> Dear all,
>
> sorry for direct email - I promise the next communication will be send
> only to registered participants.
>
> FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT (15 May 2014)
>
Workshop on Autonomous Observatory Manager Software – RTS2> Lijiang – China, 22-26 July 2014
>
http://rts2-2014.csp.escience.cn/>
> SOC: (in alphabetical order)
>
> Alberto J. Castro-Tirado (Co-Chair) (Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia
> (IAA-CSIC), Spain)
> Chenzhou Cui (National Observatories, CAS, China)
> Feng Wang (Kunming University of Science and Technology, China)
> Guziy Sergey (Mykolaiv National University, Ukraine)
> Jinming Bai (Co-Chair) (Yunnan Observatories, CAS, China)
> Kubanek Petr (Institute of Physics (ASCR), Czech Republic)
> Yongheng Zhao (National Observatories, CAS, China)
>
> LOC:
>
> Chuanjun Wang(Chair), Yuxin Xin, Yufeng Fan, Xueli Wang, Weimin Yi
> (Lijiang Observatory, Yunnan Observatories, CAS),
> Ronan Cunniffe (Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia (IAA-CSIC))
>
> PARTICIPATION
>
> We invite the participation of all astronomers and engineers interested
> in the RTS2 or other software of Autonomous
> Observatory Manager, particularly those who are already using the RTS2
> on their facilities. Young astronomers and students
> are encouraged to participate.
>
> PURPOSE and SCOPE
>
> RTS2 (Remote Telescope System 2nd version,
http://rts2.org ) is an open
> source observatory manager software for robotic telescopes. Its driving
> requirements originated from quick follow-ups of celestial phenomena.
> After some years of development it is now widely used in some Robotic
> Autonomous Observatories (RAOs), such as BOOTES, BART, FRAM, Watcher,
> etc.
> BOOTES-4, as the 4th station of BOOTES global network of robotic
> observatories, was installed in Lijiang observatory, Yunnan Province of
> China, promoting the sciences and technologies in RAO, Virtual
> Observatory (VO), autonomous data processing,etc.
>
> More and more astronomers and engineers are building RTS2 powered
> projects and expecting improvements of the system.
>
> Main Topics:
> * The development and improvements of robotic telescopes
> * Software for managing autonomous observatories
> * Data processing of autonomous observatories
> * New features of RTS2
> * The future of RTS2
>
> Training:
>
> The workshop will be followed by a training on:
> * Building and maintaining an RTS-2 based robotic telescope,
> * Developing new module or feature for RTS-2,
> * Answering questions on projects under construction.
>
> MEETING FORMAT
> The Workshop will be organized in several main SESSIONS in the first two
> or three days, followed by splinter MEETINGs TRAINNING
> and DISCUSSIONs in the last days.
>
> REGISTRATION
> Online registration is now open.
>
>
http://rts2-2014.csp.escience.cn/dct/page/65554>
> The registration fee for each participant is RMB2000, will be paid by
> cash at reception. The registration fee is reduced to RMB1000 for
> students. Please submit the abstract online if you have oral talk(s) or
> poster(s) to contribute. Oral talk is about 45 minutes, including 10
> minuts' discussion.
>
> Please provide your personal information with online registration, for
> the Invitation Letter to be issued to you for Chinese visa applications.
> There is a small amount of grant applicable before the deadline for some
> of students and young researchers, covering the accommodation
> (guesthouse of Lijiang Observatory Low Level Office, 6 km from the
> conference venue with bus connection).
>
> IMPORTANT DATES
>
> May 15th, 2014: First announcement
> July 1st, 2014: Close of online registration
> July 15th, 2014: Final announcement
> July 21st, 2014: Receiption
>
> CONTACTS*
>
> - For further information regarding the format and scientific objectives
> of the meeting, contact
> the SOC Co-Chair: ajct(at)iaa.es, baijinming(at)ynao.ac.cn
>
> - For further information regarding the invitations to apply for the
> visa, Workshop logistics, announcements, and accommodations,
> contact the LOC: rts2(at)ynao.ac.cn
>
> - For further information regarding online abstract submission,
> registration and hotel booking, Please contact:
> shqin(at)ynao.ac.cn, fanyf(at)ynao.ac.cn
>
> (* Replace (at) with @ in the email addresses.)
>
> ORGANIZERS AND SPONSORS
>
> Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences
> National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
> Key Laboratory for the Structure and Evolution of Celestial Objects,
> Chinese Academy of Sciences
