Final Programme

 

You can download a .pdf version of the programme and of the abstract book.

 

 

invited talks - 20+5 min
targeted talks - 16+4 min
contributed talks - 12+3 min

  

 

 

 

 July 8th

 
09:00-10:30   Plenary session
10:30-11:00   Coffee Break
11:00-11:45   Plenary session
 
Session 1: The Local Group                                                                                                                                    Chair: E. Tolstoy
 
11:45-11:50   Welcome address: M. Monelli and S. Salvadori
11:50-12:15
M. Monelli, S. Salvadori
12:15-13:35 G. Battaglia The internal kinematics and mass content of Local Group dwarf galaxies
12:35-12:50 D. Crnojević A global view of the resolved stellar populations in M31 dwarf elliptical satellites
12:50-13:05 M. Collins Assessing the dynamics and abundances of Andromeda's dwarf spheroidal satellites
13:05-13:20 M. Smith New insights into the Sagittarius stream
13:20-14:30
Lunch
 
Session 2: SF through the cosmic time                                                                                                                Chair: J. Read
 
14:30-14:55 C. Gallart Gas rich-and gas-poor dwarf galaxies in the Local Group
14:55-15:15 P. Jablonka Hydrodynamical simulation of dwarf galaxies
15:15-15:40 M. Ricotti The living fossils of the first galaxies
15:40-16:00 T. Brown The formation history of the Ultra-faint dwarf galaxies
16:00-16:30   Coffee Break
                                                                                                                                                                                                 Chair: M. G. Lee
16:30-16:55 S. Cassisi Stellar evolution models: current uncertainties and impact on population synthesis tools
16:55-17:10 R. Leaman Using radial metallicity gradients in dwarf galaxies to study environmental processing
17:10-17:35 R. Bouwens What current observations can teach us about the properties of galaxies in the early Universe
17:35-17:50 E. Sobacchi How does inhomogeneous reionization impact the gas content of galaxies?
17:50-18:05 E. Fernandez Cumulative light from the epoch of reionization - the NIR background and the 21cm line
 

July 9th

 
09:00-10:30   Plenary session
10:30-11:00
Coffee Break
11:00-11:45   Plenary session
 
Session 3: Chemical evolution                                                                                                                           Chair: P. Bonifacio
 
11:45-12:10 K. Venn Chemical substructure in the Local Group
12:10-12:35 T. Beers CEMPs: probes of nucleosynthesis from the first generation of stars in the Universe
12:35-12:50 Y. Komiya Current signatures and search for Pop. III stars in the Local Universe
12:50-13:05 B. Lanzoni Terzan 5: the remnant of a pristine fragment of the Galactic Bulge?
13:05-13:20 S. Feltzing The chemical evolution of the Galactic Bulge seen through micro-lensing events
13:20-14:30   Lunch
                                                                                                                                                                                              Chair: G. De Lucia
14:30-14:55 M. Pettini Very metal-poor Damped Lyman alpha systems: a window on early nucleosynthesis
14:55-15:10 T. Oosterloo Is GBT 1355+5439 a dark galaxy?
15:10-15:30 J. Wise The first galaxies: primordial enrichment
15:30-15:55 A. Ferrara Elusive, rare, hidden: first stars
16:00-16:30   Coffee Break
 
Session 4: The Future                                                                                                                                                  Chair: F. Garzon
 
16:30-16:55 G. Bono Resolved and unresolved stellar populations in the nearby Universe in the E-ELT era
16:55-17:15 A. Robin Gaia: a new vision of the Milky Way
17:15-17:35 A. Pawlik The first galaxies: assembly of disks and prospects for observation
17:35-17:55   Discussion: M. Monelli and S. Salvadori
     
18:00-18:30 A. Keil Plenary session: European Research Council funding opportunities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Posters   Max. Poster dimensions: 88 cm x 118 cm
 1) A. del Pino Molina Unravelling a complex system: The Fornax Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy
 2) A. Di Cecco On the absolute age of the Galactic Bulge globular M71
 3) M. Di Criscienzo The contribution of AGB stars to cosmic dust production: a theoretical approach
 4) M. Di Criscienzo STREGA@VST collaboration
 5) P. P. Drazinosos Star forming regions in nearby galaxies: a potential application for Gaia's observations
 6) M. Fujii From star forming regions to star clusters: N-body simulations of young star clusters
 7) C. Gen Growth of dust grains in a low-metallicity gas and its e ect on the cloud fragmentation
 8) M. Guglielmo The History of the Magellanic Clouds: A Genetic Approach
 9) M. G. Lee Formation of M31 revealed from globular clusters
10) N. Kaltcheva Star-Formation in the Young Supershell GSH 305+01-24
11) T. Nykytyuk A chemical evolution of Local dwarf galaxies : LeoI
12) A. Skuladottir Connecting dwarf galaxies and Damped Lyman Alpha systems
13) T. Suda Stellar Abundances for Galactic Archaeology Database for Stars in Dwarf Galaxies
14) A. Tamm Neighbourhood cosmology with the Andromeda galaxy
15) E. Tempel Detecting lamentary pattern in the Universe
16) P. Tenjes Structure of spiral arms in M31
17) J. Veljanoski Kinematics of Outer Halo Globular Clusters in M31
18) R. Zenoviene Abundances of heavy elements in the stellar substructures
   
   
   
   

 

 

Topics

In this two-day Symposium (8-9 July 2013) we plan to discuss the following topics:

  1. The Local Group: kinematics, mass and global properties of nearby galaxies
  2. Star formation through the cosmic time: observations vs theory
  3. Chemical abundances through the cosmic time: observations vs theory   
  4. Future observations: E-ELT, JWST and GAIA

 

  

 Confirmed invited speakers

  • G. Battaglia ** (INAF Bologna)
  • T. Beers (Michigan State U.)
  • G. Bono (INAF Rome)
  • R. Bouwens (U. Leiden)
  • T. Brown ** (STScI Baltimore)
  • S. Cassisi (INAF Teramo)
  • A. Ferrara (SNS Pisa)
  • C. Gallart (IAC Tenerife)
  • P. Jablonka (EPFL)
  • A. Pawlik ** (MPA Munich)
  • M. Pettini (U. Cambridge)
  • M. Ricotti (U. Maryland)
  • A. Robin ** (UTINAM Besançon)
  • K. Venn (U. Victoria)
  • J. Wise ** (Georgia Tech)

** = targeted talks