Virtual Gemini Science Meeting

Registration for the first virtual Gemini Science Meeting (vGSM) will close this Sunday, 15 August 2021. Registration is at https://noirlab.edu/science/events/websites/gsm2021/registration and is free — there are no fees. All subsequent email notices will be sent only to registered attendees. This will be the final announcement to the general Gemini User Community. 

Registered participants will receive access to the Whova virtual meeting platform, which will allow attendees to view talks, participate in Q&A sessions, engage in one-to-one chats with speakers, and more broadly network with other vGSM attendees.

The vGSM will be a combination of invited science talks, observatory updates, hands-on training sessions, and generous time for questions and discussion. There will be a special focus on upcoming instrumentation. This meeting is meant to bridge the gap between the last Gemini science meeting in 2018 and the next in-person meeting, currently planned for Summer 2022. Owing to the limited daily time available for the meeting because of partnership time zone constraints, contributed talks have not been solicited. The schedule is available here. 

Invited Science Speakers:

• Kevin Luhman (Penn State University, USA)
• Eric Nielsen (New Mexico State University, USA)
• Rogemar A. Riffel (Federal University of Santa Maria, Brasil)
• Meg Schwamb (Queen’s University Belfast, UK)
• Nora Troja (University of Maryland, College Park, USA)
• Kristi Webb (University of Waterloo, Canada)
• Jong-Hak Woo (Seoul National University, South Korea)

Scientific Organizing Committee (Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab):

• Janice Lee (Co-Chair)
• Siyi Xu (Co-Chair)
• Morten Andersen
• Jennifer Andrews
• Rodrigo Carrasco
• Manuel Gomez
• Scot Kleinman
• Atsuko Nitta
• Karleyne Silva
• Hyewon Suh

Local Organizing Committee (Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab):

• Joanna Thomas-Osip (Chair)
• Jerry Brower
• Anne Jordan
• Jameeka Marshall
• Jen Miller
• Courtney Raich
• Ally Tapia

Questions and feedback are welcome at gemini21vsm@noirlab.edu