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Conference Schedule

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Giving a talk or a poster? Don\'t forget to read the Notes for Presenters
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Sunday, December 2

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17:00–19:00 Welcome Reception (Hilton Hotel / International Ballroom) Everyone is strongly encouraged to attend. 1/2 hr scheduled program + drinks and hors d\'oeuvres.

Monday, December 3

08:30–08:40President Jean-Lou Chameau (CIT)– Welcome
08:40–08:50Tom Soifer – Opening Remarks
08:50–09:00Alberto Noriega-Crespo and Kartik Sheth – Logistics

Session I: Gas in the Interstellar Medium – An Observational Overview

Session Chair: Ed Churchwell
09:00–09:45Bob Benjamin – Invited Review Talk (Milky Way)
09:45–10:30Margaret Meixner – Invited Review Talk (Nearby Galaxies)
10:30–10:45 Selected poster presentations
10:45–11:30 Coffee break / Posters

Session II: Special Session on the Warm Spitzer Mission

Session Chair: Mike Werner
11:30–11:45Lisa Storrie-Lombardi – Warm Mission Overview
11:45–12:00Pat McCarthy – Science in the Warm Spitzer Era
12:00–12:15 George Helou – ISM Themes in the Warm Spitzer Era
12:15–12:30 Questions and Discussion
12:30–14:00 Lunch break

Session III: Gas in the Interstellar Medium: A Multi-Wavelength Synthesis

Session Chair: Francine Marleau
14:00–14:15Jin Koda – ISM Evolution in M51
14:15–14:30Felix Lockman – Dust in the Galactic ISM at High Latitudes: the FIR/H i Correlation
14:30–14:45 Edvige Corbelli – The Gas to Star Conversion in Local Group Spirals
14:45–15:30 Eve Ostriker – Invited Review Talk (Theory)
15:30–15:45 Selected poster presentations
15:45–16:30 Coffee break / Posters

Session IV: Gas in the Interstellar Medium: H2 and PAHs: From the Celestial Laboratory to the Terrestrial

Session Chair: Patrick Ogle
16:30–16:45David Neufeld – Probing Warm Molecular Hydrogen with Spitzer/IRAC
16:45–17:00Gordon Stacey – Pure Rotational Line Emission from the Disk of NGC 891
17:00–17:15 Caroline Bot – Diagnostic Value of Mid-Infrared Fine Structure Lines in Galaxies
17:15–17:30Christine Joblin – A Global Picture of the Physical and Chemical Evolution of the Mid-IR Emitters, from Spitzer to the Laboratory
17:30–17:45 Frederic Galliano – The PAH and Dust Contents of an Evolutionary Sequence of Nearby Galaxies
17:45–18:45 "Happy Hour" (Cocktails served)

Tuesday, December 4

Session V: Dust in the Interstellar Medium – An Observational Overview

Session Chair: Peter Martin
08:30–09:15Francois Boulanger – Invited Review Talk (Milky Way)
09:15–10:00Karl Gordon – Invited Review Talk (Nearby Galaxies)
10:00–10:15 Selected poster presentations
10:15–10:45 Coffee break / Posters

Session VI: Understanding Dust and Its Ubiquitous Presence

Session Chair: Ciska Markwick-Kemper
10:45–11:30 Xander Tielens – Invited Review Talk (Theory)
11:30–11:45Bruce Draine – Dust Masses, PAH Fractions, and Starlight Intensities in the SINGS Galaxies
11:45–12:00Eli Dwek – Stellar Evolutionary Effects on the Abundances of PAH and SN-Condensed Dust in Galaxies
12:00–12:15 Jan Cami – Modeling the PAH Bands
12:15–12:30 Els Peeters – The Infrared Spectra of Very Large, Compact, Symmetric Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (VLPAHs)
12:30–14:00 Lunch break

Session VII: A Dusty, Dusty Universe

Session Chair: Bill Reach
14:00–14:15Joannah Hinz – The Spatial Distribution of Cold Dust in Nearby Galaxies
14:15–14:30Alberto Bolatto – The Spitzer Surveys of the SMC
14:30–14:45 You-Hua Chu – Formation and Feedback of Massive Stars in the LMC
14:45–15:00Sean Carey – Infrared Extinction Profiles of Dense Molecular Cores
15:00–15:15Selected poster presentations
15:00–16:00Sean Carey, Bruce Elmegreen, and Eve Ostriker – PANEL DISCUSSION –ISM Gas and Dust, and Star Formation
16:00–16:45 Coffee break / Posters

Session VIII: From Gas and Dust to Stars: Quantifying Star Formation

Session Chair: Alberto Noriega-Crespo
16:45–17:30Daniela Calzetti – Invited Review Talk: Rates and Diagnostics of Star Formation in the Milky Way and Nearby Galaxies
17:30–17:45 Selected poster presentations

CONFERENCE DINNER (Twin Palms Restaurant)

18:00–19:00Cocktails
19:00–onwardsDinner

Wednesday, December 5

Session IX: Star Formation – An Observational Overview

Session Chair: Kartik Sheth
09:00–9:45Charles Lada – Invited Review Talk (Milky Way)
09:45–10:30Rob Kennicutt – Invited Review Talk (Nearby Galaxies)
10:30–10:45 Selected poster presentations
10:45–11:15 Coffee break / Posters

Session X: Starbursts and Their Environment

Session Chair: Jeonghee Rho
11:15–11:30Jeff Kenney – Spitzer Observations of Environmental Effects on Virgo Cluster Galaxies
11:30–11:45Tom Jarett – The Impact and Fate of the ISM in Compact Groups of Galaxies
11:45–12:00 Takashi Onaka – The 22 Micron Emission Feature in Supernova Remnants and Massive Star-Forming Regions
12:00–12:15 Frank Bigiel –The Star Formation Law at Sub-kpc Resolution in THINGS
12:15–12:30 Susan Stolovy –Massive Star Formation in the Galactic Center
12:30–14:00 Lunch break

Session XI: The Physics of Star Formation

Session Chair: Lynn Matthews
14:00–14:45 Barb Whitney – Invited Review Talk (Theory)
14:45–15:00Elizabeth Tasker – Simulating the ISM in Global Disc Galaxies
15:00–15:15Sukanya Chakrabarti – "Observing" Galaxy Simulations with RADISH: Understanding the Star Formation Histories of Galaxies
15:15–16:00 Bruce Elmegreen – Invited Review Talk: IMF Observations and Theory
16:00–16:15 Selected poster presentations
16:15–17:00 Coffee break / Posters

Session XII: Conference Summary and Discussion

17:00–18:00Nick Scoville, Stuart Vogel, and Pauline Barmby – Invited Review with Open Discussion of Science / Warm Mission / Future Directions
18:00–19:00 "Happy Hour" (Cocktails served)
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Notes for Presenters

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  1. Posters should be posted at or after the reception on Sunday. They will remain up the entire time. They should be 3\' x 3\'. Please check the conference website for the number corresponding to your poster and post it accordingly. Remember to prepare a 1-2 powerpoint slides to present in 1-2 minutes in case your poster is chosen to be highlighted.
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  2. Speakers / Selected poster people -- please load your powerpoint presentations on the Mac or PC that is resident in the main meeting room during the break before your session at the latest. Please put it into the appropriate session folder so we can find it wih ease - labelled with your last name if possible.
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  3. Proceedings will be all electronic. We are allowing a maximum of 8 pages for everyone except invited speakers who can submit 12 pages as needed. Watch this web site for more information on style files and how to submit.
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Dusty Starr says, "Here\'s to recycling on the Planet Earth and in the Milky Way and nearby Galaxies!"

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