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ExoClock Annual Meetings

3rd ExoClock Annual Meeting - 21st & 22nd of October 2023


ExoClock is now counting more than 900 members from 50 countries around the world! From the first days of the project we had envisioned a meeting to bring all the ExoClock participants and team members together.

This year, we held the 3rd version of the ExoClock annual meeting on the 21st & 22nd of October, 2023. The meeting was hybrid and was be hosted by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, in Greece.

The meeting was funded by the Aristotle Univerity of Thessaloniki. We also acknowledge support from Europlanet 2024 RI under grant agreement No. 87114.

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Some photos from the meeting can be found here:

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Organising Committees
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Agenda (all times in EEST / UTC+3)

Saturday 21st of October 2023

  • 11.00 - 12.00: Welcome reception
  • 12.00 - 12.15: Introduction
          by Anastasia Kokori
          University College London
          Coordinator of the ExoClock project
  • 12.15 - 12.30: AUTh's Observatories
          by Ioannis Gkolias
          Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
          Coordinator of the LOC
  • 12.30 - 13.00: Ariel & ExoClock:
          a very successful partnership
          by Giovanna Tinetti
          University College London
          Principal Investigator of the Ariel mission consortium
  • 13.00 - 13.20: Ariel Space Mission:
          the technology and the road ahead
          by Giorgio Savini
          University College London
  • 13.20 - 13.40: Exploring the origin of
          hot and warm Jupiters with Ariel
          by Elenia Pacetti
          INAF-LAPS, Sapienza Università di Roma
  • 13.40 - 14.00: Charting exoplanet worlds
          with machine learning
          by Gordon Yip
          University College London

  • 14.00 - 15.00: Lunch Break

  • 15.00 - 15.20: The Ariel mission and population studies
          by Andrea Bocchieri
          Sapienza Università di Roma
  • 15.20 - 15.40: Selecting the targets of the Ariel mission
          and the need for follow up
          by Billy Edwards
          SRON, Netherlands Institute for Space Research
  • 15.40 - 16.10: The ExoClock Project: 4 years in operation
          by Anastasia Kokori
          University College London
          Coordinator of the ExoClock project
  • 16.10 - 16.40: How to contribute to the ExoClock Project
          by Angelos Tiaras
          University College London
  • 16.40 - 17.00: Validating the ExoClock data: behind the scenes
          by Angelos Tiaras
          University College London

  • 17.00 - 17.30: Coffee Break

  • 17.30 - 17.45: Exoplanet observations at the Instituto
          de Astrofísica de Canarias
          by Florence Libotte
          Agrupació Astronomica de Sabadell
  • 17.45 - 18.00: Photometry courses and practical sessions for amateur astron-
          omers at the Observatory of Baronies Provençales
          by Anal Wunsche
          Observatory of Baronies Provençales
  • 18.00 - 18.15: Supporting amateur astronomers on the
          path to becoming citizen scientists
          by Oisin Creaner
          Dublin City University
  • 18.15 - 18.30: The TelescopeLive network and platform
          by Alex Curry
          TelescopeLive
  • 18.30 - 18.45: The LCO Global partners program
          by Edward Gomez
          Las Cumbres Observatory
  • 18.45 - 19.00: The ExoClock project as a first step into astrophysical research
          for Brazilian students
          by Laerte Adrade
          Laboratorio Nacional de Astrofísica

Sunday 22nd of October 2023

  • 09.00 - 09.15: TVs analysis of WASP-12b: from the University of Siena data
          to the ExoClock O-C diagram
          by Leonardo Cavaglioni
          University of Siena
  • 09.15 - 09.30: Validation of selected TESS exoplanetary
          candidates using photometry
          by Marko Mesarc
          Masaryk University
  • 09.30 - 09.45: BSc and MSc projects at the Open University
          by Rodney Buckland
          The Open University
  • 09.45 - 10.05: The experience of being part of ExoClock:
          Listening from the participants!
          Mercedes Correa
          Agrupació Astronomica de Sabadell
          Martin Crow
          British Astronomical Association
  • Poster   : Photometry Algorithms: From Determining Physical
          Properties of Asteroids to Exoplanetary Systems
          by Arushi Nath

  • 10.05 - 10.30: Coffee Break

  • 10.30 - 12.30: ExoClock working groups: presentations & focused discussions
          Chairs: Anastasia Kokori, Georgia Pantelidou
          
          - Incorporating Literature data and new planets
          in the ExoClock database
          
          - Educational activities:
          using ExoClock in schools
          
          - Contributing to ExoClock without equipment:
          using remote facilities

  • 12.30 - 13.30: Lunch Break

  • 13.30 - 15.30: ExoClock working groups: presentations & focused discussions
          Chairs: Angelos Tsiaras, Billy Edwards
          
          - Improving the capabilities of small telescopes
          with synchronous observations
          
          - Using the ExoClock database
          to monitor TTVs
          
          - Advanced methods for
          light-curve detrending

  • 15.30 - 16.30: Closing reception


  • 18.00 - 19.00: PUBLIC TALK (in Greek)




2nd ExoClock Annual Meeting - 30th of September & 1st of October 2022

During the 30th of September & 1st of October 2022, we held our 2nd ExoClock Annual Meeting at University College London (UCL) and virtually. 150 participants were registered and 23 presenters gave us very interesting talks on the science of Ariel, on how the project works, on their own experience, on the collaboration between their efforts and ExoClock, and on the future activities within ExoClock. All the presentations were recorded and can be accessed from this page after logging in.

Agenda (all times in BST / UTC+1)

Friday 30th of September 2022

  • 12.00 - 12.30: Welcome reception and introduction
  • 12.30 - 13.10: The science of Ariel (+Q&A)
          by Giovanna Tinetti
          Principal Investigator of the Ariel mission consortium
  • 13.10 - 13.40: The ExoClock Project (+Q&A)
          by Anastasia Kokori
          Coordinator of the ExoClock project
  • 13.40 - 14.00: Selecting the targets of the Ariel mission (+Q&A)
          by Billy Edwards

  • 14.00 - 14.30: Lunch Break

  • 14.30 - 14.55: The path of TTV technique from
          Kepler to the Ariel mission
    (+Q&A)
          by Luca Borsato
  • 14.55 - 15.20: The formation history of giant planets seen through
          multiple atmospheric elemental ratios
    (+Q&A)
          by Diego Turrini
  • 15.20 - 15.45: How Ariel will constrain the origin of
          giant exoplanets
    (+Q&A)
          by Ravit Helled
  • 15.45 - 16.10: Observability of lava worlds (+Q&A)
          by Yamila Miguel

  • 16.10 - 16.30: Break

  • 16.30 - 18.0: The ExoClock Project: how it works (+Q&A)
          by Angelos Tsiaras, Adrian Jones
          & Georgia Pantelidou

  • 18.00 - 18.15: Break

  • 18.15 - 18.30: Seeking evidence of period variations in
          Hot Jupiter orbits with citizen science data

          by Simone Hagey
  • 18.30 - 18.45: Utilizing a global network of telescopes to update
          the ephemeris for the highly eccentric planet HD80606b
          and to ensure the efficient scheduling of JWST

          by Rob Zellem
  • 18.45 - 19.00: Q&A

Saturday 1st of October 2022

  • 09.00 - 09.15: The British Astronomical Association
          and the ExoClock Project

          by Roger Dymock
  • 09.15 - 09.30: Integration of ExoClock in university teaching
          by Rodney Buckland
  • 09.30 - 09.45: 1000+ transit measurements for ExoClock: some lessons learned
          by Yves Jongen
  • 09.45 - 10.00: Collaboration between the ExoClock Project
          and the Observatory of Baronnies Provençales

          by Anael Wünsche
  • 10.00 - 10.15: Q&A

  • 10.15 - 10.30: Break

  • 10.30 - 10.50: Synchronous observations Working Group (+Q&A)
          by Alessandro Nastasi
  • 10.50 - 11.10: CMOS Working Group (+Q&A)
          by Roland Casali
  • 11.10 - 11.30: Multicolour observations Working Group (+Q&A)
          by Steve Futcher
  • 11.30 - 12.45: The ExoClock project: data products and results (+Q&A)
          by Angelos Tsiaras

  • 12.45 - 13.30: Lunch Break

  • 13.30 - 14.30: Discussion on plans for next year
    • Educational Activities
      by Anastasia Kokori, Laura Lewis & Billy Edwards
    • Remote observations
      by Anastasia Kokori & E. Guido
    • Light-curve and O-C analysis
      by Mario Morvan
  • 14.30 - 15.00: Round table discussion / closing remarks
  • 15.00 - 16.00: Workshop: Testing a CMOS detector
          by Roland Casali



1st ExoClock Annual Meeting - 25th & 26th of September 2021

During the weekend of the 25th and the 26th of September 2021 we held our 1st ExoClock Annual Meeting virtually. 150 participants were registered and 26 presenters gave us very interesting talks on the science of Ariel, on how the project works, on their own work, on their contribution to the project and on the collaboration between their efforts and ExoClock. All the presentations were recorded and can be accessed from this page after logging in.

Agenda (all times in BST / UTC+1)

Saturday 25th of September 2021

Sunday 26th of September 2021

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