May Symposium

Sunday, May 7, 2006
3:45 - 4:30pm	Shuttle Service from Hotels (Colonnade, Carlyle, and Hopkins Inn) to STScI
4:00 - 7:00pm	Registration & Reception
7:15 - 7:45pm	Return trip to hotels from STScI
Monday, May 8, 2006
7:45 - 8:30am	Pick up from hotels to STScI
8:00 - 9:00am	Registration, Coffee & Pastries
9:00 - 9:10am	Welcome Matt Mountain
Chair: Jennifer Wiseman
9:10 - 9:40am	Theories of Massive Star Formation Mark Krumholz
9:40 - 9:55am	Discussion
9:55 - 10:25am	Formation of Pop III Stars Volker Bromm
10:25 - 10:40am	Discussion
10:40 - 11:10am	BREAK
11:10 - 11:40am	Observations of Massive Star Formation Nimesh Patel
11:40 - 11:55am	Discussion
11:55 - 12:25pm	Observations of Massive Star Formation Barbara Whitney
12:25 - 12:40pm	Discussion
12:40 - 12:55pm	Piercing Through Massive Star-forming Regions with Gamma-ray Burst Afterglows Hsiao-Wen Chen
12:55 - 1:00pm	Discussion
1:00 - 2:00pm	Lunch
Chair: Nino Panagia
2:00 - 2:30pm	Theories of Massive Star Formation Ian Bonnell
2:30 - 2:45pm	Discussion
2:45 - 3:15pm	Massive Star Formation in the Galactic Center Donald Figer
3:15 - 3:30pm	Discussion
3:30 - 4:00pm	BREAK
4:00 - 4:30pm	Star Formation in Orion Massimo Robberto
4:30 - 4:45pm	Discussion
4:45 - 5:00pm	An X-ray Tour of Massive Star-forming Regions with Chandra Leisa Townsley
5:00 - 5:05pm	Discussion
5:05 - 5:35pm	Massive stars: Their feedback effects in the local universe Sally Oey
5:35 - 5:50pm	Discussion
6:00 - 6:30pm	Return trip to hotels from STScI
Tuesday, May 9, 2006
7:45 - 8:30am	Pick up from hotels to STScI
8:00 - 9:00am	Coffee & Pastries
Chair: Pieter van der Kruit
9:00 - 9:30am	The IMF in Clusters Bruce Elmegreen
9:30 - 9:45am	Discussion
9:45 - 10:15am	Observations of Clusters Brad Whitmore
10:15 - 10:30am	Discussion
10:30 - 11:00am	BREAK
11:00 - 11:30am	Embedded Clusters Kelsey Johnson
11:30 - 11:45am	Discussion
11:45 - 12:00pm	Multiplicity of Massive Stars - Clues and Consequences Hans Zinnecker
12:00 - 12:05pm	Discussion
12:05 - 12:20pm	Population III Signatures in Extragalactic Globular Clusters Thomas Puzia
12:20 - 12:25pm	Discussion
12:25 - 12:40pm	On the Binarity of Eta Carinae Theodore Gull
12:40 - 12:45pm	Discussion
12:45 - 2:00pm	Lunch
Chair: John Hillier
2:00 - 2:30pm	Evolution of Massive Stars Norbert Langer
2:30 - 2:45pm	Discussion
2:45 - 3:15pm	Winds from Massive Stars Rolf-Peter Kudritzki
3:15 - 3:30pm	Discussion
3:30 - 4:00pm	BREAK
4:00 - 4:30pm	Nucleosynthesys in Pop III Stars Jason Tumlinson
4:30 - 4:45pm	Discussion
4:45 - 5:00pm	Optically Observable ZAMS O Stars Nolan Walborn
5:00 - 5:05pm	Discussion
5:05 - 5:20pm	Metallicity Dependent Winds from Wolf-Rayet Stars Paul Crowther
5:20 - 5:25pm	Discussion
5:25 - 5:40pm	The Progenitor Stars of Core-Collapse Supernovae Stephen Smartt
5:40 - 5:45pm	Discussion
5:45 - 6:00pm	The Role of Giant LBV Eruptions in the Evoution of Vary Massive Stars Nathan Smith
6:00 - 6:05pm	Discussion
6:05 - 6:35pm	Return trip to hotels from STScI
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
7:45 - 8:30am	Pick up from hotels to STScI
8:00 - 9:00am	Coffee & Pastries
Chair: William Blair
9:00 - 9:30am	From Progenitor to Afterlife Roger Chevalier
9:30 - 9:45am	Discussion
9:45 - 10:15am	Life and Death of Pop III Stars Alexander Heger
10:15 - 10:30am	Discussion
10:30 - 11:00am	BREAK
11:00 - 11:30am	Pair Instability Supernovae Evan Scannapieco
11:30 - 11:45am	Discussion
11:45 - 12:15pm	Ultraluminous X-ray Sources Guiseppina Fabbiano
12:15 - 12:30pm	Discussion
12:30 - 12:45pm	Studying GRB Environments and Progenitors with Absorption Spectroscopy Derek Fox
12:45 - 12:50pm	Discussion
12:50 - 2:00pm	Lunch
Chair: Donald York
2:00 - 2:30pm	Long GRBs Andy Fruchter
2:30 - 2:45pm	Discussion
2:45 - 3:15pm	Short GRBs Neil Gehrels
3:15 - 3:30pm	Discussion
3:30 - 4:00pm	BREAK
4:00 - 4:30pm	Magnetars Victoria Kaspi
4:30 - 4:45pm	Discussion
4:45 - 5:15pm	Microquasars Felix Mirabel
5:15 - 5:30pm	Discussion
5:30 - 8:00pm	Symposium Dinner (STScI)
8:00 - 8:45pm	Return trip to hotels from STScI
Thursday, May 11, 2006
7:45 - 8:30am	Pick up from hotels to STScI
8:00 - 9:00am	Coffee & Pastries
Chair: Eva Villaver
9:00 - 9:30am	The IMF of Pop III Stars Michael Norman
9:30 - 9:45am	Discussion
9:45 - 10:15am	Reionization Avi Loeb
10:15 - 10:30am	Discussion
10:30 - 11:00am	BREAK
11:00 - 11:30am	Pop III Stars and the Cosmic Infrared Background Alexander Kashlinsky
11:30 - 11:45am	Discussion
11:45 - 12:00pm	Studying Galaxy Formation with the JWST Jonathan Gardner
12:00 - 12:05pm	Discussion

2006 May Symposium Agenda