Survey is now open! Share your thought by June 12, 2025
The International Gemini Observatory is developing its long-range vision for the next decade. Gemini’s new Strategic Vision will guide us as we anticipate the needs of our user community and stakeholders for the next decade and beyond. This is an exciting opportunity to set the path for building new capabilities, updating the Observatory operations, and reviewing our scientific priorities.
We seek broad input from the entire astronomical community, including students, early-career researchers, and established scientists, to shape Gemini’s future contribution to astronomical discoveries. How do you envision Gemini complementing the upcoming new ground- and space-based mission? What new facilities, including the next major instrument(s), Gemini should invest in? Whether you are a frequent Gemini user or have never used our telescopes, share your perspective with us by completing this survey before June 12, 2025.
You can also review the summary of last year’s survey, and the current Gemini Strategic Science Plan, which guides the Observatory through the 2020s.
Now closed - Submission deadline September 13, 2024
The International Gemini Observatory has initiated the process of shaping its long-range strategy for the next decade. This is a unique and exciting opportunity to chart the course toward enhancing Gemini's capabilities, setting priorities, and fostering community collaboration well into the 2030s.
As we envision the future of Gemini Observatory, we recognize the importance of engaging with the multiple voices within the astronomical community. To facilitate this dialogue, in May 2024 we hosted two Virtual Town Halls. During these town halls, we reviewed the upgrades to be completed by Gemini Observatory by 2028 and seek input on new instrumentation and major capabilities upgrades to continue advancing scientific discovery in the upcoming decade. A copy of the presentation can be found here. A recording is available at this link
In addition to the Town Halls, we invite the submission of Community Brief Recommendations. These concise reports, no more than two pages in length including figures, should address areas of growth and development that Gemini should consider, such as:
Submissions should be sent to gemini-community-papers@noirlab.edu by 13 September 2024. Authors may be contacted for clarification or further input by the Gemini Chief Scientist, Elena Sabbi. Your participation and feedback are invaluable as we shape the future of Gemini. Thank you for your support of our strategic planning process!
A Working Group of Gemini users, representative of all the Observatory Partners, will review the Recommendations and provide input and guidance to Gemini's Strategic Science Plan. The members of the Gemini Strategic Science Plan Working Group are: Gisella De Rosa (Space Telescope Science Institute, USA) - Chair; Breann Sitarski (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA); Jennifer A. Burt (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA); Vigneshwaran Krishnamurthy (Mc Gill University, Canada); Dustin Lang (University of Waterloo, Canada); Tomas Puzia (Pontificia Universidad Catolia, Chile); Marianne Takamiya (University of Hawaii, USA); Luan Ghezzi (Federal University of Rio der Janeiro, Brazil); Victoria Reynaldi (Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina); Ho Seong Hwang (Seoul National University, Korea). For the Gemini Observatory: Elena Sabbi, Siyi Xu, Monika Soraisam, Bryan Miller