Program

as at 08-Apr-2010

The list of poster can be found on a separate page.

TALKS: Auditorium
POSTERS: Council Room

Video transmission from Auditorium: Room 231/232

Coffee: Council Room
Welcome Reception: Council Room
PC's: Room 231/232

Tuesday, 13th April
12:00 - 14:00 Registration and coffee (in front of the Auditorium)
14:00 - 14:30 Welcome address (talk) B.Leibundgut
Overview of the JWST and the ELT Projects
14:30 - 15:00 JWST: Project status and science (abstract, talk) J. Gardner
15:00 - 15:15 NIRSpec (abstract, talk) T. Boeker
15:15 - 15:30 MIRI (talk) A. Glasse
15:30 - 15:45 NIRCam (talk) C. Beichman
15:45 - 16:00 TFI (talk) D. Lafrenière
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break
16:30 - 17:10 TMT: Exciting ground-based science in the era of JWST (abstract, talk) D. Crampton
17:10 - 17:30 GMT: Status of the GMT project (abstract, talk) P. McCarthy
17:30 - 17:50 GMT: GMT technical overview and instruments (talk) D. Fabricant
17:50 - 18:10 E-ELT: Project status R. Gilmozzi
18:10 - 18:30 E-ELT: Science case, instruments and performance (talk) M. Kissler-Patig
18:30 - 19:30 Welcome Reception

Wednesday, 14th April
The End of the Dark Ages: First Light and Reionization
09:00 - 09:45 Review talk (talk) A. Loeb
09:45 - 10:05 Exploring galaxies in the epoch of reionization with JWST and ELTs (abstract, talk) A. Bunker
10:05 - 10:25 First galaxies and early galaxy formation: JWST and the ELTs (abstract, talk) R. Bouwens
10:25 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 11:20 Star formation and stellar mass assembly at z>3: from Spitzer to JWST (abstract) K. Caputi
11:20 - 11:40 Is there any metal out there ? Studying the IGM chemical abundances and enrichment mechanism with the ELTs (abstract, talk) V. D'Odorico
11:40 - 12:00 Observing the first light objects with EAGLE (abstract, talk) N. Welikala
12:00 - 12:20 Color selection of AGN at high-z with JWST (abstract, talk) H. Messias
12:20 - 12:40 Finding the first light objects with EELT-DIORAMAS (abstract, talk) O. Le Fèvre
12:40 - 14:00 Lunch break
Assembly of Galaxies
14:00 - 14:45 Review talk (talk) G. Kauffmann
14:45 - 15:05 The overwhelming simplicity of galaxy evolution: answers, and new questions for JWST (abstract, talk) S. Lilly
15:05 - 15:25 Emission-line galaxies from WFC3 grism data & looking to the future with NIRCam grism observations (abstract, talk) A. Straughn
15:25 - 15:45 The physics and mass assembly of distant galaxies with the E-ELT (abstract, talk) M. Puech
15:45 - 16:15 Coffee Break
16:15 - 16:35 Star formation history from resolved stars in galaxies up to Virgo (abstract, talk) L. Greggio
16:35 - 16:55 Towards resolving high redshift galaxies on 100-pc scales (abstract) V. Forster-Schreiber
16:55 - 17:15 The extended gas surrounding very distant galaxies: investigating the galactic haloes (talk) F. Hammer
17:15 - 17:35 Observing the Galactic center with MIRI on JWST (abstract, talk) A. Eckart
18:30 Conference Dinner
Thursday, 15th April
The Birth of Stars and Protoplanetary Systems
09:00 - 09:45 Review talk (talk) M. Meyer
09:45 - 10:05 Molecular imaging of planet formation in progress (abstract) K. Pontoppidan
10:05 - 10:25 Molecular tomography of gas in planet-forming disks with JWST and the E-ELT (abstract, talk) M. van den Ancker
10:25 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 11:20 Spectroscopy of protoplanetary disks with JWST/MIRI: disk chemistry as a probe of planet formation (abstract, talk) I. Kamp
11:20 - 11:40 Constraining the initial conditions for planet formation with ALMA, JWST and the ELTs (abstract, talk) L. Testi
11:40 - 12:00 Resolving disks in starburst clusters with JWST and E-ELT (abstract, talk) A. Stolte
12:00 - 12:20 The early evolution of dense embedded star clusters (abstract, talk) H. Zinnecker
12:20- 12:40 Star formation in the Local Group (abstract, talk) G. de Marchi
12:40 - 14:00 Lunch break
Planetary Systems and the Origins of Life
14:00 - 14:45 Review talk (talk) D. Deming
14:45 - 15:05 Solar system research with JWST and the ELTs (abstract, talk) T. Encrenaz
15:05 - 15:25 Characterization of exoplanets in the mid-infrared with JWST and E-ELT/METIS (abstract, talk) W. Brandner
15:25 - 15:45 Direct imaging and transits with MIRI/JWST + ELT (abstract, talk) P. Lagage
15:45 - 16:15 Coffee break
16:15 - 16:35 Observing Jovian class exoplanets with JWST vs ELTs (abstract) J. Lunine
16:35 - 16:55 Observations of proto-planetary disks with the JWST//MIRI and the E-ELT/METIS instruments; witnessing the birth of planetary systems (abstract, talk) E. Pantin
16:55 - 17:15 Direct detection of extrasolar comets with ELTs (abstract) P. Guzik
17:15 - 17:35 Compared sensitivity of VLT, JWST and ELT for direct exoplanet detection in nearby stellar moving groups (abstract, talk) C. Hanot
Friday, 16th April
Further Synergies, Moderated Discussion, and Conference Summary
09:00 - 09:20 Fast timing in the optical and infrared: results and prospectus (abstract, talk) T. Maccarone
09:20 - 09:40 Stars, stellar populations with Gaia (abstract, talk) F. Thevenin
09:40 - 10:00 HARMONI / E-ELT and NIRSPec-IFU/ JWST : An ideal combination for future integral field spectroscopic studies at optical and near-infrared wavelengths (abstract) S. Arribas
10:00 - 10:20 Star clusters: future generation of diagnostic tools from high resolution (spatial and spectral) IR observations (talk) L. Origlia
10:20 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 12:00 General discussion (4x15min) (discussion) M.Kissler-Patig (moderating)
12:00 - 12:30 Closing address M. McCaughrean / M.Kissler-Patig
12:30 End of Meeting