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Schedule

Wednesday, October 16

8:45-9:00 R. Williams, STScI Welcome

9:00-9:15 D. Soderblom, STScI Opening remarks and meeting strategy

9:15-9:45 E. Weiler, NASA-HQ The Roadmap study and the NASA Origins program

9:45-10:30 T. Henry, STScI Low-mass companions to nearby stars (abstract)

10:30-11:00 break; 11:00-11:45 A. Burrows, U. Az. Models of giant planets and brown dwarfs (abstract); 11:45-12:30 D. Latham, CfA Radial velocity searches for low-mass companions (abstract); 12:30-2:45 lunch (Science Writers' Workshop); 2:45-3:30 G. Gatewood, U. Pitt. Astrometric searches on the ground and in space (abstract); 3:30-4:15 M. McCaughrean, MPI Proto-stars and their environments (abstract); 4:15-4:45 break; 4:45-5:15 D. Soderblom, STScI Target selection for planet searches (abstract); 5:15-6:00 A discussion of solar and stellar observations relevant
to planet detection
6:00-6:30 poster mini-session: 1. Coustenis et al. (abstract); 2. Eiroa et al. (abstract); 3. Krist et al. (abstract); 4. Kulkarni (abstract); 5. Lattanzi et al. (abstract); 6. Noll & Marley (abstract); 7. Provencal (abstract); 8. Rosenthal et al. (abstract); 9. Ruzmaikina (abstract); 10. Stapelfeldt et al. (abstract); 11. Wolszczan (abstract)
6:30+ Reception, STScI

Thursday, October 17: 9:00-9:20 M. Simon, SUNY-SB Planet formation in the binary environment; 9:20-10:05 K. Sahu, STScI Detecting planets with microlensing (abstract); 10:00-10:30 D. Jones, JPL VLBI detection of extra-solar planets; 10:30-11:00 break; 11:00-11:45 J.-M. Mariotti, ESA European initiatives in planet detection (abstract); 11:45-12:30 W. Borucki, ARC The Kepler mission (abstract); 12:30-2:00 lunch; 2:00-2:45 D. Sandler, Thermotrex Large-aperture direct imaging (abstract); 2:45-3:30 M. Shao, JPL SIM, the Space Interferometry Mission (abstract); 3:30-4:00 break; 4:00-4:30 R. Reasenberg, CfA POINTS studies: lessons for SIM (abstract); 4:30-5:15 M. Colavita, JPL Ground-based optical interferometry (abstract); 5:15-6:00 R. Angel, U. Az. Nulling interferometry to study extra-solar planets (abstract)
6:00-6:30 poster mini-session: 12. Albrow et al. (abstract); 13. Deleuil et al. (abstract); 14. Fisher et al. (abstract); 15. Gaidos et al. (abstract); 16. Germain et al. (abstract); 17. Jenkins et al. (abstract); 18. Mariotti et al. (abstract); 19. Noyes et al. (abstract); 20. Peale (abstract); 21. Schultz et al. (abstract); 22. West (abstract); 23. Woolf & Angel (abstract)
6:30+ Conference dinner, STScI

Friday, October 18: 9:00-9:45 D. McCarthy, U. Az. NICMOS surveys for brown dwarfs (abstract); 9:45-10:30 D. Cruikshank, ARC SIRTF, the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (abstract); 10:30-11:00 break; 11:00-11:45 C. Burrows, STScI The Advanced Camera for Surveys on HST (abstract); 11:45-12:30 J. Mather, GSFC NGST, the Next Generation Space Telescope (abstract); 12:30-2:00 lunch; 2:00-2:45 R. Brown, STScI Conference summary

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