Schedule

8:45-9:00 R. Williams, STScI Welcome
9:00-9:15 D. Soderblom, STScI Opening remarks and meeting strategy
9:15-9:45 E. Weiler, NASA-HQ The Roadmap study and the NASA Origins program
9:45-10:30 T. Henry, STScI Low-mass companions to nearby stars (abstract)
10:30-11:00 break
11:00-11:45 A. Burrows, U. Az. Models of giant planets and brown dwarfs (abstract)
11:45-12:30 D. Latham, CfA Radial velocity searches for low-mass companions (abstract)
12:30-2:45 lunch (Science Writers' Workshop)
2:45-3:30 G. Gatewood, U. Pitt. Astrometric searches on the ground and in space (abstract)
3:30-4:15 M. McCaughrean, MPI Proto-stars and their environments (abstract)
4:15-4:45 break
4:45-5:15 D. Soderblom, STScI Target selection for planet searches (abstract)
5:15-6:00 A discussion of solar and stellar observations relevant to planet detection
6:00-6:30 poster mini-session
1. Coustenis et al. (abstract)
2. Eiroa et al. (abstract)
3. Krist et al(abstract)
4. Kulkarni (abstract)
5. Lattanzi et al. (abstract)
6. Noll & Marley (abstract)
7. Provencal(abstract)
8. Rosenthal et al.(abstract)
9. Ruzmaikina(abstract)
10. Stapelfeldt et al.(abstract)
11. Wolszczan (abstract)
6:30+ Reception, STScI

Thursday, October 17

9:00-9:20 M. Simon, SUNY-SB Planet formation in the binary environment
9:20-10:05 K. Sahu, STScI Detecting planets with microlensing (abstract)
10:00-10:30 D. Jones, JPL VLBI detection of extra-solar planets
10:30-11:00 break
11:00-11:45 J.-M. Mariotti, ESA European initiatives in planet detection (abstract)
11:45-12:30 W. Borucki, ARC The Kepler mission (abstract)
12:30-2:00 lunch
2:00-2:45 D. Sandler, Thermotrex Large-aperture direct imaging (abstract)
2:45-3:30 M. Shao, JPL SIM, the Space Interferometry Mission (abstract)
3:30-4:00 break
4:00-4:30 R. Reasenberg, CfA POINTS studies: lessons for SIM (abstract)
4:30-5:15 M. Colavita, JPL Ground-based optical interferometry (abstract)
5:15-6:00 R. Angel, U. Az. Nulling interferometry to study extra-solar planets (abstract)
6:00-6:30 poster mini-session
1. Albrow et al. (abstract)
2. Deleuil et al.(abstract)
3. Fisher et al.(abstract)
4. Gaidos et al.(abstract)
5. Germain et al.(abstract)
6. Jenkins et al.(abstract)
7. Mariotti et al.(abstract)
8. Noyes et al. (abstract)
9. Peale (abstract)
10. Schultz et al.(abstract)
11. West(abstract)
12. Woolf & Angel(abstract)
6:30+ Conference dinner, STScI

9:00-9:45 D. McCarthy, U. Az. NICMOS surveys for brown dwarfs (abstract)
9:45-10:30 D. Cruikshank, ARC SIRTF, the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (abstract)
10:30-11:00 break
11:00-11:45 C. Burrows, STScI The Advanced Camera for Surveys on HST (abstract)
11:45-12:30 J. Mather, GSFC NGST, the Next Generation Space Telescope ( abstract)
12:30-2:00 lunch
2:00-2:45 R. Brown, STScI Conference summary