Agenda
Please note: this agenda is preliminary and may change.
All times are in the Pacific Daylight Time zone.
All speakers should allow ~5min for questions at the end of their talk or demo. I.e. a 30min slot = 25min + 5min.
Day 1: Tuesday, Sept 23, 2025
AM Session 1: Time Domain Astrophysics and the software ecosystem
Chair: Rachel Street
| Time | Duration | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08:30 | 30min | Registration open; meet and greet | |
| 09:00 | 10min | Rachel Street | Welcome and introduction to AEON+. |
| 09:10 | 30min | Igor Andreoni | Time Domain Astrophysics in the ZTF, LVK and Rubin Era |
| 09:40 | 30min | Andy Howell | Overview of the software ecosystem |
| 10:10 | 20min | Fabián Araneda-Baltierra | HEROIC – Hop Enabled Realtime Observatory Information and Coordination |
| 10:30 | 30min | Moira Andrews | SNEx and Hermes |
| 11:00 | 30min | Break |
AM Session 2: Coordinating observations
Chair: Chien-Hsiu Lee
| Time | Duration | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11:30 | 30min | David Sand | TreasureMap and TreasureTrove |
| 12:00 | 30min | Austin Riba | AEONlib hands-on demo |
| 12:30 | 1hr 30min | Lunch |
PM Session 3: Unconference session
Breakout sessions will follow an unconference model and participants are encouraged to propose their own topics.
| Time | Duration | Hack session topics (classroom) | Discussion topics (Farrand Hall) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14:00 | 1hr | E.g. TOM-HEROIC integration | E.g. Multi-facility, multi-wavelength proposal opportunities |
| E.g. Update TOM-Gemini module for GPP |
PM Session 4: Ground-based telescope operations
Chair: Andy Howell
| Time | Duration | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15:30 | 30min | Griffin Hosseinzadeh | PASSTA: The Public AEON Spectroscopic Survey for Transient Astronomy |
| 16:00 | 30min | Stephen Potter | The Intelligent Observatory (IO) |
| 16:30 | 30min | Cam Wipper | Kealahou + AEON: Upgrading CFHT’s QSO System for the LSST Era Demo and feedback discussion |
| 17:00 | End of day | Dinner self-organized |