Program
Webcasting information
Poster session:
The maximum poster size is the A0 standard (A0: 841 x 1189 mm; 33.1in x 46.8 in).
It will be nearly impossible to print your poster at the last minute in Mysore, hence you should plan on traveling with your poster. Please, plan accordingly.
Forum program
All times here are Indian Standard Time (IST = UTC + 5.5h).
Tuesday November 7 |
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09:15-09:30 |
P. Sreekumar (IIA) & LOC |
Welcome and logistics |
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09:30-09:45 |
Michael Bolte (UCSC) |
Board report |
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09:45-10:15 |
Christophe Dumas (TMT) |
Project status |
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10:15-10:30 |
Tim Davidge (NRC/HIA) |
SAC report |
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10:30-11:00 |
Break |
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11:00-11:20 |
Andy Skemer (UCSC) |
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11:20-11:40 |
Enric Palle (IAC) |
Finding bio-signatures on extrasolar planets, how close are we? |
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11:40-12:00 |
Karen Meech (UH-IfA) |
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12:00-12:20 |
Kuntal Misra (Aries) |
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12:20-14:00 |
Lunch/Posters viewing |
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14:00-14:20 |
Gordon Squires (TMT) |
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14:20-15:00 |
Kevin Bundy (UCSC) / Eric Chisholm (TMT) |
Lessons-learned from 1st generation instruments design phases. WFOS/IRIS |
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15:00-15:20 |
Aruna Goswami (IIA) |
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15:20-15:50 |
Break |
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15:50-16:10 |
Etienne Artigau (Univ. Montréal) |
NIRPS: Finding M-dwarf exoplanets through near-infrared velocimetry |
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16:10:16:30 |
Dimitri Mawet (Caltech) |
Characterizing Exoplanets with High Dispersion Coronagraphy on TMT |
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16:30-16:50 |
Hum Chand (Aries) |
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16:50-17:10 |
Yoshiki Matsuoka (Ehime Univ.) |
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17:10-17:30 |
Mark Dickinson (NOAO) and Warren Skidmore (TMT) |
Present and future activities of TMT’s International Science Development Teams |
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Wednesday November 8 |
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09:00-09:20 |
Suresh Sivanandam (Univ. Toronto/Dunlap) |
Gemini IRMOS - The scientific and technical pathfinder for AO-fed multi-IFU spectroscopy |
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09:20-09:40 |
Richard de Grijs (PKU) |
Star cluster physics and stellar population synthesis beyond the Local Group's "comfort zone" |
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09:40-10:00 |
Nissim Kanekar (NCRA-TIFR) |
The gas mass and star formation rate of star-forming galaxies at z>1 |
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10:00-10:20 |
Lisa Hunter (UCSC) |
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10:20-10:50 |
Break |
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10:50-11:10 |
Scott Roberts (TMT) |
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11:10-11:30 |
Chris Packham (University of Texas at San Antonio) |
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11:30-11:50 |
Mark Chun (UH-IfA) |
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11:50-12:10 |
Yosuke Minowa (NAOJ) |
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12:10-12:30 |
Brent Ellerbroek (TMT) |
Performance Estimates for Ground Layer Adaptive Optics at TMT |
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12:30-14:00 |
Lunch/Posters viewing |
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14:00-17:30 Splinter sessions I |
Breakout session programs:
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Thursday November 9 |
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09:00-12:00 Splinter sessions II |
Breakout session programs:
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12:00-13:30 |
Lunch/Posters viewing |
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13:30-14:00 |
Splinter-sessions private debrief & prep-time (place-holder - tbc) |
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14:00-15:30 |
Presentation/discussion of instrument concepts. Part. I Richard deGrijs: Debrief on High-Resolution Spectroscopy instrument concept Christian Marois: Debrief on High-Contrast instrument concept Masaomi Tanaka: Debrief on Time-Domain instrument concept Chris Packham: Debrief on mid-IR instrument concept Mark Dickinson: Debrief on Multi-Object-Sprectroscopy instrument concept
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15:30-16:00 |
Break |
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16:00-17:00 |
Presentation/discussion of instrument concepts. Part. II |
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17:00-17:15 |
Concluding remarks |
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