Program

All talks are 1/2 hour (*including* questions and discussion) and by invitation only.  Click on the speaker link to open their talk.



***************Wednesday, January 16


8:00-         Registration and continental breakfast


8:45-8:55     Jim Siegrist: Opening remarks

8:55-9:00     David Schlegel: Logistics


Session I: Properties of galaxies: Observations.  Chair: Simon White

9:00- 9:30    George Djorgovski: The Fundamental Plane and its Uses

9:30-10:00    Charlie Conroy: The varied fates of high-redshift star-forming galaxies

10:00-10:30    Renbin Yan: The role of environment and AGN in the evolution of the red sequence


10:30-11:00    COFFEE BREAK


11:00-11:30    Lexi Moustakas: Dark matter and Strong Lensing


Session II:  Properties of galaxies: Theory.  Chair: Carlos Frenk

11:30-12:00    Darren Croton: AGN and the red sequence: why all the fuss?


12:15-1:45     Conference photograph, followed by LUNCH (provided at the meeting)


1:45-2:15    Gus Evrard: The Glob Era and Beyond


Session III:  Simulations and theory of large-scale structure.  Chair: Gus Evrard

2:15-2:45    Carlos Frenk: From the CfA to the 2dF surveys via cold dark matter simulations

2:45-3:15    Simon White: Millennium simulation and its use for interpreting LSS


3:15-3:45       COFFEE BREAK


3:45-4:15    Avery Meiksin: Structure of the IGM

4:15-4:45    Evan Scannapieco: Feedback In Structure Formation



*********************   Thursday, January 17


8:00-         Continental Breakfast


Session IV:  Measurements of Galaxy Clustering.  Chair: David Schlegel

9:00- 9:30    Michael Strauss: The clustering of high-redshift quasars

9:30-10:00    Jeff Newman: Calibrating Photometric Redshifts with Cross-Correlation Techniques

10:00-10:30    John Huchra: The Nearby Universe: Large Scale Structure and Large Scale Flows


10:30-11:00    COFFEE BREAK


11:00-11:30  Chris Marinoni: Measuring Cosmological Parameters with Deep Redshift Surveys


Session V: DEEP2.  Chair: George Efstathiou

11:30-12:00     Sandy Faber: An overview of The DEEP survey: origins, history, goals, results, and Marc's role in it


12:15-1:45     LUNCH (provided at the meeting)


Session V Continued:

1:45-2:15    Alison Coil: Clustering of Galaxies and Black Holes at z=1 in the DEEP2 Redshift Survey

2:15-2:45    Brian Gerke: Extracting Cosmological Constraints from DEEP2 Galaxy Groups

2:45-3:15    Michael Cooper: The Role of Environment in Galaxy Evolution at z < 1


3:15-3:45       COFFEE BREAK


Session VI: A grab bag.  Chair: Michael Strauss

3:45-4:15    Karl Fisher: From the Stars to the Sea

4:15-4:45    Stephen Zepf, Black Holes in Globular Clusters and the M_BH - sigma Relation at Low Masses


   Evening: Conference dinner and after-dinner speakers at Faculty Club on UC Berkeley Campus:

    Drinks at 6:30 and dinner at 7:00



********************  Friday, January 18


8:00-       Continental breakfast


Session VI: A grab bag, continued.  Chair: Jeff Newman

9:00- 9:30  Matt Craig: An observational approach to teaching

9:30-10:00  Bryan Mendez: Opportunities to get in Involved in Astronomy Education and Outreach

10:00-10:30  David Koo: AEGIS: DEEP's Panchromatic Vista of the Distant Universe


10:30-11:00  COFFEE BREAK


Session VII: CMB and Dark Matter  Chair: Michael Cooper

11:00-11:30    George Efstathiou: The Scientific Potential of the Planck Mission

11:30-12:00    Amber Miller: The Search for B-modes in the CMB with EBEX and QUIET


12:15- 1:45    LUNCH (provided at the meeting)


Session VII: Continued:

1:45- 2:15    Doug Finkbeiner: Signatures of Dark Matter Annihilation      

2:15- 2:45    Adi Nusser: Signatures of direct Dark Matter-Baryon Interactions



2:45-3:15     COFFEE BREAK


Session VIII: Surveys of the future.  Chair: Doug Finkbeiner

3:15-3:45   Luis da Costa: Dark Energy Survey: Goals and Current Status

3:45-4:15  John Tonry: Pan-STARRS: Realizing a Large Sky Survey Today

4:15-4:45  David Schlegel: BOSS: Using Redshift Surveys to Measure Dark Energy