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 |
Conference programme for SESSION 4 (Saturday afternoon). For talk synopsis and speaker biographies click on a talk title. Call 01732 446106 to reserve your conference session tickets today. (1 session: £15, 2 sessions: £25, 3 sessions: £33.50, 4 sessions: £40).
Saturday, February 6, 2010
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 |
| 17.30 | Conference ends |
