Annual Report 2011 Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

108 Conferences, Scientific, and Popular Talks
Conferences, Scientific, and Popular Talks
Conferences Organized
Conferences Organized at the institute:
Conference “Astronomy meets Business – 1 st MPIA
Job Information Day”, MPIA, 27. Jan. (K. Jäger, L.
Burtscher, R. Andrae u.a.)
carmeneS Interface meeting, 10. Feb. (R. Lenzen)
Awarding of the pupils pizes of the “Agenda-Büro” of the city
of Heidelberg at the MPIA/HdA, together with the LSW
on 19. Apr. (C. Scorza, M. Pössel, K. Jäger, H. Mandel
(LSW), Th. Henning, M. Voss, A. Quirrenbach (LSW)
and others)
Book Presentation “Im Himmel über Heidelberg, 40 Jahre
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie 1969 – 2009”, written
by D. Lemke, 23. May (K. Jäger, M. Voss, D. Lemke,
A. M. Quetz, M. Dueck, u.a.);
MPIA Internal Symposium, 25. May (G. van de Ven, H.
Klahr, K. Jäger, and others)
Coordination Meeting with LBT representatives, 6. – 7.
June (M. Kürster)
Linc-nirvana AIV Review, 8. – 9. June (M. Kürster, R.
Hofferbert)
Gravity Progress Meeting, 4. – 5. July (R. Lenzen)
Pan-StarrS 1 Science Consortium – Key Project 5 summer
meeting, 4. – 5. July (N. Martin, H.-W. Rix)
Gravity Consortium Meeting, MPIA, 4. – 6. July (S.
Hippler, W. Brandner, S. Kendrew)
LN Science Team Meeting, 20 Oct. (E. Schinnerer)
Linc-nirvana Consortium Meeting, 20. – 21. Oct. (M.
Kürster)
Commemorative Colloquium for Jakob Staude, MPIA/
HdA, 15. Nov. (K. Jäger, M. Pössel, A. M. Quetz, U.
Reichert, u.a.)
Visit to Germany – Japan Round Table am MPIA/HdA, 1.
Dec. (Th. Henning, M. Pössel, K. Jäger u.a.);
Inauguration of the “Haus der Astronomie”, 16. Dec. (M.
Pössel, M. Voss, K. Jäger, and others)
Other Conferences Organized:
Ringberg Conference on “Transport Processes and Accretion
in YSO”, Ringberg Castle, 7. – 11. Feb. (R. van Boekel,
A. Sicilia, M. Fang, Th. Henning)
Scientic Project Management, Max-Planck-Haus,
Heidelberg, 14. Feb. (M. Kürster, M. Perryman)
Linc-nirvana Consortium Meeting, Padua, 24.–25. March,
(M. Kürster)
Gaia DPAC CU8 plenary meeting, Liege, Belgium, 26.–27.
May (C. A. L. Bailer-Jones)
Ringberg Workshop on “Geophysical and Astrophysical
Fluid flow: Baroclinic Instability and Protoplanetary
Accretion Disks”, Ringberg Castle, 14. – 18. June
(Hubert Klahr, Helen Morrison, Natalie Raettig, Karsten
Dittrich)
PAWS Team Meeting, Schloss Neuburg, 24. – 26. June (A.
Hughes, S. Meidt, E. Schinnerer)
IMPRS Summer School “Characterizing exoplanets –
from formation to atmospheres”, Max-Planck-Haus,
Heidelberg, 1. – 5. Aug. (Chr. Fendt, K. Dullemond, L.
Kaltenegger)
Annual Meeting of the Astronomische Gesellschaft
“Surveys and Simulations – the real and the virtual
Universe”, Sep. 19-34, Heidelberg (SOC-members: Th.
Henning, H.-W. Rix, LOC-Member: K. Jäger)
Meeting “Public Outreach in der Astronomie” at the
Annual Meeting of the Astronomische Gesellschaft in
Heidelberg (K. Jäger, M. Pössel)
Splinter-Session “Formation, atmospheres and evolution
of brown dwarfs” at the Annual Meeting of the AG in
Heidelberg, 20. – 21. Sept. (V. Joergens, B. Biller, W.
Brandner)
SeedS 2 nd General Workshop, Results, Techniques and
New Developments, IWH, Heidelberg, 10. – 12. Oct. (B.
Biller, M. Bonnefoy, M. Feld, Th. Henning)
Galaxy and Cosmology Department Retreat, Schloss
Engers, Neuwied, 17. – 19. Oct. (B. Conn, E. da Cunha,
H.-W. Rix, T.-H. Witte-Nguy)
Tagung “PSF workshop 2011”, Boppard am Rhein, 17. –
19. Oct. (R. van Boekel S. Zhukovska, Th. Henning)
MPIA-External Retreat, Obrigheim, 17. – 18. Nov. (K.
Jäger, Th. Henning, H.-W. Rix, T.-H. Witte-Nguy)
Conferences and Meetings Attended,
Scientific Talks and Poster Contributions
Angela Adamo: “PSF retreat”, Boppard, Oct. (Lecture);
Head of the PSF splinter session “Clustered star formation”
Coryn A. L. Bailer-Jones: EPSC-DPS Joint meeting,
Nantes, Oct. (Poster); “Surveys & Simulation – The
Real and the Virtual Universe”, Annual Meeting of the
AG, Heidelberg, 19. – 23. Sep. (Poster)
Zoltan Balog: pacS ICC meeting in Garching, 8. – 10. Feb.;
OT1. DP Workshop als Tutor, eSaC in Madrid, Spain,
14. – 16. March, HCSS documentation Editorial Board
meeting, London, UK, 21. – 26. Aug.; pacS Photometer
Pipeline meeting, Heidelberg, 6. Oct.; pacS ICC meeting
in Frascati, Italy, 17. – 18. Nov.
Myriam Benisty: Transport Processes and Accretion in
YSOs, Ringberg Castle, 7. – 11. Feb. (Lecture); Ten
years of the VLTI, eSo Garching, 24. – 27. Oct. (Lecture)
Carolina Bergfors: Exoplanets: Past, Present and Future,
Lund, Schweden, 13. May; “From interacting binaries
to exoplanet. – Essential modeling tools”, IAU
Symposium 282, Tatranská Lomnica, Slowakei, 18. –
22. July (Poster); “Surveys & Simulation – The Real
and the Virtual Universe”, Annual Meeting of the
AG, Heidelberg, 19. – 23. Sep. (Poster); Formation and
Evolution of Very Low Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs,
Garching, 11. – 14. Oct. (Poster)