Friday, February 24-Saturday, February 25, 2017
Austin, Texas
How to Register:
- Click this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/february-2017-astronomy-program-board-of-visitors-meeting-tickets-28230056860
- Click the green "TICKETS" button
- Select the number of each type of ticket to be purchased: 1) Both days, 2) Friday only, or 3) Saturday only *Group registration is available for this meeting.
Important Registration Information:
- Ticket Pricing Structure:
- Early Bird registration rates closed December 15, 2016
- Regular registration rates available through January 31, 2017
- Late registration rates available through February 15, 2017
- No refunds available after 4pm January 10, 2017
- Hotel Reservations: can be made using this link
https://aws.passkey.com/event/14285280/owner/71879/landing through January 24, 2017
Annual February Board of Visitors Meeting
Friday, February 24-Saturday, February 25, 2017
Austin, Texas
How to Register:
- Click this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/february-2017-astronomy-program-board-of-visitors-meeting-tickets-28230056860
- Click the green "TICKETS" button
- Select the number of each type of ticket to be purchased: 1) Both days, 2) Friday only, or 3) Saturday only *Group registration is available for this meeting.
Important Registration Information:
- Ticket Pricing Structure:
- Early Bird registration rates closed December 15, 2016
- Regular registration rates available through January 31, 2017
- Late registration rates available through February 15, 2017
- No refunds available after 4pm January 10, 2017
- Hotel Reservations: can be made using this link
https://aws.passkey.com/event/14285280/owner/71879/landing through January 24, 2017
Schedule of Events:
Friday, February 24, 2017
AT&T Conference Center, Various Locations
1900 University Avenue
Austin, Texas 78705
3:30-4:15pm | Science Discussion Groups 1 & 2 SDG 1: Judit Ries "Earth in the Crosshairs" in PDR 2 SDG 2: Craig Wheeler "The Technological Future of Humanity" in PDR 4 PDR 2 and PDR 4 (Hotel Side) |
4:15-4:30pm | Coffee Break |
4:30-5:15pm | Science Discussion Groups 3 & 4 SDG 3: Caitlin Casey "Massive Beasts: the Lifecycle of Galaxy Clusters" in PDR 2 SDG 4: Fritz Benedict "Robots in Space - The Exploration of our Solar System" in PDR 4 PDR 2 and PDR 4 (Hotel Side) |
6:30-7:30pm | Reception for BOV and Invited Guests Ballrooms AB (Conference Side) |
7:30-9:30pm | Dinner with Keynote Speaker: Lisa Randall "Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs" Ballroom C (Conference Side) |
Peter O'Donnell Building (POB)
201 E 24th Street
Austin, Texas 78712
7:30-8:30am | Registration and Breakfast |
8:45-9:00am | Welcome and Donor Recognitions |
9:00-9:45am | Board of Visitors Meeting |
9:45-10:15am | Coffee Break |
10:15-11:00am | Guest Speaker(s), Astronomy Department Chair, and McDonald Observatory Director |
11:00am-12:00pm | Science Talks: Faculty: Michael Boylan-Kolchin "Near-field Cosmology: Big Science from Small Galaxies" Postdoc: Brendan Bowler "The Pathway to Imaging Earth’s Twin" Graduate Student: Wenbin Lu "Stories from supermassive black holes tearing apart stars at the heart of galaxies" |
12:00-1:15pm | Lunch |
1:30-2:30pm | Great Lecture: Dan Jaffe "GMTNIRS and the Great Exoplanet Adventure" |
2:30-3:30pm | Science Discussion Group: Mike Endl "The discovery of Proxima b and how we will use the GMT to search for life on this alien world" |