Preliminary Programme


Thursday 6 July 2017
12:30 Registration and sandwich lunch
     
13:30 Carole Jackson Welcome and Introduction
     
13:45
Linking the past and the future
Chair: Marco de Vos
  Hugo van Woerden Setting the scene
  Rudolf Le Poole The early days of the WSRT
  Michiel Brentjens The polarized sky: 1957-2017
  Brian Glendenning Wim, NRAO, AIPS++
  Oleg Smirnov The Measurement Equation, AIPS++
  Tony Willis Wim and me
     
15:30
tea / coffee
  
     
16:00
Leadership at work
Chair: Marco de Vos
  Harry van der Laan SRZM, NFRA and ASTRON (incl UK-NL)
  Reinder van Duinen ASTRON  &  NWO
  Peter Tindemans OCW, ESO council
  Huib-Jan van Langevelde From VLBI to JIVE to ERIC
  Thijs van der Hulst ASTRON and the Universities (incl. Roden/KSW and RuG)
  Marco de Vos ASTRON, LOFAR, DOME, ….
     
18:30 Drinks and  dinner/barbeque around the 25-m telescope
     
 
After-dinner speaker: Jaap Baars

 


Friday 7 July 2017
09:00
WSRT: Science and Technology
Chair: Jan Noordam
  Ger de Bruyn WENSS and NEWSTAR
  John O’Sullivan (remote) WSRT backends
  Renzo Sancisi The Dark Matter saga: the decisive role of the WSRT
  Rogier Windhorst Deep radio surveys with the WSRT
     
10:00

Astrometry: on the ground and in space

  
  Hans vd Marel (remote) WSRT as a geodetic centre
  Frits Brouwer Geodesy and VLBI
  Anthony Brown (Hipparcos and) Gaia
     
10:45
tea / coffee
  
     
11:15
Towards the SKA
Chair: Arnold van Ardenne
  Ron Ekers/Bob Frater (remote) Some personal reminiscences: Wim's ATNF years
  Richard Schilizzi Key decisions in the history of the SKA
  Stefan Wijnholds Calibrating SKA1: lessons from WSRT and LOFAR
  Richard Strom FAST
  Neil Killeen (video) Managing Wim
     
  Wim Brouw Closing Remarks
     
13:00
lunch
  

 

 

Contact: If you have any additional questions please send an email to Truus van den Brink-Havinga.