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