Working Group 1: GLOBAL COORDINATION OF GROUND AND SPACE ASTROPHYSICS

Global Coordination of Ground and Space Astrophysics:
Co-Chairs: Roger Davies and Rachel Somerville

Programme for IAU General Assembly 13-14 August 2024

Tuesday, August 13: WG1-1 10:30-12:00
Future space missions
Chair: Richard Green
NASA programme: Mark Clampin, Astrophysics Division Director, NASA HQ (15min)
ESA programme: Nora Lützgendorf, Coordinator ESA ‘Astronomy Working Group’ (15min)
ISAS/JAXA programme: Noriko Yamasaki, Director of Department of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics,
ISAS/JAXA (15min)
CMS Xuntian mission: Hu Zhan, Xuntian Project Scientist, Chinese Academy of Sciences (online 10min)
ISRO lunar astronomy program: TBD (10min)
Discussion (25 min)

Tuesday, August 13: WG1-2 13:30-15:00
Future ground-based facilities
Co-chairs: Roger Davies & Matthew Colless
Optical/IR extremely large telescopes
US-ELT programme – Pat McCarthy, Director NOIRLab (15 min)
ESO ELT – Bruno Leibundgut, Director of Science, ESO (15 min)
Discussion (15 min)
Future Radio Telescopes
Square Kilometre Array Observatory – Philip Diamond, Director General SKAO (15 min)
ngVLA project – Tony Beasley, Director of NRAO (15 min)
Discussion (15 min)

Tuesday, August 13: WG1-3 15:30-17:00
Future far IR and millimetre facilities
Chair: Ewine van Dishoeck
This session will be based on the outcome of the Kavli Workshop held at Caltech March 26-28th 2024.
Introduction and overview: Ewine van Dishoeck (15 min)
Science topics:
(1) High-redshift universe: Itziar Aretxaga 8+2 min
(2) Nearby galaxies: Eva Schinnerer 8+2 min
(3) Variability: Lynne Hillenbrand 8+2 min
(4) Star formation: James Chibueze 8+2 min
(5) Planet-forming disks: Ewine van Dishoeck 8+2 min
Discussion (25 min)
Recap recommendations from Kavli-IAU workshop (2 min)

Wednesday August 14: WG1-4 10:30-12:00
Co-ordination of transient follow-up: LIGO-Virgo-Kagra O4 follow-up & planning for Rubin operations
Co-chairs: Samaya Nissanke & Varun Bhalerao
(1) Gravitational Wave Facilities (15+5 mins): Jenne Driggers, LIGO labs, Operations Director
(2) Ground based EM Facilities (15+5 mins): Federica Bianca, University of Delaware and
Deputy Project Scientist for Rubin Observatory
(3) Space-based EM Facilities (15+5 mins, ONLINE): Brad Cenko, NASA Goddard
Panel (30 mins): Rob Fender (Oxford, radio), Roberta Zanin (CTAO), Paul Groot (Nijmegen and University of
Cape Town, UVOIR), Nora Luetzgendorf (ESA, Project Scientist LISA), K. Sankarasubramanian (ISRO)