Scientific Programme

The final programme is available below. Printed copies of this schedule — and talk and poster abstracts (minus last minute changes!) — will be included in the conference pack.

Molecules in Galaxies

Sunday evening: Registration and refreshments

18:00 - 21:00 Registration and reception Registration will be open during the entire length of the conference, but we encourage people to come to our special registration/reception session on Sunday evening, when light refreshments will be served (sandwiches, snacks, wine, beer, juice, etc). A local jazz band will also be present.

MOLECULAR GAS CENSUS:

Galactic Centre, Milky Way, Magellanic Clouds

Monday morning
(Chair: Steve Rawlings)
08:30 Registration, refreshments
09:00 Welcome Pat Roche
Martin Bureau
09:10 Invited review Leo Blitz Census of Molecules in Galaxies
10:00 Invited talk Erik Rosolowsky Molecules in the Milky Way - A Guide for ALMA
10:30 Break
11:00 Contributed talk Toshihiro Handa NH3 in the Galactic Center is Born in the Cool
11:15 Contributed talk Yasuo Fukui Molecular Loops in the Galactic Center
11:30 Contributed Talk Akio Ohama Property of Molecular Clouds Associated with Westerlund 2
11:45 Contributed talk Lee Summers The Molecular Perseus Arm
12:00 Poster session 1 SOC member 1 Poster session
12:30 Lunch

Nearby Galaxies (Dwarfs and Spirals)

Monday afternoon
(Chair: Lisa Young)
14:00 Invited talk Christine Wilson Molecular Gas and Dust in Nearby Spiral Galaxies with Herschel and the JCMT
14:30 Contributed talk Charlotte Christensen Molecular Hydrogen in Cosmological Simulations of Dwarf Galaxies
14:45 Contributed talk Gaspar Galaz Cold and Warm Molecular Gas in Low Surface Brightness Galaxies
15:00 Contributed talk Daniel Espada Molecular Gas in Galaxies: The SMA CO(2-1) Legacy Project
15:15 Contributed talk Tom Scott CO in Late-Type Galaxies of the Central Region of Abell 1367
15:30 Break
16:00 Contributed talk Sachiko Onodera NRO Legacy Project: Survey of Giant Molecular Clouds in M33
16:15 Contributed talk Andreas Schruba The HERACLES View of Molecular Gas in the Outer Disks of Galaxies
16:30 Contributed talk Gaelle Dumas Cold Molecular Gas in the Inner 2 kpc of NGC4151
16:45 Contributed talk David Fisher The Dichotomy of Bulges in the Infrared
17:00 Contributed talk Junko Ueda Properties of Massive Molecular Complexes Through High Resolution CO(J=3-2) Observations of the Antennae Galaxies
17:15 Discussion Session chair Discussion of the day's results
17:30 End of the day

Nearby Galaxies (Lenticulars and Ellipticals)

Tuesday morning
(Chair: James Binney)
08:30 Registration, refreshments
09:00 Invited talk Martin Bureau A Census of Molecular Gas and Star Formation in Local Early-Type Galaxies
09:30 Contributed talk Lisa Young Molecular Gas Clues to the Evolution of Early-Type Galaxies
09:45 Contributed talk Eva Jutte The Molecular Gas Content of Unequal-Mass Mergers
10:00 Poster session 2 SOC member 2 Poster session
10:30 Break

(U)LIRGs, Central Cluster Galaxies, High Redshift Galaxies, QSOs
11:00 Invited talk Fabian Walter High-Redshift Galaxies and QSOs
11:30 Contributed talk Francoise Combes Molecular Gas in Cool Cores of Galaxy Clusters
11:45 Contributed talk Jamie Leech CO(3-2) Observations of a Merging Sequence of Luminous Infrared Galaxies
12:00 Contributed talk Scott Chapman Molecular Gas in Submm-Faint, Hot-Dust ULIRGs
12:15 Contributed talk Helmut Dannerbauer Molecular Gas and Star Formation in Massive Disk Galaxies at z=1.5
12:30 Lunch

Tuesday afternoon
(Chair: Fabian Walter)
14:00 Contributed talk TBD TBD
14:15 Contributed talk Regina Jorgenson The Magellan/MagE Survey for Molecular Hydrogen in High-Redshift Galaxies
14:30 Contributed talk Ian Heywood The First Science Goal of ALMA - Detection of Cold Gas in Milky Way Galaxies at z ~ 3
14:45 Contributed talk Andrew Baker Molecular Gas in Strongly Lensed Lyman Break Galaxies
15:00 Contributed talk Chelsea Sharon CO(1-0) as a Cold Gas Tracer in High-Redshift Galaxies
15:15 Contributed talk Malcolm Bremer mm Observations of z>5 Galaxy Fields
15:30 Break

PHYSICAL PROCESSES AND CHEMISTRY:

Atomic-Molecular Balance
16:30 Contributed talk Quang Nguyen-Luong Witnessing the Formation of Molecular Clouds from Atomic Gas in the Molecular Complex Closest to the Galactic Bar
16:45 Contributed talk Karl-Friedrich Schuster Molecules, Atoms and Dust, the High Resolution Story of M33
17:00 Contributed talk James Higdon The Atomic and Molecular ISM of Ring Galaxies
17:15 Discussion Session chair Discussion of the day's results
17:30 End of the day

Excitation Mechanisms, Physical Conditions

Wednesday morning
(Chair: Francoise Combes)
08:30 Registration, refreshments
09:00 Invited talk Marco Spaans Excitation Mechanisms
09:30 Contributed talk Alison Crocker High Density Tracers of Molecular Gas in Early-Type Galaxies
09:45 Contributed talk Stefanie Muehle How Warm Is the Molecular Gas in Starburst Galaxies and AGN?
10:00 Contributed talk Pierre Guillard Molecules Outside Galaxies: Turbulent Molecular Gas and Star Formation in the Shocked Intergalactic Medium of Stephan's Quintet
10:15 Contributed talk Antonio Usero Imprints of Mechanical Heating in the Molecular Chemistry in AGN and ULIRG Galaxies
10:30 Break

Molecular Line Diagnostics, Starbursts, Chemistry
11:00 Invited review Jean Turner Molecular Line Diagnostics and Chemistry in Galaxies
11:50 Contributed talk Jeremy Darling Physical Molecular Probes of Star-Forming Galaxies
12:05 Contributed talk Willem A. Baan Diagnosing the ISM of Nuclear Starbursts - The Evolution
12:20 Discussion Session chair Discussion of the day's results
12:30 Lunch and end of day

Wednesday afternoon
Free
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19:00 Conference dinner Wadham College

Thursday morning
(Chair: Dimitra Rigopoulou)
08:30 Registration, refreshments
09:00 Invited talk Desika Narayanan Molecular Line Emission from Starbursts
09:30 Contributed talk Rebeca Aladro Chemical Differences Between Starburst Galaxies
09:45 Contributed talk Sergio Martin Extreme ULIRG Chemistry: Arp220 SMA Line Survey
10:00 Contributed talk Christopher Salter Radio Frequency Molecular Lines in Arp220-like LIRGs
10:15 Contributed talk Sebastien Mullers Molecules at z=0.89
10:30 Break

STAR FORMATION:

Star-Formation Census, Rate, Efficiency, History
11:00 Invited review Daniela Calzetti Star Formation in the Local Universe
11:50 Contributed talk Enrique Vazquez-Semadeni Molecular Cloud Evolution and the Star Formation Rate
12:05 Contributed talk Rosita Paladino Spatially Resolved Radio Spectral Index Images to Study Star Formation in Galaxies
12:20 Contributed talk Lourdes Verdes-Montenegro Census of Molecular Gas in Isolated Galaxies. The Textbook Case of NGC1530
12:35 Lunch

Thursday afternoon
(Chair: Leo Blitz)
14:00 Invited talk Emanuele Daddi Star Formation Rate, Efficiency and History
14:30 Contributed talk Danail Obreschkow Connecting the Cosmic History of Star Formation to the Expansion of the Universe
14:45 Contributed talk Rieko Momose Star Formation Efficiency in the Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC4303
15:00 Invited talk Crystal L. Martin Galactic Winds
15:30 Break

Star Formation Laws
16:00 Invited talk Mark Krumholz Star Formation Laws for Atomic and Molecular Gas
16:30 Contributed talk Claudia Lagos The Impact of Empirical and Theoretical Star Formation Laws on Hierarchical Galaxy Formation
16:45 Contributed talk Padelis Papadopoulos Molecular Gas, CO, and Star Formation in Galaxies: Emergent Empirical Relations, Feedback, and the Evolution of Very Gas-Rich Systems
17:00 Contributed talk Elias Brinks HERACLES and the Spatially Resolved Star Formation Law
17:15 Discussion Session chair Discussion of the day's results
17:30 End of the day

Star Formation Feedback and Outflows

Friday morning
(Chair: Pat Roche)
08:30 Registration, refreshments
09:00 Contributed talk Umberto Maio The Transition from Population III to Population II-I Star Formation
09:15 Contributed talk Sarah Higdon Star Formation and the ISM in Nearby Tidal Streams
09:30 Contributed talk Rie Miura Sequential Star Formation in the Giant HII Region NGC604
09:45 Contributed talk Nicole Nesvadba Energetics of the Molecular Gas in Nearby, Massive AGN Hosts: Keeping Molecules from Forming Stars
10:00 Contributed talk Edo Loenen Exciting CO in Markarian 231: Black Hole Accretion or Star Formation?
10:15 Contributed talk Roberto Maiolino Quasar Feedback Revealed by Giant Molecular Outflows
10:30 Break

DUST:

Dust, PAHs
11:00 Invited review Bruce Draine Dust in Galaxies
11:50 Invited talk Fred Lahuis Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), Monocyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (MAHs) and Simple Organic Molecules
12:20 Contributed talk Erin Mentuch Spatially Resolved Observations of the NIR Excess Continuum and PAH Emission in Nearby Galaxies
12:35 Lunch

FIR Emission Lines and Diagnostics, Dust Formation and Evolution, Molecular Gas-Dust Relationship

Friday afternoon
(Chair: Yasuo Fukui)
14:00 Invited talk Gordon Stacey Far-Infrared/Sub-mm Lines and Diagnostics
14:30 Contributed talk Keith T. Smith Diffuse Interstellar Bands in Local Group Galaxies
14:45 Invited talk Mikako Matsuura The Origin and Evolution of Dust in Galaxies
15:15 Contributed talk Suzanne Madden The Dust and Gas Properties of Low Metallicity Dwarf Galaxies and Consequences on the Evolution of the Gas-to-Dust Mass in Galaxies
15:30 Break
16:00 Contributed talk Karin Sandstrom Dust-to-Gas Ratios in Nearby Galaxies: New Results from HERACLES
16:15 Contributed talk Aprajita Verma The ISM in Infrared Bright Galaxies: First Results from SHINING
16:30 Contributed talk Hitoshi Hanami Dusty Starburst and AGN Activity in Balmer Break Galaxies up to z=2
16:45 Contributed talk Wei-Hao Wang A New Population of Dusty z > 2 Massive Galaxies in Rapid Formation
17:00 Discussion Session chair Discussion of the day's (and week's) results
17:30 End of day and conference