Goal:
Review the status of the PLATO collaboration and discuss options for a new consortium structure.

Agenda

The meeting is scheduled from 9:30-16 :30.

1. Welcome: Tilman Spohn/Heike Rauer, 5′
2. Science objectives: Heike Rauer, 15′
3. M3 competition overall context: Claude Cata, 15′
4. PLATO consortium in new context: Claude Catala, 30′
5. 5.Options for new PLATO consortium: all, introduced by Heike/Claude, 60′

Lunch break

1. German participation in new PLATO consortium: Heike Rauer, 15′
2.  Status of the PDC: Laurent Gizon, 10’
3. French participation in new PLATO consortium: Claude Catala, 15′
4. Italian participation in new PLATO consortium: Giampaolo Piotto, 15′
5. Swiss participation in new PLATO consortium: Willy Benz, 15′
6. UK participation in new PLATO consortium: Don Pollacco,15′
7. Discussion and wrap-up: Heike Rauer, 30′-60′

Location

Institute for Planetary Research, DLR

Rutherfordstr. 2

12489 Berlin

How to get to the DLR: http://www.dlr.de/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-337/

Participants

Heike Rauer, Tilmann Spohn, Claudia Dreyer, Claude Catala, Laurent Gizon, Willy Benz, Magali Deleuil, Alan Smith, Don Pollacco, Isabella Pagano, Giampaolo Piotto, Roberto Ragazzoni, Alexis Brandeker, Pierre Bodin, Patrick Levacher.