www.skatelescope.org

Contact:
Astrid Marx
SKA International Project Office,
office manager


 

 

Program Presentations Pictures Participants

- Introduction to Industry Day: PDF
( Peter Hall, Project Engineer, International SKA Project Office)
Opening remarks and welcome: video (37.7 M)*
(Harvey Butcher, Executive Director, ASTRON)

- SKA project overview : PDF - video (198 M)*
(Richard Schilizzi, Director, International SKA Project Office)

- SKA engineering challenges : PDF - video (173 M, including tape change interval)*
(Peter Hall, Project Engineer, International SKA Project Office)
- The European SKA Consortium – Technology programs: PDF - video (148 M)*
(Arnold van Ardenne, European SKA Design Studies Co-ordinator and Director R&D, ASTRON)
- European SKA demonstrators, some key SKADS projects :
   
. Focal Plane Arrays for Radioastronomy :
    PDF - video (93.7 M)*
   (Jan-Geralt bij de Vaate, ASTRON)
   . EMBRACE – An Aperture Array Demonstrator
   PDF   -video (123 M)*- Animation
   (Parbhu Patel, ASTRON)

   . A Digital Array Tile : PDF - video (84.1 M)*
   (Peter Wilkinson, University of Manchester,    Jodrell Bank Observatory)
- LOFAR: Case study of a new-generation telescope
PDF - video (173 M, including tape change interval )*

(Eugene de Geus, Director, External Affairs, ASTRON)
- Industry and the SKA. Short invited presentations from a sample of companies interested in the SKA
   . A Sample of Technical Directions Relevant to SKA    (Ruud Haring, IBM Research Division)
   . SKA: Networking Challenges and Opportunities
   PDF - video (129 M)*
   (Brett Biddington, Cisco Systems)
   . Overview of Alcatel and SKA Interests
   PDF - video (102 M)*
   (Michel Apers, Alcatel Space)
- Panel presentation and open discussion : video (210 M)*
- Closing remarks: PDF - video (47.5 M)*
(Richard Schilizzi)

* A DVD is available for video presentation.
To receive one, please contact Astrid Marx