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Program
The Local Group as a Cosmological Training Sample

Potsdam, June 12-15, 2003
Workshop Program

Wednesday, June 11
19:00-21:00Reception & Registration (also possible during conference)
Thursday, June 12
Session 1: A local group census
09:30-09:45Welcome
09:45-10:30The Local Group as a Cosmological Training Sample (Simon White, Garching)
10:30-11:15Is the Local Group Representative of the 'Field' Population? (Ann Zabludoff, Tucson)
11:15-11:45coffee + posters
11:45-12:15The Local Group in Comparison with Other Nearby Groups (Igor D. Karachentsev, Zenlenchuksk)
12:15-13:00OVI and the Warm IGM (Kenneth Sembach, Baltimore)
13:00-14:30lunch break
14:30-15:00Observing the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect Closer to Home (James Taylor, Oxford)
15:00-15:45Stellar Populations in Local Group Galaxies (Jon Holtzman, Las Cruces)
15:45-16:15The Star Formation Rate of the SMC (Jason Harris, Baltimore)
16:15-16:45coffee + posters
16:45-17:30Super Massive Black Holes in the Local Group (Michele Cappellari, Leiden)
17:30-18:00RAVE: The RAdial Velocity Experiment (Matthias Steinmetz, Potsdam)
Friday, June 13
Session 2: Structure formation
09:00-09:45Formation Models for the Local Group and the Milky Way (Julio Navarro, Victoria)
09:45-10:15The Stellar Halo and the Residue of Hierarchical Structure Information (James Bullock, Harvard)
10:15-10:45Angular Momentum of Halos in Hydrodynamical Simulations (Sanjib Sharma, Tucson/Potsdam)
10:45-11:15coffee + posters
11:15-11:45Rotation Curves of LSB and Dwarf Galaxies: Systematic Errors (Anatoly Klypin, Las Cruces)
11:45-12:15A Model for the Formation of the Milky Way (Markus Samland, Basel)
12:15-12:45Poster review (Kathryn Johnston)
12:45-14:15lunch break
14:15-14:45M31 and M33 as Probes of Disk Galaxy Formation (Annette Ferguson, Garching)
14:45-15:15Disk Galaxy Rotation Curves in a LambdaCDM Universe (Eric Hayashi, Victoria)
15:15-15:45The Possible Origin of dSph Satellite Galaxies as Tidal-Dwarf Galaxies (Pavel Kroupa, Kiel)
15:45-16:15coffee + posters
16:15-16:45Galaxy Threshing in Cosmological Dark-Matter Halos (Alexander Knebe, Swinburne)
16:45-17:15The Evolution of Local-Group Dwarf Galaxies in Hierarchical Scenarios (Lucio Mayer, Zürich)
17:15-17:45Dwarf Galaxy Crisis and Star-Less High-Velocity Clouds (Ulrich Hopp, Munich)
Saturday, June 14
Session 3: The Milky Way and satellites
09:00-09:45Structure and Dynamics of the Milky Way (Walter Dehnen, Potsdam)
09:45-10:15Does Sgr Dwarf Cause the Milky-Way Warp? (Jeremy Bailin, Tucson)
10:15-10:45Space Motions of Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies (Ed Olszewski, Tucson)
10:45-11:15coffee
11:15-12:00Tidal Streams and Disrupted Dwarfs (Amina Helmi, Utrecht)
12:00-12:30Streams, Clumps and Dark Bumps in Galaxy Halos (Rodrigo Ibata, Strasbourg)
12:30-13:00Best of posters
13:00-14:30lunch break
14:30-15:15Structure Formation in the Cosmological Concordance Model (Ben Moore, Zürich)
15:15-15:45Substructure in the Milky-Way Halo Observed in SDSS Data (Michael Odenkirchen, Heidelberg)
15:45-16:15Draco - Failure of the Tidal Model (Ralf Klessen, Potsdam)
16:15-16:45coffee + posters
16:45-20:00free time
20:00-23:00Boat trip & conference dinner
Sunday, June 15
Session 4: Clues from stellar abundances and gas
09:30-10:15Constrains on the Local-Group Formation from Stellar Abundances and Kinematics (Tammie Smecker-Hane, Irvine)
10:15-10:45Abundances in Stars in Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies (Kim Venn, Cambridge)
10:45-11:15coffee + posters
11:15-11:45The Progenitors of Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies (Eva Grebel, Heidelberg)
11:45-12:15Diffuse Gas and Feedback in Local-Group Dwarf Galaxies (Dominik J. Bomans, Bochum)
12:15-12:45HI in the Magellanic System and the Relation to the IGM of the Local Group (Christian Bruens, Bonn)
12:45-13:45lunch break
13:45-14:45Where should we go from here? (Dennis Zaritsky, Tucson)
14:45End of conference
Posters
Regina Schulte-Ladbeck, PittsburghExtremely Metal Poor Star-Forming Dwarf Galaxies: Leo A and BCDs
Meikel Kappes, BonnXMM-Newton Observations of Nearby Dwarf Galaxies
Gyula Jozsa, BonnHI Observations of Extremely Warped Disk Galaxies
Octavio Valenzuela, Las CrucesIs there Evidence for Cores in the Halos of Disk Galaxies?: The Case of NGC3109
Massimo Dall'Ora, RomeEstimating Distances of RR Lyrae Stars with Near-Infrared Photometry
Darren Croton, GarchingUnderstanding the Formation History and Evolution of the Milky Way and Local Group Using High-Resolution Simulations and Semi-Analytic Modelling
Alan McConnachie, CambridgeDetermining the Structure of M31's Giant Tidal Stream
Andreas Koch, HeidelbergA Comparison of R-Process Abundances in the Galactic Disk and Dwarf Spheroidals
Chris Brook, SwinburneThe Mass and Metallicity Distribution Function of the Halos of Simulated Disk Galaxies
Elvira Krusch, BochumDwarf Galaxies in Hickson Compact Groups
Kathryn JohnstonTelling Tails About Galaxies
Jeremy BailinProperties of Group-Sized Halos in Cosmological Simulations
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