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Putting our Solar System in Context: Origin, Dynamical and Physical Evolution of Multiple Planet Systems

25-30 April 2010, Universitätszentrum Obergurgl (Ötz Valley, near Innsbruck), Austria

SESSION 1 - Observations: the Present and Future Prospects
Chair: Alessandro Sozzetti, INAF, IT

09:00 - 09:40: Welcome addresses by Dr. Lattanzi and Dr. Sozzetti, INAF, IT
and Dr. Aizenmann, National Science Foundation, US and ESF Rapporteur

09:40 - 10:20: Jason Wright - University of California, US
Planetary Systems in the Solar Neighborhood: Lessons from RV Surveys (I)

10:20 - 10:40: Stefano Meschiari - University of California, US
The Lick-Carnegie RV Survey

10:40 - 11:00: Michael Endl - University of Texas at Austin, US
The Mt. John Observatory Search for Earth-like Planets in the Alpha Centauri System

11:00 - 11:30: coffee break

(Session continued) Chair: Jacques Laskar - IMCCE, FR

11:30 - 12:10: Heike Rauer - Germany Aerospace Center (DLR), DE
Statistics of Planetary Systems from Ground-Based Transit Surveys (I)

12:10 - 12:30: Coel Hellier - Keele University, UK
Transiting Exoplanets from the WASP Surveys

12:30 - 12:50: Marco Montalto - Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, DE
A Search for Transiting Planets in the Metal-Rich Open Cluster NGC 6253 and Its Surrounding Field

12:50 - 13:10: Sergio Ortolani - University of Padova, IT
Statistical Study OF Rotational Velocities Of Stars: A Comparison Between Field Stars And Stars Hosting Planetary Systems

13:10 - 14:30: lunch break

(Session continued) Chair: Renu Malhotra - University of Arizona, US

14:30 - 15:10: Jason Steffen - Fermilab Center for Particle Astrophysics, US
Planetary Systems Characterization via Transit Timing Variations (I)

15:10 - 15:30: Michael Shao - Jet Propulsion Laboratory, US
Detection of Multiple Planet Systems with Astrometry and Imaging

15:30 - 16:10: Silvano Desidera, INAF Padova, IT
Direct Imaging of Planetary Systems: The New Frontier

16:10 - 16:30: David Kipping - Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, US
Can We Find an Exomoon?

16:30 - 17:00: coffee break

(Session continued) Chair: Yann Alibert - UTINAM - Observatoire de Besançon, FR

17:00 - 17:40: Anne Eggenberger - Observatoire de Grenoble, FR
The Impact of Stellar Duplicity on Planetary Systems (I)

17:40 - 18:20: Amaya Moro Martin - Centro de Astrobiologia, ES & Princeton University, US
The Solar System - Debris Disks Connection (I)

18:20 - 18:40: Luca Ricci - ESO, DE
Investigating the First Stages of Dust Grain Growth from Millimeter Observations of Protoplanetary Disks

19:00: Dinner

(Session continued) Chair: Mario Lattanzi, INAF, IT

20:30 - 21:10: David Latham - Harvard-Smithsonian CfA, US
Planetary Systems: Future Directions for Transit Surveys (I)

21:10 - 21:30: Don Pollacco - Queens University of Belfast, UK
The PLATO Mission

21:30 - 21:50: Gyula Szabò - Konkoly Observatory, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, HU
Detection of Exomoons with Photometry and in the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect: Implications and Perspectives

SESSION 2 - Interactions
Chair: Jason Wright - University of California, US

09:00 - 09:40: Jacques Laskar - IMCCE, FR
Chaos in the Solar System (and Beyond)  (I)

09:40 - 10:00: Gwenael Boué - Observatoire de Paris, FR
A Collisionless Scenario for Uranus Tilting

10:00 - 10:40: Elke Pilat-Lohinger - University of Vienna, AT
The Stability and Dynamics of Planets in Binary Systems  (I)

10:40 - 11:00: Ferenc Szenkovits - Babes-Bolyai University, RO
Hill Stability of Extrasolar Planets in Stellar Binary Systems

11:00 - 11:30: group picture and coffee break

(Session continued) Chair: Diana Valencia - Observatoire de la Cote D'Azur, FR

11:30 - 12:10: Daniel Fabrycky - Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, US
Tidal Migration and Dynamics in Multiple-Planet Systems

12:10 - 12:30: Didier Queloz - Geneva University, CH
Dynamics of Hot Jupiters: Constraints from the Spin-Orbit angle

12:20 - 12:40: Cristian Giuppone - Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, AR
Orbital Parameters and Detectability of Resonant Extrasolar Planets

12:40 - 14:00: lunch break

(Session continued) Chair: Anne Eggenberger - Observatoire de Grenoble, FR

14:00 - 14:40: Alessandro Morbidelli - Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, FR
Formation and Evolution of Our Solar System: Some Hints for Understanding the Great Diversity of Extrasolar Systems

14:40 - 15:20: Alberto Cellino - INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino, IT
Inner Solar System Dynamics: Asteroid Families (I)

15:20 - 16:00: Renu Malhotra - University of Arizona, US
The Dynamics of our Kuiper belt

16:00 - 16:30: coffee break

(Session continued) Chair: Sean Raymond - Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, University of Colorado, US

16:30 - 16:50: Simone Marchi - University of Padova, IT
New Insights on the Early Cratering History of the Moon

16:50 - 17:10:  Davide Perna - INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, IT
Physical Properties of Centaurs and Trans-Neptunian Objects

17:10 - 17:50: Willy Kley - Universität Tübingen Institut für Astronomie & Astrophysik, DE
Early Orbital Evolution of Planetary Systems (I)

17:50 - 18:10: Yamila Miguel - Universidad Nacional de La Plata, AR
Planetary Systems Formation: the Role of Planetary Migration in Reproducing the Distribution of Observed Exoplanets

18:10 - 18:30: Ben Ayliffe - University of Exeter, UK
Planet Migration Models Using Self-Gravitating Radiation SPH

18:30 - 18:50: Aurelien Crida - Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, FR
Migration of Giant Planets in Resonance

19:30: Dinner

21:00 Posters Session
Chair: Alberto Cellino - INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino, IT
Poster presenters will have 3 minutes time to expose their research results. List of all posters and authors is available at the bottom of the programme.

SESSION 3 - Formation, Structure and Habitability
Chair: David Latham - Harvard-Smithsonian CfA, US

09:00 - 09:40: Yann Alibert - UTINAM - Observatoire de Besançon, FR
Theory Meets Observation: Jupiter, Saturn, and Extrasolar Giants Formation Models (I)

09:40 - 10:00: Andrea Fortier - Universidad Nacional de La Plata, AR
Studying the Formation of the Solar System Giant Planets Considering Several Size Distributions for the Accreted Planetesimals

10:00 - 10:40: Sean Raymond - Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, University of Colorado, US
Building Terrestrial Planets: Our Solar System, and Beyond (I)

10:40 - 11:00: Nader Haghighipour -
Formation and Prospect of the Detection of Habitable Super-Earths Around Low-Mass Stars: Reconciling Theory With Observation

11:00 - 11:30: coffee break

(Session continued) Chair: Tristan Guillot - Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, FR

11:30 - 11:50: Francesco Marzari - University of Padova, IT
The Binary Environment: Impact on Planet Formation (I)

11:50 - 12:10: Farzana Meru - University of Exeter, UK
Exploring the Conditions Required to Form giant Planets via Gravitational Instability in Massive Protoplanetary Discs

12:10 - 12:30: Anne-Sophie Libert - University of Namur, BE
Formation Mechanisms of Highly Non-Coplanar Systems

12:50 - 14:30: lunch break

Excursion - details on site

19:30: Conference Dinner

SESSION 3 - Formation, Structure and Habitability (Continued)
Chair: Daniel Fabrycky - Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, US

09:00 - 09:40: Tristan Guillot - Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, FR
The Interiors of Giant Planets: Our Solar System in Context (I)

09:40 - 10:00: Renyu Hu - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US
Transport of First Rocks of The Solar System by X-winds

10:00 - 10:40: Diana Valencia - Observatoire de la Cote D'Azur, FR
Our Earth vs. Massive Terrestrial Planets: Interiors and Tectonics (I)

10:40 - 11:00: Jade Bond - Planetary Science Institute, US
The Compositional Diversity of Extrasolar Terrestrial Planets

11:00 - 11:30: coffee break

(Session continued) Chair: Amaya Moro Martin - Centro de Astrobiologia, ES & Princeton University, US

11:30 - 12:10: Helmut Lammer - Space Research Institute (IWF), AT
Atmospheric Evolution of Mars, Venus and Solar-System Moons (I)

12:10 - 12:30: Alan Wood - Aberystwyth University, UK
Comparative Ionospheres: Venus, the Earth, and Beyond

12:30 - 12:50: Leonid Ksanfomality - Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RU
On the Possible Properties of the GJ 1214b Atmosphere

12:50 - 14:30: lunch break

(Session continued) Chair: Alessandro Morbidelli - Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, FR

14:30 - 15:10: Lisa Kaltenegger - Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, US
Spectral Fingerprints of Habitable Exoplanets (I)

15:10 - 15:30: John Grenfell - Technical University Berlin, DE
Biomarkers in Super-Earth Atmospheres: Photochemical Responses

15:30 - 15:50  Enric Palle - Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, ES
High-Resolution Spectroscopic Observations of the Earth and the Solar System Planets

15:50 - 16:30: Armando Blanco - Università del Salento, IT
The Search for Life on Mars (I)

16:30 - 17:00: coffee break

17:00 - 18:00: Forward Look Session
18:00 - 18:45: Conference Summary

19:30: dinner

Breakfast, departure

Amarante João A.S., Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, BR
Planetary populations according to the orbital angular momentum

Busonero Deborah, INAF Osservatorio di Torino, IT
Limits to planets detection with Gaia astrometry

Campanella Giammarco, Queen Mary University of London, UK
The Search for Exomoons

Daemgen  Sebastian, European Southern Observatory, DE
Protoplanetary Disks of Binary Systems in Orion

Damasso Mario, Astronomical Observatory of the Autonomous Region of the Aosta Valley, IT
A Pilot Study for a Transiting Planet Search around M dwarfs: Progress Report.

Fiedler Simone, Friedrich Schiller University, DE
Statistics of debris disks around planet host stars

Funk Barbara, Eotvos Lorand University, HU
Dynamical stability for inclined orbits in the habitable zones of extrasolar planetary systems

Kacharov Nikolay, University of Sofia, BG
Science with small telescopes - exoplanet transits

Mueller Tobias, Universitaet Tuebingen, DE
Self-gravitating Accretion Disks

Nascimbeni Valerio, University of Padua, IT
TASTE: The Asiago Survey for Timing transit variations of Exoplanets

Plávalová Eva, Comenius University of Bratislava, SK
The classification of  extrasolar planets

Riva Alberto, INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino, IT
Infrared from Antarctica. Irait and Amica

Simon Attila, Konkoly Observatory of the Hungarian Academy of Science, HU
Spectroscopic search for giant extrasolar comets

Stivaletta Nunzia, Università di Bologna, IT
Life in extreme environments and implications for astrobiology

Stuart Taylor, Global Telescope Science, US
Observing Planet Falling Through Increased Stellar Luminosity

Trunkovsky Eugene, M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University, RU
On the possible detection of planetary systems around some stars by lunar occultation observations

Zakhozhay Olga, Main Astronomical Observatory NAS of Ukraine, Ukraine
Features of observations of flat disks with and without inner hole and with central objects versus their spatial location

Zeynep Çelik, Ege University, TR
Exoplanet evolution and Host Star

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Partnership

This conference is organised by the European Science Foundation (ESF) in partnership with the Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung in Österreich (FWF)