From February 14 through 16, two ALMA meetings were held at the NAOJ Mitaka campus.

At the ALMA Development Planning Meeting on the first day, the participants discussed the future development plans for the instruments to enhance ALMA science capabilities.

And on the following two days, the ALMA Science Advisory Committee (ASAC) was held, and they discussed the ALMA Early Science observations that started last year, including its summary report, discussions for improvement, and presentations on obtained research outcomes, as well as plans for full operations which will start this year.

The pictures shows the Development Planning Meeting (February 14) and the ASAC participants (February 16).