4th ExoClock Annual Meeting - 26th & 27th of October 2024
ExoClock is now counting more than 1500 members from 70 countries around the world!
From the first days of the project we had envisioned a meeting to bring all the ExoClock
participants and team members together.
This year, we will hold the 4th version of the ExoClock Annual Meeting on the 26th & 27th of October, 2024. The meeting will be hybrid and will be hosted by the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, in Portugal.
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/4th-exoclock-annual-meeting-tickets-947090181227
Location: Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (Edificio C6)
Campo Grande 016 1749-016 Lisbon Portugal
The meeting is funded by the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon.
This year, we will hold the 4th version of the ExoClock Annual Meeting on the 26th & 27th of October, 2024. The meeting will be hybrid and will be hosted by the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, in Portugal.
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/4th-exoclock-annual-meeting-tickets-947090181227
Location: Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (Edificio C6)
Campo Grande 016 1749-016 Lisbon Portugal
The meeting is funded by the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon.
Organising Committees
SOC:- Anastasia Kokori (UCL)
- Angelos Tsiaras (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
- Billy Edwards (SRON)
- Giovanna Tinetti (UCL)
- Georgia Pantelidou
- Adrian Jones
- Alex Siakas (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
- Pedro Machado, Francisco Brasil (IA - U.Lisboa)
- Manuel Abreu (IA - U.Lisboa)
- Cédric Pereira (IA - U.Lisboa)
- João Dias (IA - U.Lisboa)
- Daniela Espadinha (IA - U.Lisboa)
- Rafael Silva (IA - U.Lisboa)
- Diogo Quirino (IA - U.Lisboa)
- José Ribeiro (IA - U.Lisboa)
- Margarida (IA - U.Lisboa)
- Leonor Bernardo (IA - U.Lisboa)
Agenda
3rd ExoClock Annual Meeting - 21st & 22nd of October 2023
ExoClock is now counting more than 900 members from 50 countries around the world!
From the first days of the project we had envisioned a meeting to bring all the ExoClock
participants and team members together.
This year, we held the 3rd version of the ExoClock annual meeting on the 21st & 22nd of October, 2023. The meeting was hybrid and was be hosted by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, in Greece.
The meeting was funded by the Aristotle Univerity of Thessaloniki. We also acknowledge support from Europlanet 2024 RI under grant agreement No. 87114.
If you participated to the meeting or if you watched the videos, we would really appreciate your feedback, it will only take a minute to fill this survey:
Some photos from the meeting can be found here:
This year, we held the 3rd version of the ExoClock annual meeting on the 21st & 22nd of October, 2023. The meeting was hybrid and was be hosted by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, in Greece.
The meeting was funded by the Aristotle Univerity of Thessaloniki. We also acknowledge support from Europlanet 2024 RI under grant agreement No. 87114.
If you participated to the meeting or if you watched the videos, we would really appreciate your feedback, it will only take a minute to fill this survey:
https://forms.gle/MiJZgnTTXxDUSn1EA
Some photos from the meeting can be found here:
Gallery
Organising Committees
SOC:- Anastasia Kokori (UCL)
- Angelos Tsiaras (AUTH/UCL)
- Billy Edwards (SRON)
- Giovanna Tinetti (UCL)
- Ioannis Gkolias (AUTH)
- Kleomenis Tsiganis (AUTH)
- Nikolaos Stergioulas (AUTH)
- Georgia Pantelidou
- Alex Siakas (AUTH)
- Sotiris Tsavdaridis (AUTH)
Agenda (all times in EEST / UTC+3)
Saturday 21st of October 2023
- 11.00 - 12.00: Welcome reception
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12.00 - 12.15: Introduction
by Anastasia Kokori
University College London
Coordinator of the ExoClock project -
12.15 - 12.30: AUTh's Observatories
by Ioannis Gkolias
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Coordinator of the LOC -
12.30 - 13.00: Ariel & ExoClock:
a very successful partnership
by Giovanna Tinetti
University College London
Principal Investigator of the Ariel mission consortium -
13.00 - 13.20: Ariel Space Mission:
the technology and the road ahead
by Giorgio Savini
University College London -
13.20 - 13.40: Exploring the origin of
hot and warm Jupiters with Ariel
by Elenia Pacetti
INAF-LAPS, Sapienza Università di Roma -
13.40 - 14.00: Charting exoplanet worlds
with machine learning
by Gordon Yip
University College London - 14.00 - 15.00: Lunch Break
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15.00 - 15.20: The Ariel mission and population studies
by Andrea Bocchieri
Sapienza Università di Roma -
15.20 - 15.40: Selecting the targets of the Ariel mission
and the need for follow up
by Billy Edwards
SRON, Netherlands Institute for Space Research -
15.40 - 16.10: The ExoClock Project: 4 years in operation
by Anastasia Kokori
University College London
Coordinator of the ExoClock project -
16.10 - 16.40: How to contribute to the ExoClock Project
by Angelos Tiaras
University College London -
16.40 - 17.00: Validating the ExoClock data: behind the scenes
by Angelos Tiaras
University College London - 17.00 - 17.30: Coffee Break
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17.30 - 17.45: Exoplanet observations at the Instituto
de Astrofísica de Canarias
by Florence Libotte
Agrupació Astronomica de Sabadell -
17.45 - 18.00: Photometry courses and practical sessions for amateur astron-
omers at the Observatory of Baronies Provençales
by Anal Wunsche
Observatory of Baronies Provençales -
18.00 - 18.15: Supporting amateur astronomers on the
path to becoming citizen scientists
by Oisin Creaner
Dublin City University -
18.15 - 18.30: The TelescopeLive network and platform
by Alex Curry
TelescopeLive -
18.30 - 18.45: The LCO Global partners program
by Edward Gomez
Las Cumbres Observatory -
18.45 - 19.00: The ExoClock project as a first step into astrophysical research
for Brazilian students
by Laerte Adrade
Laboratorio Nacional de Astrofísica
Sunday 22nd of October 2023
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09.00 - 09.15: TVs analysis of WASP-12b: from the University of Siena data
to the ExoClock O-C diagram
by Leonardo Cavaglioni
University of Siena -
09.15 - 09.30: Validation of selected TESS exoplanetary
candidates using photometry
by Marko Mesarc
Masaryk University -
09.30 - 09.45: BSc and MSc projects at the Open University
by Rodney Buckland
The Open University -
09.45 - 10.05: The experience of being part of ExoClock:
Listening from the participants!
Mercedes Correa
Agrupació Astronomica de Sabadell
Martin Crow
British Astronomical Association -
Poster : Photometry Algorithms: From Determining Physical
Properties of Asteroids to Exoplanetary Systems
by Arushi Nath - 10.05 - 10.30: Coffee Break
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10.30 - 12.30: ExoClock working groups: presentations & focused discussions
Chairs: Anastasia Kokori, Georgia Pantelidou
- Incorporating Literature data and new planets
in the ExoClock database
- Educational activities:
using ExoClock in schools
- Contributing to ExoClock without equipment:
using remote facilities - 12.30 - 13.30: Lunch Break
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13.30 - 15.30: ExoClock working groups: presentations & focused discussions
Chairs: Angelos Tsiaras, Billy Edwards
- Improving the capabilities of small telescopes
with synchronous observations
- Using the ExoClock database
to monitor TTVs
- Advanced methods for
light-curve detrending - 15.30 - 16.30: Closing reception
- 18.00 - 19.00: PUBLIC TALK (in Greek)
2nd ExoClock Annual Meeting - 30th of September & 1st of October 2022
During the 30th of September & 1st of October 2022, we held our 2nd ExoClock Annual Meeting at University College London (UCL) and virtually. 150 participants were registered and 23 presenters gave us very interesting talks on the science of Ariel, on how the project works, on their own experience, on the collaboration between their efforts and ExoClock, and on the future activities within ExoClock. All the presentations were recorded and can be accessed from this page after logging in.Agenda (all times in BST / UTC+1)
Friday 30th of September 2022
- 12.00 - 12.30: Welcome reception and introduction
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12.30 - 13.10: The science of Ariel (+Q&A)
by Giovanna Tinetti
Principal Investigator of the Ariel mission consortium -
13.10 - 13.40: The ExoClock Project (+Q&A)
by Anastasia Kokori
Coordinator of the ExoClock project -
13.40 - 14.00: Selecting the targets of the Ariel mission (+Q&A)
by Billy Edwards - 14.00 - 14.30: Lunch Break
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14.30 - 14.55: The path of TTV technique from
Kepler to the Ariel mission (+Q&A)
by Luca Borsato -
14.55 - 15.20: The formation history of giant planets seen through
multiple atmospheric elemental ratios (+Q&A)
by Diego Turrini -
15.20 - 15.45: How Ariel will constrain the origin of
giant exoplanets (+Q&A)
by Ravit Helled -
15.45 - 16.10: Observability of lava worlds (+Q&A)
by Yamila Miguel - 16.10 - 16.30: Break
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16.30 - 18.0: The ExoClock Project: how it works (+Q&A)
by Angelos Tsiaras, Adrian Jones
& Georgia Pantelidou - 18.00 - 18.15: Break
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18.15 - 18.30: Seeking evidence of period variations in
Hot Jupiter orbits with citizen science data
by Simone Hagey -
18.30 - 18.45: Utilizing a global network of telescopes to update
the ephemeris for the highly eccentric planet HD80606b
and to ensure the efficient scheduling of JWST
by Rob Zellem - 18.45 - 19.00: Q&A
Saturday 1st of October 2022
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09.00 - 09.15: The British Astronomical Association
and the ExoClock Project
by Roger Dymock -
09.15 - 09.30: Integration of ExoClock in university teaching
by Rodney Buckland -
09.30 - 09.45: 1000+ transit measurements for ExoClock: some lessons learned
by Yves Jongen -
09.45 - 10.00: Collaboration between the ExoClock Project
and the Observatory of Baronnies Provençales
by Anael Wünsche - 10.00 - 10.15: Q&A
- 10.15 - 10.30: Break
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10.30 - 10.50: Synchronous observations Working Group (+Q&A)
by Alessandro Nastasi -
10.50 - 11.10: CMOS Working Group (+Q&A)
by Roland Casali -
11.10 - 11.30: Multicolour observations Working Group (+Q&A)
by Steve Futcher -
11.30 - 12.45: The ExoClock project: data products and results (+Q&A)
by Angelos Tsiaras - 12.45 - 13.30: Lunch Break
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13.30 - 14.30: Discussion on plans for next year
- 14.30 - 15.00: Round table discussion / closing remarks
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15.00 - 16.00: Workshop: Testing a CMOS detector
by Roland Casali