Day 1 (September 25)


Image of the telescope dome

Day 1 (September 25)

Location: Fisher Room (Denys Wilkinson Building) unless otherwise specified (Building Map)


8:40 am BST - (Optional) Coffee/Tea/Water available on 5th floor foyer area (This is located one floor up from the entrance. Go up the stairs straight ahead after reception, and you'll see the long table by the glass windows across from the stairwell)

9:00 am BST Kick-off and Announcements - Colin Chandler (UW) and Meg Schwamb (QUB)

9:15 am BST Rubin Observatory Construction Update and Year 1 Expectations - Leanne Guy (Rubin Observatory)

10:15 am BST Update on the Rubin Solar System Processing Pipeline Development - Mario Jurić (UW/Rubin Observatory)

10:55 am BST Rubin Users Group Feedback Session - Darryl Seligman (Cornell/Michigan State University) (remote speaker)

11:15 am BST Break (Refreshments provided)

11:45 am BST Lightning Talks

1:00 pm BST Lunch (provided)

2:00 pm BST Unconference Session (Fisher Room, Seminar Room, and the Dennis Sciama Lecture Theatre)

3:00 pm BST Unconference Session Summaries

3:30 pm BST Break (Refreshments provided)

4:00 pm BST LSST Year 1 Cadence Update - Kat Volk (PSI) and Lynne Jones (Rubin Observatory) (remote speakers)

5:00 pm BST Adjourn

6:45pm - 9:50pm BST Sprint Dinner at Exeter College (Thanks to the generous support from Breakthrough Listen)

We're having a fancy dinner in one of the colleges ( Exeter College) in their Dining Hall- traditionally this is an excuse to dress up, but we won't have a dress code. If you'd like to put on something nice, you're welcome. You're also welcome to come in a t-shirt or anything else you like.

A pre-dinner drink is avialble from 6:45pm to 7:30pm in the Rector's Drawing Room. Dinner will be promptly served at 7:30pm so please arrive shorlty before then.

Suggested Pub for Those Interested in Post Dinner Drinks: The King's Arms

Exeter College

The entrance to Exeter College, is through their Porter's Lodge, which is on Turl Street (as shown on this map). Go into to the desk at the Porter's lodge and tell them that you are here for the SSSC Sprint Dinner, and the porters will show you where you need to go.

Exeter College Oxford University Aerial Film from studio8 on Vimeo.


Directions to Exeter College from Westfield House (St. Peter's College)

Directions to Exeter College from the Denys Wilkinson Building

Directions to The King's Arms from Exeter College

Directions to St. Peter's College from the King's Arms

Day 1 (September 25)

Day 2 (September 26)

Day 3 (September 27)