Wide-field InfraRed Surveys: Science and Techniques

*** http://conference.ipac.caltech.edu/wfirs2014/ *** The conference is intended for scientists to consider recent progress especially from NASA missions such as Spitzer, Kepler, Hubble and WISE, as it affects the design of the next generation of space-based infrared surveys, including the Decadal Survey's top priority, a wide-field infrared survey telescope (WFIRST). The conference will expose the participants to the capabilities currently envisaged for WFIRST-AFTA. The conference will also assess the mission's promise in the context of the anticipated performance of JWST and other planned space missions such as TESS and Euclid, as well as ground-based projects. Because of the wide range of topics, from Dark Energy to Exoplanets, addressed by WFIRST, and the increasing importance of additional community-driven observational programs, this will be a unique opportunity to bring together these many constituencies to present their perspectives and inform the trade studies pursued by the WFIRST-AFTA Science Definition Team and the Project Formulation Team.