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 Observations with the IRAS satellite serendipitously discovered that the main sequence A-type stars beta Pictoris, Vega, and epsilon Eridani possess 60 micron fluxes 10 - 100 times larger than expected from the stellar photosphere alone. The discovery of infrared excess led to speculation that these stars possess circumstellar dust grains. Since the collisional lifetime and the Poytning-Robertson Drag lifetime of the grains is a fraction of the stellar age, the grains must be replenished from a reservoir, such as collisions between parent bodies. The presence of a dusty disk around beta Pictoris was dramatically confirmed when an edge-on disk was imaged in scattered light. While the IRAS satellite possessed the sensitivity to study luminous main sequence B- and A-type stars, it lacked the sensitivity to study fainter solar-like stars. The Spitzer Space Telescope is enabling the study of thermal emission from dust around large samples of post T-Tauri and main sequence stars of all spectral types. These statistical studies may constrain the mechanisms, which currently remove micron-size dust grains and provide insight into the processes, which sculpt young planetary systems. 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 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"