LOCATION
Vienna International Centre
Vienna, Austria

DATES
22-24 May 2024
 

LANGUAGE
The working language will be English
 

OBJECTIVES
The objective of this technical meeting is to continue the process of completing the IDC Validation and Acceptance Test Plan (VATP). The focus for this particular meeting will be to:

• Discuss the draft VATP and review comments made regarding the current draft and suggestions to address specific issues.
• Review the plan for the 2024 Experiment.
• Review the Test Implementation Plan for the 2024 Experiment
• Discuss the scope of the Technical Report content to capture the results from the 2024 Experiment.
   

AGENDA
The following agenda is draft and may be subjected to changes prior to the technical meeting.  A detailed agenda will be provided to all participants prior to the technical meeting.

1. Status of the Experiments
2. Format of the Technical and Evaluation reports for the Experiments
3. Discussion on specific comments received regarding the current draft of the VATP and suggested actions to address them.
4. Discussion on the draft VATP Rev 5.4.
5. Expert presentations on relevant topics
6. Review the plan for the 2024 Experiment.
7. Review the Test Implementation Plan for the 2024 Experiment
8. Future progressive commissioning activities
9. Meeting outcomes and action items
    

PARTICIPANT PROFILE
The meeting is aimed towards scientists, engineers and other persons who have technical expertise in one of the four IMS technologies, the functions of the IDC and in performance monitoring and testing. The participants are expected to provide their technical input to the VATP and related activities such as the Experiments. 

States Signatories are expected to nominate experts who will provide substantive inputs to these topics for discussion. 

APPLICATION PROCEDURES
Applicants are invited to submit an abstract relevant to the objectives of the meeting at the time of registration via the registration platform http://ctnw.ctbto.org before 10 March 2024.

OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION

Presentations
PowerPoint presentations shall not exceed 15 minutes.