<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear All,<span class=""><br class=""></span><span class="">As you know we have a dedicated session for newcomers to the IVOA on the 25th of April, starting at 20:30 UTC. <br class=""></span><div class="">The session will be divided in two one hour blocks separated by a 30 min break. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">For that session I have asked Bruce Berriman to give a short intro to the history of the IVOA, who has kindly agreed :) </div><div class="">After Bruces presentation I will give an intro to the IVOA (what, why, where, …) where I will briefly mention some standards (VOTable, Conesearch, HiPS, MOC, VOEvent, SAMP, provenance, ). The idea is not to be exhaustive but to allow newcomers to get a feeling on standards. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The presentations will then be followed by the tutorial that Hendrik Heinl & Dave Morris have prepared where they will concentrate a bit more on the tech side of things. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I send you the pdf. Comments are welcome until Thursday ! </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">BTW, I still need to prepare the CSP presentation (intro) and the one for the panel session with the summary of the Survey. I will send you those later this week. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers,</div><div class="">Ada</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""></div></div></body></html>