Program
- The conference will take place at the "Psychologisches Institut" of the "Universitaet Heidelberg" (address: Haupstrasse 47, 69117 Heidelberg). See the "travel" link for a link to the google map.
- The reception will be at the conference venue on Monday, July 30, starting after the talks at 6pm.
- Invited talks: 30 min + 5 min for questions
- Contributed talks: 20 min + 3 min for questions
- Posters can be up to A0 in size.
- The conference dinner will take place at "Kulturbrauerei" in the old town of Heidelberg.
- We will not have proceedings but will collect talks and put them online after the meeting.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
9:00—9:25 | S. Meidt | The Importance of Dynamical Environment for Star Formation: Gas Flows on GMC Scales in M51 |
9:25—10:00 | A. Bolatto (invited) | Determining H2 masses |
10:00—10:25 | K. Sandstrom | Measurements of the CO-to-H2 Conversion Factor and Dust-to-Gas Ratio in Nearby Galaxies |
10:25—11:00 | Coffee Break | |
11:00—11:25 | A. Usero | Dense molecular gas and star formation across galaxy disks |
11:25—11:40 | Poster Talks #5 | Bonzini, Braun, Elson, Gaibler, Groves, Hwang, Kreckel, Lanz, Lisker, Marvil, Natale, Richings, Seale, Sliwa |
Session 4 | Scaling Relations | |
11:40—12:15 | C. Lada (invited) | Star Formation Rates in Molecular Clouds and the Nature of the Extragalactic Scaling Relations |
12:15—12:40 | S. Longmore | Variations in the Galactic star formation rate and density thresholds for star formation |
12:40—13:05 | M.-M. Mac Low | Why Does Molecular Hydrogen Abundance Correlate with Midplane Pressure in Galaxies? |
13:05—14:30 | Lunch | |
14:30 | Boat Trip |
Thursday
Friday
9:00—9:35 | R. Klessen (invited) | Star Formation at Different Metallicities |
Session 7 | Dwarf Galaxies, Starbursts and Other Extreme Environments | |
09:35—10:00 | R. Shetty | Star Formation Self-regulation due to Supernovae in Starburst Galaxies |
10:00—10:25 | N. Scoville | Star Formation in Extreme Environments |
10:25—11:00 | Coffee Break | |
11:00—11:25 | B. Weiner | Star formation in disky U/LIRGs - low-z analogs for high-z star forming galaxies |
11:25—11:50 | A. Adamo | A link between star cluster formation efficiency and the mean star formation rate of their host galaxies |
11:50—12:15 | T. v.d.Laan | Evolution of Starburst Rings, Case Study of NGC5248 and NGC6951 |
12:15—12:40 | D. Lucero | The HI-H2 Transition and Star Formation in Early-Type Galaxies: Observation Meets Theory |
12:40 | End of Conference |