Scientific Programme

Monday, Feb. 27th -- Session 1: Circumstellar Disks & Outflows: Observations
09:00 - 09:15 Welcome address
09:15 - 09:55
Circumstellar disks during various evolutionary phases (R. Oudmaijer)
09:55 - 10:35
Circumstellar matter studied with polarization (A.M. Magalhães)
10:35 - 11:20
Poster session & coffee-break
11:20 - 11:40
The circumstellar environment of Rigel probed at high spatial and spectral resolution (A. Kaufer)
11:40 - 12:00
Can Li Rich Giant Stars Eject Shells? (R. de la Reza)
12:00 - 14:00
Lunch break
14:00 - 14:40
CS matter studied with interferometry (F. Millour)
14:40 - 15:00
Imaging hot stars at very high angular resolution with intensity interferometry  (P. Nuñez)
15:00 - 15:20 The Herschel Planetary Nebula Survey - HerPlaNS (T. Ueta)
Session 2: Circumstellar Disks & Outflows: Theory
15:20 - 16:00
Radiation Transfer Modeling of Circumstellar Disks (J. Bjorkman)
16:00 - 16:40
Poster session & coffee-break
16:40 - 17:20 Circumstellar Disk Models: unraveling the mysteries of Be star disks (C. Jones)
17:20 - 17:40
On the CQE phase signature of high resolution spectro-interferometry of Be stars (D.M. Faes)
17:40 - 18:00
Disks surrounding Be Stars: A stellar Evolution Perspective (A. Granada)
18:30 - 19:30
E-ELT (D. Baade)
Tuesday, Feb. 28th -- Session 2: Circumstellar  Disks & Outflows: Theory (Cont'd)
09:00 - 09:20
Probing the Circumstellar Disk Structure of Classical Be Stars with Polarimetry (R. Halonen)
09:20 - 09:40
The dynamical evolution of Be disks (X. Haubois)
09:40 - 10:20
Current State of MHD Simulation of Massive Star Winds (A. ud-Doula)
10:20 - 11:00
Poster session & coffee Break
Session 3: delta Sco and Be stars as laboratories for CS disk physics
11:00 - 11:40
The Be Binary Delta Scorpii and its 2011 Periastron Passage (A. Miroshnichenko)
11:40 - 12:00 Be-type binary components showing long non-orbital photometric periods (R. Mennickent)
12:00 - 13:30
Lunch break
13:30 - 20:00 Tour: Visit to the Brazilian side of the Iguaçu Waterfalls
Wednesday, Feb. 29th -- Session 3: delta Sco and Be stars as laboratories for CS disk physics (Cont'd)
09:00 - 09:30
Review of VLTI/AMBER & CHARA/VEGA/MIRC observations of Be stars (Ph. Stee)
09:30 - 09:50
Spectroastrometry and NLTE modelling of the disc around the Be star beta CMi (H. Wheelwright)
09:50 - 10:30
Dynamics of circumstellar disks in Be-star binaries (A. Okazaki)
10:30 - 10:50
delta Sco 2011 periastron passage: interferometric, mid-­‐IR and radio mm observations (S. Stefl)
10:50 - 11:20
Poster session & coffee break
Session 4: Dynamics of CS Material and tidal interactions in hot binaries
11:20 - 12:00
Peering into the innermost regions of Eta Carinae and other massive beasts in the Galaxy  (J. Groh)
12:00 - 14:00
Lunch break
14:00 - 14:40 Constraints on shock physics, wind structure, and dynamics from high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy of massive stars (D. Cohen)
14:40 - 15:00 Eta Carinae at radio wavelengths (Z. Abraham)
15:00 - 15:20 Long baseline interferometry, a powerful tool to study stars with the B[e] phenomenon: The case of HD50138 (M. Borges Fernandes)
15:20 - 15:40 The Be disc structure in A0535+262/V725 Tau during the X-ray giant outburst (Y. Moritani)
15:40 - 16:00 On the binarity of LBV stars (C. Martayan)
16:00 - 16:20 Using the Hdef Grid of High Resolution Synthetic Spectra in the Analysis of Three [WCE] Stars (G. Keller)
16:20 - 17:00
Poster session & coffee-break
17:00 - 17:40 The Dynamical Role of Radiative Driving in the Sources and Sinks of Circumstellar Matter (S. Owocki)
17:40 - 18:00
Diagnosing the small-scale and large-scale structured winds of hot, massive stars (J. Sundqvist)
19:30 - 22:00 Conference dinner
Thursday, Mar. 1st -- Session 5: Massive star formation out of a dynamic environment
09:00 - 09:40
Theory of massive star formation (M. Krumholz)
09:40 - 10:00
Unraveling the accretion history of an intermediate-mass YSO (L. Ellerbroek)
10:00 - 10:40 Massive star formation as seen by optical interferometers (W.-J. de Wit)
10:40 - 11:00 Asymmetries in transition disks: high angular observation with aperture masking (S. Lacour)
11:00 - 11:20
Poster session & coffee break
11:20 - 12:00
High Resolution with ALMA: Tests of Star Formation Theory (N. Evans)
12:15 - 21:00 Tour: Visit to the Argentinian side of the Iguaçu Waterfalls
Friday, Mar. 2nd  -- Session 6: Magnetospheres of Hot Stars
09:00 - 09:40
The magnetic fields and magnetospheres of hot stars: observational evidences (E. Alecian)
09:40 - 10:20
Massive-Star Magnetospheres: The Interplay between Outflows, Rotation and Magnetic Fields (R. Townsend)
10:20 - 10:40
The Magnetic Field and X-rays of Theta2 OriA (V. Petit)
10:40 - 11:00
Poster session & coffee-break
11:00 - 11:20
Emission Line Magnetospheres Around Early Type Stars (Th. Rivinius)
11:20 - 11:40
The MiMeS survey of Magnetism in Massive Stars (G. A. Wade)
11:40 - 12:00
Polarimetry of sigma Ori E (A. Carciofi)
12:00 - 14:00
Lunch break
14:00 - 15:00 Closing Talk (D. Baade)
15:00 - 16:00 Break-out sessions
16:00 - 18:00
Coffee-break & Farewell