Wednesday July 8, 2009

Time Speaker Title
Chairman Edvige Corbelli
Galaxy extremes: outer disks, dwarfs/LSBs, environment
8:45-9:10 Thilker David The GALEX view of star formation in the low surface brightness regime
9:10-9:35 Boissier Samuel Schmidt laws at low densities from GALEX UV data and their interpretation
9:35-10:00 Bush Stephanie Exploring Outer Disks with SPH Simulations
10:00-10:15 Werk Jessica The Nature and Frequency of Star Formation Beyond Traditional Thresholds
10:15-10:40 Hunter Deidre Star Formation in outer disks of Dwarf Galaxies
10:40-10:55 Verley Simon Study of star formation in the local spiral galaxy M33
10:55-11:10 Schruba Andreas The resolved Star Formation Law in M33
11.10 - 11.30
Coffee Break in Voliera
11:30-11:45 Bolatto Alberto Metallicity and Star Formation: the Resolved Star Formation Law in the Magellanic Clouds
11:45-12:00 Hunt Leslie Molecules and the Schmidt Law at Low Metallicity
12:00-12:25 Gavazzi Giuseppe Star formation in HI selected galaxies from ALFALFA
12:25-12:40 Garcia-Appadoo Diego Alex Galaxies appear simpler than expected ?
12:40-12:55 Besla Gurtina Asymmetric XUV Disks: Signatures of Ram Pressure Stripping ??
12:55-13:10 Chakrabarti Sukanya Tidally Induced Star Formation In Outskirts of Galaxies
13:15-14:15
Lunch
15:00-23:00
Tour through the Val d'Orcia: Wine Tasting & Dinner