List of Invited Speakers

Review Speakers

Review speakers will introduce the respective session with a 45 min review on the open question, putting the JWST and the ELTs into the context.

The speakers are currently being invited and will be posted here as they accept.
So far confirmed:

  • Avi Loeb (Harvard) - The End of the Dark Ages: First Light and Reionization
  • Michael Meyer (ETH Zurich) - The Birth of Stars and Protoplanetary Systems
  • Guinevere Kauffmann (MPA Garching) - Assembly of Galaxies
  • Drake Deming (GSFC) - Planetary Systems and the Origins of Life

Invited Speakers

Invited speakers will give 20 min key note presentations in the corresponding sessions.

The status and science of the different projects will be presented by:

  • J. Gardner
  • D. Crampton
  • P. McCarthy
  • D. Fabricant
  • R. Gilmozzi
  • T. Boeker
  • C. Beichman
  • R. Bouwens
  • T. Encrenaz
  • D. Lafreniere
  • A. Glasse

Further speakers are currently being invited and will be posted here as they accept