FINAL PROGRAM FOR NOT TOWN MEETING

Tuesday, December 20, 2005, 11:00-14:00 - NOTE THE CHANGED TIME, Rockefeller Complex, Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen

11:00 Introduction (Hans Kjeldsen)

11:10 The Common Northern Observatory model (Johannes Andersen)

11:30 Examples of future NOT programmes I
(10 min. presentation, 5 min. questions per person):
1. TBC
2. Jesper Sollerman
3. Frank Grundahl

12:15 Lunch break

12:45 Examples of future NOT programmes II
4. Søren Frandsen
5. Per Kjærgaard Rasmussen

13:15 General Discussion (chair: Hans Kjeldsen)
- The need for a long-term access to northern 2-4m-class observing facilities?
- Would Denmark support the Common Northern Observatory (CNO) model or a stand-alone Nordic NOT?
- What are typical examples of programmes that would be given high priority in the near and mid-term future?
- The future instrumentation priorities for NOT?
- Priorities for future main modes of operation (visitor vs. service mode; flexible scheduling and Targets of Opportunity vs. long observing runs; freedom in choice of subject vs. long-term projects, etc.)?
- Should we priorities future educational use of NOT and/or the CNO (on-site students and/or postdocs; fraction of time allocated for courses; on-site courses vs. remote observing from home)?
- Any other issues you wish to bring to the panel's attention?

14:00 End of meeting