Upcoming Meetings & Calendar

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The SIM Science Team meets every few months. Since 2000, there have been over 20 formal two-day meetings of the Science Team, and numerous informal gatherings at conferences, workshops, and seminars. The Science Team has two main functions.

First, it advises the project on the development of the science program and it consults on various technical issues in instrument design, scheduling, data analysis, etc. The team has played a central role in developing the formal mission Science Requirements.

Second, the team conducts preparatory work, including target selection, supporting ground-based observations, theory, and modeling on the Key Projects to ensure that the best science would be obtained from the time already allocated for Team projects. A substantial General Observer proposal call will be announced for observing projects.

Although team meetings are not formally open to the community, Team members are always open to questions, concerns, and suggestions from the community. Depending on the topic, questions might be discussed by the Team or passed on to project management.