Scientific Programme

• 09:15-09:55 Evolutionary models for low- and intermediate-mass stars: constraints from multi-wavelength observations of stellar systems - Cassisi, S. (IR)
• 09:55-10:35 Populations of massive stars in galaxies, implications for stellar evolution - Meynet, G. (IR)
• 10:35-10:55 On Stellar Models with Blanketed Atmospheres as Boundary Conditions - VandenBerg, Don
• 10:55-11:25 Coffee Break

Session: Model Ingredients: Stellar Spectral Libraries
(Chair: VandenBerg, D.)

• 11:25-12:05 Libraries of synthetic stellar spectra - Gustafsson, B. (IR)
• 12:05-12:25 A High Resolution alpha-enhanced Stellar Library for Evolutionary Population Synthesis - Martins, Lucimara
  
• 12:25-12:45 Metallicity and age of M31 globular clusters from automated fits to theoretical spectra - Peterson, Ruth
• 12:45-13:05 Large empirical stellar libraries at high resolution - Prugniel, Philippe
• 13:05-15:00 Lunch

• 15:00-15:20 Chemical Abundances in the Galactic Bulge - Zoccali, Manuela
• 15:20-15:40 Abundances of Super Metal-Rich Stars of the Bulge-Like Sample - Pompeia, Luciana
• 15:40-16:00 Evolution of the Local Galactic Disk - Holmberg, Johan
• 16:00-16:20 Issues in Flux Calibration - Pickles, Andrew
  

• 16:20-17:00 The stellar IMF - Kroupa, P. (IR)

• 17:00-17:30 Coffee Break
• 17:30-17:50 Poster Summary I: Heap, S
  
• 17:50-19:00 Stellar Evol. Challenge - convener: Achim Weiss

Tuesday

Session: Stellar Population Models
(Chair: Rose, J.)

• 09:00-09:40 Stellar Population Synthesis Models - Charlot, S. (IR)
• 09:40-10:00 Studying stellar populations at high spectral resolution - Bruzual, Gustavo
• 10:00-10:20 Stellar population SEDs at 2.3A - Vazdekis, Alexandre
• 10:20-10:40 High resolution spectral population models for solar and alpha-enhanced compositions - Coelho, Paula
• 10:40-11:10 Coffee Break / PRESS-CONFERENCE
  

• 11:10-11:30 New response functions for absorption-line indices from high-resolution spectra - Tantalo, Rosaria
• 11:30-11:50 Ages and masses of (high redshift) galaxies: the effect of stellar population modelling - Maraston, Claudia
• 11:50-12:10 Modelling the near-IR spectra of red supergiant-dominated populations - Lancon, Ariane
• 12:10-12:30 The MOPED fossil record from 300k SDSS galaxies - Stellar Populations, Mass buildup, SFR, Mass Functions and Morphologies. - Panter, Ben
• 12:30-12:50 Spatial and Temporal Star Formation Histories in the Local Group - Gibson, Brad
• 12:50-15:00 Lunch

Session: Stellar Populations in the Milky Way
(Chair: Nordström, B.)

• 15-00-15:20 Decomposition of the Galactic Disk: Abundances and Kinematics - Reddy, Eswar
• 15:20-15:40 Dissecting the structure of the Milky Way using stellar populations - de Jong, Jelte
• 15:40-16:00 The HST/ACS Galactic Globular Cluster Treasury Project - Sarajedini, Ata
• 16:00-16:20 Omega Centauri: a possible link between globular clusters and dwarf spheroidal galaxies - Calamida, Annalisa
• 16:20-16:40 Detailed Properties of Populous Clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud - Grocholski, Aaron
• 16:40-17:00 Poster Summary II: Andersen, J.
• 17:00-17:30 Coffee Break
• 17:30-17:50 Poster Summary IV: Beckman, J.
• 17:50-19:00 Stellar Pops. Challenge - convener: Scott Trager

Wednesday

Session: Resolved Stellar Populations in the Local Group
(Chair: Gustafsson, B.)

• 09:00-09:40 Resolved stellar populations in the Local Group - Grebel, E. (IR)
• 09:40-10:00 Resolved Stellar Population Modeling - Aparicio, Antonio
• 10:00-10:20 Star Formation History and Chemical Evolution of Resolved Galaxies: a New Model - Lee, Myung Gyoon
• 10:20-10:40 Poster Summary III: Stetson, P.
• 10:40-11:10 Coffee Break

• 11:10-11:50 Abundances & abundance ratios in our Galaxy & the Local Group - Tolstoy, E. (IR)
• 11:50-12:10 The Recent Star Formation Histories of Nearby Galaxies - Skillman, Evan
• 12:10-12:30 Poster Summary V: Fritze, U.
• 12:30 Excursions

Thursday

• 09:00-09:20 The Global Structure and Stellar Content of M33 - Ferguson, Annette
• 09:20-09:40 Old main-sequence turnoff photometry of isolated Local Group dwarf galaxies: first results from an ACS large program - Gallart, Carme
• 09:40-10:00 The SFH of local group galaxies from the Ks-band magnitude distribution of AGB stars. - Cioni, Maria-Rosa
• 10:00-10:20 SMC: Hints of the Star Formation History- Noel, Noelia
• 10:20-10:40 New Deep HST/ACS Photometry of Metal-Poor BCDs: Insights into the Real Nature of these 'Young' Galaxies in the Local Universe - Aloisi, Alessandra
• 10:40-11:10 Coffee Break

Session: Stellar Populations in Early-type Galaxies
(Chair: Gonzalez, J.)

• 11:10-11:50 Integrated Spectra of Early-Type Galaxies - Rose, J. (IR)
• 11:50-12:10 Spatially resolved spectroscopy of early-type galaxies over a range in mass - Sánchez-Blázquez, Patricia
• 12:10-12:30 Early Type Galaxies in the Mid Infrared - Bressan, Alessandro
• 12:30-12:50 Kinematically and Chemically Decoupled Cores in E/S0 Galaxies with SAURON and OASIS - McDermid, Richard
• 12:50-15:00 Lunch

• 15:00-15:20  The Use of [Mg/Fe] to Trace Truncated Star Formation in Elliptical Galaxies - de la Rosa, Ignacio
  
• 15:20-15:40 The Many Faces of Early-Type Dwarfs - Different Snapshots of Their Evolution? - Lisker, Thorsten
• 15:40-16:00 The star formation history of dwarf galaxies - First results of the MAGPOP-ITP - Michielsen, Dolf

Session: Extragalactic Globular Cluster Systems 
(Chair: Vazdekis, A.)

• 16:00-16:20 Star Clusters as Tracers of Extragalactic Stellar Populations - Larsen, Soeren
• 16:20-16:40 The NGC 5128 Globular Cluster System - Geisler, Doug
• 16:40-17:00 Extragalactic globular clusters: unraveling galaxy formation and constraining stellar evolution theories - Cenarro, A. Javier
• 17:00-17:20 Spectra of bulge giants for population synthesis - Barbuy, Beatriz
• 17:20-17:50 Coffee Break
• 17:50-18:50 Parallel discussion sessions:
  1. Abundance patterns of different elements in stars and galaxies: what are they and what can we learn from them.
  2. When did the first galaxies form?
  3. What can be done to make the Virtual Observatory useful for stellar population analysis?