Program

Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat


Sunday, 9 September


18:00 - 20:00 Reception and Registration (Audimax)
Monday, 10 September


09.00 Opening Session (Audimax) by the Chair of the
Astronomische Gesellschaft, Erwin SEDLMAYR and
by the Chair of the European Astronomical Society,
Jean-Paul ZAHN

Words of welcome

Award of the Karl-Schwarzschild Medal to
Prof. Keiichi Kodaira Tokyo (Japan)

Award of the Bruno-H.-Bürgel-Preis to
Dr. Hans Jakob Staude, Heidelberg (Germany)
Award of the AG-Sonderpreis "`Jugend forscht"' to
Kai Schmitz, Berlin (Germany)


*** coffee break***


Karl-Schwarzschild Lecture by the awardee on "`Macro-
and Microscopic Views of Nearby Galaxies"'

Award of the Ludwig-Biermann-Förderpreis to
Dr. Stefanie Komossa Garching (Germany) and talk by the awardee
on "`X-ray Evidence for Supermassive Black Holes at the
Centers of Nearby, Non-active Galaxies"'


13.00 *** Lunch hour ***
14.00 Minisymposia

MS1 (E51): X-Ray Astronomy from the Local Bubble
to AGN

MS3 (E52): Particle (Neutrino/Cosmic Ray) and
Gamma-ray Astronomy

MS6 (138): European Large Scale Facilities in Astronomy

MS8 (139): Accretion Turbulence and MHD - Stability
and Instability in Astrophysical Flows


15.30 *** Coffee break ***
16.00 Minisymposia/Joint Discussion

MS1 (E51): X-Ray Astronomy from the Local Bubble
to AGN

MS3 (E52): Particle (Neutrino/Cosmic Ray) and
Gamma-ray Astronomy

MS6 (138): European Large Scale Facilities in Astronomy

JD3 (139): European Astronomy with Small Telescopes


17.30 *** Break ***
18.00 Minisymposia/Joint Discussion

MS1 (E51): X-Ray Astronomy from the Local Bubble
to AGN

MS3 (E52): Particle (Neutrino/Cosmic Ray) and
Gamma-ray Astronomy

MS5 (138): Evolution of Galaxies - Observation and
Dynamics

JD3 (139): European Astronomy with Small Telescopes

Tuesday, 11 September


09.00 Review (Audimax): Massimo TARENGHI, Garching (Germany)
VLT, VLTI and new Telescope Technology


10.00 Highlight (Audimax): Christina C. POPESCU,Pasadena (USA)
Modelling the Spectral Energy Distribution of Galaxies


10.30 *** Coffee break ***
11.00 Review (Audimax): Michel MAYOR, Geneva (Switzerland)
The Search for Extraterrestrial Planets


12.00 Highlight (Audimax): David ELBAZ,Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
Nature of the Cosmic Infrared Background and Cosmic
Star Formation History: Are Galaxies Shy?


12.30 Highlight (Audimax): Achim GANDORFER, Zürich(Switzerland)
Observatons of Small Polarization Signals from the Sun


13.00 *** Lunch hour ***
14.00 Minisymposia

MS1 (E51): X-Ray Astronomy from the Local Bubble
to AGN

MS5 (E52): Evolution of Galaxies - Observation and
Dynamics

MS6 (138): European Large Scale Facilities in Astronomy

MS8 (139): Accretion Turbulence and MHD - Stability
and Instability in Astrophysical Flows


15.30 *** Coffee break ***
16.00 Poster Session
17.00-19.00 75. Ordentliche Mitgliederversammlung der
Astronomischen Gesellschaft (Teil 1)
(Raum 138)
Wednesday, 12 September


09.00 Minisymposia/Joint Discussion

MS4 (E51): Formation of Extrasolar Planets - Theory,
Observation, Lab Experiments

MS5 (E52): Evolution of Galaxies - Observation and
Dynamics

MS2 (138): Massive Stars, the ISM, and Chemical Evolution

JD1 (139):  Astronomy with Robotic Telescopes:
Present and Future Projects


10.30 *** Coffee break ***
11.00 Minisymposia/Joint Discussion

MS4 (E51): Formation of Extrasolar Planets - Theory,
Observation, Lab Experiments

MS5 (E52): Evolution of Galaxies - Observation and
Dynamics

MS2 (138): Massive Stars, the ISM, and Chemical Evolution

JD1 (139): Astronomy with Robotic Telescopes:
Present and Future Projects


12.30 *** Lunch hour ***
13.30 General Assembly of the European Astronomical
Society (room E51)


15.30 Excursion and conference dinner


Thursday, 13 September


09.00 Review (Audimax): Steven BECKWITH, Baltimore,MD (USA)
Stars and Protoplanets, from HST to NGST


10.00 Highlight (Audimax): Michael HEGMANN,Frankfurt/Main (Germany)
Radiative Transfer in Turbulent Interstellar Clouds


10.30 *** Coffee break ***
11.00 Review (Audimax): Günther HASINGER, Potsdam (Germany)
The Universe seen from Chandra and XMM (Audimax)


12.00 Highlight (Audimax): Joao ALVES, Garching (Germany)
Seeing the light through the dark: the initial conditions to starformation


12.30 Highlight (Audimax): Roberto MAIOLINO, Florence(Italy)
Obscured AGNs


13.00 *** Lunch hour ***
14.00 Minisymposia/Joint Discussions

MS4 (E51): Formation of Extrasolar Planets - Theory,
Observation, Lab Experiments

MS7 (E52): Magnetic Activity in Stellar Evolution

MS9 (138): Hot Subdwarfs and White Dwarfs and
Low-mass Stellar Evolution

JD2 (139):  Virtual Observatory


15.30 *** Coffee break ***
16.00 Minisymposia/Joint Discussion

MS4 (E51): Formation of Extrasolar Planets - Theory,
Observation, Lab Experiments

MS7 (E52): Magnetic Activity in Stellar Evolution

MS9 (138): Hot Subdwarfs and White Dwarfs and
Low-mass Stellar Evolution

JD2 (139): Virtual Observatory


17.00 - 19.00 75. Ordentliche Mitgliederversammlung der
Astronomischen Gesellschaft (Teil 2)
(Raum 138)
20.00 Public talk by Michael Grewing (Audimax)
``Vorstoß ins dunkle Weltall:
Astronomie auf der Suche nach den Anfängen''
Friday, 14 September


09.00 Review (Audimax): Douglas O. RICHSTONE, AnnArbor, MI (USA)
Black Holes in Galaxies and Nuclei


10.00 Highlight (Audimax): Silke BRITZEN, Heidelberg (Germany)
Cosmological Evolution of AGN - A Radioastronomer's
View


10.30 *** Coffee break ***
11.00 Review (Audimax): Karsten DANZMANN, Hannover (Germany)
Gravitational Wave Astronomy with GEO and LISA


12.00 Highlight (Audimax): Daniel THOMAS, Munich (Germany)
Quantifying Ages, Metallicities, and Abundance Ratios of
Elliptical Galaxies


12.30 Closing Session


13.00 *** Lunch hour ***
14.00 Minisymposia/Special Colloquium

MS10 (E51): Large Telescopes for Solar Physics

MS9 (E52): Hot Subdwarfs and White Dwarfs and
Low-mass Stellar Evolution

MS7 (138):  Magnetic Activity in Stellar Evolution

SC (139):    Special Colloquium on the History of Astronomy:
European Astronomy in the 20th Century


15.30 *** Coffee break ***
16.00 Minisymposia/Joint Discussions/Special Colloquium

MS10 (E51): Large Telescopes for Solar Physics

MS9 (E52):  Hot Subdwarfs and White Dwarfs and
Low-mass Stellar Evolution

JD4 (E05):  World Space Observatory (Ultraviolet) WSO/UV:
The missing link in Astronomers' toolkit

JD5 (E06):  Gravitational Physics (EAS/EPS Section Meeting)

SC (139):    Special Colloquium on the History of Astronomy:
European Astronomy in the 20th Century

Saturday, 15 September


09.00 Special Colloquium/Joint Discussions

SC (E51):    Special Colloquium on the History of Astronomy:
European Astronomy in the 20th Century

JD4 (E05):  World Space Observatory (Ultraviolet) WSO/UV:
The missing link in Astronomers' toolkit

JD5 (E06):  Gravitational Physics (EAS/EPS Section Meeting)


10.30 *** Coffee break ***
11.00 Special Colloquium/Joint Discussions

SC (E51):    Special Colloquium on the History of Astronomy:
European Astronomy in the 20th Century

JD4 (E05):  World Space Observatory (Ultraviolet) WSO/UV:
The missing link in Astronomers' toolkit

JD5 (E06):  Gravitational Physics (EAS/EPS Section Meeting)


Saturday, 15 September

Lehrerfortbildung

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Theresienstraße

Leitung: Dr. W. Schirmacher,
TU Muenchen, Physik-Department E13, Garching

09.00 Prof. Dr. V. Schönfelder

MPI für extraterrestrische Physik, Garching:
"Gamma-Astronomie"

10.00 Prof. Dr. J. Trümper
MPI für extraterrestrische Physik, Garching:
"Röntgenastronomie mit Chandra und XMM-Newton"

11.00 *** Pause ***
11.30 Dr. H. Ritter

Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, Garching:
"Millisekunden-Pulsare"



12.30 Dr. L.L. Christensen

Europäische Südsternwarte, Garching:
"Raumbasierte Astronomie mit Hubble und NGST"