Participants of the Nov 2018 Lorentz Center workshop in Leiden: (standing, from left to right): Leo Burtscher, Eric Pantin, Frank Varosi, Klaus Pontoppidan, Anne-Lise Maire, Ulli Käufl, Chris Packham, Nancy Levenson, Christian Marois, Takashi Miyata, Bernhard Brandl, Claudia Paladini, Sergio Jose Fernandez Acosta, Sue Lederer, Macarena Garcia Martin, Kora Muzic, Daniel Asmus, Enrique Lopez Rodriguez, Violeta Gamez Rosas, Walter Jaffe, Roy van Boekel, Michael Sterzik, Florentin Millour; (in front, from left to right) Miwa Goto, Ryou Ohsawa, Mitsuhiko Honda, Takafumi Kamizuka, Almudena Alonso Herrero; (not on picture) Ralf Siebenmorgen

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This network also identifies a few generic instrument / country contacts to facilitate the exchange between the various groups.

Instrument contacts (expertise, observations, data retrieval)

• ESO instruments
• La Silla 3.6m/TIMMI2: Michael Sterzik (ESO Garching)
• VLT/VISIR: Daniel Asmus (Southampton University), Eric Pantin (CEA Saclay), Ulli Käfl (ESO Garching)
• VLT/NEAR: Anne-Lise Maire (U Liege)
• ELT/METIS: Bernhard Brandl, Leo Burtscher (U Leiden)
• VLTI/MIDI: Leo Burtscher (U Leiden)
• VLTI/MATISSE: Florentin Millour (OCA Nice), Claudia Paladini (ESO Chile)
• Gran Telescopio Canarias / CanariCam: Sergio Jose Fernandez Acosta (GTC)
• JWST/MIRI: Maca Garcia Martin, Klaus Pontoppidan, Nancy Levenson (all: STScI)
• TMT/MICHI: Chris Packham (U Texas, San Antonio), Mitsuhiko Honda (U Kurume)
• Gemini (UKIRT)/Michelle: Sue Lederer (NASA Houston), Nancy Levenson (STScI)
• SOFIA/FORCAST: Enrique Lopez Rodriguez (SOFIA)
• miniTAO/MAX38: Takafumi Kamizuka (U Tokyo)
• TAO/MIMIZUKU: Takashi Miyata (U Tokyo)
• Subaru/COMICS: Mitsuhiko Honda (U Kurume)

Country contacts (workshop organisation, funding)

• Japan: Mitsuhiko Honda, Takashi Miyata
• USA: Nancy Levenson, Chris Packham
• Canada: Christian Marois
• Europe
• ESO: Ralf Siebenmorgen
• France: Eric Pantin, Florentin Millour
• Germany: Roy van Boekel
• The Netherlands (NOVA): Leo Burtscher, Bernhard Brandl
• Portugal: Kora Muzic
• Spain: Almudena Alsonso Herrero, Sergio Jose Fernandez Acosta