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RAS NAM, incorporating UKSP and MIST

UK-Germany National Astronomy Meeting NAM2012

Schedule

The schedule for NAM 2012 is set out below. Plenary and community sessions will take place in Theatre B, with video streaming to Theatre A, unless otherwise noted. Also note that some parallel sessions start and end slightly earlier or later than the times given in the first column; this is noted where it is the case.

On-site registration is for pre-paid delegates only to collect their delegate packs.

Individual session timetables can be accessed by clicking on the session names below; clicking on a talk or poster title will display the abstract. Full listings of all presentations and all posters are also available. You can also download the abstracts as printer-friendly PDFs: posters, presentations.

Posters will be displayed in Session A (Tuesday/Wednesday) or Session B (Thursday/Friday) according to their session - see the delegate information page for details. Posters in OTH1 are split between both sessions.

Some break-out sessions will take place in the Lovell Seminar Room ('Lovell'), on the 3rd floor of the Alan Turing Building (the silver building beyond the marquee).

Monday 26 March

TimeActivityTheatre ATheatre B1.2181.2192.2182.219 / 2.2204.205 / 4.206Other
09:00-18:00ArrivalMarcoPolo-R symposium (Lovell)
18:00-20:00Registration
20:00-21:00Public lectureAll from Nothing: The Structuring of Our Universe
Simon White, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics

Tuesday 27 March

TimeActivityTheatre ATheatre B1.2181.2192.2182.219 / 2.2204.205 / 4.206Other
08:00-08:50Registration
08:50-09:00Opening
09:00-09:50Plenary 1The Square Kilometer Array
Michael Kramer, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
10:00-11:15Parallel 1 INS1 GAL1 MAG1 SP5 PL1 STA1 COS3
11:15-11:45Coffee
11:45-13:15Parallel 2
(End time)
INS3
(13:00)
GAL1
(13:00)
MAG1
(13:15)
SP5
(13:15)
PL1
(13:00)
STA1
(13:00)
COS3
(12:45)
12.45-14:15 Lunch & Posters ALMA lunch Technology Transfer session (STFC stand)
Tweetup (Jebez)
14:00-15:30(Start time)
Parallel 3
(14:15)
ISM1
(14:15)
GAL1
(14:15)
MAG2
(14:15)
SP5
(14:15)
PL1
(14:00)
COS3
(14:15)
MST2
15:30-16:00Tea
16:00-16:50Plenary 2NASA's Juno Mission to Jupiter: What's Inside the Giant Planet?
Fran Bagenal, University of Colorado
17:00-18:15Parallel 4 ISM1 GAL1 MAG2 HIS1 PL1 COS3 MST2
18:15Finish
18:30-20:30SocialReception at Manchester Museum
20:00-22:45SocialBright Club at Pub Zoo

Wednesday 28 March

TimeActivityTheatre ATheatre B1.2181.2192.2182.219 / 2.2204.205 / 4.206Other
08:00-09:00Registration
09:00-09:50Plenary 3Frontiers in gravitational lensing
Peter Schneider, University of Bonn
10:00-11:15Parallel 5 ISM1 GAL1 SP1 GW1 OUT1 HE1 INS1
11:15-11:45Coffee
11:45-13:15Parallel 6
(End time)
ISM2
(13:15)
GAL1
(13:00)
SP4
(13:15)
GW1
(13:15)
OUT1
(13:00)
HE1
(13:00)
CP1
(13:00)
13.00-14:15Lunch & Posters RAS Edu Comm Women in Science Lunch
14:15-15:30Community sessionRAS Community SessionAstrophysical Chemistry Group committee meeting (14:00-15:00, Lovell)
15:30-16:00Tea
16:00-16:50Plenary 4The protocloud and the large-scale environment of galaxies
Joss Bland-Hawthorn, University of Sydney
17:00-18:15Parallel 7
(End time)
ISM2
(18:00)
GAL2
(18:30)
SP3
(18:15)
GW1
(18:15)
HE2
(18:15)
ISM3
(18:15)
CP1
(18:15)
18:15Finish
16:00-20:00SocialExcursion to JBO
18:30-22:30Social5-a-side football
20:00-21:00Public lectureThe Juno Mission to Jupiter: What's Inside the Giant Planet?
Fran Bagenal, University of Colorado
20:00-lateInformal eventsRecycled Electrons podcast meetup, Ducie Arms

Thursday 29 March

TimeActivityTheatre ATheatre B1.2181.2192.2182.219 / 2.2204.205 / 4.206Other
08:00-09:00Registration
09:00-09:50Plenary 5The Wonders of the Solar Atmosphere
Alan Hood, University of St Andrews
10:00-11:15Parallel 8 STA2 PL2 COS4 ISM3 MST1 INS4 GAL2
11:15-11:45Coffee
11:45-13:15Parallel 9
(End time)
STA2
(13:00)
PL2
(13:00)
COS1
(13:15)
ISM3
(13:00)
MST5
(13:00)
INS4
(13:15)
INS2
(13:00)
13.00-14:00Lunch & Posters Solar Physics lunch Meet the Press Lunch STFC research grant surgery (12:30-14:00, STFC stand)
Tweetup (Jebez)
14:00-14:30Community sessionPresentation by STFC CEO, John Womersley
14:30-15:30Community sessionSTFC Community SessionCOS4
(15:00-17:00, Lovell)
15:30-16:00Tea
16:00-17:00Community session
& Poster sessions
UKSA / ESA ESO
17:10-18:00Plenary 6'Photographing the Night Sky' An Introduction to Modern Imaging Techniques
Nik Szymanek
18:00Finish
19:00-23:00SocialConference Dinner at the Town Hall

Friday 30 March

TimeActivityTheatre ATheatre B1.2181.2192.2182.219 / 2.2204.205 / 4.206Other
08:00-09:00Registration
09:00-09:50Plenary 7Catching Shadows: Kepler's Year-Three Exoplanet Census
Natalie Batalha, San Jose State University
10:00-11:15Parallel 10 STA2 PL2 SP2 INS5 MST3 GAL3 COS1
11:15-11:45Coffee
11:45-13:15Parallel 11
(End time)
STA2
(13:00)
PL2
(13:00)
SP6
(13:15)
HE3
(13:15)
MST4
(13:00)
GAL3
(12:45)
COS2
(13:00)
12.45-14:15Lunch & Posters MIST lunch Careers Lunch
14:00-15:30(Start time)
Parallel 12
(14:15)
COS1
(14:15)
PL2
(14:15)
SP6
(14:15)
HE3
(14:15)
MST4
(14:00)
GAL3
(14:15)
COS2
15:30-16:00Tea
16:00-16:50Plenary 8Cosmology in our backyard
Carlos Frenk, University of Durham
16:50-17:00Closing
17:00Finish