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April 2016
Board Meeting #9
Venue University of Bern Parkterrasse 14 Room 323 3012 Bern Restaurant At 13:00 we will have lunch and Coffee at the Mensa, Gesellschaftstrasse 2, 3012 Bern. With your University Card you will get the reduced price for the “natürlich vegi” and the “einfach gut” Menu.
May 2016
SNF Site Visit 2
Geneva Observatory Chemin des Maillettes 51, 1290 Versoix Programme: You can find the programme of the second Site Visit below. The first day will be dedicated to achievements and science and the second day will deal with management aspects. All of you (in particular PhD students, postdocs and senior scientists) are supposed to be there on the first day, Tuesday 24 May. For the second day, Wednesday 25 May, only project/platform leaders, the programme office, and people from platforms have…
September 2016
Visit/Session Prof. D. Stevenson
We are pleased to welcome Prof. David Stevenson from Caltech (https://www.gps.caltech.edu/content/david-j-dave-stevenson) for a Planet-Z meeting at UniZH on 20th September. Stevenson is a renowned planetary scientist who investigates planet formation and planetary interiors. In particular, he works on applying fluid mechanics and magnetohydrodynamics to understand the internal structure and evolution of planets and moons. Stevenson will give a talk in the morning of 20th September entitled: “Jupiter’s Core (and why you should care)”. Everyone involved in PlanetS is invited…
January 2017
PlanetS General Assembly 3
The third General Assembly will again take place at the Hotel Sunstar in Grindelwald (BE) on January 23-25, 2017. Registration Important dates: 15.11.2016, Registration opens 14.12.2016, Registration closes 10.01.2017, Last changes can be made 23.01.2017, ~10:30 am, Start General Assembly 25.01.2017, ~4 pm, End General Assembly Please register with this Registration Form: >> Registration Form << Location- / Access plan Hotel Sunstar Grindelwald Dorfstrasse 168 3818 Grindelwald Switzerland P +41 33 854 77 77 grindelwald@sunstar.ch www.grindelwald.sunstar.ch Accomodation: The NCCR Office will cover accommodation expenses…
March 2017
Workshop: Exoplanets in Binary Stars
Dear all, you are invited to a 1-day NCCR PlanetS workshop on Exoplanets in Binary Stars this March in Bern! In short: → What: NCCR PlanetS workshop “Exoplanets in Binary Stars” → When: March 27 → Where: University of Bern, Seminar Room 205, Hallerstrasse 6, 3012 Bern Schedule: 9:00 registration/coffee 9:30 Welcome/Announcements Sebastian Daemgen (ETHZ) 9:40 Circumbinary planets & disks Willy Kley (Tübingen) 10:10 Close-in circumbinary & circumstellar planets David Martin (Geneva) 10:40 Rotation of planets around binary…
May 2017
Workshop on Exoplanet Densities: Observations and Modeling
Dear ALL, We remind you of the 1-day NCCR PlanetS workshop in Bern on “Exoplanet densities: Observations and modeling” which will be on May 3 (Wednesday) this year. Your doodle entries helped us to fixing May 3. Now, for a definite registration, please check your doodle-entry and edit/add if necessary: http://doodle.com/poll/vksby8fhihss2gts Abstract: Combining photometric transits with radial velocity measurements yields planetary radius, mass and thus bulk density. The possible range of interior structures that can be modelled from mass and radius is…
JWST workshop
The JWST workshop, will take place at the University of Bern (main building), Hochschulstrasse 6, cupola room (#501) on Tuesday (09:30-17:00). The schedule is attached to this message. The lunch will be served at the Grosse Schanze restaurant, a 2-min walk form the workshop venue. There will be a hands-on session on PandExo, the JWST exoplanet Exposure Time Calculator (ETC). Bastien Courcol will be leading this session in the form of a tutorial. For those interested in using this tool,…
June 2017
SNF Site Visit 3
Our third Site Visit will take place on June 8+9, 2017 at the University of Bern. It is important that a maximum number of NCCR members participate to this event. This means on the first day, Thursday June 8, 2017, all of you (in particular PhD students, postdocs and senior scientists) are supposed to be there. For the second day, Friday, June 9, 2017, only project/platform leaders, the programme office, and people from platforms have to attend. If you are…
July 2017
Visiting Scholar Prof. Kees Dullemond – Seminar
Prof. Kees Dullemond will give a talk in the Earth Science department. His talk will be next Thursday, 6th July. It will be held in NO C6 at 12.15. The title is not confirmed yet, but his research profile can be found here: http://www.ita.uni-heidelberg.de/~dullemond/index.shtml?lang=en
September 2017
Trip to the Swiss Museum of Transport
Venue/Date The trip to the Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne will take place on Saturday, September 30, 2017. Swiss Museum of Transport Lidostrasse 5 CH-6006 Luzern Registration Registration is open from August 7 until September 20, 2017. Please register with this Registration Form: >>http://nccr-planets.ch/trip-swiss-museum-transport-registration << Costs for NCCR members and NCCR associates: The costs for NCCR members and NCCR associates will be covered by the NCCR Communication (except travel). Costs for family members: You are welcome to bring family members to this…
January 2018
PlanetS General Assembly 4
The fourth NCCR PlanetS General Assembly will take place at the Hotel Sunstar in Grindelwald (BE) on Wednesday-Friday, 24.-26.01.2018. All NCCR members, associates and external members are invited to join. Other interested persons may join the assembly at their own costs. Please contact Janine Jungo to see if there are vacancies in the hotel. Location Hotel Sunstar Grindelwald Dorfstrasse 168 3818 Grindelwald Switzerland P +41 33 854 77 77 www.grindelwald.sunstar.ch Registration / Important Dates 15.11.2017, Registration opens 12.12.2017, Registration closes 08.01.2018,…
March 2018
PlanetS SciComm and career workshop with Explainables.org
Explainables NCCR PlanetS Communication & Career Workshop March 15 2018 in Bern, Gesellschaftsstrasse 6, Room -108 9:30 -18:30 Please sign up using our Registration Form Preliminary Schedule 9:30 Arrival 9:45-10:00 Intro, Welcome to the Gym 10:00-11:00 Warm-ups, Improv’ basics 11:00-12:00 Communication 101, GAME plan, Message Distilling, Story telling 12:00-13:00 Lunch break (Mensa, optional: C. Dorn CSH lunch talk) 13:00-15:00 Networking, Relationship building, Branding 15:00-15:30 Proposal I: Preparation 15:30-16:00 Proposal II: Writing 16:00-16:30 Coffee break 16:30-18:00 Proposal III: Evaluation 18:00-18:30 Wrap up, Q+A,…
May 2018
SNF Site Visit 4
The fourth NCCR PlanetS Site Visit will take place on Mai 29 &30, 2018 at the University of Bern, Hörsaal Getrud Woker Strasse, Getrud Woker Strasse 5, 3012 Bern. Invitation opened up to associates of the NCCR: We are glad to inform you, that we have enough seats also for associates! So we are happy to open up the invitation to all associates of the NCCR! The Site Visit is not mandatory for the associates, but you are invited to join if…
January 2019
PlanetS General Assembly 5
The 5th NCCR PlanetS General Assembly will take place at the Hotel Dorint Blüemlisalp in Beatenberg (BE) on Monday-Wednesday, 28.-30.01.2019. All NCCR members and associates are invited to join. External members only by invitation by a PI and at their own cost. Location Hotel Dorint Blüemlisalp Hubel 114 3803 Beatenberg Switzerland +41 33 841 41 11 www.hotel-interlaken.dorint.com/en/ Registration / Important Dates ~13.11.2018, Registration opens 14.12.2018, Registration closes 18.01.2019, Last changes can be made 28.01.2019, Start General Assembly 30.01.2019, End General Assembly…
January 2020
PlanetS General Assembly 7
The 7th NCCR PlanetS General Assembly will take place Online, via Zoom on January 20-22, 2021. Program SOC Prof. Stéphane Udry, stephane.udry_at_unige.ch Co-Director NCCR PlanetS Observatoire Astronomique de l’Université de Genève Prof Dr. Yann Alibert, yann.alibert_at_space.unibe.ch Scientific Officer NCCR PlanetS, University of Bern LOC Janine Jungo, janine.jungo_at_space.unibe.ch Project Assistant NCCR PlanetS, University of Bern Participant list Afram Nadine, ETH Zürich Al Moulla Khaled, Université de Genève Alei Eleonora, ETH Zürich Alesina Fabien, Université de Genève Alibert Yann, Universität Bern Allart Romain,…
PlanetS General Assembly 6
The 6th NCCR PlanetS General Assembly will take place at the Eurotel Montreux on January 27-29, 2020. All NCCR members and associates are invited to join. External members only by invitation by a PI and at their own cost. Location Eurotel Montreux Grand-Rue 81 CH-1820 Montreux Suisse 0041 (0)21 966 22 22 https://www.eurotel-montreux.ch/en/ Registration / Important Dates 15.11.2019, Registration opens 15.12.2019, Registration closes 27.01.2020, Start General Assembly 29.01.2020, End General Assembly 29.01.2020, Board meeting #21 REGISTRATION FORM CANCELLATION POLICY: Please…
June 2020
SNF Site Visit, Year 6
The NCCR PlanetS Site Visit for Year 6 took place on June 4&5, 2020. The review panel conducted its review of the 6th contact year on 4-5 June 2020 in the format of an online meeting via Webex. The originally planned on-site visit at the Observatory of the University of Geneva of 4/5 June had to be cancelled because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
June 2021
SNF Site Visit, Year 7
The NCCR PlanetS Site Visit for year 7 will take place on June 3&4, 2021 at the Observatory in Versoix. More information will follow by e-mail.
May 2023
SNF Site Visit, Year 9: 22-23 May 2023
The NCCR Site Visit will take place on 22-23 May 2023 at the Geneva Observatory in Versoix. The first day will be dedicated to achievements and science and the second day will deal with management aspects. All PlanetS members (in particular PhD students, postdocs and senior scientists) are expected to be there on the first day, Monday 22 May, and associates are welcome. The second day, Tuesday 23 May, is reserved for the PlanetS board and platform members and the…
