February 26
8:30-9:00 Registration
9:00 - 10:30 Session Ia (Imaging and Spectroscopic Drivers)
Chair: Chris Blades
STScI Welcome: Steve Beckwith (5)
Workshop Welcome: Bob Williams (10)
Invited: Phil Crane (25)
NASA HQ Perspective
Invited: Garth Illingworth (25)
Science Opportunities for Future Very Large Space Telescopes
Invited: Pieter van Dokkum (25)
Formation and Evolution of Early-type Galaxies
10:30 - 11:00 Open Discussion + Break (15 min each)
11:00 - 12:30 Session Ib (Imaging and Spectroscopic Drivers, continued)
Chair: Chris Blades
Invited: Doug Richstone (25)
Five (or so) Easy Problems for a Very Large Space Telescope
Invited: Jill Bechtold (25)
High Resolution UV Spectroscopy of the IGM: How High?
Contributed: David Bowen (20)
QSO Absorption Lines from Galaxies
Contributed: Jason Tumlinson (20)
SDSS and VLST as Probes of the Galaxy/IGM Connection
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:00 Session IIa (UV and Optical Drivers)
Chair Tod Lauer
Invited: Todd Tripp (25)
The Intergalactic Medium and its Role in Galaxy Evolution as a Science Driver for a Very Large Space Telescope: Examples from the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph
Invited: Kurt Adelberger (25)
Studying Reionization, Feedback, and Black Hole Formation through Observations of Galaxies and the IGM at High Redshift
Contributed: Marc Kuchner (20)
TPF: Not Just for Extrasolar Planets
Contributed: Alessandra Aloisi (20)
UV Spectroscopy of Star Forming Galaxies
15:00 - 15:30 Break + Open Discussion (30 minutes)
15:30 - 17:00 Session IIb (UV and Optical Drivers, continued)
Chair: Tod Lauer
Invited: Chris Martin (25)
GALEX: Early Results & Implications for the Future
Contributed: Noah Brosch (20)
UV Astronomy in the Post-GALEX Era
Invited: Roger Angel (25)
Concepts for Fully Steerable and Survey VLSTs at a Manned Base at the Moon's South Pole
Invited: Harley Thronson (25)
NASA's New Priorities and Investing in Future Technologies
17:00 - 17:30 Discussion Session (Moderator: Don York)
17:30 - 19:30 Reception at STScI
February 27
9:00-10:30 Session III (Aperture and Stability Drivers)
Chair: Tammy Smecker-Hane
Invited: David Spergel (25)
Planet Finding and Characterization
Invited: Alycia Weinberger (25)
High Dynamic Range Imaging and Spectroscopy of Circumstellar Disks
Contributed: Alain Lecavelier (20)
Spectroscopic Observations of Extrasolar Planets Atmospheres
Contributed: Carol Grady (20)
The Evolution of Planetary Systems: Probing the Epoch of Planet Formation with VLST
10:30 - 11:00 Open Discussion + Break (15 min each)
11:00 - 12:30 Session IVa (Wide-field and High-Resolution Imaging Drivers)
Chair: Mike Hauser
Invited: Mike Rich (25)
Direct Measurement of the Star Formation History of Bulges and Spheroids
Contributed: John Gizis (20)
Brown Dwarf Science with VLST
Invited: Avi Loeb (25)
Exploring Early Structure Formation with a Very Large Space Telescope
Contributed: Oleg Gnedin (20)
Watching Galaxies Form at z > 6: What We Know and What We Want to Know
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:15 Session IVb (Wide-field and High-Resolution Imaging Drivers, continued)
Chair: Mike Hauser
Invited: Gary Bernstein (25)
Trading Resolution for Field of View
Contributed: Huub Rottgering (20)
The Clustering of Galaxies in the Early Universe
14:15 - 15:00 Discussion (Moderator: Warren Moos)
15:00 - 15:15 Break
15:15 - 16:00 Discussion Continued
Concluding Remarks