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Sunday 2026 February 01 |
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15:00-17:00 |
Registration and Poster Dropoff |
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Monday 2026 February 02 |
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08:30 |
Doors Open |
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JWST Science and Instrumentation |
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Chair: Paul Kalas (UC Berkeley) |
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08:45-09:00
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Dimitri Mawet (Caltech) and Paul Kalas (UC Berkeley)
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09:00-09:45
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Marshall Perrin (STScI)
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High Contrast Imaging and Spectroscopy with JWST: Methods, Performances, and Lessons for the Future (slides) |
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09:45-10:00 |
Aarynn Carter (STScI) |
Emerging Demographics of Cold Sub-Jupiters from JWST High-Contrast Imaging Surveys (slides) |
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10:00-10:15 |
James Mang (UT Austin) |
Jupiter Analogs in Sight: Modeling the Coldest Directly-Imaged Atmospheres Observed with JWST (slides) |
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10:15-10:45
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Coffee Break
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10:45-11:00 |
Elisabeth Matthews (MPIA) |
Imaging cold exoplanets with JWST: a case study of Eps Ind Ab (slides) (video) |
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11:00-11:15 |
Alexander Bogdan Madurowicz (STScI) |
Direct spectroscopy of cool exoplanets and brown dwarfs with JWST / NIRSpec (slides) (video) |
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11:15-11:30 |
Jerry Xuan (UCLA) |
Metal enrichment in both volatile (C, O, N) and refractory (S) elements for giant planets in HR 8799 and AF Lep (slides) (video) |
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11:30-11:45 |
Arthur Daniel Adams (University of Virginia) |
Mapping Exoplanets and Brown Dwarfs across Space and Time (slides) (video) |
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11:45-12:00 |
Jingwen Zhang (UCSB) |
Finding the great sculptors: A Renaissance in Planet Disk Dynamics (slides) (video) |
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12:00-13:00
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Lunch (On Your Own)
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13:00-14:00
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Poster Session 1
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Chair: Karl Stapelfeldt (NASA JPL/Caltech) |
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14:00-14:45
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Christine Chen (STScI)
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Witnessing the Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems (slides) (video) |
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14:45-15:00 |
Andras Gaspar (University of Arizona) |
Results from the JWST NIRCam and MIRI GTO Debris Disks programs (slides) (video) |
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15:00-15:15 |
Katie Crotts (STScI) |
Direct imaging and spectroscopy of the Beta Pictoris disk structure with JWST/MIRI (slides) (video) |
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15:15-15:45
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Coffee Break
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15:45-16:00 |
Claire Finley (UT Austin) |
Accretion and Circumplanetary Disk Properties of a Wide Orbit Planet with HST and JWST (slides) (video) |
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16:00-16:15 |
Ya-Lin Wu (National Taiwan Normal University) |
New perspectives on Disks around Planetary-mass Companions from JWST/MIRI |
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16:15-16:30 |
Gabriele Cugno (University of Zurich) |
A carbon-rich disk surrounding a planetary-mass companion (slides) (video) |
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16:30-16:45 |
Raphael Bendahan-West (University of Exeter) |
Extreme dust size segregation in HD 21997: Constraining the origin of gas in debris discs with JWST and ALMA (slides) (video) |
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16:45-17:00 |
Paul Kalas (UC Berkeley) |
Fireworks around Fomalhaut: Planetesimal collisions directly imaged with Hubble (slides) (video) |
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17:00
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Adjourn
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17:30-19:00 |
Opening Reception (Open to All with Drinks and Light Snacks) |
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Tuesday 2026 February 03 |
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Time |
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08:30 |
Doors Open |
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Synergies and Post-Processing |
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Chair: Anne-Marie Lagrange (Paris-Meudon Observatory) |
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09:00-09:45
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Emily Rickman (STScI)
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Comprehensively characterizing companions through a multi-measurement approach (slides) (video) |
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09:45-10:00 |
Thayne M. Currie (UT San Antonio) |
First Results from the OASIS Survey for Discovering and Characterizing Extrasolar Planets by Direct Imaging and Astrometry (slides) (video) |
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10:00-10:15 |
Kyle Franson (UCSC) |
Astrometric Accelerations as Dynamical Beacons: Efficiently Imaging Planets Around Young Accelerating Stars (slides) (video) |
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10:15-10:45
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Coffee Break
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10:45-11:00 |
Markus Johannes Bonse (ESO) |
Use the 4S: A systematic re-analysis of VLT/NaCo data with Explainable Machine Learning (slides) (video) |
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11:00-11:15 |
Carles Cantero (Observatoire de Geneve) |
SpeckleNet: a generative deep learning framework for speckle modeling (slides) (video) |
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11:15-11:30 |
Rodrigo Ferrer-Chavez (Northwestern University) |
From data-drive to physics-based: exoplanet imaging via differentiable optical models (slides) (video) |
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11:30-11:45 |
Louis Desdoigts (University of Sydney) |
AMIGO and the James Webb Interferometer (slides) (video) |
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11:45-12:00 |
Kaitlyn Hessel (University of Victoria) |
Machine Learning & Coherent Differential Imaging with SPIDERS (slides) (video) |
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12:00-13:00
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Lunch (On Your Own) OR Early-Career Researcher Lunch (Meet outside Ramo)
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13:00-14:00
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Poster Session 1
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Chair: Anthony Boccaletti (Paris-Meudon Observatory) |
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14:00-14:45
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Jean-Baptiste Ruffio (UCSD)
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Data analysis techniques in high-contrast imaging (slides) (video) |
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14:45-15:00 |
Jason Wang (Northwestern University) |
Lessons Learned on Combining High-Contrast Imaging with High-Resolution Spectroscopy after 7 years of KPIC (slides) (video) |
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15:00-15:15 |
Alexis Bidot (STScI) |
Enabling medium-contrast direct spectroscopy of exoplanets using MIRI/MRS via forward modeling (slides) (video) |
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15:15-15:45
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Coffee Break
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15:45-16:00 |
Allan Denis (LAM, Marseille) |
Characterisation of giant planets at high spectral resolution: recent results from VLT/HiRISE (slides) (video) |
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16:00-16:15 |
Amanda Mia Chavez (Northwestern University) |
Orbital Analysis of HR8799 Using GRAVITY High Precision Astrometry (slides) (video) |
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16:15-16:30 |
Briley Lynn Lewis (UCSB) |
GPU-Enabled Debris Disk Modeling with GRaTeR-JAX (slides) (video) |
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16:30-16:45 |
Adam K Taras (Leiden Observatory) |
Nulling interferometry at the VLTI with Asgard (slides) (video) |
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16:45-17:00 |
Katelyn Horstman (Caltech) |
Searching for exo-satellites and brown dwarf binaries using the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer (KPIC) (slides) (video) |
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17:00
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Adjourn
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Wednesday 2026 February 04 |
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Time |
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08:30 |
Doors Open |
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The Roman Coronagraph and Other New Missions |
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Chair: Alexandra Greenbaum (Caltech/IPAC) |
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09:00-09:45
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Bertrand Mennesson (NASA JPL)
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The Roman Coronagraph and Its Applicability to HWO (slides) (video) |
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09:45-10:00 |
Eric Cady (NASA JPL) |
The Commissioning Plan for the Roman Space Telescope Coronagraph Instrument (slides) (video) |
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10:00-10:15 |
Schuyler Wolff (University of Arizona) |
Designing the Observation Phase of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Coronagraph Instrument (slides) (video) |
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10:15-10:45
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Coffee Break
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10:45-11:00 |
Justin Hom (University of Arizona) |
CorGI-REx, the bright reference star vetting campaign for the Roman Coronagraph and beyond (slides) (video) |
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11:00-11:15 |
Alexis Lau (LAM, Marseille) |
High Order Dithering on HiCAT testbed: extending JWST small grid dithering strategies on Roman CGI (slides) (video) |
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11:15-11:30 |
Saavidra Perera (UCSD) |
Socio-Demographic Insights into the Exoplanet Direct Imaging Community: A Follow-Up Study (slides) (video) |
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11:30-11:45 |
Christopher Mendillo (UMass Lowell) |
PICTURE-D First Flight Results (slides) (video) |
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11:45-12:00 |
Raphael Rougeot (ESA) |
Proba-3 precision formation flying mission: an in-orbit success (slides) (video) |
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Free Time
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Thursday 2026 February 05 |
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Time |
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08:30 |
Doors Open |
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Ground-Based Science and Instrumentation |
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Chair: Vanessa Bailey (NASA JPL/Caltech) |
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09:00-09:45
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Jonathan Fortney (UCSC)
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Exoplanet Atmosphere Models: Strengths, Weaknesses, and the Future (slides) (video) |
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09:45-10:00 |
Richelle Felicia van Capelleveen (Leiden) |
Results from the WIde Separation Planets In Time (WISPIT) survey (slides) (video) |
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10:00-10:15 |
Tomas Stolker (Leiden) |
Direct imaging discovery of a young giant planet orbiting on solar system scales (slides) (video) |
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10:15-10:45
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Coffee Break
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10:45-11:00 |
Jonathan Roberts (Northwestern) |
Two Populations, Two Histories: Orbital Eccentricities of Exoplanets and Brown Dwarfs (slides) (video) |
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11:00-11:15 |
Miles Lucas (University of Arizona) |
Dynamical Analysis of the HD 169142 Planet-Forming Disk (slides) (video) |
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11:15-11:30 |
Jinlin Li (Kavli Institute, Peking University) |
Tracing Shadow Variability in Protoplanetary Disks with Multi-Epoch Scattered-Light Imaging |
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11:30-11:45 |
Jared Males (Steward Observatory) |
GMagAO-X: High-Contrast Imaging at First-Light of GMT (slides) (video) |
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11:45-12:00 |
Laird Close (Steward Observatory) |
A Review of Accreting Exoplanet (Protoplanet) High-Contrast H-alpha Direct Imaging Science with Magellan/MagAO-X and a Look to the Future with GMT/GMagAO-X (slides) (video) |
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12:00-12:05
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Conference Photo
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12:05-13:00
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Lunch (On Your Own)
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13:00-14:00
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Poster Session 2
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Chair: Sebastiaan Haffert (Leiden Observatory) |
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14:00-14:45
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Markus Kasper (ESO)
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Extreme Adaptive Optics on the path to the ELT(s) (slides) (video) |
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14:45-15:00 |
Nathalie Jones (Northwestern) |
Old Data, New Planet: Finding Candidate Companions from the Gemini Planet Imager Exoplanet Survey (slides) (video) |
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15:00-15:15 |
Bruce Macintosh (UC Observatories) |
The Gemini Planet Imager and the Road to GPI 2 (slides) (video) |
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15:15-15:45
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Coffee Break
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15:45-16:00 |
Olivier Absil (University of Liège) |
Getting ready for early high-contrast imaging at the ELT with METIS (slides) (video) |
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16:00-16:15 |
Pierre Baudoz (Paris-Meudon Observatory) |
Exoplanet science with MICADO at the ELT: Simulations, challenges, and first-light strategies (slides) (video) |
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16:15-16:30 |
Anthony Boccaletti (Paris-Meudon Observatory) |
Upgrading SPHERE with the second stage AO system SAXO+: a technology demonstrator for PCS (slides) (video) |
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16:30-16:45 |
Julien Lozi (Subaru) |
SCExAO’s evolution toward multi-stage AO correction & astrophotonics (slides) (video) |
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16:45-17:00 |
Maissa Salama (UCSC) |
Exoplanet Imaging with Large Segmented Telescopes: On-Sky Results from using Keck as a Testbed for Next Generation Telescopes (slides) (video) |
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17:00
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Adjourn
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17:30-21:00 |
Conference Dinner at the Athenaeum (Only for Registered Participants) |
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Friday 2026 February 06 |
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Time |
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08:30 |
Doors Open |
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Emerging Technologies and HWO |
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Chair: Breann Sitarski (NASA GSFC) |
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09:00-09:45
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Chris Stark (NASA Goddard)
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The Habitable Worlds Observatory and the Search for Other Earths (slides) (video) |
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09:45-10:00 |
Remi Soummer (STScI) |
Towards a system-level coronagraphic demonstration for the Habitable Worlds Observatory (slides) (video) |
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10:00-10:15 |
Saraswathi Kalyani Subramanian (University of Arizona) |
Performance evaluation of ultraviolet coronagraphs for the Habitable Worlds Observatory (slides) (video) |
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10:15-10:45
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Coffee Break
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10:45-11:00 |
Christian Marois (National Research Council of Canada) |
SPIDERS Habitable Worlds Observatory Experiment: Can we Reach 10^10 Contrast (from ~10^7) with CDI and R10,000 SDI Post-Processing? (slides) (video) |
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11:00-11:15 |
Caleb Baker (NASA JPL) |
For a Few Photons More: Design and Development Updates for HWO Testbeds at JPL (slides) (video) |
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11:15-11:30 |
Rico Landman (NOVA) |
SUPPPPRESS: Developing low-leakage liquid-crystal vector vortex coronagraphs for space-based exoplanet imaging (slides) (video) |
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11:30-11:45 |
Rachel Morgan (SETI/NASA Ames) |
Laboratory Update for the AstroPIC Integrated Photonic Coronagraph (slides) (video) |
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11:45-12:00 |
Josh Liberman (University of Arizona) |
Lab Demonstration of the Spatially-Clipped Self-Coherent Camera (slides) (video) |
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12:00-13:00
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Lunch (On Your Own)
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13:00-14:00
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Poster Session 2
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Chair: Garreth Ruane (NASA JPL/Caltech) |
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14:00-14:45
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Sebastiaan Haffert (Leiden)
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Emerging technologies that bridge the HCI technology gap (slides) (video) |
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14:45-15:15
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15:15-15:45
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Coffee Break
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15:45-16:00 |
J. Kent Wallace (NASA JPL) |
Dual-purpose Focal Plane Masks for Simultaneous Wavefront Sensing and High-contrast Imaging (slides) (video) |
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16:00-16:15 |
Jalo Aarni Johannes Nousiainen (ESO) |
Reinforcement learning for wavefront control: from WFS control to focal plane and from numerical simulations to lab and on-sky with PAPYRUS @ OHP (slides) (video) |
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16:15-16:30 |
Yoo Jung Kim (UCLA) |
On-sky demonstration of subdiffraction-limited measurements using a photonic lantern (slides) (video) |
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16:30-16:45 |
Skyler Palatnick (UCSB) |
4 years in metasurface development for exoplanet imaging at UC Santa Barbara (slides) (video) |
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16:45-17:00 |
Philippe Priolet (IPAG, Grenoble, France) |
Multiwavelength Interferometric Observations of Hot Dust in Three Extreme Debris Disks: HD172555, HD113766, and Eta Corvi (slides) (video) |
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17:00-17:15
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Breann Sitarski (NASA GSFC)
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17:15
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Adjourn
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