The Scientific Programme is now available and may be viewed here.

 

ABSTRACTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO VIEW ON THE PARTICIPANTS PAGE

 

PROGRAM NOTES

The goals of SPARC workshops are:

1) to gather experts and summarize the state of the art in a particular area,

2) to identify outstanding issues,

3) to organize activities under the SPARC uumbrella to address outstanding issues,

4) to report on progress in these activities to the SPARC Scientific Steering Group (SSG),

5) to provide advice or recommendations to the SPARC SSG, if necessary.

 

  In order to achieve these goals, it is necessary and important to schedule discussions during the program. It is hoped that all participants will not only attend but actively participate in these discussions. Additionally, all oral presentations should allow for 5-10 minutes of questions and discussion. Posters will be visible throughout the entire workshop (two for each workshop). There will be a number of long coffee breaks and lunches to ensure sufficient time to visit posters and talk to the authors.