On 14 October 2024, more than 250 guests from around the world will gather in Zeuthen, Germany, to celebrate the inauguration of the CTAO Science Data Management Centre (SDMC) building, one of the Observatory’s four core facilities.
Located on the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY campus, near Berlin, the CTAO SDMC serves as the scientific gateway for the CTAO, coordinating the software and computing work, as well as the science operations of the Observatory and making CTAO‘s data products available to the worldwide community. The new building will be the home of the CTAO Computing Department and also host DESY offices and a new canteen. Aligning with the regional importance of DESY, this is the first time an international research project will be co-hosted on the DESY Zeuthen campus, fostering top international research in Brandenburg and attracting scientist worldwide to work on its premises.
To celebrate this milestone, Mario Brandenburg, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), and Tobias Dünow, State Secretary at the Ministry of Science, Research and Culture of the State of Brandenburg (MWFK), will participate in the ceremony on campus. They will be joined by Dr. Stuart McMuldroch, CTAO Managing Director; Prof. Beate Heinemann, DESY Director for Particle Physics; Prof. Otmar Wiestler, President of the Helmholtz Association, and Prof. Christian Stegmann, Head of DESY Zeuthen.
The CTAO SDMC inauguration will be held in English, with simultaneous translation in German, and live streamed in both languages on the DESY YouTube channel (English version and German version).
For further information and interview inquiries (both in person and online), please contact:
Dr. Alba Fernández-Barral
CTAO Chief Communications Officer
alba.fernandezbarral@cta-observatory.org
Ulrike Behrens
Head of Communications at DESY Zeuthen