Exploring the infrared Solar System with the James Webb Space Telescope
31 Aug to 2 Sept 2016

The aim of this workshop is to encourage and inform Solar System scientists about the use of the James Webb Space Telescope for infrared observations of Solar System targets. The workshop will be a mixture of scientific presentations and practical sessions including the use of the JWST Astronomy Planning Tool and Exposure Time Calculator.

Registration is now open for the workshop, from 31 August to 2 September in London (at the Royal Astronomical Society) at:

https://jwst-workshop.eventbrite.co.uk
Confirmed Speakers and talks/presentations/demos:

Gillian Wright (UKATC) – Status of JWST
Michele Dougherty (Imperial College London) – Cassini results from Saturn and it’s moons and ring system
Leigh Fletcher (Leicester) – Exploring Giants: scientific potential of JWST for Ice Giant science
Emmanuel Lellouch (Obs. Paris) – The Pluto system: prospects with JWST
Thomas Mueller (MPE) – The thermal characterization  of TNOs
Stefanie Milam (GSFC) and John Stansberry (STScI) Early Release Science and Cycle 1
John Stansberry – Exposure Time Calculator, Astronomy Planning Tool, updates on scattered light
Stefanie Milam – visibility constraints and moving target constraints
John Stansberry – Highlights from the American JWST Solar System meeting
Silvia Protopapa (Maryland)  – Unveiling the composition of minor bodies in the outer Solar System with JWST

JWST is a joint mission between NASA, ESA and CSA.