European Week of Astronomy and Space Science (EWASS)
26 – 30 June 2017

Preparing the JWST Era

Session 1: The JWST mission : status, operation and tools for proposers

Chair: Pierre-Olivier Lagage (DAp-CEA, AIM)

• Status & overview capabilities & overall timeline - P. Ferruit (ESA)
• JWST Operations - Gillian Wright on behalf of George Sonneborn (NASA/GSFC)
• JWST astronomer proposal tool (APT) -  Macarena Garcia Marin (ESA)
• JWST exposure time calculator (ETC) - Tim Rawle (ESA)

Session 2: First light and evolution of galaxies

Chair: Simon Lilly (ETH Zurich, CH)

• Brief overview of the galaxy assembly JWST GTO programs - Karina Caputi (University of Groningen)
• Practical ex.: imaging surveys (parallels NIRCam + MIRI) - Dan Stark (University of Arizona)
• Practical ex.: Spectroscopic surveys (coordinated parallels NIRSpec MOS/NIRCam + NIRISS/NIRCam WFSS) - Roberto Maiolino (University of Cambridge)
• Practical ex.: Detailed studies of individual objects or small samples (MIRI+NIRSpec IFU) - Santiago Arribas (INTA-CSIC, E)

Session 3: Formation and evolution of stars and planetary systems

Chair: Gillian Wright (UK Astronomy Technology Centre)

• Practical ex.: Protostellar disks (MIRI IFU) - Fred Lahuis (SRON, NL)
• Practical ex.: Star formation in local Universe (NIRSpec MOS) - Guido de Marchi (ESA)
• Practical ex.: Direct imaging of exoplanets (NIRCam+MIRI coronagraphy, NIRISS/AMI) - Pierre-Olivier Lagage (DAp-CEA, AIM)
• Practical ex.: Observation of a transiting exoplanet (NIRISS+NIRSpec+MIRI) - Giovanna Giardino (ATG/ESA)
• Practical ex.: No photon left behind: serendipitous asteroid science (MIRI IFU + Imager) - Michael Mueller (University of Groningen)

Session 4: The available tools - Demos, Questions & Answers

• The JWST visibility tool - Pierre Feruit (ESA)
• The APT - Macarena Garcia Marin (ESA)
• The ETC - Tim Rawle (ESA)

Other Session:

• Studying exoplanets with JWST - Pierre Ferruit (ESA)