Programme

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Monday 8th May   
12:30
 
Lunch  
14:30-14:45  Welcome David Field,
(University of Aarhus)
  Session 1 Chair: David Field  
14:45-15:20 ALMA and chemistry surveys

 
Ewine van Dishoeck
(Leiden Observatory)
15:20-15:55 The impact of interferometry on the detection of large molecules Tom Wilson
(European Southern Observatory)
15:55-16:25 Tea/Coffee
 
 
  Session 2 Chair: John Pearson  
16:25-17:00 Line surveys in Orion/SgrB2
 
Claudia Comito
(Max-Planck-Instut für Radioastronomie, Bonn)
17:00-17:35 Molecules in Orion Peter Schilke
(Max-Planck-Instut für Radioastronomie, Bonn)
17:35-18:10 The Spectral Legacy Survey: a spectral imaging survey with JCMT
 
Gary Fuller
(University of Manchester)
18:10-18:35 An Orion KL Survey with the Odin sub mm satellite
 
Henrik Olofsson
(Onsala Space Observatory)
19:15 Dinner
 
 
20:30 Poster Session  
     
Tuesday 9th May  
8:00-9:00 Breakfast  
  Session 3 Chair: Eric Herbst  
9:00-9:35 Exterminating the weeds in the astronomical garden
 
Frank de Lucia
(Ohio State University)
9:35-10:10 Tools for ALMA: data, databases, analysis software and the Virtual Observatory Marie-Lise Dubernet and
Adam Walters
(Observatory of Paris-Meudon and CNRS/Paul Sabatier Toulouse)
10:10-10:40 Coffee
 
 
  Session 4 Chair: Satoshi Yamamoto  
10:40-11:15 Radiative transfer tools and molecular data bases for ALMA
 
Frederik Schöier
(Stockholm Observatory)
11:15-11:50 Observations of Circumstellar Disks using the Smithsonian Millimeter Array
 
Nagayoshi Ohashi
(Academia Sinica Taipei)
11:50-12.25 Molecules in protostellar outflows: prospects for ALMA Rafael Bachiller
(Observatorio Astronomico Nacional, Madrid)
12:30 Lunch
 
 
  Session 5 Chair: Karl Menten  
13:50-14:25 Complex organic molecules in the hot corinos of Sun-like protostars
 
Cecilia Ceccarelli
(Observatoire de Grenoble)
14:25-15:00 How are complex molecules in hot cores and corinos produced?
 
Eric Herbst
(Ohio State University)
15:00-15:25 Testing grain-surface astrochemistry through observations Suzanne Bisschop
(Leiden Observatory)
 
15:25-16:00 Tea
 
 
  Session 6 Chair: Tom Wilson  
16:00-16:35 Probing the inner 200 AU of low-mass protostars Jes Jørgensen
(Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics)
16:35-17:00 SMA Observations of the Class 0 Protostar Barnard 1-c Brenda Matthews
(Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics)
17:00-17:35 Molecules in massive star formation observed with high angular resolution Henrik Beuther
(Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg)
17:35-18:10 Probing high-mass star formation through different molecules Riccardo Cesaroni
(Observatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri)
19:00 Dinner
 
 
20:30 Round table discussion: ALMA Regional Centres: how best to aid users of ALMA in preparation of applications to data analysis. Contributions from Europe, the US and Japan Led by Tom Wilson (ESO) with contributions from Al Wootten, Satoshi Yamamoto and others.
     
Wednesday 10th May  
08:00-9:00 Breakfast  
  Session 7 Chair: Ewine van Dishoeck  
9:00-9:35 Chemical complexity with ALMA: looking for new molecular species near the line confusion limit Jose Cernicharo
(Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, Madrid)
9:35-10:10 From molecules to dust

 
Anja Andersen
(University of Copenhagen)
10:10-10:40 Coffee
 
 
  Session 8 Chair: Peter Schilke  
10:40-11:15 The Cologne database for molecular spectroscopy and requirements of laboratory spectroscopy for ALMA Holger Müller
(Max-Planck-Instut für Radioastronomie, Bonn)
11:15-11:50 The Cologne THz Spectrometers: Recent Advances
 
Stephan Schlemmer
(University of Cologne)
11:50-12:25 Molecular spectroscopy and the search for large molecules with ALMA Sven Thorwith
(Max-Planck-Instut für Radioastronomie, Bonn)
12:40 Lunch
 
 
  Session 9 Chair: Marie-Lise Dubernet  
14:00-14:25 Rotational Spectra of Nucleobases Sandra Bruenken
(Harvard University)
 
14:25-14:50 Exploring an early stage of protostellar Evolution with complex organic molecules Nami Sakai
(University of Tokyo)
 
14:50-15:25 ALMA's Window on Molecular Emission: Small Ions to Complex Prebiotics Al Wootten
(National Radio Astronomy Observatory)
15:25-16:00 Tea
 
 
  Session 10 Chair: Anja Andersen  
16:00-16:35 Bridging the molecular divide between molecular clouds and biology, a spectroscopist's view of detectability John C. Pearson
(Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
16:35-17:15 Summarizing the meeting Karl Menten
(Max-Planck-Instut für Radioastronomie, Bonn)
18:30 Conference Dinner
 
 
20:30 Round table discussion: the definitive detection of large molecules. Led by Eric Herbst with informal contributions from Al Wootten, Peter Schilke, Pepe Cernicharo, John Pearson, Sven Thorwirth and others.
     
Thursday 11th May  
 
08:00-09:00 Breakfast  
  Departure or remain for EU FP6 network "The Molecular Universe" 09:00 to 17:30  

 

Last updated: 23 May 2006