| EPoS 2008 Program |
| M O N D A Y 28 July 2008 | |||||
| 11:00 | Start of the registration | ||||
| 12:20 | Arrival of the airport shuttle bus | ||||
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch | ||||
| 14:00-14:10 | 10+0 | Jürgen Steinacker | Welcome and Introduction | ||
| Chair | Joao Alves | Molecular Clouds | |||
| 14:10-15:00 | 40+10 | Charlie Lada | The physical nature of dense cores and the role of pressure in the initial stages of star formation | ||
| 15:00-15:30 | 25+5 | Clare Dobbs | Revealing the formation and properties of GMCs through galaxy simulations | ||
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee break | ||||
| 16:00-16:30 | 25+5 | Fabian Heitsch | New approaches to understanding the formation of molecular clouds and stars | ||
| 16:30-17:20 | 5+45 | DISCUSSION (Moderator: James Di Francesco) | |||
| 17:20-18:30 | POSTER SESSION | ||||
| 18:30 | Dinner | ||||
| T U E S D A Y 29 July 2008 | |||||
| 08:00-09:00 | Breakfast | ||||
| Chair | Fumitaka Nakamura | Clusters, Fragmentation, Early Phases of Disks | |||
| 09:00-09:50 | 40+10 | Thomas Megeath | The formation and early evolution of clusters and associations | ||
| 09:50-10:20 | 25+5 | Paul Clark | The thermodynamic evolution of GMCs and the formation of clusters | ||
| 10:20-10:50 | Coffee break | ||||
| 10:50-11:40 | 40+10 | Ralf Klessen | Fragmentation of turbulent molecular clouds and star formation | ||
| 11:40-12:30 | 40+10 | Jes Jorgensen | Observations of the earliest stages of protostellar disks | 12:30-14:00 | Lunch |
| Chair | Ralf Klessen | Magnetic Fields | |||
| 14:00-14:50 | 40+10 | Shantanu Basu | Magnetic fields: recent progress and future tests | ||
| 14:50-15:20 | 25+5 | Richard Crutcher | Magnetic fields and star formation: new observational tests and analyses, and surprising new results | ||
| 15:20-15:50 | Coffee break | ||||
| 15:50-16:20 | 25+5 | Ralph Pudritz | The role of magnetic fields in star formation | ||
| 16:20-16:50 | 25+5 | Fumitaka Nakamura | Magnetically regulated star formation in low-mass Star forming regions | ||
| 16:50-17:20 | 25+5 | Helen Kirk | Constraining the environment of star-forming regions: from observations to simulations and back again | ||
| 17:20-18:20 | 5+55 | DISCUSSION (Moderator: Antonella Natta) | |||
| 18:30 | Dinner | ||||
| W E D N E S D A Y 30 July 2008 | |||||
| 08:00-08:50 | Breakfast | ||||
| Chair | Richard Klein | Massive Stars | |||
| 08:50-09:40 | 40+10 | Henrik Beuther | Massive star formation: major questions and potential answers | ||
| 09:40-10:10 | 25+5 | Sarah Ragan | Constraining conditions of cluster formation: paving the way for the ALMA age | ||
| 10:10-10:40 | 25+5 | Frederique Motte | Properties of high-mass protostars and massive pre-stellar cores at the dawn of Herschel and ALMA | ||
| 10:40-11:00 | Coffee break | ||||
| 11:00-11:30 | 25+5 | Thomas Henning | The earliest stages of massive stars - the search continues | ||
| 11:30-12:00 | 25+5 | Hendrik Linz | Dissecting massive YSOs with MIR interferometry | ||
| 12:00-12:30 | 25+5 | Rolf Chini | M17 - a test bed for the formation of high-mass stars | ||
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch | ||||
| 14:00-14:50 | 40+10 | Sebastian Maret | Chemical evolution during the early phases of low mass star formation | ||
| 14:50-15:20 | 25+5 | Malcolm Walmsley | Tracing the dense component in prestellar cores | ||
| 15:20-16:10 | 5+45 | DISCUSSION (Moderator: Thomas Henning) | |||
| 16:00-16:30 | Coffee break | ||||
| 16:30-17:50 | 45+35 | FOCUS GROUP | The role of magnetic fields in star formation Convenor: Dick Crutcher or PROJECT MEETINGS, POSTERS, WALKS... |
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| 17:50-18:30 | 40+0 | Hans Zinnecker | Multiplicity of massive stars | ||
| 18:30 | Dinner | ||||
| T H U R S D A Y 31 July 2008 | |||||
| 08:00-09:00 | Breakfast | ||||
| Chair | Charlie Lada | Low-Mass Cores | |||
| 09:00-09:50 | 40+10 | Mario Tafalla | Low-mass cores: achievements and challenges | ||
| 09:50-10:20 | 25+5 | Eric Keto | Models of starless cores | ||
| 10:20-10:50 | Coffee break | ||||
| 10:50-11:20 | 25+5 | Joao Alves | The dark future of star formation | ||
| 11:20-12:30 | 15+55 | FOCUS GROUP | Space missions for star- and planet formation Convenor: Harold Yorke or PROJECT MEETINGS, POSTERS, WALKS... |
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| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch | ||||
| Chair | Ralph Pudritz | Existing and New Roads for Early Phase Star Formation Research: Modeling | |||
| 14:00-14:30 | 25+5 | Robi Banerjee | Molecular cloud formation out of the magnetized ISM | ||
| 14:30-15:00 | 25+5 | Alyssa Goodman | Ready-to-Eat?: What early "taste-tests" say about modern simulations of star formation | ||
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee break | ||||
| 15:30-16:20 | 15+35 | FOCUS GROUP | Participating in star formation taste tests Convenor: Alyssa Goodman or PROJECT MEETINGS, POSTERS, WALKS... |
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| Chair | Rolf Chini | Existing and New Roads for Early Phase Star Formation Research: Theory | |||
| 16:20-16:50 | 25+5 | Richard Klein | The effects of feedback on the formation of high mass stars | ||
| 16:50-17:20 | 25+5 | Matthew Bate | Radiation hydrodynamical simulations of the earliest stages of low-mass star formation | ||
| 17:20-18:20 | 5+55 | DISCUSSION (Moderator: Malcolm Walmsley) | |||
| 18:30 | Dinner | ||||
| F R I D A Y 1 August 2008 | |||||
| 08:00-09:00 | Breakfast | ||||
| Chair | Henrik Beuther | Existing and New Roads for Early Phase Star Formation Research: Observations | |||
| 09:00-09:50 | 40+10 | Leonardo Testi | ALMA - status, capabilities, future possible developments, and outlook on (early phase) star formation research with this facility | ||
| 09:50-10:20 | 25+5 | Marco Lombardi | The three-dimensional structure of giant molecular clouds: current status and prospects with GAIA | ||
| 10:20-10:50 | 25+5 | Philippe Andre | Probing the demography of core formation with Herschel surveys | ||
| 10:50-11:30 | Coffee break | ||||
| 11:30-12:00 | 30+0 | Doug Johnstone | Conference summary | ||
| 12:00-12:30 | 5+25 | FINAL DISCUSSION (Moderator: Harold Yorke) | |||
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch | ||||
| 14:00 | Departure of the airport shuttle bus | ||||