Final Programme

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Wednesday, May 19th, 2004
   
08:45 Registration
09:20 *** Start of Session ***
09:20 Welcome + Introduction (10 min): A. Moorwood, J. Walsh, L. Stanghellini
09:30 Review (30+10 min): M. Barlow - Historical overview and state of the art (download PPT presentation)
10:10 *** Session 1. PN surveys in the Local Group ***
10:10 Review (30+10 min): G. Jacoby - Surveys for Planetary Nebulae in the Magellanic Clouds (download PPT presentation)
10:50 *** 25 min Coffee Break & Discussion ***
11:15 (12+3 min): W. Reid - H-alpha stacked images reveal large numbers of PNe in the LMC (download PPT presentation)
11:30 Review (30+10 min): R. Corradi & L. Magrini - The Census of Planetary Nebulae in the Local Group (download PPT presentation)
12:10 (12+3 min): R. Shaw - HST Surveys of LMC Planetary Nebulae (download PPT presentation)
12:25 (10 min): Q. Parker - Proposed nomenclature for Extra-galactic PN (download PPT presentation)
12:35 *** Lunch Break ***
14:00 *** Session 1. (continues) ***
14.00 (12+3 min): H.-U. Kaeufl - CRIRES and VISIR, ESO's latest tools for infrared studies of PNe beyond the Milky Way (download PDF presentation)
14:15 (12+3 min): M. Roth - Crowded field 3D spectrophotometry of PNe in Local Group galaxies (download PPT presentation)
14:30 *** Session 2. Distant PN surveys ***
14:30 Review (30+10 min): R. Mendez - Deep PN surveys in galaxies beyond the Local Group (download PPT presentation)
15.10 (35 min): Poster presentations (2 min each)
15:45 *** 25 min Coffee Break & Poster viewing ***
16:10 (12+3 min): P. Garcia-Lario - Extragalactic PNe: methods of discovery using infrared photometry (download PPT presentation)
16:25 Review (30+10 min): J. Feldmeier - A Review of Intracluster Planetary Nebulae (download PPT presentation)
17:05 *** Session 3. The PNLF as a secondary distance indicator ***
17:05 Review (30+10 min): R. Ciardullo - The Planetary Nebula Luminosity Function (download PPT presentation)
17:45 (12+3 min): L. Girardi - Modelling the PNLF: population effects on the bright cut-off (download PPT presentation)
18:00 (12+3 min): G. Van de Steene - The revised distance to NGC 55 in the Sculptor group (download PPT presentation)
18:15 *** end of session ***
18:15 Welcome Reception
   
Thursday, May 20th, 2004
   
09:00 *** Session 4. The stellar connection***
09:00 Review (30+10 min): M. Groenewegen - AGB stars in the Local Group, and beyond (download PDF presentation)
09:40 (12+3 min): M. Matsuura - Infrared spectra of AGB stars in external galaxies, and their implications on abundances (download PPT presentation)
09:55 Review (30+10 min): L. A. Willson - Mass loss at the tip of the AGB (download PPT presentation)
10.35 (12+3 min): M.-R. Cioni - Abundance gradient in Local Group galaxies using AGB stars (download PPT presentation)
10:50 *** 20 min Coffee Break & Discussion ***
11:10 *** Session 4. (continues) ***
11:10 Review (30+10 min): L. Stanghellini - Magellanic Cloud Planetary Nebulae as probes of stellar evolution and populations (download PPT presentation)
11:50 (12+3 min): M. Kraus - Stellar parameters of PNe - old fashioned or trendy? (download PDF presentation)
12:05 Review (30+10 min): E. Villaver - Central Stars of PNe in the Magellanic Clouds (download PPT presentation)
12:45 (12+3 min): A. Buzzoni - Planetary Nebulae as tracers of the diffuse IG stellar background: a population synthesis theoretical approach (download PPT presentation)
13:00 *** Lunch Break ***
14:15 *** Session 5. PNe as probes of galactic evolution***
14:15 Review (30+10 min): X.-W. Liu - Plasma diagnostics and abundance determinations for PNe - current status (download PDF presentation)
14:55 (12+3 min): Y. Zhang - Using the hydrogen recombination spectrum to probe nebular physical conditions (download PPT presentation)
15:10 (12+3 min): W. Wang - A reexamination of electron density diagnostics for ionized gaseous nebulae (download PPT presentation)
15:25 (25+5 min): W. Maciel - Chemical composition of Planetary Nebulae: the Galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds (download PPT presentation)
15:55 *** 25 min Coffee Break & Poster viewing ***
16:20 *** Session 5. (continues) ***
16:20 Review (30+10 min): M. Richer - Planetary Nebulae as probes of the chemical evolution of early type Galaxies (download PPT presentation)
17:00 (12+3 min): G. Stasinska - The inner abundance gradient of M33 using bright PNe (download PPT presentation)
17:15 (12+3 min): L. Magrini - Spectroscopy of Planetary Nebulae in Sextans A and Sextans B (download PPT presentation)
17:30 (12+3 min): P. Leisy - Planetary Nebulae in NGC 6822 (download PPT presentation)
17:45 (12+3 min): A. Kniazev - Spectroscopy of PNe in Sextans A, Sextans B, NGC 3109 and Fornax (download PPT presentation)
18:00 Discussion session (45 min): Q. Parker [chair] - Observational challenges (download PPT presentation)
18:45 *** end of session ***
   
Friday, May 21st, 2004
   
09:00 *** Session 6. PNe as kinematic probes ***
09:00 Review (30+10 min): N. Douglas - Measuring kinematics in elliptical galaxies (download PPT presentation)
09:40 (12+3 min): H. Merrett - Mapping the Stellar Dynamics of M31 (download PPT presentation)
09:55 (12+3 min): A. Ferguson - A Keck/DEIMOS Survey of RGB stars in the Outskirts of M31
10:10 Review (30+10 min): O. Gerhard - Modeling kinematics and dark matter
10:50 *** 25 min Coffee Break & Poster viewing ***
11:15 (16+4 min): A. Romanowsky - Probing halos with PNe: mass and angular momentum in early-type galaxies (download PPT presentation)
11:35 Review (30+10 min): E. Peng - Planetary Nebulae in NGC 5128 (Cen A) (download Open Office presentation)
12:15 (12+3 min): M. Rejkuba - AGB stars in NGC 5128 (download Open Office presentation)
12:30 (12+3 min): J. Walsh - PN abundances in NGC 5128 with FORS (download PPT presentation)
12:45 *** Lunch Break ***
13:45 *** Session 6. (continues) ***
13.45 (12+3 min): N. Napolitano - Planetary nebulae as dynamical tracers: dark-to-luminous properties of early-type galaxies (download PPT presentation)
14.00 (12+3 min): N. Sambhus - Dynamics of the elliptical galaxy NGC 4697 from integrated light and PNe (download PPT presentation)
14:15 (12+3 min): F. de Lorenzi - Dynamics of rotating elliptical galaxies (download PPT presentation)
14:30 Review (30+10 min): M. Arnaboldi - PNe as probes of galaxy clusters
15:10 *** 20 min Coffee Break & Discussion ***
15:30 Discussion session (45 min): R. Shaw [chair] - Future challenges (download PPT presentation)
16:15 Workshop summary: H. Ford
  *** end of workshop ***