Meeting Schedule
Registration will start Sunday, December 12th at 16:00 and there will be a welcoming reception starting at 18:00, both at the Hôtel Indépendance. The scientific sessions will take place from Monday, December 13th through Friday, December 17th. Wednesday afternoon, December 15th will be free for excursions around Ouagadougou. Longer excursions can be booked before and/or after the conference and during the conference for invited guests. The number of participants will be limited to ~150.
There will be nine (9) scientific sessions with invited reviews of 25-40 minutes (+5 min.s for discussion) followed by contributed talks of 15 (+5 min.s for discussion). Posters will be displayed for the whole week in the coffee breaks' room. There will be a special Education Session on Friday morning. The first part will discuss Teaching Aids for Astronomy and will be open to local teachers. The second part, on the Virtual Observatory (VO), is addressed mainly to the conference' participants. See the Preliminary Scientific Program for details.
Preliminary Scientific Program: (To be finalized by the SOC)
Sunday, December 12, 2010 |
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Time |
Event |
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| 16:00-20:00 | Registration | |
| 18:00-20:00 | Welcoming reception: Hôtel Indépendance | |
Monday, December 13, 2010 | ||
Time |
Event |
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| 08:00 | Registration | |
| 08:30 | Opening remarks by the 2 co-chairs: C. Carignan & K.C. Freeman | |
| 08:35 | Opening remarks: President of the Université de Ouagadougou | |
| 08:40 | Opening remarks: Minister of Higher Education | |
| 08:45 | Opening of the meeting by a Burkina Faso representative | |
Scientific Session 1 |
Description |
Large Photometric (UV, optical, IR) Surveys |
| R1.1: 08:50 - 09:35 | Christopher Martin (CalTech) - Exploring Galaxy Evolution with GALEX UV Surveys - review | |
| R1.2: 09:35 - 10:20 | Mark Dickinson (NOAO) - Observing Galaxy Assembly with Optical and Infrared Surveys - review | |
| 10:20 - 10:50 | Coffee break | |
| C1.3: 10:50 - 11:10 | Shinya Komugi (ALMA/NAOJ) The AKARI Far-Infrared All-Sky Survey Image: Dust Properties of Galaxies in the Local Universe | |
| C1.4: 11:10 - 11:30 | Veronique BUAT (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille - LAM) Hidden and Visible Star Formation in Galaxies: what do we Learn from AKARI and Herschel? | |
| C1.5: 11:30 - 11:50 | Florence Durret (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris) Environmental Effects on Galaxy Luminosity Functions in Clusters | |
| C1.6: 11:50 - 12:10 | Timothy Davidge (Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics) Shaken, but not Stirred: The Disrupted Disk of NGC 253 | |
| C1.7: 12:10 - 12:30 | Abiy Tekola (University of Cape Town) The Environments of Local Luminous Infrared Galaxies (LIRGs) and their Star Formation Density Relationship | |
| 12:30 - 14:30 | Lunch & posters | |
Scientific Session 2 |
Description |
Large HI & CO Surveys |
| R2.1: 14:30 - 15:15 | Jacqueline van Gorkom (Columbia) - Gas and Galaxy Evolution in the Local Universe - review | |
| R2.2: 15:15 - 16:00 | Françoise Combes (Obs. Paris) - Surveys of the Molecular Content of Galaxies at all z - review | |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee break | |
| C2.3: 16:30 - 16:50 | Martin Bureau (University of Oxford) Molecular Gas and Star Formation in Local Early-Type Galaxies | |
| C2.4: 16:50 - 17:10 | George Heald (ASTRON) The WSRT HALOGAS Survey: Status and First Results | |
| C2.5: 17:10 - 17:30 | Jonathan Braine (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux) The Herschel M33 Extended Survey: Gas and Dust in M33 | |
| C2.6: 17:30 - 17:50 | Nario Kuno (Nobeyama Radio Observatory) NRO Legacy Project: M33 all Disk Survey of Giant Molecular Clouds with NRO 45-m and ASTE 10-m Telescopes | |
| C2.7: 17:50 - 18:10 | Gyula I. G. Jozsa (ASTRON - NWO) Warps and Accretion | |
| C2.8: 18:10 - 18:30 | Bruce Partridge (Haverford College) What Radio Astronomy Can Tell us about Galaxy Formation | |
| 19h30 - | Dinner | |
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 | ||
Scientific Session 3 |
Description |
Large 3D Kinematical Surveys - low z |
| R3.1: 08:30 - 09:15 | Eric Emsellem (ESO) - 3D Spectroscopic Surveys of Early-Type Galaxies - review | |
| R3.2: 09:15 - 10:00 | Philippe Amram (LAM) - 3D Spectroscopic Surveys of Late-Type Galaxies - review | |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee break | |
| C3.3: 10:30 - 10:50 | Erwin de Blok (University of Cape Town) Large HI Surveys with MeerKAT | |
| C3.4: 10:50 - 11:10 | Luis Ho (Carnegie Observatories) The Carnegie-Irvine Nearby Galaxies Survey | |
| C3.5: 11:10 - 11:30 | Carmelle Robert (Université Laval) The Study of Barred Spiral Galaxies with IFUs | |
| C3.6: 11:30 - 11:50 | Olivier Hernandez (LAE – Université de Montréal) Tracing the Ancestry of Galaxies using 3D Spectroscopy | |
| C3.7: 11:50 - 12:10 | Mark Westmoquette (University College London) Starburst Feedback from Super Star Cluster to Galaxy Scales | |
| C3.8: 11:50 - 12:10 | Laurent Drissen (Université Laval) SpIOMM and SITELLE: Wide-Field Hyperspectral Imagers for the Study of Galaxy Evolution | |
| C3.9: 12:10 - 12:30 | Petri Vaisanen (South African Astronomical Observatory) African Eyes on the Sky - the Southern African Large Telescope | |
| 12:30 - 14:30 | Lunch & posters | |
Scientific Session 4 |
Description |
Large 3D Kinematical Surveys - mid & high z |
| R4.1: 14:30 - 15:15 | Olivier Le Fevre (LAM) - Large High Redshift Spectroscopic Surveys - review | |
| R4.2: 15:15 - 16:00 | Benoit Épinat (LATT) - Spectroscopic Surveys: Exploring Galaxy Evolution Mechanisms | |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee break | |
| C4.3: 16:30 - 16:50 | Thierry Contini (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Toulouse - Tarbes) Probing the Mass Assembly and Chemical Evolution of High-z Galaxies with MASSIV | |
| C4.4: 16:50 - 17:10 | Mathieu Puech (GEPI - Observatoire de Paris) The Evolution of the Baryonic Tully-Fisher Relation over the past 6 Gyr | |
| C4.5: 17:10 - 17:30 | Caitlin Casey (U. Hawai'i) Completing the Census of High-z Extreme Starbursts | |
| C4.6: 17:30 - 17:50 | Thiago Gonçalves (Caltech) Lyman Break Analogs: Constraints on the Formation of Extreme Starbursts at Low and High Redshift | |
| C4.7: 17:50 - 18:10 | Loic Le Tiran (GEPI - Observatoire de Paris) The Turbulent ISM of Galaxies about 10 Gyrs ago: an Impact on their IMF? | |
| C4.8: 18:10 - 18:30 | Pheneas Nkundabakura (Kigali Institute of Education) Unveiling the Nature of two Unidentified Blazar Candidates Through Spectroscopic Observations | |
| 19h30 - | Dinner | |
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 | ||
Scientific Session 5 |
Description |
Stellar Populations in the Local Universe and at high Z and Galaxy Evolution |
| R5.1: 08:30 - 09:15 | Claudia Maraston (Portsmouth) - Stellar Populations at High Redshift - review | |
| R5.2: 09:15 - 10:00 | Jarle Brinchmann (Leiden) - Stellar Populations in the Low Redshift Universe, from the Oldest to the Youngest - review | |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee break | |
| C5.3: 10:30 - 10:50 | Isabel Perez (Universidad de Granada) Tracing the Origin of Bars and Bulges through the Study of their Stellar and Ionised Gas Properties | |
| C5.4: 10:50 - 11:10 | Roberto Maiolino (Astronomical Observatory of Rome) The Metallicity Evolution of Galaxies through the Cosmic Epochs | |
| C5.5: 11:10 - 11:30 | Jonas Johansson (University of Portsmouth) The Chemical Enrichment Histories of SDSS Galaxies | |
| C5.6: 11:30 - 11:50 | Sara Ellison (University of Victoria) Gas Flows in Galaxies: Mergers and Bars | |
| C5.7: 11:50 - 12:10 | Hitoshi HANAMI (Iwate University) Reconstruction of Star Formation and AGN Activities in Galaxies Classified with the Balmer Break, 1.6 µm Bump and PAH Features up to z=2 | |
| C5.8: 12:10 - 12:30 | Marie-Maude de Denus-Baillargeon (Université de Montréal) Fixing the Stellar Disk-to-Luminosity Ratio for Kinematics Studies in Individual Galaxies | |
| Afternoon | Excursions | |
Thursday, December 16, 2010 | ||
Education Session 6 |
Description |
Teaching Aids for Astronomy (High School & Undergraduate): Open to local teachers |
| R6.1: 08:30 - 09:05 | George Miley (Leiden Observatory), Claude Carignan (Université de Ouagadougou) & Kevin Govender (SAAO) - The IAU Strategic Plan: Astronomy for the Developing World - review | |
| R6.2: 09:05 - 09:40 | Jean-Pierre de Greve (Brussels) - Astronomy Education: the Road to Enthusiasm for Studying Science - review | |
| R6.3: 09:40 - 10:15 | Edward Guinan (Villanova University / IAU TAD Program) - The IAU Teaching Astronomy for Development(IAU/TAD) Program: Focus on Africa - review | |
| 10:15 - 10:45 | Coffee break | |
Education Session 6 |
Description |
The Virtual Observatory (VO): A Wealth of Data for Astronomical Research in Africa and Worldwide |
| R6.4: 10:45 - 11:20 | David Schade (CADC) - The Post-Virtual Observatory World View - review | |
| R6.5: 11:20 - 11:55 | Christian Surace (LAM) The Virtual Observatory : Data, Standards and Tools - review | |
| R6.6: 11:55 - 12:30 | Ruben Sanchez-Janssen (ESO) AVOCADO: A Virtual Observatory Census to Address Dwarfs Origins | |
| 12:30 - 14:30 | Lunch & posters | |
Scientific Session 7 |
Description |
Confronting cosmological simulations and galaxy evolution models with galaxy samples |
| R7.1: 14:30 - 15:15 | Simon White (MPI, Garching) - Simulating the Evolution of the Galaxy Population - review | |
| R7.2: 15:15 - 16:00 | Joop Shaye (Leiden) - Hydrodynamical Simulations of the Formation of Galaxies - review | |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee break | |
| C7.3: 16:30 - 16:50 | Leila Powell (CEA-Saclay) The Impact of ISM Turbulence, Clustered Star Formation and Feedback on Galaxy Mass Assembly through Cold Flows and Mergers. | |
| C7.4: 16:50 - 17:10 | Eric Wilcots (University of Wisconsin) The Influence of AGN Feedback on the Evolution of Galaxies and their Environments | |
| C7.5: 17:10 - 17:30 | Pierre-Alain Duc (AIM, CEA Paris Saclay) Reconstructing the Mass Assembly of Early-type Galaxies with Collisional Debris | |
| C7.6: 17:30 - 17:50 | Patricia Sanchez-Blazquez (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid) Quantifying the Redistribution of Mass and Angular Momentum in the Galactic Disks due to Bars | |
| C7.7: 17:50 - 18:10 | Paola Di Matteo (Observatoire de Paris, GEPI) Gas Inflows and Metallicity Evolution in Merging Pairs | |
| C7.8: 18:10 - 18:30 | Hugo Martel (Université Laval) Chemical Signature of Gas-Rich Disc-Disc Mergers at High Redshift | |
| 20h00 - | Conference dinner | |
Friday, December 17, 2010 | ||
Scientific Session 8 |
Description |
Mass assembly: baryon acquisition and settling of baryons in cold disks, formation of thick disks |
| R8.1: 08:30 - 09:15 | Christopher J. Conselice (Nottingham) - An Empirical Review of Galaxy Formation - review | |
| R8.2: 09:15 - 10:00 | Joe Silk (Oxford) - The Role of Feedback in Baryon Acquisition - review | |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee break | |
| C8.3: 10:30 - 10:50 | Lidia Tasca (Lboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille) Where is the Light? Evolution of Bulges and Disks since z~0.8 | |
| C8.4: 10:50 - 11:10 | Marcin Sawicki (Saint Mary's University) The Build-up of Stellar Mass in High-redshift Galaxies | |
| C8.5: 11:10 - 11:30 | D.J. Pisano (West Virginia University) The Evolution Of Luminous Compact Blue Galaxies: Disks or Spheroids? | |
| C8.6: 11:30 - 11:50 | Hector Bravo-Alfaro (Universidad de Guanajuato, Mexico) Environmental Effects in Galaxy Clusters: HI-VLA, CO-IRAM and Deep NIR Imaging in Abell 1367 and Abell 85 | |
| C8.7: 11:50 - 12:10 | Brent Tully (University of Hawaii) Cosmic Flows | |
| C8.8: 12:10 - 12:30 | Hakeem Oluseyi (Florida Institute of Technology) Galactic Archaeology Using RR Lyrae Stars Observed by the LSST | |
| 12:30 - 14:30 | Lunch & posters | |
Scientific Session 9 |
Description |
Unsolved problems |
| R9.1: 14:30 - 15:15 | Stéphane Courteau (Queen's) - Scaling Relations of Galaxies - review | |
| C9.2: 15:15 - 15:35 | Denis Burgarella (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille) The Herschel Far Infrared Emission of Lyman Break Galaxies at 0.8 < z < 2.5 (GALEX dropouts) in the GOODS fields: do we Understand Everything ? | |
| C9.3: 15:35 - 16:00 | Kambiz Fathi (Stockholm Observatory) Scale Length of Disk Galaxies in the Local Universe | |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee break | |
Scientific Session 10 |
Description |
Panel Discussion & Conference Summary |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Can we really apply the knowledge gained from low-z studies to the high-z galaxy populations or do we still have to rely heavily on models/simulations? | |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | Conference Summary (Ken C. Freeman) & Closing remarks (Claude Carignan) | |