IAU Optical/IR Interferometry Working Group 2006

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IAU Working Group on Optical/IR Interferometry

9:00 to 12:30 pm
Monday, 21 August 2006
IAU General Assembly
Prague, Czech Republic

The 2006 Meeting of the IAU Working Group will take place in conjunction with the General Assembly of the IAU in Prague, Czech Republic, 9:00-12:30, Monday, 21 August 2006, in Meeting Room 1.1.

Related Events at the General Assembly

A preliminary agenda for the 2006 General Assembly is available. Listed below are selected events that may be of particular interest to interferometrists.

Monday 14 through Friday 18 August 2006
Triggered Star Formation in a Turbulent ISM
Wednesday 16 (full day) & Thursday 17 (a.m.) August 2006
Astronomical Facilities of the Next Decade
Friday 18 August 2006, 14:00-15:30
Division IX Business Meeting
Monday 21 (09:00-12:30) August 2006
Meeting of the Working Group on Optical/IR Interferometry
Tuesday 22 (p.m.) & Wednesday 23 (full day) August 2006
Special Session 7: Astronomy in Antarctica
Tuesday 22 through Friday 25 August 2006
IAU Symposium 240: Binary Stars as Critical Tools and Tests in Modern Astrophysics

Debate on the Subject of an IAU Commission on Optical/IR Interferometry

7:45 to 9:15 pm
Crystal Ballroom Salon G1
Saturday, 27 May 2006
SPIE Conference on Advanced Telescopes and Instrumentation
Orlando, Florida The meeting was held with the full SOC (except Pierre Lena) and with approximately 80 people in attendence. The conclusions were

The Chair of the Working Group and the SOC would solicit members of the community to stand for the positions of President, Vice President, and Chair of a future Commission on Optical/IR Interferometry
The Chair and SOC would review the proposed names and forward a list for voting by the community.
A vote would take place in the week of June 12, 2006.
Names would be forwarded to Chris Sterken, President of Division IX.

The results of the vote were the following proposed names for the new Commission:

President: Guy Perrin, Observatoire de Paris
Vice President: Steve Ridgway, NOAO

Furthermore, two prospective Working Groups were proposed

Working Group on Optical/IR Interferometry Data Standards, John Young (Chair)
Working Group on Calibrator Stars, Christian Hummel (Chair)

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