Dual Anonymous Reviews
STScI, September 25th 2019
Bahcall Auditorium
Morning: Facts and foundations – issues, actions and community reception
Time | Speaker(s) | Title |
08:30 | Ken Sembach | Welcome & introduction |
08:45 | Stefanie Johnson (Colorado) | Unconscious bias in reviews |
09:15 | Neill Reid (STScI) | HST TAC structure and proposal stats – before and after |
09:30 | Arvind Parmar (ESA) | ESA AO outcomes |
09:45 | Louis Strolger (STScI) | Preparing the community |
10:15 | Christina Richey (JPL), Rupali Chandar (Toledo), Brian Williams (GSFC) | Community reactions |
10:45 | Coffee | |
11:00 | Svea Hernandez, Crystal Mannfolk, Greg Snyder (STScI) | Panel support perspective + levelers |
11:45 | Priya Natarajan (Yale), Saurabh Jha (Rutgers), Rupali Chandar (Toledo) | Panel chairs & panelist perspective |
12:30 | Jessica Kirk (Memphis) | Watching the TAC |
13:00 | Lunch |
Afternoon: Spreading the word – adapting the process to other facilities
Time | Mode | Title |
13:30 | Molly Peeples (STScI) | Lessons learned so far from the HST TAC process |
14:00 | Breakout sessions: 3-4 sub-groups | Challenges for individual observatories – discussion |
15:30 | Plenary session | Challenges – report out |
16:00 | Coffee | |
16:15 | Breakout sessions: 3-4 sub-groups | What can be implemented? What remain as challenges? |
17:00 | Plenary session | Summary and next steps |
Breakout sessions will be in the Lyman Spitzer Boardroom, N420, S322 and Cafe Con, all in STScI’s Muller Building.