Scientific Program (as at June 10, 2009)
The schedule below is the final program. There will be no posters. The abstracts of the various talks can be found here.
Monday, June 8
| Time | Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
13:00 | Registration | |
The Genesis of MAD | ||
| 14:00 | The Crazy Owl: The Genesis of MAD | R. Gilmozzi |
| 14:25 | MCAO for Beginners : Principles and Limitations | M. Le Louarn |
| 14:55 | Lessons from MAD: On-Sky Performance Testing | E. Marchetti |
| 15:20 | Lessons from MAD: From the Lab to the Sky Also available from J. Kolb: Media | J. Kolb/ P. Amico |
| 15:50 | Layers and Pyramids: Lessons learned and Future Perspectives | R. Ragazzoni |
| 16:15 | Coffee Break | |
Science with MAD (results from Commissioning and Science Demonstration) | ||
| 16:40 | Review: Star Formation | M. Petr-Gotzens |
| 17:10 | A deep look into the cores of young nearby massive clusters | H. Bouy |
| 17:30 | A MAD View of the M16 elephant trunks | A. Seifahrt |
| 17:50 | A MAD Visit of Trumpler 14 | B. Rochau |
| 18:05 | A MAD View of Tr 14 | H. Sana |
| 18:20 | MAD Observations of giant proplyd candidates in NGC2244 & 2264 | S. Vicente |
| 18:40 | End of Day 1 | |
| 18:45 | MAD Party | |
Tuesday, June 9
Wednesday, June 10
| Time | Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
Beyond MAD | ||
| 09:00 | Plans for MCAO at GEMINI | F. Rigaut |
| 09:30 | NFIRAOS@TMT | P. Hickson |
| 10:00 | MICADO and MAORY: Science with MCAO on the E-ELT | R. Davies |
| 10:30 | A new high Strehl instrument for the VLT | M. Casali |
| 11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:30 | Discussion: Beyond MAD: From MAD-MAX to NFIRAOS and MICADO | |
| 13:00 | End of Conference | |