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Meeting Schedule

Wednesday, September 24:
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Poster set-up; pick-up workshop registration materials in Conference Room 225, Omni Hotel

Thursday, September 25:

Time Speaker Affiliation Title Presentation
7:45a Bus leaves from the Courtyard North to the Omni.  
8:00-9:00a Continental Breakfast, Poster Set-up, pick-up workshop registration materials.  
9:00-9:15a Fred Lo NRAO - CV Welcome and Scientific Overview PDF
9:15-9:45a Paolo PadoanUniversity of California, San Diego The formation of molecular cores from turbulent flows PDF; movie
9:45-10:15a Neal Evans University of Texas Observed properties of massive molecular cores PDF
10:15-10:35a Frederique MotteAIM/SAp, CEA Saclay Properties of high-mass protostars and massive pre-stellar cores at the dawn of Herschel and ALMA PDF
10:35-11:05a Coffee Break  
11:05-11:35a Jonathan TanUniversity of Florida The formation of high mass stars from cores PDF
11:35-12:05p Crystal Brogan NRAO Observational constraints on massive star formation PDF
12:05-12:25p Qizhou ZhangCfA Fragmentation in (Pre)cluster Forming Regions PDF
12:25-12:35p Discussion  
12:35-2:05p Lunch  
2:05-2:25p Philippe Andre CEA/SAp Saclay Probing the earliest stages of massive star formation in cluster-forming clumps PDF
2:25-2:55p Daniela CalzettiUniversity of Massachusetts Scaling relations for star formation and feedback on galaxy scales PDF
2:55-3:15p Adam LeroyMPIA The star formation efficiency in nearby galaxies: results from THINGS++ PDF
3:15-3:45p Coffee Break  
3:45-4:05p Konstantinos Tassis KICP Using cosmological simulations to connect star formation in molecular clouds with observations on galactic scales PDF
4:05-4:25p Yancy Shirley University of Arizona Constant SFR/M in high-mass star-forming clumps PDF
4:25-4:45p Desika Narayanan Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Molecular star formation rate indicators in galaxies PDF; movie1; movie2; movie3
4:45-5:05p Guinevere KauffmannMax Planck Institute for Astrophysics Evidence that the top end of the IMF varies in nearby star-forming galaxies PDF
5:05-5:15p Discussion  
5:30 & 5:45p Buses leave from the Omni to the NTC.  
6:00-8:00p Director's reception/tour of NRAO Technology Center.  
8:00p Buses leave from the NTC to the Omni and Marriot Courtyard North.  
 

Friday, September 26:

Time Speaker Affiliation Title Presentation
8:00a Bus leaves from the Courtyard North to the Omni.  
8:00-9:00a Continental Breakfast  
9:00-9:20a Floris van der Tak SRON Chemical evolution of massive star-forming regions PDF
9:20-9:40a Peter SchilkeMPIfR What are the best (molecular) tracers of physical conditions in regions of massive star formation? N/A
9:40-10:00a Ramprasad Rao Submillimeter Array/ASIAA Submillimeter Array observations of magnetic fields in massive star forming regions N/A
10:00-10:20a Zhi-Yun LiUniversity of Virginia Outflow feedback in cluster formation PDF; movie
10:20-11:00a Coffee Break  
11:00-11:20a Keping QiuHarvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Submillimeter Array observations of molecular outflows in massive star forming regions PDF
11:20-11:40a Christopher Matzner University of Toronto When and how does protostellar dynamical feedback matter? PDF
11:40a-12:00p Eric Keto Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics The Formation of Massive Star Clusters by Cooperative Accretion PDF
12:00-12:20p Mark Krumholz UC Santa Cruz What does it take to make a massive star? PDF; movie1; movie2; movie3
12:20-12:30p Discussion  
12:30-2:00p Lunch  
2:00-2:20p John BallyUniversity of Colorado, Boulder Feedback from massive stars PDF
2:20-2:40p Ed Churchwell University of Wisconsin-Madison Dusty, wind-blown bubbles: Not your classical HII region PDF
2:40-3:00p Annie Zavagno LAM Star formation triggered by Galactic HII regions N/A
3:00-3:20p Leisa Townsley Penn State University X-ray observations of massive star formation and feedback PDF
3:20-4:00p Coffee Break  
4:00-4:20p Mark Westmoquette University College London Spatially-resolved studies of super star cluster feedback in starburst galaxies N/A
4:20-4:50p Tim HeckmanJohns Hopkins What drives galaxy-scale feedback? PDF
4:50-5:10p Eva Schinnerer MPIA Tracing nuclear star formation and feedback PDF
5:10-5:30p Daniel Weisz University of Minnesota Triggered star formation in M81 group dwarf galaxy IC2574 PDF; movie
5:30-5:40p Discussion  
5:40-7:00p Poster Viewing Session with wine and cheese - Omni Hotel, Room 225.  
7:00-9:00p Conference Dinner-Omni Hotel Atrium; Sponsored by UVa Astronomy Department.  
9:15 & 10:00p Buses leave from the Omni to the Courtyard North.  
 

Saturday, September 27:

Time Speaker Affiliation Title Presentation
8:00a Bus leaves from the Courtyard North to the Omni.  
8:00-9:00a Continental Breakfast  
9:00-9:20a Alison Peck ALMA Current status of ALMA PDF
9:20-9:40a Maria Cunningham University of New South Wales Turbulence, feedback, and star formation in the G333 molecular cloud complex PDF
9:40-10:00a Nathan Smith UC Berkeley A potential bonanza for ALMA in the Carina Nebula PDF
10:00-10:20a Farhad Yusef-Zadeh Northwestern University Star formation in the Galactic Center region PDF
10:20-10:50a Coffee Break  
10:50-11:10a Yasuo Fukui Nagoya University What are the conditions for forming massive star clusters: lessons in the GC and the LMC PDF
11:10-11:30a Alberto Bolatto University of Maryland The properties of extragalactic GMCs PDF
11:30-11:50a Chris Wilson McMaster University Massive star formation in extreme environments PDF
11:50a-12:00p Discussion  
12:00-1:30p Lunch  
1:30-2:00p Adrian Russell ALMA/NRAO-CV The future evolution of ALMA PDF
2:00-3:30p Discussion (Thematic groups on development science drivers)  
3:30-4:30p Discussion (all)  
4:30p Bus leave from the Omni to the Courtyard North.