Program Agenda*

Friday, February 16, 2018

Etter-Harbin Alumni Center, 2110 San Jacinto Blvd, Austin, TX 78712 ( map )

3:30 - 4:15 PM	Science Discussion Groups 1 & 2 SDG 1: "Reminiscences and the opinion of an aging astronomer about what's most important in astronomy today." Frank N. Bash, Ph.D. SDG2: "'HETDEX' has started, an update on the science and experiment." Karl Gebhardt, Ph. D.
4:15-3:30 PM	Break
4:30 - 5:15 PM	Science Discussion Groups 3 & 4 SDG 3: "How Do We Detect Dark Stuff?" Eva Noyola, Ph. D. SDG 4: "First Light with the James Webb Space Telescope" Steve Finkelstein, Ph. D.
6-7 PM	Reception for BOV and Invited Guests
7-9 PM	Welcome Address by Astronomy Department Chair, Shardha Jogee Keynote Presentation "Gravitational Radiation: A New Window into the Universe" by Pawan Kumar & J. Craig Wheeler

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Peter O’Donnell Jr. Building (POB), 201 East 24th Street, Austin, TX 78712 ( map )

7:30 - 8:30 AM	Registration and Breakfast
8:45 - 9:00 AM	Welcome and Donor Recognitions
9:00 - 9:45 AM	Board of Visitors Meeting led by BOV Chair, Bobby McGee
9:45 - 10:15 AM	Coffee Break
10:15 - 11:00 AM	Report by Astronomy Department Chair, Dr. Shardha Jogee Report by McDonald Observatory Director, Dr. Taft Armandroff Possible Guest Speaker Remarks
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Science Talks: Faculty Talk: “Harnessing Machine Learning to Study the Life Cycle of Stars” by Stella Offner, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Talk: "Using Artificial Intelligence to Find the Number of Earth-like Planets in our Galaxy" by Andrew Vanderburg, Ph.D. Graduate Student Talk: "Big Data, Big Opportunities: Exploring Galaxy Evolution in the Colossal HETDEX/SHELA Field" by Sydney Sherman
12:00 - 1:15 PM	Lunch
1:30 - 2:30 PM	Great Lecture: "From the Telescope to the Laboratory and Back Again: the Center for Astrophysical Plasma Properties" by Don Winget and Mike Montgomery

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* All given times and speakers are estimates and subject to change.