Conference Programme

Updated: January 8, 2010
Click on a title for talk synopsis and speaker biography.

 

Friday, February 5, 2010
Session 1 (morning)

 

Chairman: Ian Ridpath

10.00	Comets and meteorites - bringers of life? Monica Grady Open University and Durham University
10.35	Demon stars - the devilish secrets of eclipsing binaries Alastair Gunn Jodrell Bank Observatory
11.10	Coffee break

Chairman: Iain Nicolson

11.40	Space debris – danger in orbit Richard Crowther Head of International Relations, BNSC/STFC
12.15	New light on the cosmic distance scale Alan Penny University of St Andrews and South African Astronomical Observatory
12.50	Lunch break

 

Session 2 (afternoon)

 

Chairman: Ian Ridpath

14.30	The Galilean satellites of Jupiter – 400 years on William McKinnon Washington University, St Louis, Missouri
15.05	Why is the Universe accelerating? Mark Sullivan University of Oxford
15.40	Tea break

Chairman: Iain Nicolson

16.15	SETI: the first 50 years Jill Tarter SETI Institute
16.50	The Allan Chapman lecture: Aliens, a history from Selenites to ET Allan Chapman University of Oxford
17.30	Conference adjourns
18.00	Exhibition closes

 

Saturday, February 6, 2010
Session 3 (morning)

Chairman: Iain Nicolson

10.00	Weathering solar storms Jim Wild Lancaster University
10.35	Discovering and observing supernovae Tom Boles Coddenham Observatory, Suffolk
11.10	Coffee break

Chairman: Ian Ridpath

11.40	Did the Earth move for Henry VIII? Mike Edmunds Cardiff University
12.15	An audience with Dr Brian May & Sir Patrick Moore Brian May and Patrick Moore talk about their shared interests in astronomy and music. Followed by questions from the audience.
12.50	Lunch break

 

Session 4 (afternoon)

Chairman: Iain Nicolson

14.30	Welcome back Polaris the Cepheid Alan Penny University of St Andrews and South African Astronomical Observatory
15.05	Moons to rings and back again – the latest from Cassini William McKinnon Washington University, St Louis, Missouri
15.40	Tea break

Chairman: Ian Ridpath

16.15	Living in a cluster of galaxies Richard Bower Durham University
16.50	SETI: Where we're going next Jill Tarter SETI Institute
17.30	Conference ends
18.00	Exhibition closes

 

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Fri 6 Feb (am): Session 1

Fri 6 Feb (pm): Session 2

Sat 7 Feb (am): Session 3

Sat 7 Feb (pm): Session 4

 

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