Program and Agenda: A detailed program and agenda for the meeting will be available to members in advance. Members will receive this information via email to the address used to register. Printed copies will be available on-site at the meeting.

All Events Occur at the AT&T Executive Hotel and Conference Center

Friday, February 28, 2020

4:00 - 5:00 PM - Science Discussion Groups

6:00 PM - Cocktail Reception, 3rd Floor Foyer

7:00 - 10:00 PM - Dinner, Awards and Keynote Lecture, Ballroom C

• Opening Remarks by Astronomy Department Chair, Dr. Volker Bromm

• Awards Ceremony for BOV Awards winner

• Keynote Lecture: "Approaching the Event Horizon: Black Holes and the Limits of Space and Time" by Dr. Ramesh Narayan, Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences, Harvard University

Saturday, February 29, 2020

7:30 AM - Breakfast, Tejas Dining Room

9:00 AM - Board of Visitors Business Meeting, Amphitheater 204

10:00 - 11:00 AM - Remarks and Reports, Amphitheater 204

• Opening Remarks by College of Natural Sciences Dean Paul Goldbart

• Report from Astronomy Department Chair, Dr. Volker Bromm

•  Report from McDonald Observatory Director, Dr. Taft Armandroff

11:00 AM - Break

11:30 AM - Science Talks, Amphitheater 204

• Faculty Talk: "Alien Worlds: The Exoplanet Revolution" by Dr. Brendan Bowler

• Postdoctoral Fellow Talk: “The End of the Cosmic Dark Ages: The First Stars and Galaxies" by Dr. Anna Schauer

• Graduate Student Talk: "Finding the most Pristine Stars in the Milky Way" by Madeline Lucey

12:30 -2:00 PM - Lunch break with faculty, staff and students, Tejas Dining Room

2:00 - 3:00 PM - The Great Lecture, "Pushing the Cosmic Frontier with the next Generation of Telescopes" by Dr. Steve Finkelstein, Amphitheater 204