Schedule Sunday, October 16th 7:00pm: Reception (Appetizers and Drinks) Mansion at Judges Hill (website) Map & Parking (pdf) 1900 Rio Grande Blvd., (512) 495-1800 Monday, October 17th 8:45: Welcoming Statements Mary Ann Rankin, Dean, College of Natural Sciences Don Winget, Chair, Department of Astronomy   Session I, ACES 2.302 - Judit Györgyey Ries, Chair, bio 9:00-9:40: Asteroids, Kuiper Belt Objects, Comets, Satellites and the Formation of Our Solar System Scott Sheppard, Carnegie DTM abstract   bio 9:40-10:20: What do Multiple Planet Systems Teach Us About Planet Formation? Eric Ford, Berkeley abstract   bio 10:20-11:00: Coffee & Posters, ACES 2.402 11:00-11:40: Massive Star Formation: A Tale of Two Theories Mark Krumholz, Princeton abstract   bio 11:40-12:20: Probing Chemistry During Star and Planet Formation Jackie Kessler-Silacci, UT abstract   bio 12:20-2:00: Lunch* & Posters *includes a 1 hour Q&A session with postdoc speakers and graduate students   Session II, ACES 2.302 - Michael Siegel, Chair, bio 2:00-2:40: Disks Around Young Stars Christine Chen, NOAO abstract   bio 2:40-3:20: Local Interstellar Medium Seth Redfield, UT abstract   bio 3:20-4:00: Coffee & Posters, ACES 2.402 4:00-4:40: Large-scale Structures in the ISM Naomi McClure-Griffiths, ATNF abstract   bio 4:40-5:40: Panel Discussion 5:40-6:30: Posters, Informal Discussion 7:30pm: Conference Dinner at Fonda San Miguel Map & Parking (pdf) 2330 W. North Loop, (512) 459-4121 Tuesday, October 18th   Session III, ACES 2.302 - Martin Landriau, Chair, bio 9:00-9:40: Stellar Abundances: Recent and Foreseeable Trends Carlos Allende-Prieto, UT abstract   bio 9:40-10:20: Black Holes Jon Miller, Univ. Michigan abstract   bio 10:20-11:00: Coffee & Posters, ACES 2.402 11:00-11:40: Jets and Accretion in Microquasars and in AGN Sera Markoff, MIT abstract   bio Black holes from stellar to galactic scales are observed to accrete material fromtheir environments and, via an as yet unknown mechanism, produce jets of outflowing plasma. In X-ray binaries (XRBs), the systems display radically different radiative properties depending on the amount of captured gas reaching the event horizon. These modes of behavior (one of which includes "microquasars") correspond to actual physical changes in the environment near the black hole, and can occur on timescales of days to weeks. Some of this behavior should hold true for active galactic nuclei (AGN) if the underlying physics scales with central mass and accretion power, as would be expected if black holes "have no hair". However, the timescales on which changes occur should be inversely proportional to the mass. Recent studies support that this scaling applies in some cases, opening the way for comparisons of time-dependent behavior in microquasars to some classes of AGN zoology. In this distinctly jet-biased review, I will summarize our current understanding of accretion and outflow in these systems, and present some of the newest progress addressing unanswered questions about the nature of the accretion flows, jet formation and jet composition. 11:40-12:20: Galactic Chemical Evolution Yeshe Fenner, CfA abstract   bio 12:20-2:00: Lunch* & Posters *includes a 1 hour Q&A session with postdoc speakers and graduate students   Session IV - Niv Drory, Chair, bio 2:00-2:40: The N-body Approach to Disk Galaxy Evolution Victor Debattista, Univ. Washington abstract   bio 2:40-3:20: Galaxy Formation Eric Gawiser, Yale abstract   bio 3:20-4:00: Coffee & Posters, ACES 2.402 4:00-4:40: Lyman-alpha Forest as a Cosmological Probe Matteo Viel, IoA abstract   bio 4:40-5:40: Panel Discussion 5:40-6:00: Concluding Remarks David Lambert, Director, McDonald Observatory Frank Bash, Professor, Department of Astronomy 6:00-6:30: Posters, Informal Discussion Evening: Informal "Night on the Town"