Agenda




Monday 19 May 2003 - Day 1
08:30-09:00 Registration
09:00-09:15 Welcome
09:15-09:45 A. Cimatti A stringent test on the formation of early type and massive galaxies
09:45-10:15 M. Franx Formation and Evolution of Galaxies from Ultra-Deep ISAAC Imaging: A Public Survey
10:15-10:45 J. Bergeron The Cosmic Evolution of the Intergalactic Medium
10:45-11:15 Coffee Break
11:15-11:45 S. White The ESO Distant Cluster Survey: Evolution in Clusters since z~1
11:45-12:15 P. Rosati The Galaxy Population of the most distant Massive Clusters and their Internal Dynamics
12:15-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:30 G. Miley Tracing the Formation and Evolution of Clusters and their Central Massive Galaxies to z>4
14:30-15:00 C. Lidman Distant Type Ia SNe and Cosmology: Constraining the Nature of the Dark Energy and Assessing the Importance of Dust and Evolution
15:00-15:30 M. Franx Galaxy Mass-to-Light Ratios at z>1 from the Fundamental Plane: Measuring the Star Formation Epoch and Mass Evolution of Galaxies
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-16:30 H. Böhringer In-depth XMM-VLT Study of Cosmic Structure and Evolution with Massive Clusters and Groups of Galaxies
16:30-17:00 S. De Rijcke The internal dynamics of Fornax and NGC 5044-group dwarf ellipticals (dEs)
17:00-17:30 M. Rubio Deep CO(2-1) observations of molecular regions in the Magellanic Clouds
17:30 Adjourn
17:45 Bus leaves for Garching



Tuesday 20 May 2003 - Day 2
09:00-09:30 H. Böhnhardt Physical Properties of the Most Pristine Solar System Bodies: Transneptunian Objects and Centaurs
09:30-10:00 J.-P. Beaulieu PLANET II: A Simultaneous Search for Microlensing and Transiting Planets using a Worldwide Network
10:00-10:30 D. Ségransan Companions to nearby M dwarfs: Planets, Brown Dwarfs and Stars
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-11:30 E. van Dishoeck Origin and Evolution of Ices in Star-Forming Regions
11:30-12:00 R. Gratton Distances, Ages and Metal Abundances in Globular Cluster Dwarfs
12:00-12:30 R. Cayrel Galaxy Formation, Early Nucleosynthesis and the First Stars
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:30 R. Wijers The Physics of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) and the Nature of their Hosts
14:30-15:00 R. Napiwotzki Are White Dwarf Binaries the Progenitors of Type Ia Supernovae?
15:00-15:30 Coffee Break
15:30-16:00 O. Hainaut Very distant TNOs: the "Missing Mass" of the Solar System
16:00-16:30 J. Breysacher The impact of Large Programmes on scheduling
16:30-18:30 Discussion
18:30 Reception



Wednesday 21 May 2003 - Day 3
08:45-09:15 M. Arnaboldi A deep and shallow U imaging survey: preparation to the VIRMOS Deep Redshift Survey
09:15-09:45 J. Krautter Public Imaging Survey
09:45-10:15 S. Berta An ESO-SIRTF Wide-Area Imaging Survey (ESIS), Targeting the History of Cosmic Transformation of Baryons in Stars and Active Nuclei
10:15-10:45 R. Fosbury The Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey: ESO Public Observations of the SIRTF Legacy/Chandra Deep Field South
10:45-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-11:30 L. da Costa EIS
11:30-12:00 S. Warren UKIDSS
12:00-12:30 G. Dalton Other Surveys
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:15 K. Kuijken OmegaCam
14:15-14:30 J. Emerson VISTA
14:30-16:00 Discussion
16:00 End