August 28 (Light Breakfast, Coffee at 1030, Lemonade in the afternoon)
Reception 5:30p, Patio at Cahill
Dinner 6:30p, Atheneum al fresco
August 29 (Light Breakfast, Coffee at 1030, Lemonade in the afternoon)
1. All talks are 15+5 minutes (unless otherwise noted)
2. Speakers: please see "Notes to Speakers"
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Day 1: August 28, 2015 (Friday)
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Continental Breakfast & Registration: 0800-0835
Session Z: Welcome & Goal of Workshop [0835-0850] S. Kulkarni
Session A: Ongoing Projects [0850-1030] Chair: A. Howell
Evryscope (Most of the Sky, All Night Long) N. Law
PanSTARRS (Two Powerful Imagers At Once) H. Flewelling
PTF, ZTF (Systematic Exploration of Night Sky) E. Bellm
TDA with DECAM (LSST LITE) A. Rest
ASAS-SN (The Night Sky, Once a Night) B. Shappee
Break: 1030-1100 Break
Session B: Boutiques [1100-1220] Chair: R. Adhikari
Low Surface Brightness (DRAGONFLY) P. van Dokkum
Narrow Band Surveys (PTF/H-alpha) D. Cook
CRTS (NEOs and Public Transients) A. Mahabal
Rapid Response (We track!) T. Vestrand
Lunch: 1220-1340 (on your own)
Session C: Theorists Dream [1340-1500] Chair: E. Quataert
Speculative transients, GW counterparts, unnova T. Piro
AICs: What we know and, maybe, how to find them J. Schwab
New stellar insights from precision SNe data L. Bildsten
Breaking News: The Dynamic Thermal IR Sky M. Kasliwal
Lemonade Break: 1440-1510
Session D: In development [1510-1730] Chair: R. Lupton
BlackGEM P. Groot/TBC
Wide Field Polarimetry T. Pearson & A. Readhead
Wide Field CMOS/EMCCD G. Hallinan & E. Ofek
CUBESAT: CMOS & NEO M. Shao
CUBESAT: UV Wide field S. B. Cenko
DESI & TDA P. Nugent
Breaking Update: Status of LCOGT T. Boroson
5:30pm Reception on the Patio
6:30pm Dinner Atheneum al Fresco
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Day 2: August 29, 2015 (Saturday)
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Continental Breakfast: 0800-0830
Session E: TESS & Kepler [0830-1035] Chair: S. Gezari
*NOTE unusual time allocation for the talks.
*The TESS Project G. Ricker (25+5 min)
*Galactic Astronomy with TESS Y. Cao (10+5 min)
*Transients with TESS B. Shappee (10+5 min)
*The Kepler-2 Project Barclay Thomas (25+5 min)
*Kepler & Other Surveys A. Ho & T. Kupfer (10+5min)
Breaking News: The Dynamic Radio Sky G. Hallinan
Coffee Break: 1035-1105
Session F: New Tools & Methodologies [1105-1205] Chair: G. Bower
Deeper, Wider, Faster with DECAM J. Cooke
Ultra Low Resolution Spectroscopic Classifcation N. Konidaris & D. Neill
Comensal & Triggered Observing at the VLA D. Frail
Session G: Resurgent Radio Astronomy [1205-1305]
Status of Low Frequency Radio Astronomy J. Lazio
The CHIME Project: Comensal Observing V. Kaspi
Molonglo: Refurbished & Resurgent V. Ravi
Sandwiches (to go) served on patio 1305
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