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 ^ Date | 18 -- 19 May 2009 |
 ^ Location | ASTRON, Dwingeloo |
+==== Summary ====
+On May 18 and 19, 20009, ASTRON hosted a LOFAR Technical Status
+meeting in Dwingeloo. This meeting brought together technical
+working groups from all the Key Science Projects as well as many of
+the international partner consortia.  With the first Dutch and
+international LOFAR stations now in the field and more on the way,
+LOFAR is preparing to move into a new phase of its construction. This
+next phase will include an intense period of technical commissioning
+and scientific validation ramping up to actual science observations
+early in 2010. This commissioning period is expected to kick-off in
+the fall of 2009 with its first major activity, an initial shallow all-
+sky survey to populate the global sky model (GSM) required for LOFAR's
+calibration.
+Following this initial GSM survey, the Radio Observatory at ASTRON
+plans to solicit proposals for commissioning projects from the various
+LOFAR Key Science Projects and international partners. This meeting was
+intended to assist the various KSP groups in the preparation of
+commissioning proposals in response to this announcement of
+opportunity. Over the course of the two days, members of the LOFAR
+project reviewed the observational capabilities of the system
+expected to be in place by the start of the GSM.  Each of the KSPs
+also summarized their specific commissioning plans as well. These
+discussions will be used as valuable input to the integrated
+commissioning activities that LOFAR will execute over the coming term
+leading to a fully functional Observatory and the first science
+results early next year.
 ==== Agenda ====
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   * J. Anderson: {{:public:meetings:2009-05_technical_status:2009-05-19_anderson_-_magnetism.pdf|Magnetism}}
   * G. de Bruyn: {{:public:meetings:2009-05_technical_status:2009-05-19_debruyn_-_eor.pdf|EoR}}
-  * R. Fender: Transients
+  * R. Fender: {{:public:meetings:2009-05_technical_status:2009-05-19_fender_-_transients.pdf|Transients}}
   * B. Stappers: Pulsars
-  * A. Horneffer: Cosmic Rays
+  * A. Horneffer: {{:public:meetings:2009-05_technical_status:2009-05-19_horneffer_-_cosmicrays.pdf|Cosmic Rays}}
   * G. Mann: {{:public:meetings:2009-05_technical_status:2009-05-19_mann_-_solar.pdf|Solar and Space Weather}}