Program
09:00 - 09:15 -- Welcome
09:15 - 10:00 -- ALMA Overview talk plus Cycle 5 capabilities
10:00 - 10:45 -- Brief Science Talks from local ALMA users:
Ashley Bemis (McMaster University) - Investigating Dense Gas and Star Formation in the Antennae Galaxies (NGC 4038/39) using ALMA
Rachel Friesen (Dunlap Institute) - Targeting the collapse of star-forming cores with ALMA
Adrian Vantyghem (University of Waterloo) - Molecular Gas in Galaxy Cluster Cores with ALMA
10:45 - 11:00 -- Break
11:00 - 12:15 -- Radio/submillimeter interferometry basics
12:15 - 13:30 -- Lunch (provided for registered participants)
13:30 - 14:00 -- Discussion of the proposal process
14:00 - 15:00 -- Hands-on introduction to proposal preparation with the Observing Tool (download the OT here: Cycle 5 OT available after March 21st)
15:00 - 16:00 -- Hands-on introduction to simulating ALMA observations for your proposals (depending on interest - please indicate during registration)
