Workshop Program

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January 12th
09.00 - 14.00

Arrive, get yourself checked in. The workshop starts at 14.00 sharp. Tea & Coffee will be available from ~13.00 in the main foyer of the School of Mathematical Sciences.
The workshop will begin at 14.00 in room HG 206 in the School of Nursing (2 minute walk). Please find a preliminary program below.

14.00:
          Welcome

14.10:
          Paul Clark
          State of the Art Challenges (25 + 5 minutes)

14.40:
          Lightning Talks (10 minutes each)
          John Regan
          Marco Surace
          Morgan Fraser
          Harley Katz

15.20:
         ~10 minute discussion & questions
               - Questions arising from opening talks
               - What is now needed? Better observations, simulations  or theory - all three?

15.30:
          Coffee

16.00:
          David Hubber
          Star formation modelling using sink particles
          (20 + 5 minutes)

16.25:
          Dan Whalen
          Signatures from the first stars and black holes (20 + 5 minutes)

          Turlough Downes
          What can present day star formation modelling teach us?
          (20 + 5 minutes)

~17.15:
         Pint in the College Bar and more discussion (optional)

19.30:
         Workshop Dinner in City Centre



Friday January 13th (Coffee served from 09.00 - ground floor School of Nursing)

09.30:
          Jonathan Mackey
          Massive Effects from Massive Stars (20 minutes)

          Jose Groh
          Modelling the Spectra of the First Objects (20 minutes)

          Jorick Vink
          Learning from present day massive stars (20 minutes)

10.30:
          Coffee

11.00:
          What can the next five years bring?/What would you like to see?
          Everyone - one slide and two minutes each!

12.00:
           Lunch in 1838 restaurant & goodbye.

13.00 - 16.00:
           Afternoon discussion for anybody who is interested.
           Breakout sessions etc. Contact me with other suggestions.

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