Programme

Preliminary program might still slightly change.

Sessions	Schedule	Plenum Blue (modrá) Room (250 People)	Splinter 1 Green (zelená) Room (40 People)	splinter 2 Small (malá) Room 2 (20 People)
Monday 27.3.2023	1st day afternoon (14:00-18:30)	PMC plenary [chair: H. Rauer / A. Erikson] 14:00 - Introduction / welcome / outline schedule [H.Rauer] 14:05 - Mission & Payload [J. Lorenzo Alvarez] 14:45 - GS overview GSDR preparation status [L. O'Rourke] SOC [L. O'Rourke] PDC [A. Birch] PSM [P. Strom] 15:25 - WG overviews MSEWG (S. Niemi) GSEWG & PIC for Operations WG [L. O'Rourke] PDG [E. Verdugo/ R. West] DMWG [S. Foley] DPA-WG [R. Samadi] 15:55 - PCOT report [C. Martin] 16:05 - PPT report [J. Cabrera, S. Niemi] 16:15 - PLATO Consortium Science Team [H. Rauer]
	16:30 - 17:00	Coffee Break
		17:00 - Field selection & PIC 2.0 [G. Piotto]
	19:00	Reception
Tuesday 28.3.2023	2nd day morning (9-12)	Stellar Analysis System (SAS) [chair: T. Appourchaux] 9:00 - Introduction 9:05 - SAS status [H. Ballans] 9:25 - PSM specifications status [K. Belkacem/WP12] 9:40 - Datasets and test cases [R. Ouazzani/WP12] 9:55 - The SAS pipeline with Airflow: motivations, prototype and live demo [L. Guillerot/H. Ballans] 10:15 - MSAP sessions: - MSAP1 [S. Mathur (on-line)]
	10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break
		11:00 - MSAP sessions: - MSAP3 [T. Appourchaux] - MSAP4 [R. Garcia (on-line)] - MSAP2 [T. Morel] - MSAP5 [F. Pereira] » Towards the GSDR: schedule and actions [H. Ballans]		(backup - TBC)
Tuesday 28.3.2023	2nd day afternoon (14-15:30)	Verification & Validation session 1 [chair: A. Birch] 14:00 - Introduction to V&V [D. Brown] 14:45 - SAS V&V [H. Ballans & WP12 (TBC)]
	15:30 - 16:00	Coffee Break
	(16-18)	Verification & Validation session 2 [chair: P. Strøm] 16:00 - EAS V&V [G. Rixon & WP11] 16:45 - L1/CPDS V&V [C. Damiani & PSM Office] 17:30 - PFU V&V (TBD) 17:45 - PDC-DB V&V [M. Schäfer]	WP12-WP13 splinter [chair: M-J. Goupil] 16:00 - The 4MOST-PLATO agreement [M. Bergemann] 16:20 - The scvPIC documents: status and next steps [D. Brown] 16:30 - Benchmark stars in the scvPIC [P. Maxted] 17:00 - gamma Dor stars in the scvPIC [A. Tkachenko] 17:20 - Red giants in the scvPIC [B. Mosser & A. Miglio] 17:40 - Constant stars in the scvPIC [O. Kochukhov (remote)]	(backup - TBC)
	19:30	Public lecture in the Planetarium [H. Rauer & D. Pollacco]
Wednesday 29.3.2023	3rd day morning (9-12)	GOP [chair: S. Udry] 09:00 - Introduction [S. Udry] 09:10 - Operations organisation [I. Ribas] - 09:20 - Observation type determination [A. Santerne] - 09:35 - Schedule [JC. Morales] 09:50 - Communications and infrastructure of GOP Center [E. Masana] - 10:00 - Data formats [Y. Roehlly] - 10:10 - Communication with PDC [J. Portell] -10:20 - Communication with observers and facilities [N. Billot]	DPA-WG [chair: R. Samadi] Introductory talk [R. Samadi] ATBD development status [E. Grolleau] Updates from WP33 [C. Damiani] Double-aperture photometry to detect false positives [F. Gutiérrez-Canales] Photometry of imagette [S. Deheuvels / J. Ballot] De-trending algorithms [J. McCormac]	(backup - TBC)
	10:30 - 10:45	Coffee Break	Coffee Break
		10:45 - Contributions to the Follow-Up - 10:45 - Participation of the community [F. Bouchy] - 10:55 - Citizen contribution [G. Wuchterl] 11:10 - Role of WP14[2-5] during operations [F. Bouchy, R. Alonso, S. Desidera, A. Reiners] - Management and steering activities - Data homogenisation and reprocessing 11:30 - Open issues (N. Mowlavi) - Organisation of science follow-up activities - Science questions - Enhanced science return
Wednesday 29.3.2023	3rd day afternoon (14-18)	WP11-WP12 interfaces [chair: D. Brown/P. Strøm] Overview of WP11 expectations for EAS-SAS interfaces [D. Brown] Overview of WP12 expectations for SAS-EAS interfaces [WP12 Office] Light curve preparation in MSAP1: what’s needed from EAS [R. Garcia] Stellar activity: what will SAS deliver, and how will EAS use it? [TBC] Outputs of L1 pipeline: what do we know, and what do we need? [TBC] Other topics TBC	DPA-WG / CAM AIT / Performance Team [chair: B. Vandenbussche] 14:00 Best Focus - PFM CAM ambient alignment (Pierre/KU Leuven) - EM and PFM Best focus (Martin/DLR, Thierry/IAS) - in-flight focus calibration ATBD: updates (D.Mascarenhas/LESIA) 15:00 Analog Chain - PFM, FM1, FM2 analog chain results (Sami/ESA) - PFM CAM level analog chain tests (Pierre/KUL) - In-orbit plans (discussion) 15:15 Long term stability tests - EM long stability test (Marie/CAS, Thierry/IAS) 15:30 Radiometry - Transmission & Vignetting (Francesco/INAF) - Ghosts (Matthias/MPS) - Straylight FM1 FPA contamination : straylight impact tests (discussion) - in-flight throughput calibration ATBD (Eric Michel/LESIA - remotely) 16:00 Planning and organisation - PFM and FM TV performance tests (Nicolas/INAF) - IAS facility & FM TV planning (Thierry/IAS) - SRON facility & FM TV planning (Tim/SRON) - INTA facility & EM/FM TV planning (Gonzalo/INAF) - Information flow: how do make Analog Chain and CAM level test feed back into Ground Segment work (discussion)	(backup - TBC)
	15:30 - 16:00	Coffee Break
	19:30	Conference dinner
Thursday 30.3.2023	4th day morning (9-12)	EAS [chair: N. Walton] Timeline to GSDR [N. Walton] Update on EAS pipeline status: - EAS processing infrastructure (PDPC-C) [D. Ford] - Compliance of the software modules against ATBD requirements [S. Hodgkin] EAS Data Scheme status [G. Rixon] EAS Verification and Validation approach [G. Rixon / R. West] EAS-SAS interface [S. Hodgkin] - SAS Data model Clarification on L1 inputs to the EAS pipelines [G. Rixon] - Stitching [S. Aigrain / R. West] - PSF treatment - Contamination ('3rd light') treatment in L1 Current open issues on science specifications [S. Hodgkin] - Specification of grading/validation of TCEs - TTV handling, use of RIVERS Notification of open issues to be discussed at a later date [N. Walton] - Handling of circumbinaries - Future science extension and implications for requirements / implementation Methods to extract planet masses in near-resonant systems [R. Mardling]		(backup - TBC)
	10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break
Thursday 30.3.2023	4th day afternoon (14-16)	Verification & Validation session 3 [chair: D. Brown] 14:00 - DAST V&V [R. Heller] 14:30 - Simulations as a tool for validation [J. Cabrera] 14:45 - Cyclic validation of data during operations 15:45 - Schedule and organization for V&V documentation for GSDR [A. Birch]		(backup - TBC)
	16:00 - 16:30	Coffee Break
	16:30-18:00	PLATO-CHEOPS-ARIEL synergies [chair: V. Van Eylen] 16:30 - Introduction, purpose of exercise, very short reminder of PLATO main capabilities [V. Van Eylen] 16:50 - CHEOPS: short mission overview mission, status, synergies with PLATO [H. Osborn] 17:15 - ARIEL: short mission overview mission, status, synergies with PLATO [B. Edwards] 17:40 - Discussion on synergies [moderated by V. Van Eylen, J. Cabrera, I. Pagano]
Friday 31.3.2023	5th day 09:30	Astronomy guided tour in Prague

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Social programme

Opening reception

On Monday 27 March an opening reception will be held at Karolinum at 20:00 after conference day finishes.

Conference dinner

The conference dinner is planned for Wednesday 29 March starting at 20:00 in the restaurant Červený jelen - www.cervenyjelen.cz
The restaurant is located close to the conference venue. The dinner will be organised in form of a fancy buffet with drinks included. The dinner fee is 1200 CZK (approx 50 EUR).

Astronomy guided tour in Prague (Friday 31 March - morning exact time TBC)

Prague offers many places which are connected to astronomy. We offer a guided tour thanks to colleagues from Planetarium Prague which will take place on Friday (morning) for those who would be interested. The tour will take about 2 hours of slow walk and will guide you through various places in Prague city center, including the Prague`s most famous astronomic clock. The tour will be guided by a certified city guide. If you would be interested to participate, please let us know during registration or once you register yourself at Karolinum the first day.

Public talk

We plan to organize a public lecture in the Planetarium www.planetum.cz on Tuesday 28 March at 19:30. The title and a short abstract will be confirmed. The talk is mainly intended for public but the participants are welcome to attend. Please note, the planetarium is at a different location than the conference venue.

Student session

A student session will be organised to transmit experience from senior researchers to early career researchers. More detailed program, time and place of the event will be announced later. Would you wish to participate, please let us know during registration.