2016 SKA Engineering Meeting

Africa/Johannesburg
Description

TOWARDS CONSTRUCTION

The SKA Project is now well into the pre-construction phase with 11 Consortia carrying out design work to enable the project to complete the Critical Design Reviews and prepare the Construction Proposal in 2018. These consortia are spread across the globe and are constituted from a variety of institutes and commercial companies. The consortia have all have been through their Preliminary Design Reviews and are working towards their Critical Design Reviews (CDR) within cost-capped budgets. The output of these CDRs will act as the basis for the Construction Plan and Proposal.

The 2016 SKA Engineering Meeting will provide a global overview of the status, progress and way forward for the project in terms of science, governance, engineering and management. The aim of the meeting is to ensure that the project is clearly focused on the issues related with Construction and ensure these are identified and that ownership is clear. 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 progress towards Construction. 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; including interfaces, construction planning and safety. In addition, the Chairs of the Science Working groups will be invited and so there will be time to discuss key issues of interest to both science and engineering. We also plan to include slots in the programme for the consortia to spend time interacting together, so arrangements will be made to allow consortia or groups to book meeting time. Finally, on the Thursday 6 October, time is set aside 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 of issues towards CDR activities. Naturally, there will be general face-to-face discussions among SKA Office staff, members of the SKA Element Consortia, the Telescope Teams and other members of the science and engineering community.

 Finally, SKA South Africa are arranging a visit to the Karoo to visit MeerKAT construction and other facilities prior to the start of the Engineering Meeting, on Saturday 1 October. Arrangements and costs will be added to the website soon. The planning is to fly in and out from Cape Town on the same day.

The main meetings will be held from Sunday 2 October to Wednesday 5 October, and the Consortia meetings will be held on Thursday 6 October. Meetings will take place at the Spier 1692 Conference Centre, Stellenbosch, South Africa. It is open to all members of the Consortia and SKA science and engineering community working as part of the pre-construction phase of the project.

Participants
  • adriaan peens-hough
  • Adriaan Schutte
  • Adrian Tiplady
  • Alan Bridger
  • Alessandro Marassi
  • Alessio Magro
  • Ali Tloulane
  • Alistair McPherson
  • Althea Wilkinson
  • Anastasios Tzioumis
  • Andre Gunst
  • Andrea Casson
  • Andrea Cremonini
  • Andrea DeMarco
  • Andreas Wicenec
  • Andrew Ensor
  • Andrew Faulkner
  • Andrew Martens
  • André van Es
  • Angela Taylor
  • Angelo Syce
  • Angus Flowers
  • Anna Bonaldi
  • Anthony Brown
  • Anton Zensus
  • Antonio Chrysostomou
  • Antony Schinckel
  • Bassem Alachkar
  • Ben Opperman
  • Ben Stappers
  • Benjamin Mort
  • Benjamin Quertier
  • Bhushan Billade
  • Bojan Nikolic
  • Brendon Harris
  • BRUCE WALLACE
  • Carel van der Merwe
  • Carole Jackson
  • Cathryn Trott
  • Chris Broekema
  • Chris Laker
  • Chris Skipper
  • Christopher Williams
  • Corrie Taljaard
  • Craig Smith
  • Cédric Delage
  • Daniel Hayden
  • Daniel Mitchell
  • David Aikema
  • David Davidson
  • David DeBoer
  • David Gozzard
  • David Hindley
  • David Loop
  • David Stevens
  • David Terrett
  • Davide Fierro
  • Dean Chalmers
  • Debbie Schutte
  • Domingos Barbosa
  • Donald Gammon
  • Douglas Bock
  • Eloy de Lera Acedo
  • Emrich Anders
  • Ewan Barr
  • Feng Wang
  • Ferdl Graser
  • Francesco Romano
  • Francesco Schillirò
  • Francois Kapp
  • Francois Malan
  • Frank(Nianhua) Jiang
  • Fred Dulwich
  • Gary Davis
  • George Smit
  • Ger van Diepen
  • Gerhard le Roux
  • Gert Kruithof
  • Gie Han Tan
  • Giorgio Brajnik
  • Giovanni Comoretto
  • Gottlieb van der Merwe
  • Grant Hampson
  • Guifei JING
  • Gundolf Wieching
  • H Smith
  • Hanno Spreeuw
  • Heng Zhang
  • Henk Niehaus
  • Henno Kriel
  • Hermine Schnetler
  • Hiroyuki Nakanishi
  • Hubert Mathebula
  • Huib van Langevelde
  • Isak Theron
  • Jaco Muller
  • Jacquline Rodgers
  • Jader Monari
  • James Massoud
  • Jan Geralt Bij de Vaate
  • Jason Manley
  • Jasper Horrell
  • Jean Kotzé
  • Jeremy Coles
  • Jill Hammond
  • JITENDRA KODILKAR
  • Joel Schleeh
  • John Bunton
  • John DAVIS
  • John Kerr
  • John Nicholls
  • Joseph Diamond
  • João Paulo Barraca
  • Juan Guzman
  • Juande Santander Vela
  • Julián Garrido Sánchez
  • Justin Jonas
  • Kechil Kirkham
  • Keith Grainge
  • KHALED ABOU-EL-HOSSEIN
  • Koos Kegel
  • Kris Caputa
  • Kristian Zarb Adami
  • Larry D'Addario
  • Lindsay Magnus
  • Lize Van den Heever
  • LJ du Toit
  • Lorenzo Pivetta
  • Lorenzo Raynard
  • Lorita Christelis
  • Lourdes Verdes-Montenegro
  • Luca Stringhetti
  • Ludwig Schwardt
  • Lynley Merrington
  • Mangesh Patil
  • Marchel Gerbers
  • Marco Bartolini
  • Marco Caiazzo
  • Maria Grazia Labate
  • Marina Vela Nunez
  • Mark Bendotti
  • Mark Bowen
  • Mark HARMAN
  • Mark Nicol
  • Mark Tearle
  • Mark Waterson
  • Markus Dolensky
  • Martin Austin
  • Mathieu Isidro
  • Matt Roberts
  • Matteo Canzari
  • Matteo Di Carlo
  • MAURO DOLCI
  • Maximus Enwere
  • Michael Hayes
  • Michael Jones
  • Michael MacIntosh
  • Michael Pleasance
  • Michael Rupen
  • Michelle Hussey
  • Michiel van Haarlem
  • Mike Pearson
  • Miles Deegan
  • Miroslav Pantaleev
  • Mitchell Mickaliger
  • Monde Manzini
  • Neil Geddes
  • Neil Wingfield
  • Neilen Marais
  • Nicholas Rees
  • Nico Ebbendorf
  • Nicolas Loubser
  • Nicolás Erdödy
  • Niese Burgher
  • Niruj Ramanujam
  • Oleg Smirnov
  • Pamela Klaassen
  • Paul Alexander
  • Paul Boven
  • Paul Furness
  • Paul Swart
  • Peter Dewdney
  • Peter Hall
  • Peter Hekman
  • Peter Lewis
  • Phil Diamond
  • Philip Crosby
  • Philip Gibbs
  • Pontsho Maruping
  • Prabu Thiagaraj
  • Qiming Wang
  • Rahim Lakhoo
  • Rajesh Warange
  • Ralph Braddock
  • Randall Wayth
  • Ray Brederode
  • Rebecca Wheadon
  • Renato Aurigemma
  • Riccardo Smareglia
  • Richard Hughes-Jones
  • Richard Lord
  • Richard Oberland
  • Rob Gabrielczyk
  • Rob Millenaar
  • Robert Adam
  • Robert Braun
  • Robert Lyon
  • Robert Simmonds
  • Rodrigo Olguin
  • Roger Franzen
  • Romeo Gamatham
  • Ronald Nijboer
  • Rosario Cimmino
  • Rosie Bolton
  • Rupert Spann
  • Samantha Lloyd
  • Sander Weinreb
  • Sangitiana RAKOTOZAFY HARISON
  • Sarah Lamb
  • Sarah Pearce
  • Sascha Schediwy
  • Shagita Gounden
  • Shandip Abeywickrema
  • Shanqing Li
  • Sharon Goliath
  • Shuang LIU
  • Sias Malan
  • Siju Mammen
  • Simon Berry
  • Simon Johnston
  • Simon Ratcliffe
  • Snehal Satish Nakave
  • Sonja Vrcic
  • Stephane Gauffre
  • Steve Dennehy
  • Stewart Williams
  • Susan Nel
  • Susan Stopford
  • Séverin Gaudet
  • Telalo Lekalake
  • Theunis Kotze
  • Thizwikoni Mposhomali
  • Thomas Booler
  • Thomas Kusel
  • Tim Rayner
  • Tim Stevenson
  • Timothy Gibbon
  • Tracy Cheetham
  • Trevor Miller
  • Uli Horn
  • Ursula Badenhorst
  • Valentina Alberti
  • Verity Allan
  • Vinod Sathe
  • Vishal Francis
  • Vivek Mohile
  • Vivienne Rowland
  • Vladislav Stolyarov
  • Wallace Turner
  • Willem Esterhuyse
  • William Garnier
  • Wim van Cappellen
  • Xiang Zhang
  • Xu CHEN
  • Xuguang Geng
  • Yashwant Gupta
  • Yuanpeng Zheng
  • Yuqing Chen
  • Zhang Yifan
Organising Committee
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