Science with ALMA: a new era for Astrophysics

International Conference, 2006

13 - 17 November 2006
Madrid, Spain

Monday, Nov 13

8h30-9h45: Registration

9h45-10h00 : Welcome and practical information

Section 1 : The project

Chairman:

10h00-10h30 M. Tarenghi: Status of the ALMA project

10h30-11h00 Al Wootten: The ALMA capacities for line observations

11h00-11h30 Coffee break

11h30-12h00 Tom Wilson: The ALMA capacities for continuum observations

12h00-12h30 R. Kawabe: The ACA array

Section 2 : Star Formation

Chairman:

12h30-13h00 Ewine van Dishoeck : A general view of ALMA capacities in the field of star formation

13h00-15h00 Lunch

15h00-15h30 Ricardo Cesaroni : High mass star forming regions: an ALMA View

15h30-16h00 Philippe André : Low Mass Star forming regions

16h00-16h30 Debra Shepherd : Molecular Outflows

16h30-17h00 Yuri Aikawa : Chemistry in low mass star forming regions: ALMA's contribution

17h00-17h30 Coffee Break

Chairman:

17h30-18h00 : Sthépane Guilloteau : A new view of Protoplanetary disks with ALMA

18h00-18h30 : David J. Wilner : Debris Disk Evolution, grain growth: The ALMA view of dust evolution

18h30-18h45 contributing talk

18h45-19h00 contributing talk

Tuesday, Nov 14

Section 2: Star Formation (Continuation)

Chairman :

09h00-09h15 contributing talk

09h15-09h30 contributing talk

Section 3 : Proto-Planets and substellar objects

Chairman :

09h30-10h00 Nagayoshi Ohashi: The ALMA expectations in the field of Planet formation

10h00-10h30 Sebastian Wolf: Detecting Protoplanets with ALMA

10h30-11h00 Antonella Natta: The study of substellar objects with ALMA

11h00-11h30 Coffee Break

11h30-11h45 Contributing talk

11h45-12h00 Contributing talk

Section 4 : Molecular Clouds

Chairman :

12h00-12h30 Doug Johnstone : Observations of Dust in Molecular Clouds with ALMA

12h30-13h00 Richard M. Crutcher : Polarization measurements of molecular lines with ALMA

13h00-15h00 Lunch

15h00-15h30 Mario Tafalla : Observations of Protostellar cores with ALMA

15h30-16h00 Jesús Martín-Pintado : ALMA and the Galactic Center

16h00-16h30 Yasuo Fukui : Contrasting Star Formation in the Magellanic Clouds and the Milky Way: the ALMA View

16h30-16h45 Contributing talk

16h45-17h00 Contributing talk

17h00-17h30 Coffee Break

Chairman :

17h30-18h00 John C. Pearson: Laboratory Data, Line Confusion and Other Unique Opportunities and Challenges for ALMA Line Surveys

18h00-18h30 Eric Herbst : Chemistry in the ISM : The ALMA revolution

18h30-18h45 Contributing talk

18h45-19h00 Contributing talk

Wednesday, Nov 15

Section 5 : Solar System

Chairman :

09h00-09h30 Bryan Butler: An overview of the ALMA capacities for the study of the solar system

09h30-10h00 Emmanuel Lellouch: The study of Planetary Atmospheres with ALMA

10h00-10h30 Dominique Bockelee-Morvan: The study of Comets with ALMA

10h30-11h00 Amy J. Lovell: Observation of Asteroids with ALMA

11h00-11h30 Coffee Break

11h30-11h45 contributing talk

11h45-12h00 contributing talk

Section 6 : Evolved Stars

Chairman :

12h00-12h30 Hans Olofsson: The study of evolved stars with ALMA

12h30-13h00 Valentin Bujarrabal: The Molecular Content and Physical Structure of Protoplanetary Nebula

13h00-15h00 Lunch

15h00-15h30 Patrick J. Huggins: Planetary Nebulae and ALMA

15h30-16h00 Tom Millar: Chemistry in the ISM : Unveiling the dust formation zone

16h00-16h15 Contributing talk

16h15-16h30 Contributing talk

Section 7 : Galaxies

Chairman :

16h30-17h00 Linda Tacconi : An overview of Galaxy Formation with ALMA

17h00-17h30 Coffee Break

17h30-18h00 Kazushi Sakamoto : Gas dynamics and structure of galaxies

18h00-18h30 Min Yun : Star Formation in Galaxies

18h30-19h00 Jean L. Turner : Chemical Complexity in Nearby galaxies

Thursday , Nov 16

Section 7 : Galaxies (cont)

09h00-09h30 Sussane Aalto: Chemistry in active Galaxies

09h30-10h00 Kohno Kotaro : Dense gas in nearby active and normal galaxies

10h00-10h30 Michael Regan : Star formation in galaxies: multiwavelength insights

10h30-11h00 Nick Scoville : Spectroscopic Surveys of Cosmic Evolution

11h00-11h30 Coffee Break

11h30-11h45 Contributing talk

11h45-12h00 Contributing talk

Section 8: High redshift galaxies & Cosmology

Chairman :

12h00-12h30 David Hughes (TBC): Large scale continuum surveys with ALMA

12h30-13h00 Frank Bertoldi : Continuum observations of high-z objects

13h00-15h00 Lunch

15h00-18h00 : Poster sessions and splinter meetings (TBC)

21h00 CONFERENCE DINNER

Dinner talk : Paul van den Bout

Friday, Nov 17

Section 8: High redshift galaxies & Cosmology

Chairman :

09h00-09h30 Fabian Walter: Search for the most distant objects with ALMA

09h30-10h00 Toru Yamada: Multi-wavelength observations of very distant galaxies

10h00-10h30 Dale A. Frail: ALMA and the high-z GRBs

10h30-11h00 Francoise Combes: Molecular Absorption measurements in high-z objects

11h00-11h30 Coffee Break

Chairman :

11h30-11h45 Contributing talk

11h45-12h00 Contributing talk

12h00-12h30 Yoshiaki Taniguchi: Lyman alpha emitters at highest redshift.
Extensive study in the field of starburst galaxies from nearby to high-z

12h30-13h00 Philip Solomon: Dense Molecular Gas and Star Formation in Galaxies near and far

13h00-15h00 Lunch

15h00-15h30 Naoshi Sugiyama (TBC): Cosmology and SZ with ALMA

15h30-15h45 Contributing talk

15h45-16h00 Contributing talk

16h00-16h15 Contributing talk

16h15-16h30 Contributing talk

Conference Summary :

16h30-17h00 A. Sargent & P. Cox: Galactic & Extragalactic/Cosmoslogy