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WFIRST Town Hall meeting Full Programme

WFIRST FULL PROGRAMME

 

Time Presentation Speaker
10:00-10:05 Welcome & Housekeeping A/Prof Andrew Hopkins (AAO)
10:05 – 10:15 Perspective and Purpose Prof Simon Driver (UWA)
10:15 – 10:45 WFIRST Overview and Status Dr Jason Rhodes (NASA JPL)
10:45 – 11:05 Cosmology from WFIRST Dr Alina Kiessling (NASA JPL)
11:05 – 11:25 First Light with WFIRST Dr Michele Trenti (UMelb)
 11:25 – 11:45 COFFEE
11:45 – 12:05 Supernova and transients Dr Chris Lidman (AAO)
 12:05 – 12:25 The FLARE project Prof Jeremy Mould (Swin)
12:25 – 12:45 The ICL with WFIRST Dr Mireia Montes (UNSW)
 12:45 – 13:15 LUNCH
13:15-13:35 4MOST/WAVES and WFIRST Dr Luke Davies (UWA)
 13:35-13:55 Integral Field Discussion Dr Julia Bryant (USyd
 13:55-14:15 Planets with WFIRST Prof Chris Tinney (UNSW)
 14:15-14:25 Direct Planet imaging Dr Barnaby Norris (USyd)
14:25-14:45 COFFEE
14:45-15:05 Stellar seismology with WFIRST  Dr Dennis Stello (UNSW/USyd)
 15:05-15:25 Transients with WFIRST A/Prof Jeff Cooke (Swinburne)
15:25-16:10 Open Discussion Jason & Simon
 16:10 CLOSE OF TOWN HALL
 16:15-17:15 Securing funding for WFIRST  NASA, ICRAR, CSIRO, Uni reps.
 17:15  CLOSE