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Better Inclusion, Better Science, Building Impact in MW-GAIA
Vilnius, Lithuania, July 3 - 5, 2023
 
Programme

Note, this is a preliminary programme!

The programme includes:

  • Lectures by internationally leading scientists covering a broad range in space missions, planetology, stellar physics and astrobiology
  • Observations of stellar spectra, variable stars, exoplanet and binary star transits as well as other interesting astronomical objects with the 1.65 m and broad field 51 cm telescope at the Molėtai AO.

  1.65 m mirror 1.65 m Telescope 165 m. telescopes Area Mirror reinstalation  

  0.51 m Maksutov telescope 0.51 m Maksutov telescope house Winter XII Astro-olimpics 2014 - Photo Romo Davidonio nuotr Observatory - Photo by Sarunas Kazlauskas

 

 

Date Time Lecturer Title
06/11/19 Tuesday    
  All day   Arrival
  19:00-21:00   Dinner
06/12/19 Wednesday    
  09:00-10:00   Breakfast
  10:00-11:30 Hans Kjeldsen Stars and Exoplanets - the breakthrough of research
  11:30-12:00   Coffee break
  12:00-13:30 Anita Heward Introduction on science communication
  13:30-14:30   Lunch
  14:30-17:00   Student presentations (5-10 minutes each)
  17:00-17:30   Coffee break
  17:30-19:00 Grazina Tautvaisiene Interaction of space and ground-based observations
  20:00-23:00   Dinner/Reception
06/13/19 Thursday    
  09:00-10:00   Breakfast
  10:00-11:30  Arnas Drazdauskas Photometry of exoplanet transits and variable stars
  11:30-13:00  Edita Stonkute Stellar spectra
  13:00-13:30   Coffee break
  13:30-15:00

Arnas Drazdauskas
Sarunas Mikolaitis

Preparations for observations
  15:00-16:00   Lunch
  16:00-17:30 Arnas Drazdauskas
Sarunas Mikolaitis
Preparations for observations
  17:30-18:00   Coffee break
  18:00-20:00 Anita Heward Writing for the media
  20:00-21:00   Dinner
  22:00-02:30 Sarunas Mikolaitis
Edita Stonkute
Arnas Drazdauskas
Justas Zdanavičius
Observations
06/14/19 Friday    
  11:00-12:00   Breakfast
  12:00-15:00 Arnas Drazdauskas
Exercise in analysis of exoplanet transit data
  15:00-16:00   Lunch
  16:00-17:30 Anita Heward Science exhibition design I
  17:30-18:00   Coffee break
  18:00-19:30 Gail Renaud Engaging with schools I
  19:30-20:00   Reports of observations
  20:00-21:00   Dinner
  22:00-02:30 Sarunas Mikolaitis
Edita Stonkute
Arnas Drazdauskas
Justas Zdanavičius
Observations
06/15/19 Saturday    
  11:00-12:00   Breakfast
  12:00-18:00   Free time
  14:30-15:30   Lunch
  15:30-17:00   Excursion to the Lithuanian Museum of Etnocosmology
  17:00-18:30 Martin Topinka Public talk "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away - in the perspective of JWST"
  19:30-20:00   Reports of observations
  20:00-21:00   Dinner
  22:00-02:30 Sarunas Mikolaitis
Edita Stonkute
Arnas Drazdauskas
Justas Zdanavičius
Observations
       
06/16/19 Sunday    
  09:00-10:00   Breakfast
  10:00-21:00   Excursion to Vilnius
  21:00-22:00   Dinner
  22:00-02:30 Sarunas Mikolaitis
Edita Stonkute
Arnas Drazdauskas
Justas Zdanavičius
Observations
       
06/17/19 Monday    
  11:00-12:00   Breakfast
  12:00-15:00 Edita Stonkutė 
Sarunas Mikolaitis
Exercise in analysis of stellar spectra
  15:00-16:00   Lunch
  16:00-17:30 Gail Renaud Engaging with schools II
  17:30-18:00   Cofee break
  18:00-19:30 Anita Heward Science exhibition design II
  19:30-20:00   Reports of observations
  20:00-21:00   Dinner
  22:00-02:30 Sarunas Mikolaitis
Edita Stonkute
Arnas Drazdauskas
Justas Zdanavičius
Observations
06/18/19 Tuesday    
  11:00-12:00   Breakfast
  12:00-13:30 Edita Stonkutė 
Sarunas Mikolaitis
Exercise in determining stellar atmospheric parameters
  13:30-15:00 Arnas Drazdauskas Exercise in analysis of stellar variability data
  15:00-16:00   Lunch
  16:00-17:30 Laura Sabaliauskienė Science communication
  17:30-18:00   Coffee break
  18:00-19:30

Laura Sabaliauskienė
Giedrė Grimalauskienė

Science in social media and entertainment
  19:30-20:00   Reports of observations
  20:00-21:00   Dinner
  22:00-02:30 Sarunas Mikolaitis
Edita Stonkute
Arnas Drazdauskas
Justas Zdanavičius
Observations
06/19/19 Wednesday    
  11:00-12:00   Breakfast
  12:00-13:30 All lecturers Work on the large assignments
  13:30-14:00   Coffee break
  14:00-15:30 All lecturers Work on the large assignments
  15:30-16:30   Lunch
  16:30-20:00 All lecturers Work on the large assignments
  20:00-21:00   Dinner
06/20/19 Thursday    
  09:00-10:00   Breakfast
  10:00-11:30 All lecturers Presentations of the large assignments
  11:30-12:00   Coffee break
  12:00-13:30 All lecturers Presentations of the large assignments
  13:30-14:30   Lunch
  14:30-16:00 All lecturers Student presentations of press releases
  16:00-16:30   Evaluation of the school
  19:00-24:00   Closing dinner
06/21/19 Friday   Breakfast and Departure

 

 

 

 

 

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