Roman Community Forum

The Roman Space Telescope mission partners are planning to start the Roman Community Forum. This will be a monthly virtual meeting that will provide updates on Roman mission status and plans, and an opportunity for the science community to engage with the Roman Project and Science Centers.

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Community Forum #16 - 4:00 PM, November 6th, 2024

This month's community forum will have a mission update and a discussion from the Science Operations Center on the Roman Science Platform.

Community Forum #15 - 4:00 PM, September 25th, 2024

First part: Roman Project updates from Jeff Kruk
Second part: Roman Coronagraph Community Participation Program (CPP) co-lead Dmitry Savransky (Cornell) gave an overview of the work being done by the CPP.
Third part: the Roman Coronagraph Project Systems Engineer Ilya Poberezhskiy (JPL) gave updates about the Coronagraph (e.g., its full-functional and thermal vacuum tests and delivery to Goddard).

Core Community Definition Virtual Town Halls

The three definition committees for the core community surveys held two virtual townhalls each spread over two weeks. The meetings were recorded and slides are available.

Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey

High Latitude Time Domain Survey

High Latitude Wide Area Survey

Webex link for all sessions.

Community Forum #14 - 4:00 PM, August 28th, 2024

This month we had presentation on what we have learned about the Wide Field Instrument following the pre-ship review and delivery to Goddard.

Community Forum #13 - 4:00 PM, July 24th, 2024

This month we had a Mission Update and an update from the Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey Definition Committee.

Community Forum #12 - 4:00 PM, June 26th, 2024

This month we had two presentations:

Community Forum #11 - 4:00 PM, February 21st, 2024

This month we had two presentations:

Community Forum #10 - 4:00 PM, January 24th, 2024

This month had a presentation from Roberta Paladini of Caltech-IPAC:

Community Forum #9 - 4:00 PM, December 13th, 2023

This month we had two presentations:

Community Forum #8 - 4:00 PM, May 24th, 2023

The May meeting provided updates on the progress in integration and test of the observatory.

White Paper Discussion and Q&A Sessions

The Roman Mission held multiple virtual Q&A and discussion sessions in late April and early May to encourage and facilitate community interaction and collaboration on white papers.

Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey

  • Monday, April 24, 10:30 - 11:30 am EDT
  • Tuesday, May 2, 4 - 5 pm EDT

High Latitude Wide Area Survey

  • Wednesday, April 26, 11 am - 12 pm EDT
  • Monday, May 1, 2 - 3 pm EDT

High Latitude Time Domain Survey

  • Friday, April 28, 3 - 4 pm EDT
  • Thursday, May 4, 12 - 1 pm EDT

At each session there was a presentation on the community definition of Roman's Core Community Surveys.

Community Forum #7 - 4:00 PM, April 26th, 2023

April's community forum focussed on science pitches and the recently released white paper call.

Community Forum #6 - 4:00 PM, March 29th, 2023

The March forum featured an update from the Software Working Group. To join a Working Group complete the form on the signup page.

Community Forum #5 - 4:00 PM, February 15th, 2023

The Roman Coronagraph Instrument was the focus of February's forum. The agenda was:

Community Forum #4 - 11:00 AM, January 20th, 2023 & 4:00 PM, January 25th, 2023

Presentations given at the January community forum can be accessed through the links below.

Community Forum #3 - 4:00 PM, December 15th, 2022

Presentations given at the December community forum can be accessed through the links below.

Community Forum #2 - October 26th, 2022

Presentations given at the October community forum can be accessed through the links below.

Community Forum #1 - September 14th, 2022

Presentations given at the first community forum can be accessed through the links below: