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<p><span>Dear Operations Interest Group and IVOA Community,<br>
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We are pleased to announce that the next IVOA Interoperability
Meeting will be held in Perth (Australia), with remote
participation available, from 6 to 8 November 2026. For more
details, please visit the official meeting page: <a
href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://adass2026.icrar.org/ivoa-2026__;!!D9dNQwwGXtA!VwN-jsv_FMRl5h9KSXOZkiRRW9RNke2RH-vsD0iilhfqULehU_t3Kfo_Cw7SwTRtaQ257VG-S7_KAyb84-Y$"
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://adass2026.icrar.org/ivoa-2026</a><br>
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The Operations Interest Group (Ops IG) is organizing a session
during the meeting and we warmly invite contributions on topics
related to operations, including but not limited to:<br>
<br>
- Site Reports and Operational Challenges: Share how
organizations provide VO services, including any challenges,
questions, or lessons learned from operating services that
implement VO standards.<br>
<br>
- Operations in the Cloud: Experiences with cloud and hybrid
infrastructures.<br>
<br>
- Performance and Load Management: Experiences with the
effects of bots, AI agents and other automated clients on
archive sites, how they affect service performance and resource
management, and potential solutions.<br>
<br>
- AI and VO Operations: Experiences with AI-based tools and
agents accessing and interacting VO services, resource
management, metadata requirements, and operational challenges
and opportunities.<br>
<br>
- Operational aspects of authentication: Associating user
identity with VO requests, including experiences, challenges,
and operational implications.<br>
<br>
- User agents: Statistical data on the usage of various
client agents for TAP and other VO protocols, along with your
experience in collecting and analyzing this data and the
infrastructure supporting it, including approaches to
identifying AI-based clients.<br>
<br>
- Communication and feedback between ops services and data
providers: Your experiences or proposals to improve it.<br>
<br>
- Validation: Your experience with providing or using
software that verifies the correctness of VO services.<br>
<br>
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If you would like to contribute a talk, discussion, or proposal
on any of these topics (or others related to operations), please
reach out to us by email. Kindly include the title and a brief
abstract of your proposed contribution. If you are unsure
whether your topic fits or are a first-time contributor, don’t
hesitate to contact us for clarification.<br>
<br>
Submission Deadline: 23 October 2026. Early submissions are
encouraged to facilitate session planning and organization.<br>
<br>
Contact information:<br>
<br>
- Tamara Civera (Chair) – <a href="mailto:tcivera@cefca.es"
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">tcivera@cefca.es</a><br>
<br>
- Henrik Norman (Vice Chair) – <a
href="mailto:henrik@winterway.eu" target="_blank"
rel="noreferrer" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">henrik@winterway.eu</a><br>
<br>
We look forward to your contributions and to another engaging
and productive session!</span></p>
<p><span>Best regards,<br>
<br>
Tamara Civera and Henrik Norman - Operations IG<br>
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