Wednesday, November 12

Evening Reception at 661 Campbell Hall on campus

Thursday, November 13 -- Lawrence Hall of Science

09:00
Introduction:  Don Backer, Director, Radio Astronomy Laboratory
Welcomes: 

• Robert Birgeneau, UC Berkeley Chancellor
• Beth Burnside, UC Berkeley Vice Chancellor
  
• Mark Richards, Dean of Physical Sciences, UC Berkeley College of Letters & Science

09:30  Scientific Perspective: Shri Kulkarni, 'Astronomy at RAL: The First Half-Century'

Session 1: Galaxies, Cosmology, and the 21-cm Line

• 10:00 Harold Weaver, 'The Milky Way, an Historical Perspective'.
• 10:20 Leo Blitz, 'The Milky Way, a Scientific Perspective'.
• 10:40-11:20 coffee break
  
• 11:20 Evan Levine, 'The Milky Way, Current Scientific Issues'
• 11:40 Jacqueline van Gorkom, 'External Galaxies, a Scienific Perspective'
• 11:50 Martha Haynes, 'External Galaxies, Current Scientific Issues
• 12:00 Oliver Zahn, 'Reionization and the 21-cm Line: Theoretical Aspects'
• 12:20 Don Backer, 'Reionization and the 21-cm Line: Observational Aspects'
• 12:40 Leo Blitz, Concluding Remarks
  

12:50 - 13:50  lunch break

Session 2: Star Formation and mm-Wave Astronomy

• 13:50 Lew Snyder, 'Interstellar Molecules'
• 14:10 Dick Plambeck, 'Interstellar Molecules and their Environments: An Observational Perspective'
• 14:30-15:00 coffee break
  
• 15:00 David Wilner, 'Protoplanetary Disks, an Observer's Perspective'
• 15:20 Jim Moran, 'SSgrA*'
• 15:40 Jean Turner,  'Extragalactic Molecular Clouds and Star Formation, an Observer's Perspective'
• 16:00 Charlie Lada. 'Galactic Molecular Clouds and Star Formation, an Observer's Perspective'
• 16:20 Frank Shu, 'Molecular Clouds and Star Formation, a Theorist's Perspective'
• 16:40 Dick Plambeck, Concluding Remarks

Session 3: The Galactic Interstellar Medium and the 21-cm Line

• 09:00 Carl Heiles, 'The Galactic ISM and the 21-cm Line'
• 09:20 Snezana Stanimirovic, 'Small Ionized and Neutral Structures'
• 09:40 Josh Goldston Peek, 'The Galactic Halo and High-Velocity Clouds'
• 10:00 Chris McKee, 'The Global Galactic ISM, a Scientific Perspective'
• 10:20-11:10 coffee break
  
• 11:10 Tim Robishaw, 'The Galactic ISM and Magnetic Fields, an Observer's Perspective'
• 11:30 Alyssa Goodman, 'The Galactic ISM and Molecular Clouds.'
• 11:50 Ellen Zweibel, 'The Galactic ISM and Magnetic Fields, a Theorist's Perspective'
• 12:10 Carl Heiles, Concluding Remarks
  

Session 4: High-Energy Astronomy

• 12:20 Jim Cordes, 'On Pulsars'
• 12:40 Geoff Bower, 'On Time-Variable Radio Sources'

• 14:00 Josh Bloom, 'Time Variable Sources Aren't Just Radio!'
• 14:20 Eliot Quataert, 'High-Energy Astronomy: A Theorist's Perspective'
  

Session 5: Technical Innovation Enables Scientific Exploration

• 14:40 Jack Welch, 'Star Formation Observations on Both Small and Large Scale in the Taurus Molecular Clouds'
• 15:00 Melvyn Wright, 'The Instrumental Side of RAL, Past and Future'

• 16:00 Sandy Weinreb, 'Technology for the Next 50 Years'
  
• 16:20 Bill Holzapfel, 'Radio Telescopes as Probes of Cosmology.'
• 16:40 James Graham, 'Future Telescopes and Technology: Not Just Radio!'
• 17:00 Ron Eckers, 'Astronomy at RAL: The Next Half-Century'

Evening Reception and Dinner
Lawrence Hall of Science Exhibit Hall
18:30 - 22:30

After Dinner: Dick Plambeck, 'Reflections'

Saturday, November 15

Optional visits to Hat Creek and CARMA sites

• Hat Creek visit with Geoff Bower, Jack Welch, Don Backer
• CARMA visit with Dick Plambeck, Leo Blitz, James Graham