Scientific Programme

REGISTRATION and WELCOME COCKTAIL: March 4 (Sunday), 18:00-21:00

Program Overview

  • Monday, March 5 -- Session 1: Planetary Disks and the First Myrs of Planetary Formation
  • Tuesday, March 6 -- Session 2: Nature and Orbits of planetary bodies: Models and Observations
  • Wednesday, March 7 -- Session 2: Nature and Orbits of planetary bodies: Models and Observations (Cont'd)
  • Wednesday, March 7 -- Session 3: Planetary Atmospheres and Bio-markers
  • Thursday, March 8 -- Session 3: Planetary Atmospheres and Bio-markers (Cont'd)
  • Thursday, March 8 -- Session 4: Future Planet-Finders and Novel Technologies

  • Poster contributions
  • HConIS workshop presentations are available here

  • March 5th, Monday -- Session 1: Planetary Disks and the First Myrs of Planetary Formation
    Chairs: L. Testi (morning), N. Evans (afternoon)
     
    09:00 - 09:15
    Michael Sterzik,
    Christophe Dumas
    Welcome / Introduction

    09:15 - 10:00
    Dent, Bill
    Herschel observations of gas & dust in protoplanetary systems
    (Invited Talk)
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    Video
    10:00 - 10:20
    Meeus, Gwendolyn
    Proto-planetary Herbig Ae/Be discs as seen with Herschel: atomic and molecular emission lines as tracers of the disc chemistry and physics
    PDF
    Video
    10:20 - 10:40
    Bayo, Amelia Evolution of disks around low mass stars and brown dwarfs in the context of the Lambda Orionis Star Forming Region
    PDF
    Video
    10:40 - 11:00
    Evans, Neal  Proto-planetary Disks in the Herschel Key Program: Dust, Ice, and Gas in Time
    PDF
    Video
    11:00 - 11:30
    Coffee Break

    11:30 - 11:50
    Barrado, David
    The Genesis of Low-Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs: APEX as a piece of the jigsaw
    PDF
    Video
    11:50 - 12:10
    De Gregorio M., Itziar A submillimeter study in Chamaeleon II: Searching for the youngest substellar objects PDF
    Video
    12:10 - 14:00 LUNCH
    14:00 - 14:45
    Schlichting, Hilke
    From Formation to Destruction: The Life of Planetesimals
    (Invited Talk)
    PDF
    Video
    14:45 - 15:05 Vernazza, Pierre
    Constraints on the early structure of the Solar System''s protoplanetary disk from asteroid compositions PDF
    Video
    15:05 - 15:25 Perez, Laura
    The Growth of Small Grains into Pebbles: Observational constraints of the First Steps of Planet Formation PDF
    Video
    15:25 - 16:00
    Coffee Break
    16:00 - 16:45
    Wolf, Sebastian
    Multi-wavelength modeling and observations of circumstellar dust disks
    (Invited Talk)
    PDF
    16:45 - 17:05
    Siebenmorgen, Ralf
    Shadows in planet forming disks: PAHs, X-rays, gaps and ring-like structures
    PDF
    17:05 - 17:25
    Boccaletti, Anthony
    Imaging and structure modeling of the debris disk around HD 32297
    PDF
    17:25 - 17:45
    Testi, Leonardo
    Observational constraints on disk evolution and the initial steps towards planet formation
    PDF
    17:45 - 18:05 Eiroa, Carlos Metallicity of solar-type stars with debris discs and planets PDF
    March 6th, Tuesday -- Session 2: Nature and Orbits of planetary bodies: Models and Observations
    Chairs: S. Wolf (morning), P. Vernazza (afternoon)
     
    09:00 - 09:45
    Alibert, Yann
    Planet formation models
    (Invited Talk)
    PDF
    Video
    09:45 - 10:05
    Huelamo, Nuria
    Planetary formation: the case of T Chamaeleontis
    PDF
    Video
    10:05 - 10:25
    Lagrange, Anne-Marie
    Dust, gas and planet in the beta Pictoris system
    PDF
    Video
    10:25 - 10:45
    Schmidt, Tobias
    Mass determination of young directly imaged planet candidates and brown dwarfs PDF
    Video
    10:45 - 11:15
    Coffee Break
    11:15 - 11:35
    Vigan, Arthur
    Deep imaging survey of nearby young A stars
    PDF
    Video
    11:35 - 11:55
    Biller, Beth
    Results from ongoing exoplanet direct detection surveys
    PDF
    Video
    11:55 - 12:15
    Galicher, Raphael International Deep Planet Survey and Gemini Deep Planet Survey: more than 300 stars to determine the wide-separated planets frequency PDF
    Video
    12:15 - 12:35
    Nielsen, Eric The Gemini NICI Planet-Finding Campaign: Statistical Constraints on Planet Populations PDF
    Video
    12:35 - 14:10
    LUNCH
    14:10 - 14:55 Terquem, Caroline
    Shaping-up planetary systems: planet formation, migration and dynamics
    (Invited Talk)
    PDF
    Video
    14:55 - 15:15 Triaud, Amaury
    The Rossiter-McLaughlin effect: an essential observable to understand planetary systems
    PDF
    Video
    15:15 - 15:35 Bonavita, Mariangela
    Constraints on planet formation models from Direct Imaging
    PDF
    Video
    15:35 - 15:55 Rameau, Julien High resolution angular differential imaging of young and dusty stars in the solar neighborhood : for the detection of outer giant planets PDF
    15:55 - 16:25
    Coffee Break
    16:25 - 17:10 Queloz, Didier
    Observational constraints on the planet formation process
    (Invited Talk)
    PDF
    17:10 - 17:30
    Jenkins, James
    Constraining planetary signatures around super metal-rich stars using HARPS
    PDF
    17:30 - 17:50
    Lo Curto, Gaspare
    The HARPS "low-precision", volume-limited survey: Neptunes and Jupiters yields after 8 years of data.
    PDF
    17:50 - 18:10 Jones, Matias Study planetary systems around giant stars PDF
    March 7th, Wednesday -- Session 2: Nature and Orbits of planetary bodies: Models and Observations (Cont'd)
    Chairs: Y. Alibert (morning), E. Palle (afternoon)
     
    09:00 - 09:45
    Morbidelli, Alessandro
    Solar System evolution and the diversity of planetary systems
    (Invited Talk)
    PDF
    Video
    09:45 - 10:05
    Jehin, Emmanuel
    TRAPPIST: One year of robotic operations PDF
    Video
    10:05 - 10:30
    Coffee Break
    10:30 - 11:15
    Jewitt, David
    Small Bodies and Primordial Ice in the Solar System
    (invited Talk)
    PDF
    Video
    11:15 - 11:35
    Hartogh, Paul
    Ocean-like water in Jupiter- family comet 103P/Hartley 2 PDF
    Video
    11:35 - 11:55 Jedicke, Robert Earth's Mini-Moons
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    Video
    11:55 - 12:15 Dumas, Christophe Ice on TNOs PDF
    Video
    12:15 - 12:35 Snodgrass, Colin Observing water in our Solar System PDF
    Video
    12:35 - 14:10 LUNCH
    Session 3: Planetary Atmospheres and Bio-markers
    14:10 - 14:55 Gillon, Michaël Exoplanetary atmospheres: from hot Jupiters to habitable planets
    (Invited Talk)
    PDF
    Video
    14:55 - 15:15 Bonnefoy, Mickaël Near-infrared integral field spectra of young M and L dwarfs at the planet/brown dwarf boundary PDF
    Video
    15:15 - 15:35 Godolt, Mareike Spectral appearance and detectability of terrestrial extrasolar planetary atmospheres PDF
    Video
    15:35 - 15:55 Ivanov, Valentin NIR spectrophotometry of GJ1214b PDF
    Video
    15:55 - 16:15 Rojo, Patricio Ground based detection of new atoms in the atmosphere of HD209458b PDF
    Video
    16:15 - 18:10 Coffee Break & Poster session
    20:00 - 23:30 Conference dinner (Buses will leave from ESO at 19:00 hr)
    March 8th, Thursday -- Session 3: Planetary Atmospheres and Bio-markers (Cont'd)
    Chairs: E. Jehin (morning), D. Mouillet (afternoon)
    09:00 - 09:45
    Palle, Enric
    Biomarkers: The Earth as a Template
    (Invited Talk)
    PDF
    Video
    09:45 - 10:05
    Sterzik, Michael
    Biosignatures on Earth through spectropolarimetry
    PDF
    Video
    10:05 - 10:25
    Carter, John
    Water on Mars: assessing the habitability of the early Martian environments
    PDF
    Video
    10:25 - 11:00
    Coffee break
    Session 4: Future Planet-finders and Novel Technologies
    11:00 - 11:45
    Mouillet, David
    Future Planet Finding imagers
    (Invited Talk)
    PDF
    Video
    11:45 - 12:05
    Coudé du Foresto, Vincent
    EChO, the Exoplanet Characterization Observatory
    PDF
    Video
    12:05 - 12:25
    Quirrenbach, Andreas
    CARMENES: A radial-velocity survey for terrestrial planets in the habitable zones of M  dwarfs
    PDF
    Video
    12:25 - 14:00
    LUNCH
    14:00 - 14:20 Rauer, Heike
    The PLATO mission
    PDF
    Video
    14:20 - 14:40 Kains, Noé The next generation of microlensing planet searches
    PDF
    Video
    14:40 - 15:00 Minniti, Dante
    The Potential of the VVV Survey for Exoplanet Searches
    PDF
    Video
    15:00 - 15:20 Mawet, Dimitri Two companion candidates found at the edges of two circumstellar disks
    PDF
    Video
    15:20 - 15:40 Kenworthy, Matthew Looking for close companions in the Formalhaut system  
    15:40 - 16:00
    Milli, Julien
    Data reduction of high-contrast disk image
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    Video
    16:00 - 16:20 Berger, Jean-Philippe PIONIER, the next-generation VLTI imagers and the study of protoplanetary and exoplanetary environments at the astronomical unit scale PDF
    Video
    16:20 - 18:00
    Closing session and Coffee break