| M O N D A Y 28 August 2006 |
| 11:00 Start of the registration |
| 12:20 Arrival of the airport shuttle |
| 18:30 Lunch |
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14:00 - 14:10 Organizers [10+0] Welcome and Introduction |
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Clusters I
Chair: Enrique Vazquez-Semadeni |
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14:10 - 15:10
Phil Myers [50+10] Review: How do molecular clouds make clusters? |
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15:10 - 15:40
Lori Allen [25+5] The formation and early evolution of the nearest embedded clusters |
| 15:40 - 16:10 Coffee Break [30] |
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16:10 - 16:40
Matthew Bate [25+5] New hydrodynamical simulations of star cluster formation |
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16:40 - 17:10
Ralf Launhardt [25+5] The early phase of binary formation |
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17:10 - 17:40
Stefan Umbreit [25+5] Disks around ejected brown dwards |
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17:40 - 18:30 Moderator: Harald Yorke [5+45] DISCUSSION on Clusters I |
| 18:30 Dinner |
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| T U E S D A Y 29 August 2006 |
| 08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast |
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Clusters II
Chair: Ian Bonnell |
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09:00 - 10:00
Lee Hartmann [50+10] Review: Formation of molecular clouds and star clusters |
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10:00 - 10:30
Doug Johnstone [25+5] Understanding how star formation proceeds in the Perseus molecular cloud |
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10:30 - 11:00
Tom Megeath [25+5] Spitzer identified protostars in the Orion A and Maddalena's molecular clouds |
| 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break [30] |
| 11:30 - 12:30 FREE TIME [60] |
| 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch |
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Cores I
Chair: Joao Alves |
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14:00 - 15:00
Philippe Andre [50+10] Review: Observations of low-mass dense cores |
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15:00 - 15:30
Alyssa Goodman [20+10] Bias and uncertainty in measures of star-forming regions' structure: from dark clouds to dense cores |
| 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break [30] |
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16:00 - 16:30
Tyler Bourke [25+5] Spitzer discovery of low-luminosity embedded objects in dense cores |
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16:30 - 17:00
Jennifer Hatchell [25+5] Prestellar and protostellar lifetimes from submm surveys |
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17:00 - 17:30
Jancy Shirley [25+5] Developing an evolutionary sequence for low-mass starless cores |
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17:30 - 18:30 Moderator: Matthew Bate [5+55] DISCUSSION on Cores I |
| 18:30 Dinner |
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| W E D N E S D A Y 30 August 2006 |
| 08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast |
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Cores II
Chair: Joao Alves |
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09:00 - 09:30
Jürgen Steinacker [25+5] Challenge and promise of revealing the 3D structure of star formation regions by radiative transfer |
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09:30 - 10:00
Dirk Froebrich [25+5] Protostellar evolution - confronting models and observations |
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Turbulence
Chair: Tom Ray |
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10:00 - 11:00
Mordecai-Mark Mac Low [50+10] Review: Turbulence in star-forming molecular clouds |
| 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break [30] |
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11:30 - 12:00
Aake Nordlund [25+5] Problems with numerical studies of turbulent fragmentation |
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12:00 - 12:30
Ralf Klessen [25+5] Gravoturbulent star formation |
| 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch |
| 14:00 - 15:00 POSTER SESSION [60] |
| 15:00 - 16:00 FREE TIME [60] |
| 16:00 - 16:30 Coffee Break [30] |
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Chemistry
Chair: Dmitry Wiebe |
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16:30 - 17:30
Aurore Bacmann [50+10] Review: Chemistry in low-mass cores |
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17:30 - 18:00
Paola Caselli [25+5] The last phases of prestellar cores |
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18:00 - 18:30 Moderator: Alyssa Goodman [5+25] DISCUSSION |
| 18:30 Bavarian Dinner |
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| T H U R S D A Y 31 August 2006 |
| 08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast |
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Magnetic Fields
Chair: Rolf Chini |
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09:00 - 10:00
Dick Crutcher [50+10] Review: Magnetic fields: observations |
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10:00 - 10:30
Telemachos Mouschovias [25+5] Observational evidence for turbulence-induced and ambipolar-diffusion-initiated star formation and the ages of molecular clouds: a critical review |
| 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break [30] |
| 11:00 - 11:30 POSTER SESSION [30] |
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11:30 - 12:00
Shantanu Basu [25+5] Magnetic fields and star formation |
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12:00 - 12:30
Tomoaki Matsumoto [25+5] Alignment of outflows with magnetic fields in cloud cores |
| 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch |
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14:00 - 14:30
Kohji Tomisaka [25+5] Contraction of a magnetized rotating cloud |
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Massive Stars I
Chair: Paola Caselli |
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14:30 - 15:30
Ed Churchwell [50+10] Review: Massive star formation: recent observational results |
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15:30 - 16:00
Eric Keto [25+5] The formation of massive stars: accretion, disks and the development of hypercompact HII regions |
| 16:00 - 16:30 Coffee Break [30] |
| 16:30 - 17:00 POSTER SESSION [30] |
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17:00 - 17:30
Henrik Beuther [25+5] Chemical properties of young massive star-forming regions |
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17:30 - 18:30 Moderator: Lori Allen [5+55] DISCUSSION |
| 18:30 Dinner |
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| F R I D A Y 1 September 2006 |
| 08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast |
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Massive Stars II
Chair: Malcolm Walmsley |
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09:00 - 10:00
Harald Yorke [50+10] Review: Theoretical considerations of massive star formation |
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10:00 - 10:30
Rolf Chini [25+5] 2.3 micron emission and absorption from young stars in M17 |
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10:30 - 10:40
Eduard Vorobyov [8+2] The burst mode of protostellar accretion (poster contest winner) |
| 10:40 - 11:10 Coffee Break [20] |
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11:10 - 11:40
Ian Bonnell [30+0] Conference summary |
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11:40 - 12:10 Moderator: Shantanu Basu [5+25] FINAL DISCUSSION |
| 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch |
| 14:00 Departure of the airport shuttle |
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