The first meeting of the Technical Advisory Group took place in March 2019. The group is formed by partners with previous responsabilities in the EST conceptual design study.
The Technical Advisory Group (TAG) is one of the advisory committees working with the EST Project Office to ensure adequate internal communication (the other one being the Science Advisory Group).
The group was formed at the beginning of 2019 and is composed by partners with previous responsabilities in the EST conceptual design, as well as in the design, manufacturing, integration, and operation of other solar telescopes. The Project Office will periodically inform the TAG to monitor the progress of the design and to get its reviews and suggestions if needed.
The first EST PO-TAG meeting took place on March 15, 2019 with the participation of Francesco Berrilli and Dario Del Moro (UNITOV), Paolo Di Marcantonio and Marco Stangalini (INAF), Oskar von der Lühe and Reiner Volkmer (KIS), and Manuel Collados and Mary Barreto (IAC). A new member, Dan Kiselman (SU), has joined since then. Other new members will be welcomed, especially for those systems that will be consolidated and designed during 2020.
The next TAG meeting will take place after the Secondary Adaptive Mirror market consultation.