The conference is organized by the Instituto de AstrofÃsica de Canarias (IAC) and will be held from 10-16 December, 2006 at La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. See here a small map of La Palma, or a more detailed map.
Main Topics
- Stellar tracks and isochrones.
- Theoretical and empirical stellar spectral libraries.
- Simple and complex stellar population models and their calibration.
- Stellar populations in our Galaxy.
- Resolved stellar populations.
- Unresolved stellar populations in nearby early-type galaxies.
- Unresolved stellar populations in nearby late-type galaxies.
- Stellar Populations at higher redshifts.
- New observing facilities and the network, and their implication for stellar populations.
A more detailed programme can be found here.
Invited Speakers
Reviews (Confirmed)
- J. Bland-Hawthorn
- S. Cassisi
- S. Charlot
- R. Cid-Fernandes
- J. Gorgas
- E. Grebel
- B. Gustafsson
- P. Kroupa
- G. Meynet
- J.A. Rose
- E. Tolstoy
- T. Kodama
Guest Lecture on GTC 10.4m Telescope
"Challenge" discussion leaders
Conference Summary
Scientific Organizing Committee (SOC)
Antonio Aparicio IAC, Spain
Nobuo Arimoto NAOJ, Japan
Beatriz Barbuy IAG-USP, Brazil
Alessandro Bressan Obs. Astron. Padova, Italy
Gustavo A. Bruzual CIDA, Venezuela
Roger L. Davies Univ. Oxford, UK
Javier Gorgas Univ. Complutense Madrid, Spain
Timothy M. Heckman Johns Hopkins Univ., USA
Guinevere Kauffmann MPA Garching, Germany
Reynier F. Peletier (Co-Chair) Kapteyn Inst., The Netherlands
James A. Rose Univ. North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Donald A. Vandenberg Univ. Victoria, Canada
Alexandre Vazdekis (Co-Chair) IAC, Spain
Local Organizing Committee (LOC, IAC)
Judith de Araoz Carme Gallart
Marc Balcells Artemio Herrero
Michael Beasley Conrado Carretero
John E Beckman Tanja Karthaus
Eva Bejarano Noelia Noël
Nicola Caon Jorge A. Pérez Prieto
José Luis Cervantes Alexandre Vazdekis (Chair)
Adriana de Lorenzo-Cáceres
Sponsors
The Symposium is organized by the IAC and is sponsored and supported by the IAU.
IAC - Instituto de Astrofìsica de Canarias
www.iac.es
IAU - International Astronomical Union
www.iau.org
Additional support has been provided by the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING), Cabildo Insular de La Palma, Patronato de Turismo de La Palma, Ayuntamiento de Breña Baja and Ayuntamiento de El Paso. We are seeking for further supporting institutions.
ING - Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes
www.ing.iac.es
Cabildo Insular de La Palma
www.cablapalma.es
Patronato de Turismo de La Palma
www.lapalmaturismo.com
Ayuntamiento de El Paso
www.ayuntamientodeelpaso.org
Ayuntamiento de Breña Baja
www.bbaja.es
Preliminary Scientific Programme
11 december Monday
Session: Model Ingredients: Stellar Evolution Models
Welcome
09:00-09:15
Cassisi, S. (IR)
09:15-09:55
Meynet, G. (IR)
09:55-10:35
VandenBerg, Don
10:35-10:55
Coffee Break
10:55-11:25
Session: Model Ingredients: Stellar Spectral Libraries
Gustaffsson, B. (IR)
11:25-12:05
Gorgas, J. (IR)
12:05-12:45
Peterson, Ruth
12:45-13:05
Lunch
13:05-15:00
Beers, Timothy
15:00-15:20
Gregg, Michael
15:20-15:40
Holmberg, Johan
15:40-16:00
Prugniel, Philippe
16:00-16:20
Session: Model Ingredients: IMF
Kroupa, P. (IR)
16:20-17:00
Coffee Break
17:00-17:30
Poster Session
17:30-17:40
Stellar Evol. Challenge - convener: Achim Weiss
17:40-19:00
12 december Tuesday
Session: Stellar Population Models
Charlot, S. (IR)
09:00-09:40
Bruzual, Gustavo
09:40-10:00
Vazdekis, Alexandre
10:00-10:20
Coelho, Paula
10:20-10:40
Coffee Break
10:40-11:10
Maraston, Claudia
11:10-11:30
Lancon, Ariane
11:30-11:50
Gibson, Brad
11:50-12:10
Poster Session
12:10-12:20
Session: Stellar Populations in the Milky Way
Zoccali, Manuela
12:20-12:40
Reddy, Eswar
12:40-13:00
Lunch
13:00-15:00
Pompeia, Luciana
15-00-15:20
de Jong, Jelte
15:20-15:40
Carretta, Eugenio
15:40-16:00
Sarajedini, Ata
16:00-16:20
Calamida, Annalisa
16:20-16:40
Grocholski, Aaron
16:40-17:00
Coffee Break
17:00-17:30
Poster Session
17:30-17:40
Stellar Pops. Challenge - convener: Scott Trager
17:40-10:00
13 december Wednesday
Session: Resolved Stellar Populations in the Local Group
Grebel, E. (IR)
09:00-09:40
Valls-Gabaud, David
09:40-10:00
Aparicio, Antonio
10:00-10:20
Lee, Myung Gyoon
10:20-10:40
Coffee Break
10:40-11:10
Skillman, Evan
11:10-11:30
Chapman, Scott
11:30-11:50
Ferguson, Annette
11:50-12:10
Cioni, Maria-Rosa
12:10-12:30
Lunch and Excursion
12:30
14 december Thursday
Tolstoy, E. (IR)
09:00-09:40
Gallart, Carme
09:40-10:00
Aloisi, Alessandra
10:00-10:20
Cole, Andrew
10:20-10:40
Coffee Break
10:40-11:10
Session: Stellar Populations in Early-type Galaxies
Rose, J. (IR)
11:10-11:50
Sánchez-Blázquez, Patricia
11:50-12:10
Yi, Sukyoung
12:10-12:30
Bressan, Alessandro
12:30-12:50
Poster Session
12:50-13:00
Lunch
13:00-15:00
McDermid, Richard
15:00-15:20
Lisker, Thorsten
15:20-15:40
Session: Extragalactic Globular Cluster Systems
Larsen, Soeren
15:40-16:00
Beasley, Michael
16:00-16:20
Geisler, Doug
16:20-16:40
Cenarro, A. Javier
16:40-17:00
Coffee Break
17:00-17:30
Parallel discussion sessions
17:30-18:30
Conference Banket
18:30
15 december Friday
Session: Stellar Populations in Late-type Galaxies
Cid-Fernandes, R. (IR)
09:10-09:50
Gonzalez Delgado, Rosa
09:50-10:10
Van Der Marel, Roeland
10:10-10:30
MacArthur, Lauren
10:30-10:50
Coffee Break
10:50-11:20
Peletier, Reynier
11:20-11:40
Sarzi, Marc
11:40-12:00
Parallel discussion sessions
12:00-13:00
Lunch
13:00-15:00
Session: Stellar Populations at Higher Redshifts
Kodama, T. (IR)
15:00-15:40
Arimoto, Nobuo
15:40-16:00
Thomas, Daniel
16:00-16:20
Schiavon, Ricardo
16:20-16:40
Gallazzi, Anna
16:40-17:00
Coffee Break
17:00-17:30
Session: New observing facilities
Bland-Hawthorn, J. (IR)
17:30-18:10
Rodriguez-Espinosa, J.M (IT)
18:10-18:40
Conference Summary - Alvio Renzini
18:40-19:10
Meeting Closure
19:10
