Program

Venue: SAAO Auditorium

Sunday, February 2

17:30 – 20:30

Registration and Reception

Monday, February 3

9:00 – 9:10	Welcome from SAAO (Patricia Whitelock), IAU (Ewine van Dishoeck) and Kavli Foundation (Christopher Martin)
9:10 – 9:20	Aims, Objectives and Outcomes of the Workshop – Brad Cenko and Patricia Whitelock

Session 1: Radio Transients

Chair: Tara Murphy

9:20 – 9:50	New developments in coherent radio transient science – Sarah Burke Spolaor
9:50 – 10:20	Radio transient surveys: serendipitious vs. targeted – Rob Fender (via Zoom)
10:20 – 10:50	Discussion: Prospects for coherent and incoherent radio transient surveys Guided Discussion Leaders: Ben Stappers and Tara Murphy
10:50 – 11:20	Break

Session 2: Alerts, Communication, and Triggering

Chair: Brad Cenko

11:20 – 12:20	Bottlenecks I: Alerts/Communication/Triggering and active follow-up Guided Discussion Leaders: Tara Murphy and Patrick Woudt
12:20 – 12:35	Summary Recommendations – Brad Cenko

12:35 – 13:30

Lunch

Session 3: High-Energy Neutrinos

Chair: Valerie Connaughton

13:30 – 14:00	Lessons Learned: The Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope – Liz Hays
14:00 – 15:30	High-Energy Neutrinos 14:00 – 14:30: Current and Future Neutrino Detectors – Ignacio Taboada 14:30 – 15:00: Science with Future Neutrino Detectors – Anna Francowiak 15:00 – 15:30: Discussion and Questions
15:30 – 16:00	Break

Session 4: Data Protection / Rights

Chair: Valerie Connaughton

16:00 – 17:00	Bottlenecks II: Data Protection/Rights Guided Discussion Leaders: Brad Cenko and Ranpal Gill Topics: The Swift Model (Brad Cenko) LIGO, Virgo, and Public Data Access (Johannes van den Brand) The Rubin Observatory (LSST) Data Rights Policy (Ranpal Gill) Plans for Sitian (Roberto Soria)
17:00 – 17:30	Summary Recommendations – Valerie Connaughton

Tuesday, February 4

Session 5: Stellar Explosions

Chair: Paul Groot

9:00 – 9:20	“Traditional” Core-Collapse and Thermonuclear Supernovae – Avishay Gal-Yam
9:20 – 9:40	The Expanding Landscape of Stellar Explosions – Brad Cenko
9:40 – 10:00	The new TeV window into Gamma-ray Bursts – Ulisses Barres de Almeida
10:00 – 10:30	Discussion and Questions
10:30 – 11:00	Break

Session 6: Follow-Up Spectroscopy

Chair: Paul Groot

11:00 – 12:00	Bottlenecks III: Follow-Up Spectroscopy Guided Discussion Leaders: John Blakeslee and Rob Ivison Topics: Gemini in the Era of Multi-Messenger Astronomy (John Blakeslee) ESO’s Plans for Transient and Multi-Messenger Science (Rob Ivison) SAAO/SALT’s Intelligent Observatory Program (Stephan Potter)
12:00 – 12:30	Summary Recommendations – Paul Groot

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch

Session 7: Science with Optical Transient Surveys

Chair: Brad Cenko

13:30 – 14:00	Lessons Learned: ZTF – Shri Kulkarni
14:00 – 14:30	Transient/Multi-messenger Science with Rubin Observatory (LSST) – Fed Bianco
14:30 – 15:00	Transient/Multi-messenger Science with Other Optical Surveys – Paul Groot
15:00 – 15:30	Discussion and Questions
15:30 – 16:00	Break

Session 8: Coordination and Co-Observing

Chair: Patricia Whitelock

16:00 – 17:00	Bottlenecks IV: Coordination and Co-Observing Guided Discussion Leaders: Robert Braun, Lisa Storrie-Lombardi Topics: SKA: Coordinating across the EM Spectrum (Robert Braun) LCO and the Role of Small Telescope Networks (Lisa Storrie-Lombardi) The MASTER network (Evgeny Gorbovskoy) J-GEM and OISTER (Masayuki Yamanaka)
17:00 – 17:30	Summary Recommendations – Brad Cenko and Patricia Whitelock

Wednesday, February 5

Session 9: Compact Binary Mergers I

Chair: Mansi Kaliswal

9:00 – 9:30	Current and Future Ground-Based GW Detectors – Laura Cadonati (presented by Johannes van den Brand)
9:30 – 10:00	Theory of synchrotron radio afterglows – Re’em Sari
10:00 – 10:30	Questions and Discussion
10:30 – 11:00	Break

Session 10: Compact Binary Mergers II

Chair: Johannes van den Brand

11:00 – 11:20	Prompt Counterparts to GW Detections – Binbin Zhang (via Zoom)
11:20 – 11:40	UV/Optical/IR Counterparts to GW Detections – Mansi Kasliwal
11:40 – 12:00	X-ray/Radio Counterparts to GW Detections – Tara Murphy
12:00 – 12:30	Summary Recommendations – Mansi Kaliswal and Johannes van den Brand

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch

Session 11: Broadening the Scope of International Coordination

Chair: Mansi Kasliwal

13:30 – 13:50	Transient/Multi-Messenger Opportunities in South Africa – David Buckley
13:50 – 14:10	Transient/Multi-Messenger Opportunities in Africa – Jamal Mimouni
14:10 – 15:10	Bottlenecks V: International Funding Guided Discussion Leaders: John O’Meara and Roger Davies Topics: Kavli Meeting on Ground/Space Coordination (John O’Meara) The IAU’s role in International Cooperation (Ewine van Dishoeck) International Participation in CTA (Ulisses Barres de Almeida)
15:10 – 15:30	NASA EM-GW Task Force Findings – Mansi Kasliwal, Valerie Connaughton and Brad Cenko
15:30 – 16:00	Summary Recommendations – Mansi Kasliwal

Wine Tasting and Workshop Dinner

16:30

Wine Tasting followed by Workshop Dinner at Durbanville Hills Winery

Thursday, February 6

Session 12: Supermassive Black Holes

Chair: Samaya Nissanke

9:00 – 9:30	Supermassive Black Hole Binaries with LISA – Elena Rossi
9:30 – 10:00	Supermassive Black Hole Binaries with PTAs – Ben Stappers
10:00 – 10:30	Discussion
10:30 – 11:00	Break

Session 13: ToO Implementation

Chair: Samaya Nissanke

11:00 – 12:00	Bottlenecks VI: ToO Implementation Guided Discussion Leaders: Pietro Ubertini and John Blakeslee Topics: ToO Implementation on INTEGRAL (Pietro Ubertini) ToOs with ALMA (John Carpenter) ToOs with Rubin Observatory (LSST) (Federica Bianco)
12:00 – 12:30	Summary Recommendations – Samaya Nissanke

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch

Session 14: Theory and Machine Learning

Chair: Michelle Lochner

13:30 – 14:00	Simulations of SMBH Mergers – Manuela Campanelli
14:00 – 14:30	Fundamental Physics with GW Detections – Samaya Nissanke
14:30 – 15:00	Discussion and Questions
15:00 – 15:30	Break

Session 15: Computation

Chair: David Buckley

15:30 – 15:50	Machine Learning and Anomaly Detection for Transients – Michelle Lochner
15:50 – 16:05	GCN – Scott Barthelmy
16:05 – 16:25	Role of the IVOA – Ada Nebot
16:25 – 17:15	Bottlenecks VII: Computation Guided Discussion Leaders: Patrick Brady, Ben Stappers Topics: SciMMA as a Center for MMA (Patrick Brady) The future of scientific computing (Manuela Campanelli)
17:15 – 17:30	Summary Recommendations – Michelle Lochner and David Buckley

Friday, February 7

Session 16: High-Energy Surveys

Chair: Valerie Connaughton

9:00 – 9:20	Current and Future High-Energy Facilities in India – Varun Bhalerao
9:20 – 9:40	Current and Future High-Energy Facilities in China – Shuang-Nan Zhang
9:40 – 10:30	Facilitated Discussion – Coordination in the High-Energy Sky Panelists: Brad Cenko, Liz Hays, Pietro Ubertini
10:30 – 10:45	Summary Recommendations – Valerie Connaughton
10:45 – 11:15	Break

Session 17: Diversity and workforce development

Chair: Roger Davies

11:15 – 12:45

Bottlenecks VIII: Diversity and Workforce Development
Guided Discussion Leaders: Liz Hays and Ranpal Gill

Short talks followed by discussion:
Present and Future Plans for Astronomy in Egypt (Somaya Saad)
Diversity/Inclusion across a multi-national collaboration (Patrick Brady)
Workforce development with IceCube (Ignacio Taboada)
Lessons in Diversity/Inclusion from South Africa in preparation for SKA (Kavilan Moodley)
Planning for the future astronomy workforce with Rubin Observatory (LSST) (Ranpal Gill)

Breakout groups to discuss the following:

How do scientists and engineers from smaller/less developed nations get involved in these big projects?
How do we foster a diverse and inclusive environment in our international collaborations?
How can we share best practice for improving diversity and inclusion? What training is needed? Can it be coordinated internationally?
How do you measure the impact of programmes to improve diversity? How can it can be done better?

12:45 – 13:00

Summary Recommendations – Roger Davies

13:00 – 13:45

Lunch

13:45 – 15:00

Wrap-up and Actions

Saturday and Sunday, February 8/9

Optional trip to the South African Astronomical Observatory and Southern African Large Telescope at Sutherland