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IAU Symposium 299: Schedule at a Glance Time Mon, 3 Jun Tues, 4 Jun Wed, 5 Jun Thurs, 6 Jun Fri, 7 Jun 845 Welcome Session 1 Session 3 Session 5 Session 6 Session 8 Chair: Fischer Chair: Maddison Chair: Kenworthy Chair: Wilner Chair: Graham Invited Review: Invited Review: Invited Review: Invited Review: Invited Review: 900 Beth Biller Zoe Leinhardt Jonathan Fortney Mark Wyatt Rosemary Mardling 940 Galicher Nordlund Tinney Macgregor; S Dawson; S 1000 Tamura Chiang Lawler; S Su Kraus 1020 poster highlights poster highlights poster highlights Haywood; S Wu 1030 coffee & posters coffee & posters coffee & posters 1040 Bonnefoy Farihi 1100 poster highlights poster highlights Vigan Espaillat Augereau 1110 coffee & posters coffee & posters 1120 Bowler; S Evans Marshall 1140 Maire Osorio Rogers Phillips Session 9 Panel discussion noon Morzinski Panel Discussion 1220 Nascimbeni Lunch Lunch Lunch 1240 Llama; S Student Awards 1300 Haynes; S Session 2 Session 4 Session 7 Chair: Hughes Chair: Booth Chair: Kavelaars 1400 Invited Review: Invited Review: Invited Review: Sean Andrews Richard Alexander Roman Rafikov 1440 van der Marel; S Carpenter Lambrechts; S 1500 Anthonioz Murray-Clay Piso; S 1520 poster highlights poster highlights poster highlights END Free Time 1530 coffee & posters coffee & posters coffee & posters 1600 Qi Hasegawa Pudritz 1620 Duchene Kennedy Schlichting 1640 Menu; S Ireland Cossou; S 1700 Rodigas; S Kalas Dvorak Poster session Public Lecture Banquet 1930 - 2130 2000 - 2100 1900 - 2200 S = Student 2 IAU Symposium 299: Exploring the Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems Table of Contents Schedule at a glance! 2 Welcome ! 4 General Information (VCC, internet, local info, special events)! 5 Local restaurants! 9 Daily Schedule! ! Monday 3 June! 11 ! Tuesday 4 June! 12 ! Wednesday 5 June! 13 ! Thursday 6 June! 14 ! Friday 7 June! 15 ABSTRACTS! 16-112 ! Session 1: High-Contrast AO Imaging and Direct Imaging of Exoplanets! 16 ! Session 2: Transformative Interferometry & Protoplanetary Disk Imaging! 33 ! Session 3: Building Planets in Protoplanetary Disks: Earliest Evidence! 40 ! Session 4: Co-evolution of Disks and Planetary Systems! 51 ! Session 5: Detailed Studies of Known Exoplanets and Exoplanet Systems! 61 ! Session 6: Debris Disks as Signposts of Planetary Systems! 83 ! Session 7: Models of Planetary Formation and Evolution! 97 ! Session 8: Evolution of Planetary Systems! 106 List of Participants! 113 3 Welcome Welcome to Victoria! This symposium brings together experts on the growth of planetary systems in protoplanetary discs through their early evolution to the final systems we observe around main-sequence stars today. Our goal is to enhance the interaction between those who study the formation of planets and those who study evolved exoplanets—two communities who do not typically interact strongly due to differences in instrumentation. By bringing these two communities together, we hope to ask provocative new questions, stimulate new avenues of research, and encourage the formation of new collaborations. It is our pleasure to welcome you to Victoria for what we hope will be a very rich meeting. Local Organizing Committee Science Organizing Committee Brenda Matthews (Chair) James Graham (Chair) Mark Booth France Allard Alice Chow Antonio Hales James Di Francesco Paul Kalas James Graham Matthew Kenworthy Wesley Fraser Anne-Marie Lagrange Raphael Galicher Doug Lin JJ Kavelaars Bruce Macintosh Christian Marois Sarah Maddison Brenda Parrish Brenda Matthews Gerald Schieven Dimitri Mawet Amaya Moro-Martin Ruth Murray-Clay Don Pollacco Didier Queloz Motohide Tamura David Wilner We wish to offer a note of thanks to Chris Sasaki at the Dunlap Institute for all his efforts in designing and maintaining the webpage for the meeting. 4 General Information Victoria Conference Centre Information Registration: The registration desk, located outside the Lecture Theatre during the conference and in the Lower Pavilion during the opening reception, will be staffed for the duration of the meeting. If you require assistance with anything during the meeting, Alice Chow and Brenda Parrish will be available to assist you. Meeting Rooms: The meeting rooms are all on Level 1 of the VCC. All talks, including the free public talk, will take place in the Lecture Theatre. Posters: The posters are located in 3 different rooms off the lobby: the Saanich Room, the Oak Bay Room, and the Esquimalt Room. See the whiteboard at the registration desk for the room assignment for poster sessions. The sessions are also indicated on the room doors. Poster boards are clearly marked with poster IDs. Please place your poster on the board with your assigned poster ID (see List of Participants, pp.113-117). Student posters are so indicated. Quiet Room: The Victoria Room is a smaller room available for general use should you require a quiet space. If this space is in high demand, we will initiate a sign-up sheet. Internet Connections There is free wireless throughout the VCC. To access the network, you will have to input an access code into the VCC page that will open when you start your browser. Choose the option “I have a code” and input IAUS299 as the access code. It is not case sensitive. Banks Most Canadian banks have branches along Douglas St. downtown just a few blocks up from the VCC. Heading north along Douglas from the VCC, you will find TD Canada Trust (at Fort St), BMO Bank of Montreal, CIBC (at View St), and Scotiabank (at Yates St). Emergencies The emergency number in Canada is 911. Taxis There are three major taxi companies in Victoria. All take credit and debit cards. Blue Bird Taxi! www.taxicab.com! 250.382.2222 Victoria Taxi! victoriataxi.com! 250.383.7111 Yellow Cab ! www.empresstaxi.com! 250.381.2222! 5 General Information Student Awards The LOC is pleased to offer awards for the best student talk and best student poster. We encourage all attendees to fill out a ballot for each award (these two ballots can be found in your name badge). To facilitate evaluation of the student presentations, all are clearly marked in the program and will be highlighted by session chairs and through signage for posters. We have included a 5-star icon next to each student abstract in the program so you can record your impressions as you see talks and view posters. The ballots ask you to rank your top three talks and top three posters. We will assess points for each rank as follows: 9 points for top rank; 6 points for 2nd rank and 3 points for third rank. The student with the highest number of points will receive the award. The ballots can be placed in the ballot box at the registration desk at any time. Please note that the last student talk is on Friday morning. We will announce the award winners at the end of the meeting. The winners do not need to be present to receive their award. Special Events Reception Sunday, 2 June, 7:00 - 9:00 pm All attendees are welcome at the evening reception in the Lower Pavilion of the VCC. The pavilion is surrounded by scenic gardens and the picturesque backdrop of the historic Empress Hotel. All attendees will find a ticket for a free drink in their name badges, and an extra one will be included if you indicated you are bringing a guest. Poster Session Monday, 3 June 7:30 - 9:30pm A dedicated evening poster viewing session is scheduled to allow a significant amount of time to highlight the poster contributions at the meeting. There will be a bar open during the 2 hour session, and all registrants will find a ticket for a free drink in their name badges. Please note that there will be no food during the poster session, so please be sure to plan a meal for yourself before or after. 6 General Information “Dinner at the Museum” Banquet Thursday, 6 June, 7 - 10pm The conference banquet will be held at the Royal BC Museum, located across the street from the VCC. Highlights include the First Peoplesʼ Gallery and the Modern History Gallery. Participants will be free to wander the exhibits that detail the history and pre-history of British Columbia and Victoria, while enjoying catered delicacies. The cost to attend the banquet is CAD$90 per person. Those still wishing to attend the banquet should inquire at the on-site registration desk. 7 General Information Public Talk Tuesday, 4 June 8-9pm A free public talk by Debra Fischer will be held Tuesday evening in the VCC Lecture hall. HABITABLE WORLDS: The Search Continues We search for planets like Earth because we are interested in finding life elsewhere. One could counter that this view is myopic – that life might be silicon based or floating in methane clouds on worlds that are very different from our planet. We would have a difficult time recognizing life that is so fundamentally different from anything on Earth. Surely, our best shot is to search for what we know: carbon-based life inhabiting rocky planets awash with oceans of water. This search must focus on nearby stars because even familiar signatures of life, like oxygen rich atmospheres, will be easier to detect on planets orbiting the closest stars. Twenty years ago, we did not know if exoplanets were rare or common. Today, we know that most stars harbor small rocky planets like the Earth. Paradoxically, we have not yet carried out a sensitive search for these planets around the nearest stars. As this search begins in the next few years, we will learn if life is rare or common. Debra Fischer is a Professor of Astronomy at Yale University who began hunting for exoplanets in 1997 by measuring tiny wobbles in the velocities of stars. She has discovered hundreds of exoplanets, including the first known multiple planet system in 1999.
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