Draft April, 19

Global Hands-On Universe Agenda
July 25-July 31, 2004

9:00 - 11:00: Registration, free discussions, installation of posters, coffee break
11:00 - 12:00: Excursion at Pulkovo observatory
Lunch
13:30 - 17:00: Excursion to Tsarskoe Selo (Pushkin), including Catherine palace and Amber room
19:00 - 22:00: Welcome Cocktail at Pulkovo Observatory

9:00 - 9:30: Welcome
9:30 - 10:30: The Present and Future Systems of Small Telescopes Terry Oswalt Florida Institute of Technology, USA
10:30 - 11:00: Coffee break
11:00 - 11:30: HOU Network Plans and Progress: Plans to Connect and Make Global Networks Work Carl Pennypacker
11:30 - 12:00: RTML: The Lingua Franca of Telescope Networks Frederick Hessman (TBC)
12:00 - 12:30: The Australian Small Telescope Network Graeme White
Lunch
14:00 - 14:30: Faulkes Telescopes Paul Roche
14:30 - 15:00: Monet Telescopes Rick Hessman (TBC)
15:00 - 15:30: GLAST Telescope Networks (TBC)
15:30 - 16:00: Western Kentucky and Associated Networks Davud Barnaby
16:00 - 16:30: Coffee break
16:30 - 17:00: Japanese Telescope Networks Toshihiro Handa
17:00 - 17:30: Radio Telescope Networks: Low Cost 21 cm work Cathy Horellou (TBC)
17:30 - 18:00: RADIONET: A European Network of Radio Telescopes Pierre Cox (IAS, Orsay, France) (TBC)
18:30 - 19:00: European collaboration through OPTICON ?the role of the OPTICON 2-4 m telescope network John Davies (TBC)
Evening: Excursion in St Petersburg via group bus.

9:00 - 9:30: Welcome (University)
9:30 - 9:50: Astronomical education in Russia V. Vityazev (SPb University, Russia)
9:50 - 10:20: Paradoxical Universe V. Ivanov (SPb University, Russia)
10:20 ?10:40: Astronomical Olympiad (TBC)
10:40 - 11:00: Coffee break
11:00 ?13:00: Astronomical education and outreach activity of IAU, ESO, ESA, NASA (TBC)
Lunch
Afternoon: Excursion to the Winter Palace (Hermitage); Excursion by boat (rivers and channels of Petersburg)

9:00 - 9:30: Jupiter Week Report and organizing a Global System of Synoptic Observations Harlan Devore
9:30 - 10:00: TAROT and ARAGO Networks Michel Boer (Observatoire de Haute Provence)
10:00 - 10:50: The International Virtual Observatory Bohdan Paczynski (TBC)
10:50 - 11:20: Coffee break
11:20 - 12:10: The Eminent and Overwhelming Avalanche of ESO IVO Data Richard West (TBC)
12:10 - 13:00: Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Now Ready Example: The SDSS and Yerkes QSO Survey SDSS (TBC)
Lunch
14:30 - 15:00: ESA IVO Data for Students Lars Lindberg-Christensen (ESA/ES0, Garching, Germany) (TBC)
15:00 - 15:30: CDS Data and How to Benefit from It (TBC)
15:30 - 16:00: Coffee break
16:00 ?16:30: Poster session
16:30 - 16:50: Web-Cam Astronomy and Very Small Telescopes Lech Mankievic
16:50 - 17:10: Astronomy with small telescopes I. Guseva, N. Sokolov
Evening: Program in St Petersburg (will be detailed later): Theatres (Ballet or Opera or Music), etc (via group bus)

9:00 - 9:30: Global HOU: A Survey and Synopsis Carl Pennypacker
9:30 - 10:00: EU-HOU Anne-Laure Melchior (ERGA/LERMA, UPMC, Paris, France)
10:00 - 10:20: F-HOU Pierre Encrenaz (TBC) (ERGA/LERMA, UPMC, Paris, France)
10:20 - 10:40: Sen-HOU and Africa Suzanne Faye
10:40 - 11:00: Coffee break
11:20 - 11:40: German HOU Andreas Kratzer
11:40 - 12:00: VietNam HOU Phan Bao Ngoc (University of Hue, VietNam)
12:00 - 12:20: US HOU Carl Pennypacker
12:20 - 12:40: Swedish HOU Jan Engstedt
Lunch
14:00 - 14:20: UK HOU R. Hill
14:20 - 14:40: Polish HOU Lech Mankievicz
14:40 - 15:00: Japanese HOU Kaoru Kimura/Toshiro Handa
15:00 - 15:20: Russian HOU Olga Tsiopa (Pulkovo Observatory, Russia)
15:20 - 15:40: Australian HOU Graeme White
15:40 ?16:00: Greek HOU and Light Pollution Margarita Metaxa
16:00 - 16:30: Coffee break
16:30 ?17:00: Poster session
17:00 - 17:20: Portugese HOU Rosa Doran
17 :20 - >: Other National HOU - TBC (Spain , Italy ?
Evening: Program in St Petersburg (will be detailed later): Theatres (Ballet or Opera or Music), etc (via group bus)

9:00 - 10:00: The Collaboratory System Gary Greenberg
10:00 - 11:00: SDSS Sky Server (TBC)
11:00 ?11:30: Coffee break
11:30 - 12:30: Roll-out of New European Union Image Processing Software R. Ferlet (IAP, Paris, France)
12:30 ?13:30: Remote observations
Lunch
Afternoon and Evening: Fountains at Peterhof /Dinner

9:00 - 9:20: HOU in US Science Centers Alan Gould
9:20 - 9:40: HOU in French Planetaria Agnes Acker
9:40 - 10:00: HOU in Polish Science Centers Lech Mankievicz
10:00 - 11:00: Deep Lensing Survey Data Tim Spuck and Dara Norman
11:00 ?11:30: Coffee break
11:30 ?12:30: Results of the Venus Transit 2004 program
Lunch
14:00 ?14:30: Poster session
14:30 - 16:00: Panel discussion: What do we need to become an overwhelming global educational force? Strategic Planning to implement goals above.
16:00: Conclusions
Free time: excursions to Fortress, Cathedrals, museums, etc.