Nov 9 – 12, 2015
Canada/Pacific timezone

The SKA Project is now in the pre-construction phase with 11 Consortia carrying out design work to enable the project to enter the construction phase in 2018. These consortia are spread across the globe and are constituted from a variety of institutes and commercial companies. The consortia have all contributed towards the Re-Baselining exercise which is now complete and all have been through their Preliminary Design Review Meetings.
 
The aim of the 2015 SKA Engineering Meeting is to provide a global overview of the status, progress and way forward for the project in terms of engineering and management, with a summary of the science goals. Part of the meeting will be devoted to Consortia presentations on the status of design and progress in each of the work-packages, which will include the status of their PDR and their plans towards CDR. The Consortia will present their composition and approach, along with issues and options for further cost management.
 
As part of the conference we plan to run a series of workshops dealing with specific issues; for example, RFI, Architecture and interfaces. We also plan to include sufficient time for the consortia to spend time interacting together as well as allowing a day, on the Friday, for all consortia to hold a face-to-face meeting.
 
The meeting will furthermore provide a forum for consortia to work the many common issues such as interface definitions in work sessions to allow closure following PDR activities.  Naturally, there will be general face-to-face discussions among SKA Office staff, members of the SKA Element Consortia and other members of the science and engineering community. Last but not least, visits to the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory will be arranged during the week. Further details will be provided shortly.
 
The main meetings will be held Monday 9 November to Thursday 12 November, and the Consortia meetings will be held on Friday 13 November. Meetings will take place at the Lakeside Conference Centre, Penticton, BC, Canada. It is open to all members of the Consortia and SKA science community working as part of the pre-construction phase of the project.
 
Registration was opened on Tuesday 21 July.
 

 


 

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151110_Infrastrucuter_Element_-_A._Schinckel.pdf
151110_MFAA_SKA_Engineering_meeting_-_G._Kruithof.pdf
151111_1330-1500_SPF_Agenda_-_J._Kotze.pdf
151111_1330_SPF_B1_Feed_Package_Status_Omnisys_-_T._Ekebrand.pdf
151111_AIV_Getting_to_AR1_-_D._Bolt.pdf
151111_Australian_Square_Kilometre_Array_Pathfinder_-_A._Schinckel.pdf
151111_Pedestal_Shielded_Compartment_Concept_-_G._Smit.pdf
151112_0900_MBSE_SE_-_H._Schnetler.pdf
151112_0915_MBSE_Overview_-_D._Hayden.pdf
151112_0945_MBSE_Operational_-_C._Taljaard.pdf
151112_1100_MBSE_FA_-_H._Schnetler_&_MG._Labate.pdf
151112_1115_MBSE_Interfaces_-_M._MacIntosh.pdf
151112_1130__MID-TT_ConstPhasing_-_A._Chrysostomou.pdf
151112_1130_Requirements_-_M._Nicol.pdf
151112_Clock_offset_RT_approach_-_B._Carlson.pdf
151112_Integration_Test_Facilities_-_D._Bolt_&_A._MacLeod.pdf
151112_MBSE_Simulation_-_D._Hayden.pdf
151112_SKA1_Mid_TT_Intro_V1_-_G._Han._Tan.pdf
151112_SysML_Interfaces_-_M._MacIntosh.pdf
151113_1605_MFAA_consortium_-_D._Davidson.pdf
151113_CSP_LOW_CBF_Update_-_G._Hampson_.pdf
151113_MFAA_Science_update_-_S._Torchinsky.pdf
151109_0930_Welcome_and_Report_from_the_DG_-_P._Diamond.pptx
151109_1015_Report_from_the_Head_of_Project_-_A._McPherson.pptx
151109_1115_Update_on_SKA_Governance_-_S._Berry.pptx
151109_1230_TANGO_Possible_Solutions_for_SKA_Nervous_System_-_R._Smareglia.pptx
151109_1330_ALMA_Lessons_Learned_-_R._Laing.pdf
151109_1530_Application_of_Lessons_Learned_from_Complex_International_Programs_-_L._Wingate.pptx
151109_1630_Communications_and_PR_-_W._Garnier.pptx
151110_0900_INFRA_SA_-_T.Cheetham.pptx
151110_0930_INAU_AUS_-_A._Schinckel.pptx
151110_1000_Dishes_-_R._Franzen.pptx
151110_1100_LFAA_-_J._de_Vaate.pptx
151110_1130_MFAA_-_G._Kruithof.pptx
151110_1230_Not_just_a_block_of_concrete_-_T._Cheetham.pptx
151110_1330_Science_Update_-_R._Braun.pptx
151110_1430_Operations_Planning_Update_-_G._Davis.pptx
151110_1530_Configuration_Management_-_S.Nel.pptx
151110_1600_Towards_Systems_Review_-_T._Stevenson.pptx
151110_1630_Operations_Availability_Modes_+_Health_Monitoring_-_C._Taljaard.pptx
151111_0830_Telescope_Manager_-_Y._Gupta.pdf
151111_0900_Signal_and_Data_Transport_-_K._Grainge.pptx
151111_0930_Central_Signal_Processor_-_D._Loop.pptx
151111_1030_Science_Data_Processor_-_J._Horrell.pdf
151111_1100_AIV__-_R_Lord.pptx
151111_1230_Power_Update_-_A._Scutte.pptx
151111_1330_LOFAR_-_M._van_Haarlem.pdf
151111_1430_Precursor_Report_from_MWA_-_T._Booler.pptx
151111_1530_precursor_report_from_meerkat_-_j._jonas.pptx
151111_1600_PAF_Development_-_M._Bowen.pptx
151111_1630_Telescope_Teams_-_P._Dewdney.pptx
151112_1600_Penticton_Close_-_P._Diamond.pptx