, P Di Marcantonio

18:30 → 21:00 Conference dinner

Thursday, 8 October

09:00 → 10:30 Management / next steps

09:00 FE

Speakers: A Cabral, B Wehbe

09:10 AO

Speakers: E Pinna, M N'Diaye

09:20 FL-IFU

Speakers: M Rainer, A Tozzi

09:30 CU

Speakers: P Huke, M Debus

09:40 US

Speakers: D Giannone, J Brynnel

09:50 RS

Speaker: Y Ivanisenko

10:00 YS

Speaker: J Stevenson

10:10 KS

Speaker: W Gaessler

10:20 SW

Speakers: M Monteiro, M Landoni

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee/tea

11:00 → 12:15 Management / next steps

11:00 Configuration

Lessons learned from review process

Speakers: V Baldini, P Di Marcantonio

11:20 Management / next steps / future reviews

Speakers: P Di Marcantonio, A Marconi

12:00 Closing remarks

Speaker: A Marconi