Roman Information Sessions

Announcements

FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT: The workshop took place on 6 and 7 July. All the presentations and the video recordings can be viewed through the Programme webpage. Many thanks to all speakers for the high-quality presentations, and to all participants for the stimulating discussions !

Update 21 June 2021: Registration was closed at 18:00 CEST on 18 June.

Important Note to all participants: please read the Data Privacy Notice at the end of this web page; by participating in the sessions you implicitly agree to the conditions expressed in the Notice.

Update 7 June 2021: Individuals who wish to propose a presentation for consideration in the programme must have registered by 18:00 CEST on 7 June. Registration will remain open until 18:00 CEST on 18 June for individuals who wish to join the sessions to listen to the presentations and discussions.

First Announcement

7 May 2021

The Roman Space Telescope is a NASA observatory designed to unravel the secrets of dark energy and dark matter, search for and image exoplanets, and explore many topics in infrared astrophysics. Roman will carry a 2.4-metre diameter telescope and two instruments, the Wide Field Instrument (WFI), and the Coronagraph Instrument (CGI). Its launch is planned around 2026; it will have a primary mission lifetime of 5 years, with a potential 5 year extended mission.

Around three-quarters of Roman's observing time will be spent carrying out large core surveys with the WFI, and the remaining fraction will be devoted to competitively-selected astrophysics surveys. Within the first 18 months of observations, 3 months will be devoted to CGI; although CGI is a technology demonstration experiment, it is also expected to lead to significant scientific achievements.

There will be no proprietary period for any of the data acquired by Roman. NASA plans to issue a Call for Proposals in the near future to select the teams who will enable the core science objectives in cosmology and exoplanet demographics.

ESA will provide some elements of the Roman payload and satellite, as well as some elements of the ground segment. As part of this provision, ESA will nominate five European scientists to participate in the preparation and exploitation of the core WFI science, and one to participate in the CGI programme. The ESA-nominated scientists will be selected based on a Call for Proposals coordinated with the one from NASA.

Purpose of thESE ESA organised Information Sessions

In the context of the approaching NASA and ESA calls, ESA is organising Information Sessions, whose main objectives are to:

• inform the European community of the ESA involvement in Roman and of the upcoming opportunities for participation
• identify European parties who are interested in the opportunities and assess the level and areas of interest
• provide an initial means for interested European parties to identify each other and discuss plans
• provide an initial means for interested European parties to identify potential US investigators and discuss plans

The Information Sessions will include presentations covering:

• generalities on the Roman mission, instruments, and scheme for science management
• an outline of the scheme for European participation
• current plans for surveys and associated science
• plans for provision of support to users of Roman data

In addition, depending on the responses to this invitation, it may be possible for interested European parties to make presentations on their plans for exploitation of Roman data. There will be the opportunity to ask questions during the meeting. All presentations will be recorded and made available a-posteriori.

You are invited to participate in the Information Sessions, which will take place online on two consecutive half-days (6-7 July). In order to participate, please fill out the registration form before 7 June. The form includes optional questions regarding ideas and plans for future exploitation of Roman data. Depending on this feedback, we may select some additional presentations. The final programme of the Information Sessions will be published by 21 June.

Timeline

FURTHER INFORMATION ON ROMAN

• Fact sheet
• Short overview
• Cosmology with Roman
• Stars

ESA Contact

Jan Tauber
Directorate of Science
European Space Agency
E-mail: roman-information-sessioncosmos.esa.int

Data Privacy Notice

Dear Roman Information Sessions participant,

Please note that we intend to record the Roman Information Sessions scheduled to take place remotely, via online meeting tools, on 6-7 July 2021. By participating in the meeting, participants acknowledge and accept that recording (including photography, audio and video recording) will take place and that their personal data (e.g. image, name, voice, etc.) will be collected by, or for, ESA:

• in accordance with the ESA Personal Data Protection Framework, available on the ESA website at the URL http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Law_at_ESA/Highlights_of_ESA_rules_and_regulations ; and

• to enable ESA to contribute to better and more coordinated space, technology, research, and development activities among all European actors and, generally, in connection with the fulfilment of ESA purposes.

For these purposes, all or part of the recordings may be disclosed to ESA contractors involved in the organisation of the event or generally providing services to ESA. Also, such recordings may be disclosed to the other participants attending the meeting and may be made available for public viewing on ESA Websites or external sites such as YouTube. On the ESA side, the personal data shall be retained for as long as necessary as the above-mentioned purposes persist and shall be deleted thereafter. Please see the specific privacy notice for this event for more details.

You have the option to attend the meeting without any personal data being recorded by not providing it during the meeting. If you wish to opt out from your personal data being recorded then ensure your camera is not enabled, your microphone is muted, and you do not display your name in the conferencing software. If you wish to ask questions, only do so in the provided chat/question box in the meeting or provide them in advance by email to the meeting organisers or their designated representative.

For further information that you are entitled to under the current ESA framework, please contact the Data Protection Officer (DPO) at: dpo@esa.int .

Code of Conduct

During the Sessions, we expect all participants to adhere to the Code of Conduct of the EAS .