# Overviews of facilities & instruments
## VLTI

* VLTI overview / Teacher: **[Antoine Mérand](<Antoine Merand 75cc5c43.md>) **\[[course video](https://pod.univ-cotedazur.fr/video/11937-presentation-of-vlti/) / slides {download}`VLTI School - about VLTI.pdf<files/4250ff6f-1daa-497e-a794-5db0bfdcf281/VLTI_School_-_about_VLTI.pdf>`\]
* The GRAVITY instrument / Teacher: **[Felix Widmann](<Felix Widmann d38c8af5.md>)**
* MATISSE overview / Teacher: **[Bruno Lopez](<Bruno Lopez 8d43a2cf.md>)**

## CHARA

* CHARA array overview / Teacher: [Gail Schaefer](<Gail Schaefer 52f94418.md>)
* SPICA / Teacher: **[Denis Mourard](<Denis Mourard acb8c90a.md>)**
* MIRC-X and MYSTIC / Teacher: **[Claire Davies](<Claire Davies 8ff469c8.md>) **\[[course video](https://pod.univ-cotedazur.fr/video/11902-cdavies_mircx_mysticmp4/) / slides {download}`CDavies_MIRC-X_v2.pdf<files/bf76eba0-caba-417e-a429-007dcbe88a6e/CDavies_MIRC-X_v2.pdf>`\]

**Tuesday June 8**

* 15h00-15h55 Overview of the VLTI and its evolution (55min) [Antoine Mérand](<Antoine Merand 75cc5c43.md>) \[[course video](https://pod.univ-cotedazur.fr/video/11937-presentation-of-vlti/) / slides {download}`VLTI School - about VLTI.pdf<files/4250ff6f-1daa-497e-a794-5db0bfdcf281/VLTI_School_-_about_VLTI.pdf>`\]

**Wednesday June 9**

* 15h00-15h55 The GRAVITY instrument and its science results (55min) [Felix Widmann](<Felix Widmann d38c8af5.md>) \[[course video](https://pod.univ-cotedazur.fr/video/11945-presentation-of-gravity-with-some-bits-of-plus/)\]
* 15h55-16h50 MATISSE Overview (55min) [Bruno Lopez](<Bruno Lopez 8d43a2cf.md>) \[[course video](https://pod.univ-cotedazur.fr/video/11948-presentation-of-matisse/)\]
* 17h10-18h00 The CHARA Array (50min) [Gail Schaefer](<Gail Schaefer 52f94418.md>) \[[course video](https://pod.univ-cotedazur.fr/video/11950-presentation-of-chara/)\]
* 18h00-18h30 SPICA: the new visible instrument at CHARA (30min)  [Denis Mourard](<Denis Mourard acb8c90a.md>) \[[course video](https://pod.univ-cotedazur.fr/video/11949-presentation-of-spica-at-chara/)\]
* 18h30-19h00 MIRCX and MYSTIC: near-infrared interferometry at CHARA (30min) [Claire Davies](<Claire Davies 8ff469c8.md>) \[[course video](https://pod.univ-cotedazur.fr/video/11902-cdavies_mircx_mysticmp4/) / slides {download}`CDavies_MIRC-X_v2.pdf<files/bf76eba0-caba-417e-a429-007dcbe88a6e/CDavies_MIRC-X_v2.pdf>`\]