| Conference's goals include: | review of science goals for GAIA spectroscopy, |
| foreseeable achievements by GAIA spectroscopy, | |
| outline of spectrograph design and involved technology, | |
| telemetry and compression algorithms, | |
| synergy with GAIA photometry and astrometry, | |
| legacy to ground-based spectroscopy, | |
| tools for spectral data analysis and treatment, | |
| wavelength and flux calibration of GAIA spectra, | |
| automatic data treatment and measurement. | |
| Topics to be discussed: | radial and rotational velocities, |
| astrometric radial velocities, | |
| derivation of stellar atmospheric parameters (Teff, log g, micro-turb., ...), | |
| stellar atmospheric models (Kurucz, MARCS, Phoenix,...), | |
| chemical abundance analysis and atomic constants, | |
| spectral peculiarities of various kind, | |
| signature of mass loss and interstellar medium, | |
| stellar pulsation, | |
| binarity and eclipsing stars, | |
| spectral classification over the GAIA wavelength region, | |
| Galaxy kinematics, structure and evolution from GAIA spectroscopy, | |
| stellar structure and evolution from GAIA spectroscopy, | |
| support to extra-solar planets and foundamental physics investigations. |