25 Jan 2005CUC Meeting CXC-Sponsored Workshops & Symposia Paul Green For the Chandra Directors Office

25 Jan 2005CUC Meeting Workshops/Symposia at CXC Chandra Fellows Symposium Chandra Science Workshops 2N Years of Science with Chandra CIAO Workshop CAL Workshop X-ray Astronomy School Miscellaneous Chandra-related science conferences Full list of Chandra-sponsored workshops and symposia at

25 Jan 2005CUC Meeting Chandra Fellows Symposia One day symposium, ~14 fellows participate Once/year in October at CfA (6 so far since 1999) Organized by Nancy Evans (CDO). Fellows present highlights of their work to each other and to local audience. This year’s agenda

25 Jan 2005CUC Meeting Chandra Science Workshops 2-3 day workshop, ~100 participants Once/year in summer, in Cambridge Organized by moi for CDO Goals are to focus Chandra science by –identifying the most pressing scientific questions in an area and –debating good Chandra strategies to answer them.

25 Jan 2005CUC Meeting Chandra Science Workshops 2002: X-ray Binaries in the Chandra and XMM-Newton Era : Galaxies Viewed with Chandra : Star Formation in the Era of Three Great Observatories

25 Jan 2005CUC Meeting Choosing Chandra Science Workshop Topics Solicit input from user community Examine oversubscription by category Avoid conflict with other scheduled meetings Consider upcoming opportunities & challenges

25 Jan 2005CUC Meeting 2N Years of Science with Chandra 3 day conference, once/year in the Fall Covers all Chandra science topics, some instrument/programmatic topics Organized/hosted by CXC or MSFC –Two Years of Science with Chandra, D.C., Sep 5-7, 2001Two Years of Science with Chandra –Four Years of Chandra Observations: A tribute to Riccardo Giacconi MSFC, Sep 16-18, 2003Four Years of Chandra Observations: A tribute to Riccardo Giacconi –Six Years of Science with Chandra, Cambridge, Nov 2005 (Antonella Fruscione)

25 Jan 2005CUC Meeting CIAO Workshops 2-3 day workshop, once/year –Introductory and advanced talks on X-ray data analysis and statistics –Talks on calibration and aspect issues related to data analysis –Advanced sessions on specific topics: grating analysis, extended source analysis, etc –Hands-on data reduction Organized by SDS (Elvis, now McDowell) 5 so far, time of year varies. None currently scheduled. Typically ~30 participants Info at

25 Jan 2005CUC Meeting CAL Workshops 2 day workshop, once/year, Organized by Hank Donnelly for CAL Comprehensive discussion of calibration topics by CAL and other CXC scientists

25 Jan 2005CUC Meeting X-ray Astronomy School For grad students & recent postdocs Co-sponsored by CXC, GSFC, USRA Fall 2001 (GSFC), 2002 (Berkeley Springs, WV), 2003 (Wallops Island, VA) Lectures review –science of x-ray-emitting celestial objects –production mechanisms –detectors & technologies –data analysis (spectral, imaging, and timing analysis).

25 Jan 2005CUC Meeting Other Supported Meetings X-ray Astrophysical Plasma Diagnostics - Cambridge, MA November 15-17, 2004 X-Ray and Radio Connections - Santa Fe NM, February 3-6, 2004X-Ray and Radio Connections High Energy Astrophysics Data Center Coordination (HEADCC) Workshop –High Energy Astrophysics Data Center Coordination (HEADCC) Workshop Nov 13, 2002 The High-Energy Universe at Sharp Focus: A Symposium of Chandra Science, July 16-18, 2001