CFHT 13th Users Meeting.

The abstract submission for the 13th meeting of the CFHT users is now open until 15 March 2022. Registration remains open until 15 April 2022. Please go to https://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/en/news/UM2022/index.php for more details. The meeting will be held remotely with possible participation of up to 58 people at the Observatoire de Strasbourg in France from 9 to 11 May 2022.

At over 40 years old, CFHT continues a healthy balance of PI-led programs and large programs that take advantage of its instrumentation suite. CFHT offers 5 modern instruments collectively capable of imaging, spectroscopy, and spectropolarimetry that enable science from exoplanets and stellar activity to small solar system bodies, star formation, and cosmology. The diversity of instruments, combined with efficient queue operations and a focus on Large Programs, keeps CFHT among the most scientifically productive observatories in the world. Through upgraded instrumentation and operations CFHT has reinvented itself many times and its most significant iteration is now on the horizon.

The vision for the future of CFHT is the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE). MSE will lead the world in multi-object spectroscopy with dedicated survey operations. MSE science is diverse and ranges from exoplanets to stellar populations in nearby galaxies to the composition and dynamics of the distant universe. Now is a critical time for defining the future of CFHT taking advantage of its unique instrumentation and exceptional site, as we prepare for a new era with MSE.

At this, the 13th Users' Meeting in CFHT’s history, we as a community we will discuss exciting recent scientific results and plans for the next ones. Most importantly, we will help guide the future direction of CFHT. Laura Parker, Professor McMaster University Chair, CFHT Scientific Advisory Council Chair, UM2022 Scientific Organizing Committee Daniel Devost, CFHT Director of Science Operations. Chair, UM2022 Local Organizing Committee.