1. WELCOME IN GOUTELAS!... Euro Summer School: Observing and Data Reduction with the Very Large Telescope Interferometer Goutelas, 5-16 June 2006

2. School objectives ● Part of a cycle of 4 European schools (cf. talk by P. Garcia) ● The objectives of this school is to train participants to the use of the VLTI instruments AMBER & MIDI ● Organised as follows: – Lectures (theory, general presentation,...) – Tutorials (illustrated interferometry, related to practice sessions) – Practice sessions with real VLTI software – Illustrated seminars by specialists with actual results

3. ● The 2 weeks organized as follows: – Preparation observations (1 st week) – Data reduction and model fitting (2 nd week) – Personal projects at the end of each week – Poster session on Thursday afternoon ● Local web site: http://vltischoolhttp://vltischool (.obs.ujf-grenoble.fr) ● Speakers from interferometry community

4. Practical aspects ● Laundry ● Free day on Sunday (picnic possible, tourist guides available,...) ● Internet available on wifi and in the computer room (limited bandwidth) ●... If any questions, please do not hesitate to ask...

5. Sponsors * Marie Curie Actions * European Southern Observatory * Observatoire de Paris * Jean-Marie Mariotti Center (JMMC) * Action Spécifique Haute Résolution Angulaire (ASHRA/CNRS) * Programme National de Physique Stellaire (PNPS/CNRS) * Programme National de Planétologie (PNP/CNRS) * Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie (MPIA) * Max-Planck Institut für Radioastronomie (MPifR)