Telecon Access Information

Our telecons are hosted by EVO http://evo.caltech.edu. You can attend via phone (see access numbers below) or via your computer (you will need to register and get an account). If you decide to connect via computer it is strongly recommended that you test your audio (input and output) before the meeting.

Connecting via phone

Call one of the EVO Phone Bridge numbers:

Caltech (Pasadena CA USA)
+1 626 395 2112
CERN (Geneva Switzerland)
+41 22 76 71400
UPJS (Kosice Slovakia)
+421 55 234 2420
DESY (Hamburg Germany)
+49 40 8998 1340
INFN (several cities in Italy)
For the list of numbers see:
http://server10.infn.it/video/index.php?page=telephone_numbers
Enter '4000' to access the EVO bridge

After the EVO tone plays, you will be prompted to enter the meeting's Phone Bridge ID number followed by "#" (Bridge ID= 342841 for the May 14th meeting). No password is required. 

May 14th 2008

• GLAST news and launch information update
• Collaborative efforts:
  • MW campaigns
    (summary of planned campagins, ToO thresholds, ...)
  • Blazar monitoring and alerts
    (GLAST alerts for known TeV sources/candidates on a best effort basis?, E > 1 GeV data monitoring?, Whipple, optical programs, communication channels)
  • Proposals to be submitted to major observatories (Spitzer, Chandra, XMM, Suzaku, NRAO, ...) (are we willing to submit joint proposals for greater chances of success?)
• Policy issues (not addressed in the first part of the meeting), including:
  non-exclusivity, publication policy, confidentiality and conflict resolution.
• Moving forward
  • Logistics (communication channels, data formats, etc...)
  • Building up on the 2007 MW workshop at Addler Planetarium (Chicago).
  • Suggestions and action items