| M O N D A Y 14 June 2010 |
| 11:00 Start of the registration |
| 12:20 Arrival of the airport shuttle |
| 12:30 Lunch |
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14:00 - 14:15 Jürgen Steinacker [15+0] Welcome and Introduction |
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Molecular Clouds
Chair: Aurore Bacmann |
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14:15 - 15:05
Neal Evans [42+8] Review: Molecular Clouds: Basic Properties and Stellar Production |
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15:05 - 15:35
Enrique Vazquez-Semadeni [25+5] Star Formation by Hierarchical Gravitational Fragmentation |
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15:35 - 16:05
Jens Kauffmann [25+5] Mass-Size Studies of Regions of low-mass and high-mass Star Formation |
| 15:05 - 16:35 Coffee Break [30] |
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16:35 - 17:05
Robi Banerjee [25+5] Star formation efficiency and lifetime of molecular clouds |
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17:05 - 17:35
Gary Fuller [25+5] The Properties of A New Catalogue of Spitzer Infrared Dark Clouds |
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17:35 - 18:30 Moderator: Ralph Pudritz [5+50] DISCUSSION on Molecular Clouds |
| 18:30 Dinner |
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| T U E S D A Y 15 June 2010 |
| 08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast |
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Turbulence
Chair: Andi Burkert |
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09:00 - 09:50
Mordecai-Mark Mac Low [42+8] Review: What is the role of turbulence in molecular cloud formation and evolution? |
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09:50 - 10:20
Fabian Heitsch [25+5] Setting the Star Formation Rate & Efficiency: Revisiting the Role of Turbulence and Magnetic Fields |
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10:20 - 10:50
Jaime Pineda [25+5] Direct Observation of a Sharp Transition to Coherence in Dense Cores |
| 10:50 - 11:10 Coffee Break [20] |
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Herschel: Exciting First Results
Chair: Laurant Pagani |
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11:10 - 11:40
Philippe Andre [25+5] Initial highlights from the Herschel Gould Belt survey |
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11:40 - 12:10
Sergio Molinari [25+5] From Clouds to Young Stellar Objects and back again: the all-in-one view from the Herschel infrared Galactic Plane Survey |
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12:10 - 12:40
Thomas Megeath [25+5] The Herschel Orion Protostar Survey (HOPS) |
| 12:40 - 14:00 Lunch |
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Cores & Collapse
Chair: Isabelle Baraffe |
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14:00 - 14:40
Yancy Shirley [33+7] Cores and Collapse: Observations of Cores & Collapse |
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14:40 - 15:10
Aurore Bacmann [25+5] Kinematics of pre-stellar cores: fast infall |
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15:10 - 15:40
Mario Tafalla [25+5] Understanding the origin of outflows and their feedback on cores: the case of IRAS 04166+2706 |
| 15:40 - 16:10 Coffee Break [30] |
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16:10 - 16:40
Jürgen Steinacker [25+5] "Coreshine" - the New Window to Explore Dust Growth in Cores |
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16:40 - 17:30 Moderator: Malcolm Walmsley [5+45] DISCUSSION |
| 17:30 - 18:30 POSTER SESSION [60] |
| 18:30 Dinner |
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| W E D N E S D A Y 16 June 2010 |
| 08:00 - 08:50 Breakfast |
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Cores & Collapse
Chair: Satoshi Yamamoto |
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08:50 - 09:40
Patrick Hennebelle [40+10] Review: Cores & Collapse: Theories |
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09:40 - 10:10
Eric Keto [25+5] What the starless cores tell us about the physics of the ISM |
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10:10 - 10:40
Gilles Chabrier [25+5] Understanding the stellar initial mass function |
| 10:40 - 11:10 Coffee Break [30] |
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11:10 - 11:40
Phil Myers [25+5] How do protostars get their masses? |
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Early Phases of Disks
Chair: Satoshi Yamamoto |
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11:40 - 12:30
Jes Jorgensen [42+8] Review: The formation and early evolution of circumstellar disks |
| 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch |
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Chemistry
Chair: Dmitry Wiebe |
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14:00 - 14:50
Edwin Bergin [42+8] Review: Chemistry and Star Formation |
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14:50 - 15:20
Laurent Pagani [25+5] Deuteration of prestellar cores and the role of the ortho/para H2 ratio |
| 15:20 - 15:40 Coffee Break [20] |
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15:40 - 16:10
Doug Johnstone [25+5] he Problem of Dense Gas Tracers in Perseus: Relating the N2H+ , NH3, and Dust Continuum Properties of Pre- and Proto-Stellar Cores |
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16:10 - 16:40
Nami Sakai [25+5] Chemical Diversity of Low-Mass Star Forming Regions; Peculiar Compositions in L1527 and IRAS15398-3359 |
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16:40 - 17:20 Moderator: Peter Schilke [5+35] DISCUSSION |
| 17:20 - 18:30 FOCUS GROUPS [15+55] |
| 18:30 Bavarian Dinner |
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| T H U R S D A Y 17 June 2010 |
| 08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast |
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Magnetic Fields
Chair: Aake Nordlund |
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09:00 - 09:50
Richard Crutcher [42+8] Review: The Role of Magnetic Fields in Star Formation |
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09:50 - 10:20
Fumitaka Nakamura [25+5] A Significant Role of Magnetic Field and Protostellar Turbulence on the Formation and Evolution of Dense Cores in Clustered vs. Distributed Star Formation |
| 10:20 - 10:50 Coffee Break [30] |
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10:50 - 11:20
Paolo Padoan [25+5] The Magnetic Field Strength in Molecular Clouds |
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11:20 - 11:50
Thomas Troland [25+5] Prelude to Star Formation - The Mass-to-Flux Ratio in Galactic GMCs |
| 11:50 - 12:40 FOCUS GROUPS [15+35] |
| 12:40 - 14:00 Lunch |
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Massive Stars
Chair: Leonardo Testi |
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14:00 - 14:50
Henrik Beuther [42+8] Review: The formation and early evolution of high-mass stars |
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14:50 - 15:20
Alyssa Goodman [25+5] Under- appreciated Players? The Role of B-Star Winds in Molecular Clouds |
| 15:20 - 15:50 Coffee Break [30] |
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15:50 - 16:20
Richard Klein [25+5] The Feedback Effects of Protostellar Outflows on High Mass and Low Mass Star Formation |
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16:20 - 17:10 Moderator: Thomas Henning [5+45] DISCUSSION |
| 17:10 - 18:30 FOCUS GROUPS [15+65] |
| 18:30 Dinner |
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| F R I D A Y 18 June 2010 |
| 08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast |
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Massive Stars
Chair: Eric Feigelson |
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09:00 - 09:30
Joao Alves [25+5] It's not that massive stars are found in clusters, it's clusters that are found around massive stars |
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09:30 - 10:00
Robert O'Dell [25+5] Multiple Centers of Star Formation in the Orion Nebula |
| 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break [30] |
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10:30 - 11:20
John Bally [50+0] Conference summary |
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11:20 - 12:20 Moderator: Arnold Benz [5+55] FINAL DISCUSSION |
| 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch |
| 14:00 Departure of the airport shuttle |
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