STCE annual meeting

Thursday Jun 7, 2018, 9:30 AM → 2:00 PM Europe/Brussels

Meridian (Space Pole)

Another year has passed. Time for the STCE annual meeting.

During the past editions, we visited many groups working at the Space Pole and discovered hidden pearls, tools, machines, experiments, infrastructure, cellars, roofs, holes of which many of us weren't aware.

For the 2018 edition, we want to check which assets and expertise we can bring together. It can create an added value and serve our colleagues and other groups at the plateau.

PECASUS, the UV-group and Cosmic Rays research group  are collaborations that exceed the boundaries of the RMI, ROB or BIRA-IASB. These 3 collaborative projects will present their successes and the problems they came across. 

With these examples in mind, we will try to figure out how we can work more closely together with the 3 institutes within the frame of the STCE. We try to answer the following question:

How can the 

• Operational IT infrastructure;
• Hardware, technical labo's;
• Service; 
• Educational and training activities;

present or performed in my group serve others and other groups at the plateau or the STCE? How can we organise ourselves better on these 4 levels?

And reversed, what can the STCE do to serve you?  

9:30 AM → 10:00 AM Welcome coffee

Doors are open.

10:00 AM → 10:05 AM Ronalds speech

Speaker: Dr Ronald Van der Linden

10:05 AM → 10:20 AM PECASUS

Speaker: David Berghmans

Slides 20170606-STCEannualDay-PECASUS.key.pdf

10:20 AM → 10:35 AM Surface UV radiation

Speaker: Hugo De Backer

Slides 2_hugo_surface_UV.pptx

10:35 AM → 10:50 AM Cosmic Rays

Speaker: Stan Stankov

Slides STCE_2018_Cosmic_Rays.pdf

10:50 AM → 10:55 AM Space radiation effects

Speaker: Fabiana Dapieve

Slides 4_dapieve_STCE_ESC2RAD.ppt

10:55 AM → 11:00 AM On your way to the discussion groups

11:00 AM → 11:30 AM Discussion on Education

What can the STCE do to serve you?’. And reversed 'How can my expertise and what I do serve STCE/plateau colleagues?’ Education is a way to share your expertise. What is education? Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills and expertise. Education is tailored to the background and needs of the trainees and uses the appropriate tools, teaching methods and strategies. An evaluation can be performed to check if the required competences are met. A training program can be recurrent and/or organised when required and can include training material. Example of an educational activity: seminar.

Speaker: Cis Verbeeck

11:00 AM → 11:30 AM Discussion on Hardware and technical labo's

Hardware for computing and electronics (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware) The technical labo's include for example milling machinery.

Speaker: Eddy Neefs

11:30 AM → 11:40 AM On your way to the discussion groups

11:40 AM → 12:10 PM Discussion on Operational IT Infrastructure

Speaker: Michel Kruglanski

11:40 AM → 12:10 PM Discussion on Services

What can the STCE do to serve you? And reversed 'How can my expertise that I gained in operational services help the STCE/plateau colleagues?’ Services concerned are provided to customers outside the space pole, e.g. meteo service, space weather service, seismic service, etc. A service is about providing * data, e.g. International Sunspot Number or, * interpretation of data, e.g. meteo forecast or, * information and education, e.g. news items posted on a website.

Speaker: Pascale Defraigne

12:10 PM → 12:20 PM reconvene and grab another coffee

12:20 PM → 1:00 PM Discussion groups presentations

What was said in the discussion groups?
Short elaboration on each discussion group.

12:20 PM Education

Speaker: Cis Verbeeck

12:30 PM Hardware & technical labo's

Speaker: Eddy Neefs

12:40 PM Services

Speaker: Pascale Defraigne

12:50 PM IT & operational infrastructure

Speaker: Michel Kruglanski