Program and Schedule:

Assembly, Gas Content and Star Formation History of Galaxies
The Fourth North American ALMA Science Center Conference

September 21 – 24, 2009
Omni Hotel, Charlottesville, Virginia.

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

1900-2100 Packet pick-up and poster hanging, Omni AtriumClick for the Poster Abstracts

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PDF, PowerPoint, or Keynote presentations are posted as indicated by the presenters.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Time Speaker Affiliation Title/Event Presentation
0730-0830Continental Breakfast (packet pick-up and poster hanging)
0830-0835Housekeeping Notes
0835-0900Fred K. Y. LoNRAO DirectorOpening Remarks
Star Formation: General Overview and Diagnostics (Chair: Daniela Calzetti)
0900-0930Jonathan TanUniversity of FloridaGeneral Theory of Star FormationPDF
0930-0945Frank BigielUC BerkeleyThe Star Formation Law on sub-kpc Scales - From the Inner Disks to the Outskirts of Nearby GalaxiesPPT
0945-1000Jarle BrinchmannLeiden ObservatoryMoving past the Kennicutt-Schmidt relation - gas-star formation scaling laws for 200,000 galaxies in the SDSSPDF
1000-1030Mark KrumholzUC Santa CruzStar Formation Laws for Atomic and Molecular GasPPT
1030-1100 Break (Poster Room - Salon C)
1100-1130Bruce ElmegreenIBM T.J. Watson Research CenterInitial Mass FunctionsPDF
1130-1145Chris HaywardHarvard-Smithsonian Center for AstrophysicsCalibrating and Testing Star-Formation Rate Indicators Using SimulationsKeynote
1145-1200Matt MalkanUCLAFar-IR Spectral Diagnostics of Starbursts and AGNPPT
1200-1330 Lunch
Gas and Star Formation in Nearby Normal Galaxies (Chair: Brian Kent)
1330-1400Alberto BolattoUniversity of MarylandMolecular Gas at Low Metallicities: what we know and what ALMA will tell usPPTX
1400-1415Janice LeeCarnegie ObservatoriesMeasuring Star Formation Rates in Dwarf GalaxiesPPT
1415-1430Stacy McGaughUniversity of MarylandStar Formation in Gas Rich Low Surface Brightness GalaxiesKeynote
1430-1445Karen O'NeilNRAO,GBGas and Star Formation in Massive Low Surface Brightness GalaxiesPPT
1445-1500Martha HaynesCornell UniversityThe HI Census from the ALFALFA SurveyPDF
1500-1530 Break (Poster Room - Salon C)
1530-1545Timothy HeckmanJohns Hopkins UniversityThe GALEX Arecibo SDSS Survey (GASS) PDF
1545-1600Amanda KepleyUVaStar Formation in Nearby Galaxies with ALMA
1600-1615Jessica KrickSpitzer Science CenterThe First UV Intracluster Plume in the Virgo Cluster PPTX
1615-1630Daniel DaleUniversity of WyomingThe Wyoming Survey for H$\alpha$PPT
1630-1645Lisa YoungNew Mexico TechPPTX
1645-1700Alison CrockerUniversity of OxfordMolecular gas and star formation in early-type galaxiesPDF
1700Board buses Tour NTC/ Reception
1730-1930Tour NTC/ Reception

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Time Speaker Affiliation Title/Event Presentation
0755-0855Continental Breakfast
0855-0900Housekeeping Notes
0900-0915Jin KodaStony Brook UniversityCARMA Nobeyama CO survey of nearby galaxiesPPTX
0915-0930Adam LeroyMPIA (Heidelberg)Testing Drivers of Cloud and Star Formation in Nearby GalaxiesPPT
Gas and Star Formation in Local Starburst Galaxies and AGN Hosts(Chair: Shardha Jogee)
0930-1000Kazushi SakamotoASIAAMolecular Gas and Dust in ULIRGs : SMA viewPDF
1000-1015Jeremy DarlingUniversity of ColoradoLessons About Star Formation and Merging from Molecules and Dust
1015-1030Susanne AaltoChalmers University of Technology, SwedenIR and mm tracers of starburst evolution - HC$_{3}$N in obscured galaxiesPPT
1030-1100 Break (Poster Room - Salon C)
1100-1115Satoki MatsushitaASIAACO View of Molecular Gas around AGNsPPTX
1115-1130DongChan KimUniversity of VirginiaMid-IR Diagnostics of Star Formation in QUEST SamplePPTX
1130-1145Andreea PetricSpitzer Science Center /CaltechMIR Diagnostics and Warm Molecular Gas in Local Luminous Infrared Galaxies in the GOALS SamplePPT
1145-1215Todd ThompsonThe Ohio State UniversityMaximal Starbursts: Theory & RealityPPT
1215-1400 Group Photo followed by Lunch
Mergers, Accretion, and the Buildup of Galaxies (Chair: Lee Armus)
1400-1430Julio NavarroUniversity of VictoriaNumerical Simulations of Hierarchical Galaxy FormationPPT
1430-1445Alyson BrooksCaltechThe Role of Cold Flows in the Early Growth of GalaxiesPPT
1445-1500Carrie BridgeCaltechEvolution in the Merger Rate: Implications for Mass Assembly, Star Formation and AGN ActivityKeynote
1500-1515Jennifer LotzNOAOThe Effect of Gas on Observations of the Galaxy Merger RateKeynote
1515-1530Shardha JogeeUniversity of Texas at AustinGalaxy Mergers and their Impact on Star Formation over the last 10 GyrPPT
1530-1600 Break (Poster Room - Salon C)
1600-1630Kristen ShapiroUniversity of California, BerkeleySINFONI Integral-Field Observations of Massive Star-Forming Galaxies at z$\sim$2PDF
1630-1645Maurilio PannellaNRAOStar formation and dust obscuration at $z\approx2$: galaxies at the dawn of downsizingPDF
1645-1700Jason MelbourneCalifornia Institute of TechnologyNear-IR Spectroscopy Reveals Buried AGN Within $z$=2 Dust Obscured Galaxies (DOGs)PPT
1700-1715Gregory SnyderHarvard-Smithsonian Center for AstrophysicsPoststarburst Galaxies in Merger SimulationsPPT
1715-1730Dennis ZaritskyUniversity of ArizonaImplications and Applications of the Fundamental ManifoldPDF
1745-1915 Poster Session Reception

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Time Speaker Affiliation Title/Event Presentation
0755-0855 Continental Breakfast
0855-0900 Housekeeping Notes
Gas, Dust and Star Formation at High Redshift (Chair: Hsien Shang)
0900-0930Dominik RiechersCaltechMolecular gas in high redshift galaxiesPPT
0930-0945Andrew HarrisDepartment of Astronomy, University of MarylandThe molecular ISM of high-redshift galaxiesPPTX
0945-1000Jeff WaggESO/NRAOThe molecular gas content of $z>$6.5 Lyman Alpha emittersPPT
1000-1015Lin YanCaltechDetection of Cold Molecular Gas in Spitzer Selected $z\sim$2 ULIRGsPOTX
1015-1030Robert BussmannUniversity of ArizonaComparing the specific star formation rates of $z\sim$ 2 ULIRGs: DOGs and SMGsPDF
1030-1100 Break (Poster Room - Salon C)
1100-1130Jason ProchaskaUC Santa Cruz/UCOOn the (Non)Evolution of HI Gas in GalaxiesPDF
1130-1145Kotaro KohnoUniversity of TokyoAzTEC-on-ASTE survey of dusty extreme starburst galaxiesPPT
1145-1200Min YunUniversity of Massachusetts, AmherstNature of the Sources Identified by the AzTEC 1100 micron SurveysPPT
1200-1215Joaquin VieiraUniversity of Chicago / KICPA new sample of (sub)mm galaxies discovered with the South Pole TelescopeKeynote
1215-1345 Lunch
1345-1400Thomas GreveMPIAA LABOCA survey of the ECDFS: the submillimeter properties of near-infrared selected galaxiesPPT
1400-1415Alexandra PopeNOAONew observational constraints on the sources of the cosmic infrared background
1415-1430Desika NarayananHarvard-Smithsonian Center for AstrophysicsThe Infrared Zoo at $z \sim$ 2PPT
1430-1445Ranga-Ram CharySSC/CaltechThe Growth of Galaxies and the Role of Dust at 2$PPT
Future Facilities: Radio and Submillimeter Wavelengths (Chair: Chris Carilli)
1445-1515Alison PeckALMA/NRAOThe Current Status of ALMAPDF
1515-1545 Break (Poster Room - Salon C)
1545-1605Philip AppletonNASA Herschel Science Center: CaltechGalaxy Spectroscopy From Spitzer to Herschel: Mapping the Dominant IR Cooling Channels in Shocked GasPPT
1605-1620David FrayerIPACDeep Far-Infrared Surveys with Spitzer and Expectations for HerschelPPT
1620-1640Andrew BlainCaltechThe Herschel multi-tiered Extragalactic Survey (HerMES): ALMA SynergiesPDF
1640-1655
1655-1710Tom OosterlooNetherlands Institute for Radio AstronomyAll-sky radio surveys with the WSRTKeynote
1710-1725Brian MasonNRAOMUSTANG, a 3mm bolometer array for the GBTKeynote
1725-1740Eric MurphyCaltechThe Far-Infrared--Radio Correlation at High-z: From ALMA to the SKAPPT
1740-1755James CondonNRAO, CVThe Role of the EVLA and SKA in the ALMA EraPPT
1815-1845 Drinks prior to dinner
1900-2015 Conference Banquet
2015-2045John HawleyChair, UVa AstronomyBanquet Speaker

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Time Speaker Affiliation Title/Event Presentation
0755-0855 Continental Breakfast
0855-0900 Housekeeping Notes
AGN and Stellar Feedback (Chair: Tim Heckman)
0900-0930Christy TremontiMPIAStarburst and AGN FeedbackPDF
0930-0945Zhi-Yun LiUVaOutflow Feedback-Regulated Massive Star Formation PPT
0945-1000Michael FallSTScIFormation and Disruption of Star Clusters
1000-1015Mark LacyNRAO/NAASCDust obscured radio-quiet quasars at high redshiftsPPT
1015-1045 Break (Poster Room - Salon C)
Galaxy Evolution and Dependence on Environment (Chair: Andrew Blain)
1045-1115Nick ScovilleCaltechLarge Scale Structure and Galaxy EvolutionPPT
1115-1130Jeyhan KartaltepeUniversity of HawaiiMultiwavelength Properties of 70 micron Selected Galaxies in the COSMOS FieldPPTX
1130-1145Manuel AravenaNRAOThe Environment of Submillimeter Galaxies
1145-1200Sara EllisonUniversity of VictoriaThe galaxy mass-metallicity relation and its dependence on environmentPDF
1200-1215Brian KentNRAOGalaxy Environment and the HI structure of the Virgo Cluster
1215-1345 Lunch
1345-1415Philip HopkinsUC BerkeleyThe Role of Gas in the Formation of Disks and Bulges: More Important than You ThinkKeynote
1415-1430Kartik ShethCaltech / NRAODependence of Galactic Structure on the Dynamical State of Galaxies
1430-1445Grant WilsonUniversity of MassachusettsTriggered Star Formation in Cluster EnvironmentsPPT
1445-1500Jeremy LimUniversity of Hong KongCool Molecular Gas in Central Cluster Giant Elliptical GalaxiesPPT
1500-1700Break/Discussion/Conclusion

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