Event Program

Thursday, March 26, 2009

9:00a-9:15a Welcome: Rob Strain, GSFC Director

9:15a-9:40a Solar System Exploration with UVOIR Telescopes
Heidi Hammel (Space Science Institute)

9:40a-9:50a Discussion

9:50a-10:15a Evolution of the IGM and Chemical Abundances
Mike Shull (U. Colorado)

10:15a-10:25a Discussion

10:25a-10:55a Poster Viewing & Refreshments

10:55a-11:20a Star Formation and Stellar Populations
Julianne Dalcanton (U. Washington)

11:20a-11:30a Discussion

11:30a-11:55a Galaxy Formation & Evolution between 1
Mauro Giavalisco (U. Mass. Amherst)

11:55a-12:05p Discussion

12:05p-1:30p Lunch

1:30p-1:55p Galaxy Formation and Evolution at z>3
Rychard Bouwens (UCO/Lick Observatory)

1:55p-2:05p Discussion

2:05p-2:30p Technology for Future UVOIR Space-based Facilities
Tupper Hyde (NASA / GSFC)

2:30p-2:35p Discussion

2:35p-3:00p Poster Viewing & Refreshments

3:00p-5:00p Mission Concepts / PI Summaries

John Trauger (JPL)
Actively-Corrected Coronagraph for Exoplanet System Studies

Mark Clampin (GSFC)
Extrasolar Planetary Imaging Coronagraph

Gautam Vasisht (JPL)
Dilute Aperture Visible Nulling Coronagraph Imager

Oliver Guyon (Subaru Telescope, NAOJ)
Pupil Mapping Exoplanet Coronagraphic Observer

Webster Cash (U. Colorado)
New Worlds Observer

David Spergel (Princeton U.)
THEIA Mission Concept

Ken Sembach (STScI)
Ultraviolet Space Observatory

Marc Postman (STScI)
Advanced Technology Large-Aperture Space Telescope

Ken Carpenter (GSFC)
Stellar Imager

5:00p-5:25p Cosmology - Lensing and Dark Energy
Priya Natarajan (Yale)

5:25p-5:40p Discussion

5:40p Reception: Hors d'oeuvres with cash bar

7:00p Adjourn

Friday, March 27, 2009

9:00a-9:25a Exoplanet Studies / Terrestrial Planets in Habitable Zones
Ed Turner (Princeton)

9:25a-9:30a Discussion

9:30a-9:55a The Future of Galactic Stellar and Interstellar astrophysics in the UV
Seth Redfield (Wesleyan University)

9:55a-10:00a Discussion

10:00a-10:15a Poster Viewing & Refreshments

10:15a-10:40a The Local Galaxy Neighborhood
Tom Brown (STScI)

10:40a-10:45a Discussion

10:45a-11:10a Galaxy Evolution since z ~ 1
David Schiminovich (Columbia U)

11:10a-11:15a Discussion

11:15a-11:55p Workshop Summary
Led by Matt Mountain (STScI)

12:00p Meeting Adjourns