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" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Day 1: August 28, 2015 (Friday) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Day 2: August 29, 2015 (Saturday) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------