StarConn schedule

StarConn 2011 Final Schedule
Astrobiology

This daylong astronomy conference is held at room 150, the Exley Science Center Auditorium, at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. Presented by the Astronomical Society of Greater Hartford and with the kind and generous cooperation of the Astronomy Department of Wesleyan University.

TIME

EVENT

7:00 - 8:30 am Setup for vendors and swap tables

8:30am Registration Opens: Attendee check-in, vendors open.

Convention Opening: Welcoming remarks, program updates.

9:30 am Patricia Beauchamp / Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Missions to Titan: the Enigmatic Moon of Saturn

11:00 am John Wettlaufer / Yale University

Turbulent Collisions and the Condensed Matter Physics of Cosmogony

12:00–1:30 am
Break: Vendors, Exhibitors, Lunch available in the Science Center.

Afternoon Program

1:30 pm Joseph Lazio / Jet Propulsion Laboratory Square Kilometer Array

From Dust to Life: Astrobiology at Radio Wavelengths

3:30pm David Spiegel / Princeton University

Climatic Habitability, Generalized Milankovitch Cycles, and Theory of Giant Exoplanets

4:30 - 7:00 pm Dinner Break, on your own at one of Middletown’s many eateries.

The Evening Program will begin at 7:00 p.m. sharp -- Same Hall – Science Building Room 150.

7:00 –8:30 pm Evening Program: Awarding of raffle prizes, presentation of the ASGH Astronomer of the Year award

The Charles Hammond Memorial Keynote Speaker:

7:30 pm John Delano / SUNY Albany, New York Center for Astrobiology
"NASA's search for life in the galaxy:" "Information from exoplanets and the ancient Earth"

9:00–11:00 pm All are invited to visit the Van Vleck Observatory, weather permitting, to observe with the 20 inch Clark refractor. Anyone wishing to set up equipment adjacent to the observatory is welcomed to do so.

StarConn will not be holding a Buffet Dinner.

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TIME	EVENT
7:00 - 8:30 am	Setup for vendors and swap tables
8:30am	Registration Opens: Attendee check-in, vendors open.
	Convention Opening: Welcoming remarks, program updates.
9:30 am	Patricia Beauchamp / Jet Propulsion Laboratory
	Missions to Titan: the Enigmatic Moon of Saturn
11:00 am	John Wettlaufer / Yale University
	Turbulent Collisions and the Condensed Matter Physics of Cosmogony
12:00–1:30 am	Break: Vendors, Exhibitors, Lunch available in the Science Center.
	Afternoon Program
1:30 pm	Joseph Lazio / Jet Propulsion Laboratory Square Kilometer Array
	From Dust to Life: Astrobiology at Radio Wavelengths

3:30pm	David Spiegel / Princeton University
	Climatic Habitability, Generalized Milankovitch Cycles, and Theory of Giant Exoplanets

4:30 - 7:00 pm	Dinner Break, on your own at one of Middletown’s many eateries.
	The Evening Program will begin at 7:00 p.m. sharp -- Same Hall – Science Building Room 150.

7:00 –8:30 pm	Evening Program: Awarding of raffle prizes, presentation of the ASGH *Astronomer of the Year* award

	The Charles Hammond Memorial Keynote Speaker:
7:30 pm	John Delano / SUNY Albany, New York Center for Astrobiology "NASA's search for life in the galaxy:" "Information from exoplanets and the ancient Earth"

9:00–11:00 pm	All are invited to visit the Van Vleck Observatory, weather permitting, to observe with the 20 inch Clark refractor. Anyone wishing to set up equipment adjacent to the observatory is welcomed to do so.