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Agenda
**All talks are 30 minutes + 5 minutes for discussion
Symposium Reception -- Dinner at El Palomar Restaurant (8:00 pm)
8:30 - 9:00 am -- Welcome Address and Introductions with Coffee/Snacks (Kalirai, Bolte, Faber)
Session 1: Special UCSC Graduate Student Presentation (Chair: Jason Kalirai)
| Time |
Speaker |
Topic |
| 9:00 - 9:35 am |
Evan Kirby (UCSC) |
Uncovering Extremely Metal-Poor Stars in the MW's Ultra-Faint DSphs |
Session 2: Cosmology and the Early Universe (Chair: Shannon Patel)
| Time |
Speaker |
Topic |
| 9:35 - 10:10 am |
Anze Slosar (LBNL) |
Non-Gaussianity as a Probe of Inflation |
| 10:10 - 10:45 am |
Ivo Labbe (OCIW) |
The Early Formation History of Massive Galaxies |
10:45 - 11:20 am -- Poster Break 1
Session 3: Galaxy Formation (Chair: Jenny Graves)
| Time |
Speaker |
Topic |
| 11:20 - 11:55 am |
Tobi Kaufmann (UCI) |
The Formation of Disk Galaxies in Computer Simulations |
| 11:55 - 12:30 pm |
Lauren MacArthur (Caltech) |
Galaxy Bulge Formation: Observational Perspectives |
12:30 - 2:00 pm -- Lunch hosted by UCSC Graduate Students (on campus)
Session 4: Accreting Black Holes and Dark Matter on Small Scales (Chair: Javiera Guedes)
| Time |
Speaker |
Topic |
| 2:00 - 2:35 pm |
Jonathan McKinney (Stanford) |
Simulations of Accreting Black Holes |
| 2:35 - 3:10 pm |
Josh Simon (Caltech) |
Ultra-Faint, Ultra-Dark, and Ultra-Handsome: The New Satellites of the MW |
| 3:10 - 3:45 pm |
Arna Karick (UC Davis/LLNL) |
UCD Galaxies - DM Dominated Systems? or Simple Stellar Clusters? |
3:45 - 4:20 pm -- Poster Break 2
Session 5: Panel Discussion 1 (Chair: Juerg Diemand)
| Time |
Speaker |
Topic |
| 4:20 - 5:30 pm |
All Speakers |
Panel Discussion |
No specific dinner arrangements for Thursday evening
8:30 - 9:00 am -- Coffee/Snacks
Session 6: The Intergalactic Medium (Chair: Kevin Schlaufman)
| Time |
Speaker |
Topic |
| 9:00 - 9:35 am |
Juna Kollmeier (OCIW) |
A Review of the Intergalactic Medium: Past, Present, Future |
| 9:35 - 10:10 am |
Joe Hennawi (UCB) |
Understanding the Physics of Massive Galaxy Formation |
10:10 - 10:45 am -- Poster Break 3
Session 7: High Energy Astrophysics (Chair: Laura Lopez)
| Time |
Speaker |
Topic |
| 10:45 - 11:20 am |
Elena Gallo (UCSB) |
Super-massive Black Holes in Early Type Galaxies |
| 11:20 - 11:55 pm |
Maryam Modjaz (UCB) |
Observations of the SN-GRB Connection |
11:55 - 2:00 pm -- Lunch hosted by UCSC Postdocs (on campus)
Session 8: Low Mass Stars and Planets (Chair: Bulent Kiziltan)
| Time |
Speaker |
Topic |
| 2:00 - 2:35 pm |
Stanimir Metchev (UCLA) |
The Substellar Mass Function and Implications for Imaging Exoplanets |
| 2:35 - 3:10 pm |
Klaus Pontoppidan (Caltech) |
Images of Planet Formation: Prospects for the ELT Era |
| 3:10 - 3:45 pm |
Elise Furlan (UCLA) |
Signposts of Disk Evolution in Young Protoplanetary Disks |
3:45 - 4:20 pm -- Poster Break 4
Session 9: Panel Discussion 2 (Chair: Marcel Zemp)
| Time |
Speaker |
Topic |
| 4:20 - 5:30 pm |
All Speakers |
Panel Discussion |
6:00 - 8:30 pm -- Symposium BBQ dinner at Depot Park (Picnic Area), 119 Center Street, Santa Cruz, CA
Optional symposium social event will include professional surfing lessons (including equipment) at Cowell Beach. The cost will be approximately $80. There will also be free beach volleyball for all.
Jason Kalirai (jkalirai[at]ucolick.org)
Marcel Zemp (mzemp[at]ucolick.org)
Juerg Diemand (diemand[at]ucolick.org)
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