1. Next steps for European Consortium

2. Cardiff Meeting From Erminia
It’s the first week of August and Europeans are usually on holiday…
However
35 attendees from Europe/Japan
20+ over the phone from Europe/Japan/USA
many others who would have liked to attend but could not
The meeting has already been a success!

3. Cardiff Meeting Goals (from Erminia)
Achieve a common understanding and approach to LiteBIRD for the participating countries
Pave the way for a coordinated European scientific, technical and programmatic case for participation in LiteBIRD, through a combination of ESA and member states involvement
Consider the technical capabilities and potential contributions of the various countries and institutes, base on the Japanese priorities for European participation
Identify next steps in forming a European LiteBIRD Consortium and making representations at agency- level

4. Next Steps Cardiff meeting Page WEB LiteBIRD/Europe
Report on the outcomes
Under Erminia responsibility
Presentation of the outcomes to next Florence meting on E4 (TBD)
Page WEB LiteBIRD/Europe
Collecting the meeting presentation etc.
Under Tor Vergata responsibility (TBD)

5. Next meeting Paris, October 2-6 2017 Goals
a shared view of the European contribution
Proposing collaborations and costs
Role of the national agencies
Parallel sessions on
HFT , Calibration and tests, Simulations/data analysis
JSG
New teams (HFT, Calibration)
New people

7. Preparing ESA proposal
Top-down
JAXA-ESA agreement
Bottom-up
Science organization
Consortium …