| M O N D A Y 28 July 2008 |
| 11:00 Start of the registration |
| 12:20 Arrival of the airport shuttle |
| 12:30 Lunch |
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14:00 - 14:10 Jürgen Steinacker [10+0] Welcome and Introduction |
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Molecular Clouds
Chair: Joao Alves |
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14:10 - 15:00
Charlie Lada [40+10] Review: The physical nature of dense cores and the role of pressure in the initial stages of star formation |
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15:00 - 15:30
Clare Dobbs [25+5] Revealing the formation and properties of GMCs through galaxy simulations |
| 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break [30] |
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16:00 - 16:30
Fabian Heitsch [25+5] New approaches to understanding the formation of molecular clouds and stars |
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16:30 - 17:20 Moderator: James Di Francesco [5+45] DISCUSSION on Molecular Clouds |
| 17:20 - 18:30 POSTER SESSION [70] |
| 18:30 Dinner |
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| T U E S D A Y 29 July 2008 |
| 08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast |
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Clusters, Fragmentation, Early Phases of Disks
Chair: Fumitaka Nakamura |
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09:00 - 09:50
Thomas Megeath [40+10] Review: The formation and early evolution of clusters and associations |
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09:50 - 10:20
Paul Clarke [25+5] The thermodynamic evolution of GMCs and the formation of clusters |
| 10:20 - 10:50 Coffee Break [30] |
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10:50 - 11:40
Ralf Klessen [40+10] Review: Fragmentation of turbulent molecular clouds and star formation |
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11:40 - 12:30
Jes Jorgensen [40+10] Review: Observations of the earliest stages of protostellar disks |
| 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch |
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Magnetic Fields
Chair: Ralf Klessen |
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14:00 - 14:50
Shantanu Basu [40+10] Review: Magnetic fields: recent progress and future tests |
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14:50 - 15:20
Alyssa Goodman [25+5] Magnetic fields and star formation: new observational tests and analyses, and surprising new results |
| 15:20 - 15:50 Coffee Break [30] |
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15:50 - 16:20
Ralph Pudritz [25+5] The role of magnetic fields in star formation |
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16:20 - 16:50
Fumitaka Nakamura [25+5] Magnetically regulated star formation in low-mass star forming regions |
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16:50 - 17:20
Helen Kirk [25+5] Constraining the environment of star-forming regions: from observations to simulations and back again |
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17:20 - 18:20 Moderator: Antonella Natta [5+55] DISCUSSION |
| 18:30 Dinner |
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| W E D N E S D A Y 30 July 2008 |
| 08:00 - 08:50 Breakfast |
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Massive Stars
Chair: Richard Klein |
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08:50 - 09:40
Henrik Beuther [40+10] Review: Massive star formation: major questions and potential answers |
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09:40 - 10:10
Sarah Ragan [25+5] Constraining conditions of cluster formation: paving the way for the ALMA age |
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10:10 - 10:40
Frederique Motte [25+5] Properties of high-mass protostars and massive pre-stellar cores at the dawn of Herschel and ALMA |
| 10:40 - 11:00 Coffee Break [20] |
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11:00 - 11:30
Thomas Henning [25+5] The earliest stages of massive stars - the search continues |
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11:30 - 12:00
Hendrik Linz [25+5] Dissecting massive YSOs with MIR interferometry |
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12:00 - 12:30
Rolf Chini [25+5] M17 - a test bed for the formation of high-mass stars |
| 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch |
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Chemistry
Chair: Richard Klein |
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14:00 - 14:50
Sebastian Maret [40+10] Review: Chemical evolution during the early phases of low mass star formation |
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14:50 - 15:20
Malcolm Walmsley [25+5] Tracing the dense component in prestellar cores |
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15:20 - 16:10 Moderator: Thomas Henning [5+45] DISCUSSION |
| 16:10 - 16:30 Coffee Break [20] |
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16:30 - 17:50 FOCUS GROUPS [40+40] or PROJECT MEETINGS, POSTERS, WALKS... |
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17:50 - 18:30
Hans Zinnecker [40+0] Multiplicity of massive stars |
| 18:30 Bavarian Dinner |
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| T H U R S D A Y 31 July 2008 |
| 08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast |
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Low-mass cores
Chair: Charlie Lada |
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09:00 - 09:50
Mario Tafalla [40+10] Review: Low-mass cores: achievements and challenges |
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09:50 - 10:20
Eric Keto [25+5] Models of starless cores |
| 10:20 - 10:50 Coffee Break [30] |
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10:50 - 11:20
Joao Alves [25+5] The dark future of star formation |
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11:20 - 12:30 FOCUS GROUPS [15+55] or PROJECT MEETINGS, POSTERS, WALKS... |
| 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch |
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Existing and New Roads for Early Phase Star Formation Research: Modeling
Chair: Ralph Pudritz |
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14:00 - 14:30
Robi Banerjee [25+5] Molecular cloud formation out of the magnetized ISM |
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14:30 - 15:00
Alyssa Goodman [25+5] Ready-to-Eat?: What early "taste-tests" say about modern simulations of star formation |
| 15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break [30] |
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15:30 - 16:20 FOCUS GROUPS [20+30] or PROJECT MEETINGS, POSTERS, WALKS... |
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Existing and New Roads for Early Phase Star Formation Research: Theory
Chair: Rolf Chini |
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16:20 - 16:50
Richard Klein [25+5] The effects of feedback on the formation of high mass stars |
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16:50 - 17:20
Matthew Bate [25+5] Radiation hydrodynamical simulations of the earliest stages of low-mass star formation |
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17:20 - 18:20 Moderator: Malcolm Walmsley [5+55] DISCUSSION |
| 18:30 Dinner |
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| F R I D A Y 1 August 2008 |
| 08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast |
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Existing and New Roads for Early Phase Star Formation Research: Observations
Chair: Henrik Beuther |
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09:00 - 09:50
Leonardo Testi [40+10] Review: ALMA - status, capabilities, future possible developments, and outlook on (early phase) star formation research with this facility |
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09:50 - 10:20
Marco Lombardi [25+5] The three-dimensional structure of giant molecular clouds: current status and prospects with GAIA |
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10:20 - 10:50
Philippe Andre [25+5] Probing the demography of core formation with Herschel surveys |
| 10:50 - 11:30 Coffee Break [40] |
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11:30 - 12:00
Doug Johnston [30+0] Conference summary |
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12:00 - 12:30 Moderator: Harold Yorke [5+25] FINAL DISCUSSION |
| 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch |
| 14:00 Departure of the airport shuttle |
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