Program

Each day the meeting will start at 21:30-22:00 UTC (06:30 KST, 11:30 HST, 14:30 MST, 17:30 CLT/EDT, 18:30 ADT/ART/BRT). The schedule is available in your timezone at the event site in the Whova app. Sign-up for Whova access with the email you used to register for the conference. If you missed registration, you can see a live stream on the NOIRLab YouTube channel. The program below is displayed in Hawaii Standard Time.

All GSM21 videos are also collected as a playlist at the NOIRLab Science YouTube Channel.

Time

Speaker Name/Affiliation

Title

Presentations

Video

23 August 2021

11:30 AM

Janice Lee, Chief Scientist, Gemini Observatory

Welcome, Announcements, Reminders

Presentation

Video

11:40 AM

Jennifer Lotz, Director, Gemini Observatory.

State of the Observatory

Presentation

Video

12:00 PM

Ruben Diaz, Gemini Observatory

Current Instruments and Upgrades Overview

Presentation

Video

12:20 PM

Kevin Luhman, Penn State University

Invited Science Talk: Brown Dwarfs; Circumstellar Disks

Presentation

Video

12:55 PM

Gregory Mace, University of Texas at Austin

Current/Future Inst: IGRINS and IGRINS-2

Presentation

Video

1:15 PM

Jacob Bean, University of Chicago

Current/Future Instrument: MAROON-X

Presentation

Video

1:35 PM

Eric Nielsen, New Mexico State University

Invited Science Talk: Exoplanet Direct Imaging

Presentation

Video

2:00 PM

Quinn Konopacky, University of California, San Diego

Current/Future Instrument: GPI2

Presentation

Video

2:20 PM Jacob Bean, Quinn Konopacky, Kevin Luhman, Gregory Mace, Pat McCarthy, Eric Nielsen, Gaetano Sivo. Chat Sessions N/A N/A

2:50 PM

Rodrigo Carrasco, Gemini Observatory

MOS Mask Making Workshop

Presentation

Video

3:20 PM

Ricardo Salinas, Gemini Observatory

F-2 MOS Mask Design

Presentation

Video

24 August 2021
11:30 AM Jennifer Lotz, Kevin Luhman, Eric Nielsen, Ricardo Salinas, Rodrigo Carrasco, Meg Schwamb, Kristi Webb Chat Sessions N/A N/A

12:00 PM

Alysha Shugart, Rubin Observatory

Jocelyn Ferrara, Gemini Observatory

Gem in We: Workplace Inclusivity

Presentation

Video

1:10 PM

Janice Lee, Gemini Observatory

Welcome, Announcements and Reminders

Presentation

Video

1:15 PM

Sandy Leggett, Gemini Observatory

Gemini Proposal Modes Overview

Presentation

Video

1:35 PM

Scot Kleinman, Gemini Observatory

Future Gemini Instrumentation

Presentation

Video

1:55 PM

Kristi Webb, University of Waterloo

Science: GOGREEN-Galaxy Evolution Cluster/Field

Presentation

Video

2:20 PM

Jong-Hak Woo, Seoul National University

Science: Black Holes

Presentation

Video

2:45 PM  Ruben Diaz, Jocelyn Ferrara, Kathleen Labrie, Sandy Leggett, Pat McCarthy, Rogemar A. Riffel, Kristi Webb, Jong-Hak Woo Chat Sessions N/A N/A
25 August 2021
11:30 AM Jacob Bean, Quinn Konopacky, Jennifer Lotz, Gregory Mace, Ricardo Salinas, Rodrigo Carrasco, Meg Schwamb, Alysha Shugart, Nora Troja. Chat Sessions N/A N/A

12:00 PM

Janice Lee, Gemini Observatory

Daily Announcements

Presentation

Video

12:05 PM

Rogemar Riffel, Federal University of Santa Maria

Science: AGN and feedback

Presentation

Video

12:30 PM

Alan McConnachie, NRC Herzberg

Future Instrument: GHOST

Presentation

Video

12:50 PM

Massimo Robberto, Space Telescope Science Institute

Future Instrument: SCORPIO with Massimo Robberto

Presentation

Video

1:10 PM

Kathleen Labrie, Gemini Observatory

DRAGONS: Project Status and Direction

Presentation

Video

1:40 PM

Gaetano Sivo, Gemini Observatory

Future of AO: GNAO

Presentation

Video

2:00 PM

Suresh Sivanandam, University of Toronto, GIRMOS PI

Future of AO: GIRMOS

Presentation

Video

2:20 PM

Paul Hirst, Gemini Observatory

Future of AO: GLAO Feasibility Study

Presentation

Video

2:40 PM Paul Hirst, Scot Kleinman, Sandy Leggett, Alan McConnachie, Massimo Robberto, Suresh Sivanandam, Gaetano Sivo Chat Sessions N/A N/A

3:10 PM

Bryan Miller, Gemini Observatory

ToO Workshop

Presentation

Video

26 August 2021
11:30 AM Ruben Diaz, Paul Hirst, Bryan Miller, Massimo Robberto, Alysha Shugart, Suresh Sivanandam, Monika Soraisam Chat Sessions N/A N/A

12:05 PM

Meg Schwamb, Queen's University Belfast

Science: Solar System Small Bodies

Presentation

Video

12:30 PM

Eleonora Troja, University of Maryland, College Park

Science: GRBs, NS Mergers, GW

Presentation

Video

12:55 PM Monica Soraisam, NCSA/University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Future of Time Domain Astronomy at Gemini N/A N/A

1:15 PM

Bryan Miller, Gemini Observatory

Next Generation TDA at Gemini: AEON, TOMs, GPP

Presentation

Video

1:35 PM

Patrick McCarthy, Director, NOIRLab

NOIRLab & Gemini in the 2020s

Presentation

Video

1:55 PM Gemini Observatory / NSF's NOIRLab Panel Discussion - Gemini in the 2020s, Astro2020, LRP2020 N/A N/A
2:20 PM Scot Kleinman, Bryan Miller, Rogemar A. Riffel, Monika Soraisam, Nora Troja, Jong-Hak Woo Chat Sessions N/A N/A

2:50 PM

Kathleen Labrie, Gemini Observatory

Data Reduction DRAGONS Workshop

Presentation

Video

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