Program (updated version 2019-03-08):

Day-1, Thursday, 14 March 2019

08:50-09:00  Welcome and practical information (Susana Garcia-Espada + Rüdiger Haas)
09:00-09:45  L01: Why do we do it? – A motivation for VLBI for Geodesy and Geosciences (Axel Nothnagel)
09:45-10:00 – Stretch your legs break –
10:00-10:45 L01 – continued (Axel Nothnagel)
10:45-11:15 — Coffee break —
11:15-12:00 L02: Why do we do it? – A motivation for VLBI for Astrometry (Aletha de Witt)
12:00-12:15 – Stretch your legs break –
12:15-13:00 L02 – continued (Aletha de Witt)
13:00-14:00 — Lunch break —
14:00-14:45 L03: What do we observe? – Radio sources (Patrick Charlot)
14:45-15:00 – Stretch your legs break –
15:00-15:45 L03 – continued (Patrick Charlot)
15:45-16:00 — Coffee break –
16:00-16:45 L04: What do we use to observe? – VLBI stations, radio telescopes, receivers (Gunnar Elgered)
16:45-17:00 – Stretch your legs break –
17:00-17:45 L04 – continued (Gunnar Elgered)
17:45-18:00 – Stretch your legs break –
18:00-19:00 EX-1: Exercises on technical aspects (Gunnar Elgered)

Exercises with solutions: Exercises_Solutions_Ant_Feed_Rec

Day-2, Friday, 15 March 2019
09:00-09:45 L05: How do we store and transport the data? – Data acquisition and transport (Harro Verkouter)
09:45-10:00 – Stretch your legs break –
10:00-10:45 L05 – continued (Harro Verkouter)
10:45-11:15 — Coffee break —
11:15-12:00 L06: How do we sample data? – Digital backends (Gino Tuccari)
12:00-12:15 – Stretch your legs break –
12:15-13:00 L06 – continued (Gino Tuccari)
13:00-14:00 — Lunch break —
14:00-14:45 L07: How do we plan observations? – Scheduling (John Gipson)
14:45-15:00 – Stretch your legs break –
15:00-15:45 L07 – continued (John Gipson)
15:45-16:15 – Coffee break –
16:15-17:00 EX-2: Exercises on scheduling (John Gipson)
17:00-17:15 – Stretch your legs break – 
17:15-18:00 L08: How do we determine delays? – Correlation and fringe-fitting (Walter Brisken)
18:00-18:15 – Stretch your legs break –
18:15-19:00 L08 – continued (Walter Brisken)
19:00-19:15 – Stretch your legs break –
19:15-20:00 L09: How do we determine group delays? – Fringe-fitting with FourFit (Rüdiger Haas)

Day-3, Saturday, 16 March 2019
09:00-09:45 EX-3: Exercise on correlation with DiFX and fringe-fitting with Fourfit (Walter Brisken and Rüdiger Haas)
09:45-10:00 – Stretch your legs break –
10:00-10:45  EX-3 – continued (Walter Brisken and Rüdiger Haas)
10:45-11:15 — Coffee break —
11:15-12:00 L10: How do we model observations? – Geophysical modeling (Dan MacMillan)
12:00-12:15 – Stretch your legs break –
12:15-13:00 L11: How do we model observations? – Signal Propagation (Johannes Böhm)
13:00-14:00 – Lunch break –
14:00-14:45 L12: How do we analyze the data? – Data analysis for geodesy (Sergei Bolotin)
14:45-15:00 — Stretch your legs break —
15:00-15:45 L12 – continued (Sergei Bolotin)
15:45-16:00 – Stretch your legs break –
16:00-16:45 EX-4: Exercise on data analysis (Sergei Bolotin)
16:45-17:15 — Coffee break –
17:15-18:00 EX-4 – continued (Sergei Bolotin)
20:00-23:59 – VLBI school dinner –