CHALLENGES IN MODERN ASTROPHYSICS


Scientific Program:



Monday, Oct. 12 Arrival of participants

Tuesday, Oct. 13

9:00 - Official opening (M. Dennefeld, M. Ward, Scientific Organisers)

9:15 - 10:45   New questions in stellar Astrophysics B. Nordstroem (Copenhagen)

10:45 - 11:00 - Coffee-break

11:00 - 12:30   Extra-solar planets: A. LeCavelier (Paris)

12:30 - 14:00   Lunch

14:00 - 15:30   Formation and evolution of Galaxies: F. Hammer (Paris)

15:30 - 17:00   Cosmology, Dark Matter, and Dark Energy: X. Barcons (Santander)

17:00 - 17:15 - Coffee-break

17:15 - 18:30   Research projects and scientific highlights in Bulgaria: E. Semkov (BAS-Sofia)

18:30 - General discussion around a drink

19:30 - Official dinner


Wednesday, Oct. 14

9:00 - 10:30   What makes a galaxy active? M. Ward (Durham)

10:30 - 10:45 - Coffee-break

10:45 - 12:15    The Highest Energy Universe: Stefan Wagner (Heidelberg)

12:15 - 13:45 - Lunch

13:45 - 15:45   Observing tools, now and in the future

     1) Ground based: B. Leibundgut (ESO)
     2) Space: Z. Tsvetanov (NASA)

15:45 - 16:45   Surveys and Data-bases: E. Gonzalez (Cambridge)

16:45 - 17:00 - Coffee-break

17:00 - 18:00   Infrastructures, observing facilities and recent upgrades in Bulgaria: T. Bonev (BAS-Sofia)

18:00 - General discussion: How to increase cooperation, how to access facilities, job market, etc.

19:30 - Farewell party