Scientific Programme (Preliminary)

 

Monday

   

09:00

Introduction

   

09:30

B. Silva

The history of astronomical facilities in Chile, and the role of the La Silla observatory

30

10:00

M. Tarenghi

Project management

30

10:30

G. Ihle

Mechanical engineering

30

       

11:00

 

coffee/1

30

       

11:30

J. Melnick

Greatest scientific hits

30

12:00

A. Maeder

Stars, stellar populations, and stellar evolution

30

12:30

G. Meylan

Kinematics and dynamics of globular clusters

30

       

13:00

 

lunch

90

       

14:30

T. De Graauw

Pre-SEST IR and Mm wave heterodyne observations from la Silla

15

14:45

G. Mathys

Pioneering modern (high) resolution spectropolarimetry with the CASPEC Zeeman analyser

15

       

15:00

C. Moni Bidin

The ESO 1m telescope

30

       

15:30

 

coffee/2

30

       

16:00

E. Molinari

REM

30

       

16:30

P. Groot

BlackGEM

30

       

17:00

end of day

   
       
Tuesday

 

   
       

09:00

S. Lopriore

The ESO New Technology Telescope: a Race to the Future

30

09:30

C. Barbieri (1/2)

From the NTT to the TNG

30

10:00

L. Pasquini

HR spectrographs

30

       

10:30

 

coffee/1

30

       

11:00

M. Mayor

HARPS: exoplanets of the southern sky

30

11:30

F. Pepe

HARPS: the missing link between 1 km/s and 1 cm/s

30

12:00

T. Forveille

Planets hosted by low mass stars

30

       

12:30

 

lunch

90

       

14:00

C. Barbieri

Iqueye at the NTT: The best light curves of the optical pulsars in the Crab, Vela and 0540-69 supernova remnants

15

14:15

C. Gouiffes

Fifty years of high time resolution astrophysics at La Silla

15

       

14:30

S. Udry

The role of EULER 1.2m telescope in the era of large ground- and space-based surveys

30

       

15:00

   

30

       

15:30

E. Jehin

TRAPPIST

30

       

16:00

F. Bouchy

NIRPS – An infrared HARPS for La Silla

30

       

16:30

end of day

   
       
Wednesday

 

   
       

09:00

S. D’Odorico

Optical Instrumentaton

30

09:30

H. U. Kaeufl

IR Instrumentation

30

10:00

T. Marsh

White Dwarfs

30

       

10:30

 

coffee/1

30

       

11:00

C. Snodgrass

GravityCam: A future wide-field high-resolution imager for the NTT

15

11:30

M. Boer

The TAROT project

30

12:00

?? G. Blanc

A future without light pollution

30

       

20:00

 

Social Dinner @ LS  
       
Thursday

 

   
       

09:00

H. Quintana

The early years of the relations between ESO and the Chilean astronomical community

30

09:30

L. Infante

Relations with Las Campanas

30

10:00

M. Hamuy

Relations with CTIO

30

       

10:30

 

coffee/1

30

       

11:00

B. Barbuy (tbc)

The Galactic bulge

30

11:30

B. Nordstrom

The Geneva-Copenhagen Survey

30

12:00

M. Spite

The very and extremely metal-poor stars from La Silla to Paranal

30

       

12:30

 

lunch

90

       

14:00

D. Geisler

The ESO/CTIO Joint Workshops

15

14:15

B. Dias

ESO-La Silla/NEON School publishes paper on the peculiar globular cluster NGC3201

15

       

14:30

T. Forveille

ExTrA

30

       

15:00

   

30

       

15:30

I. Snellen

MASCARA

30

       

16:00

I. Zayer

TBT

30

       

16:30

end of day

   
       
Friday

 

   
       

09:00

C. Melo

Diplomatic relations with RCH

30

09:30

L. Chavarria

ESO-CONICYT relations

30

10:00

L. A. Nyman

SEST

30

       

10:30

 

coffee/1

30

       

11:00

??? [B. Gustafsson]

Stellar Atmospheres

30

11:30

H. Zinnecker

Young binary stars

30

12:00

P. Bouchet [tbc]

SN 1987A

30

       

12:30

 

lunch

90

       

14:00

R. Mignani

The glorious history of Neutron Star Astronomy at ESO

15

14:15

A. Ederoclite

The relevance of medium and small size telescopes in the formation of future astronomers

15

       

14:30

R. Gredel

The MPG 2.2m telescope

30

       

15:00

   

30

       

15:30

M. Andersen

D154

30

       

16:00

P. Schipani

SOXS

30

       

16:30

end of day