Come to our workshop to learn about: - ESA's Gaia mission,which was launched in Dec 2013 - results of the commissioning of the satellite - the first potential alerts on supernovae and other transients from Gaia - results of the first alerts verification observations - potential science to be done with Gaia transients (e.g. supernovae, TDE, microlensing, CVs, young stellar objects, GRBs) - organisation of the follow-up for Gaia alerts - how to get involved Come to our workshop to contribute: - with your experience in science of transients - by presenting your results on surveying the sky for transients - showing what can potentially be done with the Gaia data for transients - presenting your follow-up facility ready for Gaia alerts When and where? - 9-12 September 2014 (Tue-Fri) - Warsaw, Poland - University of Warsaw, New University Library Information and registration: http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/ioa/wikis/gsawgwiki/index.php/Workshop2014:main http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/ioa/wikis/gsawgwiki/index.php/Workshop2014:regist ration Contact: Gaia Science Alerts Workshop gaiasciencealertsworkshop2014@gmail.com Lukasz Wyrzykowski lw@astrouw.edu.pl