VATICAN SUMMER SCHOOL 2007

Extrasolar Planets and Brown Dwarfs

PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE

 

 

1 DETAILED WEEK 1 PLAN

Monday 11 June 2007

Full Day: Trip to the Vatican, Audience with the Pope

Tuesday 12 June 2007

Morning: Jose Funes (VO): welcome talk

Tour of the Observatory

Coffee

Introductory Lecture: Dante Minniti (UC)

Introductory Lecture: Fernando Comeron (ESO)

Lunch

Afternoon: Description of Lab activity

Wednesday 13 June 2007

Lecture: Dante Minniti (UC)

Coffee

Lecture: Fernando Comeron (ESO)

Lunch

Afternoon: Lab activity: introduction to IRAF by Richard Boyle

Afternoon: Guy Consolmagno (VO): guest talk on Meteorites

Thursday 14 June 2007

Lecture: Dante Minniti (UC)

Coffee

Lecture: Jim Liebert on BDs

Student Talks: Rob Zellem, Eva Meyer

Lunch

Afternoon: Lab activity

Afternoon: Catherine Cesarsky (ESO): guest talk on the ESO ELT and ALMA

Friday 15 June 2007

Lecture: Jim Liebert on BDs

Coffee

Lecture: Debra Fischer (SFSU): on Searching for Earths

Student Talks: Paul Gabor, Olga Zakhozay

Lunch

Afternoon: Lab activity

Saturday 16 June 2007

Local day trip to Subiaco and the high country of Lazio

 

2 DETAILED WEEK 2 PLAN

Monday 18 June 2007

Lecture: Dante Minniti (UC)

Coffee

Lecture: Fernando Comeron (ESO)

Student Talks: Satenik Ghazarjan, Lucy Frey

Lunch

Afternoon: Lab activity

Afternoon: Willy Torres (CFA): guest talk on Transiting Planets: Challenges and successes

Tuesday 19 June 2007

Lecture: Dante Minniti (UC)

Coffee

Lecture: Fernando Comeron (ESO)

Student Talks: Tijl Kindt, Nathan Deg

Lunch

Afternoon: Lab activity

Afternoon: Danielle Alloin (CNEA): guest talk on Women in Astronomy

Wednesday 20 June 2007

Lecture: Dante Minniti (UC)

Coffee

Lecture: Michael Meyer (SO) on FEPs

Student Talks: Nestor Espino Briones, Peter Veres

Lunch

Afternoon: Jonathan Lunine (UofA): guest talk on Astrobiology

Thursday 21 June 2007

Lecture: Fernando Comeron (ESO)

Coffee

Lecture: Michael Meyer (SO) on FEPs

Student Talks: Lisette Gavilan, Michelle Bannister

Lunch

Afternoon: Lab activity

Afternoon: David Eicher (Editor Astronomy magazine): guest talk

Friday 22 June 2007

Trip to Firenze + Arcetri (back on Sunday 24)

 

3 DETAILED WEEK 3 PLAN

Monday 25 June 2007

Lecture: Didier Queloz (Geneva)

Coffee

Lecture: France Allard (Lyon)

Student Talks: Student 13, Student 14

Lunch

Afternoon: Lab activity

Afternoon: Favio Favata (ESA): guest talk on ESA Space Missions

Tuesday 26 June 2007

Lecture: Didier Queloz (Geneva)

Coffee

Lecture: France Allard (Lyon)

Student Talks: Student 15, Student 16

Lunch

Afternoon: Lab activity

Afternoon: Charles Beichman (NASA): guest talk on NASA roadmap

Wednesday 27 June 2007

Lecture: Didier Queloz (Geneva)

Coffee

Lecture: France Allard (Lyon)

Student Talks: Student 17, Student 18

Lunch

Afternoon: Valentin Ivanov (ESO): guest talk on Planemos

Thursday 28 June 2007

Lecture: Didier Queloz (Geneva)

Coffee

Lecture: France Allard (Lyon)

Student Talks: Student 19, Student 20

Lunch

Afternoon: Lab activity

Afternoon: Grzegorz Pietrzynski (Poland): guest talk on the OGLE Transit Search

Friday 29 June 2007

Lecture: Didier Queloz (Geneva)

Coffee

Lecture: France Allard (Lyon)

Student Talks: Student 21, Student 22

Lunch

Afternoon: Lab activity

Afternoon: George Coyne (VO), guest lecture

Saturday 30 June 2007

Local day trip around Castel Gandolfo

 

4 DETAILED WEEK 4 PLAN

Monday 2 July 2007

Lecture: Didier Queloz (Geneva)

Coffee

Lecture: France Allard (Lyon)

Student Talks: Student 23, Student 24

Lunch

Afternoon: Lab activity

Afternoon: Holland Ford (JHU): guest talk on Planets transiting low-mass stars

Tuesday 3 July 2007

Lecture: Didier Queloz (Geneva)

Coffee

Lecture: France Allard (Lyon)

Student Talks: Student 25, Student 26, Student 27

Lunch

Afternoon: Lab activity

Afternoon: Claudio Melo (ESO): guest talk on RV Follow-up with FLAMES

Wednesday 4 July 2007

Lecture: Didier Queloz (Geneva)

Coffee

Lecture: France Allard (Lyon)

Student Talks: Team 1, Team 2

Lunch

Student Talks: Team 3, Team 4

Thursday 5 July 2007

Lecture: Didier Queloz (Geneva)

Coffee

Lecture: France Allard (Lyon)

Student Talks: Team 5, Team 6

Lunch

Afternoon: Summary of Lab activities

Friday 6 July 2007

Lecture: Dante Minniti (UC)

Coffee

Lecture: Fernando Comeron (ESO)

Graduation Ceremony: Jose Funes (VO)

Lunch

Afternoon: Free

 

 

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