<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=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dear IVOA Interop Colleagues,</span><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I’m happy to announce Registration for the Virtual IVOA Meeting.</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The dates for the meeting are **May 4-8** for the core meeting. Topical discussions will be scheduled going forward - your input on those topics is requested when registering.</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">** Link to meeting registration: <a href="https://indico.ict.inaf.it/e/ivoa/virtual2020" style="font-family: monospace;" class="">https://indico.ict.inaf.it/e/ivoa/virtual2020</a></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Based on your response to the Special Interest topics, we will pick a timezone that is reasonable for most interested parties. Cut off for Special interest input is **12:00 UTC, Friday May 1** for scheduling purposes … normal registration into next week is fine. </div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The schedule for the IVOA meeting will be posted by the end of this week. Here’s a brief outline:</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>. Day 1 (Mon, May04) will include the usual State of the IVOA session starting at 12:00 UTC for ~2 hours</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>. Day 2-5 (Tu-Fri, May05-08) will include 3 sessions per day for ~1 hour each mapping to 8am local time in 3 timezones (Victoria, Strasbourg, Sydney). </div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We are working on a detailed program now and will announce it later this week. </div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Best regards,</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">-janet & pat </div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br class=""></div></body></html>