Cutting-edge research to further science and exploration
| SESSION 1 - SCIENCE WITH ADAPTIVE OPTICS | ||
| 9:00 | Original use of MUSE's LTAO to directly image young accreting exoplanets | Julien Girard |
| 9:20 | The METIS high contrast imaging modes: concept, performance, and perspectives | Olivier Absil |
| 9:40 | An Overview of the TMT Planetary Systems Imager | Michael Fitzgerald |
| 10:00 | Thermal Imaging and Characterization of Rocky Earth-size Habitable Zone Planets in the Solar Neighborhood with TMT | Christian Marois |
| 10:20 | ELT-HIRES, the high resolution spectrograph for the ELT and its unique AO-assisted IFU capability | Alessandro Marconi |
| 10:40 | Coffee break | |
| SESSION 2 - PATHFINDER INSTRUMENTS | ||
| 11:10 | *Keynote presentation* Adaptive Optics Program at TMT | Corinne Boyer |
| 11:50 | MAVIS, Multi-Conjugate in the visible for the VLT | Francois Rigaut |
| 12:10 | Ongoing and future AO projects at Subaru | Yoshito Ono |
| 12:30 | Lunch | |
| SESSION 3 - WAVEFRONT SENSING | ||
| 14:00 | C--More : the laser guide star wavefront sensor | Jean-Luc Gach |
| 14:20 | A new wavefront sensor for Keck: Pyramid wavefront sensing in the near infrared | Charlotte Bond |
| 14:40 | Modal gain optimization of the Pyramid Wave-Front Sensor using a convolutive model: from theory to experimental validation | Vincent Chambouleyron |
| 15:00 | The Teledyne e2v CIS124 LVSM sensor for large telescopes- design and prototype tests | Paul Jorden |
| 15:20 | Pupil plane wavefront sensing for extended & 3D sources | Roberto Ragazzoni |
| 15:40 | Coffee break | |
| SESSION 4 - ADAPTIVE OPTICS SYSTEMS DESIGN AND MODELLING | ||
| 16:00 | HARMONI at the diffraction limit: From Single Conjugate to Laser Tomography Adaptive Optics | Benoit Neichel |
| 16:20 | NFIRAOS AO Calibration Plan | Jean-Pierre Veran |
| 16:40 | Adaptive optics design status of MAORY, the MCAO system of European ELT | Lorenzo Busoni |
| 17:00 | NFIRAOS Pre-Production Optical Design Update | Jenny Atwood |
| 17:20 | ELT Wavefront Control strategy | Henri Bonnet |
| 17:40 | Single Conjugate Adaptive Optics for METIS | Thomas Bertram |
| 18:00 | Poster session | |