7-11 November 2022

Ringberg Castle, Bavaria, Germany

Celebrating JWST's first six months of exoplanet data

Overview

After decades of waiting, JWST observations of exoplanets are finally upon us! To celebrate this exciting time, we will convene for a week at Ringberg Castle. The goal of the workshop is to bring together world experts on transiting planets, directly imaged planets, and brown dwarfs to discuss early JWST results and instrument performance, and brainstorm innovations in data analysis and atmospheric modeling needed to make the most of this once-in-a-generation telescope. We strongly encourage participants to share early results — even if they are very preliminary — to accelerate our understanding of exoplanet atmospheres and instrument performance in advance of the Cycle 2 deadline. To encourage open communication, we request that participants agree that any JWST result shared at the workshop is a private communication, and may only be used with permission.

Organizers

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SOC & LOC

Laura Kreidberg (MPIA)
Tom Mikal-Evans (MPIA)
Paul Mollière (MPIA)
Carola Jordan (MPIA)

Participants

Participation is by invitation only.

Any provided personal data are processed in accordance with the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy privacy policy.

Aarynn Carter	Amy Louca	Anjali Piette	Björn Benneke	Cyril Gapp	Dana Louie
Diana Powell	Drake Deming	Duncan Christie	Elisabeth Matthews	Elspeth Lee	Eva-Maria Ahrer
Everett Schlawin	Evert Nasedkin	Ian Crossfield	Ian Dobbs-Dixon	Jake Taylor	Jasmina Blecic
Jeroen Bouwman	Jonathan Fortney	Laura Kreidberg	Lili Alderson	Lisa Dang	Lorena Acuña
Luis Welbanks	Maria Steinrueck	Maria Zamyatina	Mark Hammond	Nathan Mayne	Nestor Espinoza
Niall Whiteford	Nicolas Cowan	Nicolas Crouzet	Nikole Lewis	Olivia Venot	Patricio E. Cubillos
Paul Mollière	Pierre-Olivier Lagage	Polychronis Patapis	Sebastian Zieba	Taylor James Bell	Thaddeus Komacek
Thomas Beatty	Thomas Mikal-Evans	Yamila Miguel	Zafar Rustamkulov	Tiffany Kataria	Beth Biller
Ryan MacDonald	Sasha Hinkley

Program

The program is preliminary and talk titles will be added soon.

Sunday

16:00 - 22:00 Arrival at the castle
catered sandwiches will be provided for participants arriving before 8 pm (we will have vegetarian options but not vegan)

Monday

08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast
09:00 - 09:10 Welcome
Logistics for the week
09:10 - 10:30 Flash talks
Individual one slide introductions (90 seconds per person)
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee
11:00 - 12:30 Observational and theoretical foundations from the last two decades of exoplanet atmosphere characterization
Drake Deming, Jonathan Fortney
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 First results from the Transiting Exoplanets Community Early Release Science program
Zafar Rustamkalov - WASP-39b through the eyes of NIRSPec PRISM
Lili Alderson - WASP-39b through the eyes of NIRSPec G395H
Eva-Maria Ahrer - WASP-39b through the eyes of NIRCam
Bjoern Benneke - WASP-39b through the eyes of NIRISS SOSS
Olivia Venot - Great Expectations for the WASP-43b MIRI Phase Curve
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee
16:00 - 17:30 A new era of atmospheric retrieval for gas giants
Luis Welbanks - Model Synthesis for the Transiting Exoplanet ERS Program
Patricio Cubillos - An exploration of the WASP-39b JWST information content: data constraints vs modeling biases
Jasmina Blecic - Multidimensional Emission Retrievals in the JWST Era
Ryan MacDonald - Multidimensional Transmission Retrievals: A New Window into Giant Exoplanet Atmospheres
18:30 - 20:00 Dinner

Tuesday

08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast
09:00 - 09:10 Announcements
09:10 - 10:30 Hot Jupiters galore
Drake Deming – First look at the transmission spectrum of HD 189733b with NIRCam
Thomas Beatty - There's a Reason it's a Classic: Dayside Emission from HD 189733b
Jake Taylor - ERO observations of the hot Jupiter WASP-96b
Taylor Bell - MIRI Transmission and Emission Spectroscopy of the Warm Jupiter WASP-80b
Nestor Espinoza - Two for the price of one: exploring the morning and evening terminators of Hot Jupiters with JWST
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee
11:00 - 12:30 How I learned to stop worrying and love clouds
Diana Powell - 2D microphysical models: a cloud odyssey
Thaddeus Komacek - Some shine and some don’t: inhomogeneous cloud decks in the atmospheres of ultra-hot Jupiters
Maria Steinrueck - A Clockwork Haze? Haze radiative feedback in 3D simulations of hot Jupiters and mini-Neptunes
Mark Hammond - Retrieving eclipse maps and wind speeds from JWST observations of WASP-18b and other planets
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 Did you know planets are 3D?
Tom Mikal-Evans - A NIRSpec phase curve for WASP-121b
Elspeth Lee - Yet another thing to compare to, modelling ultra hot Jupiters for high resolution spectroscopy
Maria Zamyatina - Observability of signatures of transport-induced chemistry in clear atmospheres of hot gas giant exoplanets
Ian Dobbs-Dixon - TBC
Tiffany Kataria - Comparing Spitzer and JWST phase-resolved observations: How did we do?
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee
16:00 - 17:00 Poster viewing
17:30 - 18:30 Castle tour
Don't miss this; the castle has a fascinatingly weird history!
18:30 - 20:00 Dinner

Wednesday

08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast
09:00 - 09:10 Announcements
09:10 - 10:30 Directly imaged planets galore I
Paul Mollière - Model analyses of the ultra-cool dwarf WISE J1828 in the MIRI GTO team
Aaryn Carter, - The First Direct Images of an Exoplanet with JWST
Pierre-Olivier Lagage - Yes, all the sources detected by direct imaging from the ground are observable with MIRI
Beth Biller - Revealing the turbulent atmospheres of young, giant planets through variability monitoring and spectroscopy
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee
11:00 - 12:30 Directly imaged planets galore II
Niall Whiteford - Cloudy retrievals of VHS 1256 b
Sasha Hinkley - Characterizing Ice-Line Planets with JWST NIRISS
Elisabeth Matthews - Unlocking the population of cold, old planets around nearby stars using imaging and radial velocities
Evert Nasedkin - The Mid-Infrared Opportunity: Direct Imaging Spectroscopy with MIRI/MRS
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 18:00 Excursion!
Schnapps distillery tour and tasting
18:30 - 20:00 Bavarian evening

Thursday

08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast
09:00 - 09:10 Announcements
09:10 - 10:30 Panel discussion of instrument performance
Jeroen Bouwman, Nestor Espinoza, Everett Schlawin, Nicolas Crouzet, Polychronis Patapis
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee
11:00 - 12:30 Lava worlds
Yamila Miguel - Lava Worlds' Atmospheres and Observability
Nick Cowan - Lava Planet Dynamics and Observables
Anjali Piette - Atmospheric retrieval of lava worlds
Amy Louca - TBD
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
11:00 - 12:30 Rocky planets
Lorena Acuna - Interior-atmosphere modelling of JWST rocky planets
Bjoern Benneke, - JWST reconnaissance transmission spectroscopy of TRAPPIST-1 planets: first results
Sebastian Zieba – A first look at thermal emission from TRAPPIST-1c
all - group discussion
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee
16:00 - 17:30 Unconference sessions and proposal brainstorming I
18:30 - 20:00 Dinner

Friday

08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast
09:00 - 09:10 Announcements
09:10 - 10:30 Unconference sessions and proposal brainstorming II
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee
11:00 - 12:30 Final discussion and wrap-up
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00- End of conference and individual departure

Venue

The conference will be held at Ringberg Castle, overlooking the scenic Tergensee in southern Germany. With space for roughly 50 guests on a secluded mountain top, Ringberg is a cozy spot conducive to vibrant scientific discussion, brainstorming new ideas, feasting and merriment, and (if you dare) four-person chess.

Accessibility

Ringberg is wheelchair accessible (see this page for more detailed information). If you require any other accomodations for your stay at the castle, please contact the organizers.

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Address

Tagungsstätte Schloss Ringberg

Schloßstraße 20 D-83700 Reitrain

Logistics

Where

The workshop will take place at Ringberg Castle, Bavaria, Germany.

When

The workshop will start at 9 am on 7 November 2022 and finishes at 2 pm on 11 November 2022.

The castle is booked from 6 November, 4 pm, to allow participants to arrive the day before the workshop starts.

COVID vigilance

Participants are required to provide proof of vaccination or recovery from COVID-19. In addition, we will provide a rapid antigen COVID self-test for each participant for each day of the workshop. Daily testing is mandatory for all participants. If you test positive or feel ill during the workshop, please inform the organisers immediately and we will arrange for a private room for you to self-isolate.

Workshop fee

The workshop fee will be approximately €720. Payments via Master- and Visacard are accepted, but EC-Card and cash are preferred.

Lunches & Coffee Breaks

Ringberg castle provides breakfast, lunch, dinner and coffee breaks on site (no dinner on Sunday and Friday!). These are part of the workshop fee.

Workshop outing

On Wednesday afternoon we will go on a guided tour of the Liedschreiber distillery (incl. a tasting)! Some information about the tour:

During a tour of our distillery you can learn about the production of our noble brandies and fine liqueurs. On the basis of the distillation plant, which is in operation during the tour, visitors learn about the sequence of high-quality processes from the exquisite fruit to the noble distillate and facts worth knowing about contemporary distillation technology. During the subsequent tasting in the cozy tasting room with a view of the magnificent alpine scenery, enjoy the delicacies from the wide range of products. Cheese from regional production and fresh bread are served in a convivial atmosphere.

The guided tour, including tasting, lasts about 1 1/2 to 2 hours and costs €20 per person + €10 for the bus ride.

Workshop dinner

Our hosts at the castle will welcome us to a Bavarian style dinner on Wednesday evening.

Accessibility

We are committed to providing an accessible environment for all participants. If you need help or arrangements, don't hesitate to contact the organizers. Ringberg is wheelchair accessible (see this page for more detailed information). If you require any other accomodations for your stay at the castle, please contact the organizers.

Moreover, participants will pay attention not to leave out information for some people in your audience. Some of us might not be able to see well, hear well, move well, speak well, or understand information presented in some ways well or at all. Everyone at the event will be open to diversity in the audience and any accessibility issues.

Accommodation

By default participants are staying in the Castle, see Venue. Some of the rooms are shared, we will contact all participants whether they are willing to share, and under which conditions. It is also possible to nominate your favorite roomie :) . In case we are too many we will make reservations for participants in the village. We will make arrangements for shuttling people to and from the castle during the workshop.

Further information

Please don't hesitate to contact us via email if you have any questions!.

Travel

Visa

You may need to apply for a visa to enter Germany. See here for visa requirements. Feel free to contact the organizers if you need a letter of support.

Travel restrictions

While travel is now possible, there is still the possibility for continuously changing regulations. We'll do our best to provide support and information. As of June 11, 2022 all COVID-19 entry restrictions to Germany are lifted, see here. Additionally, Ringberg Castle currently operates under 2G rules (see here) whereby only vaccinated (with a Germany-approved vaccine) or recovered individuals are allowed on the premises. We will continue to update this information, and please in all cases check with a German embassy for specific restrictions and visa requirements based on your location and citizenship.

Getting to Ringberg

By plane

We recommend flying to Munich Airport (MUC), as this is the nearest international airport to Ringberg. After arrival you have to continue by train to reach the castle. Starting at Munich airport, take the regional train (S-Bahn) line S1 or S8 to Munich Central Station. From Munich central station take the train to "Tegernsee" station. You can find train travel times by visiting the Deutsche Bahn (German rail) webpage. Alternatively, search for a public transport route from "Munich airport" to "Tegernsee station" on Google Maps. The total travel time is around 2 h. From Tegernsee station you will need to take a taxi to get to the castle (15 minute ride).

As a large number of workshop attendants will arrive, a taxi reservation in advance via email is mandatory (Taxi Jasinski, taxi-jasinski@live.de).

Note that you may have to switch to a bus during the train ride from Munich to Tegernsee station, due to construction work going on on the train tracks. In this case the final stop of the train is before Tegernsee station, and you will have to transfer to a bus waiting in front of the station. The bus will be shown as "SEV" (Schienenersatzverkehr: "train replacement traffic") on the Deutsche Bahn website.

Also note that on the Deutsche Bahn website you can buy a ticket in advance, but we don't recommend the cheaper "saver" tickets, as these apply to a specific booked train -- you cannot use them on a different train if you have flight delays.

By train

Please book a train to "Tegernsee" station, once there continue to the castle with a taxi (see details in "By Plane" section above).

Driving directions

If you decide to rent a car and drive, you can follow the directions on the Ringberg website. Also check out their cool video...

Code of conduct

During the community workshop, we require participants to follow the code of conduct for the workshop which can be found below. If you have any questions about the workshop, you can reach the organizing committee.

The organizers are dedicated to providing a harassment-free conference experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), or technology choices. We do not tolerate harassment, abusive behavior, or intimidation of conference participants in any form. As such, we follow the European Astronomical Society Council (EAS) Ethics Statement and Guidelines for Good Practice and expect all participants to read and abide by their statements.

In addition to the Code of Conduct, all participants must agree that any JWST results shared at the workshop will remain confidential and may only be used with the explicit permission of the observing program PI.

We pledge to help the entire community follow the code of conduct, and to not remain silent when we see violations of the code of conduct. We will take action when members of our community violate this code such as notifying a workshop organizer or talking privately with the person. Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately. Attendees violating these rules may be asked to leave the event at the sole discretion of the conference organizers.