1. Observing Cadences Workshop Organized by NOAO and LSST https://project.lsst.org/meetings/oc w/

2. Goals of Workshop Get quantitative input (metrics) on how a given LSST schedule performs for specific science cases First step towards optimizing the ultimate LSST cadence Get ideas for further cadence strategy exploration, constrained by boundary conditions of hardware and key science cases

3. Schedule: Monday AM Metrics Analysis Framework tutorial session – For those who want to turn work on quantitative input (metrics) to cadence into software that can be attached automatically to Operations Simulator runs

4. Schedule: Tuesday I. Cadence Workshop plenary: introduction; how LSST will be scheduled; cadence simulations; constraints, trade-offs, and metrics; breakout group organization

5. Schedule: Tuesday II. Static science and Transients & Variables parallel breakout sessions – Static science (Tony Tyson & Michael Strauss) topics will include Large Scale Structure (Hu Zhan), Weak Lensing (Deborah Bard), Stellar Populations (Carl Grillmair), and Evolution of Galaxies (Michael Cooper) – T&V (Steve Howell) topics will include Astrometry (John Gizis and Michael Liu), Fast T&Vs (Mansi Kasliwal and Lucianne Walkowicz), Slow T&Vs (Ashish Mahabal and John Thorstensen), Supernovae (Alex Kim and Michael Wood-Vasey), and Moving Objects (Lori Allen and Eric Christensen)

6. Schedule: Wednesday Static science and Transients & Variables parallel breakout sessions continue Parallel breakout sessions on: – Optimizing the Main Survey/Thinking Outside the Box (Zeljko Ivezic and Jason Kalirai) – Mini-survey cadences, including topics on the Galactic Bulge and Plane (Will Clarkson), the Magellanic Clouds (Kathy Vivas), and the Commissioning Program (Chuck Claver or alternate)

7. Schedule: Thursday Main survey/mini-survey breakouts continue MAF hack session Discussion of Deep Drilling fields Workshop wrap-up and plan for the near future

8. Thanks OpSim people who have devoted time and energy to making this workshop happen Our Organizing Committee Breakout leaders who volunteered time and effort All of the participants LSST 2014 Administrative and Technical Support