For the detailed programme and the abstracts of the science talks, see the Timetable.
All slots include 5 minutes for questions.
17th March (Tuesday)
11:30-13:30 Lunch option
13:30-15:55 XMM-Newton & SAS status (1) - Open session
Chairperson: Mat Page
| 13:30 | Welcome | Natalie Webb | |
| 13:50 | XMM-Newton mission status | Felix Fürst | |
| 14:15 | Data exchanges between SOC & SSC | John Hoar (r) | |
| 14:35 | SAS status and development | Aitor Ibarra | |
| 15:05 | Pipeline status and summary of the bulk reprocessing | Pedro Rodriguez (r) | |
| 15:25 | OM status | Simon Rosen (r) | |
| 15:40 | EPIC MOS status | Jean Ballet |
15:55-16:25 Coffee break - Photo
16:25-18:10 XMM-Newton & SAS status (2) - Open session
Chairperson: Francisco Carrera
| 16:25 | RGS status | Aitor Ibarra | |
| 16:40 | EPIC pn status | Michael Freyberg (r) | |
| 16:55 | NASA XMMGOF status and activities | Brendan Perry (r) | |
| 17:15 | The XCatDB status and prospects |
Laurent Michel |
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| 17:30 | The source-detector's view on 5XMM | Iris Traulsen | |
| 17:50 | 5XMM-DR15 | Mickaël Coriat (r) |
20:00 Meeting dinner
18th March (Wednesday)
09:15-10:50 Science Advisory Group (1) - Open session
Chairperson: Natalie Webb
| 09:15 | Agent-Ready "Mini-SAS" Microservices for Language-Driven X-ray Data Analysis | Aitor Ibarra | |
| 09:35 | Highly Variable Sources in the XMM Slew Survey | Robbie Webbe | |
| 09:55 | Extreme ends of AGN variability | Sabina Bahic (r) | |
| 10:15 | Analysing HETDEX spectra from XMM detections |
Hema Priya Rajangam |
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| 10:35 | A XRISM view of chemical enrichment in galaxy clusters |
François Mernier (r) |
10:55-11:25 Coffee break
11:25-13:00 Science Advisory Group (2) - Open session
Chairperson: Iris Traulsen
| 11:25 | Quantifying the Intrinsic scatter in magnetic activity of cool stars using wide binaries | Desmond Dsouza | |
| 11:45 | Serendipitous Searches for Isolated Neutron Stars in XMM-Newton Catalogues | Adriana Mancini Pires (r) | |
| 12:05 | Characterising isolated neutron star candidates from eROSITA with XMM-Newton | Jan Kurpas | |
| 12:25 | X-ray Periodicities in the Gamma Cas Analogues | Robbie Webbe | |
| 12:45 | Wrap up | Natalie Webb |
13:00-14:00 Lunch break
14:40-16:20 SAS Working Group (1)
14:40 Overview of SAS releases - SAS 23 and SAS 24 contents (RDS)
15:00 Status of code release (JK)
15:20 SAS processing pipelines (JVP)
15:40 EPIC-pn developments (MJF)
16:00 Running SAS on Mac ARM chips (AI)
16:20-16:40 Coffee break
16:40-18:15 SAS Working Group (2)
16:40 SAS development environment (CI/CD) (JM)
17:00 Source detection (IT)
17:20 ESAS updates and future plans (BP)
17:40 SAS and Python (RT)
18:00 Wrap-up and good-bye
19th March (Thursday)
09:00-12:30 SSC Steering Group - Closed session
11:30-14:00 Lunch option
Guided tours
Guided tours to the Babelsberg campus and to the historical buildings at Telegrafenberg will be offered on Tuesday and / or Wednesday depending on the participants' interest. Details will be emailed to those who have registered.
