** numerical simulations and theory
++ observations
-- numerical techniques and hardware
MONDAY
HISTORICAL INTRODUCTIONS
9:00-9:15 LOC/SOC Welcome and news
9:15-10:30 Historical introduction
Chair: Hans Zinnecker
++ (R) Historical perspective on computational star formation (30 min), Richard Larson
++ (R) Historical perspective on MHD simulations (30 min), Mike Norman
++ Star Formation in Ophiuchus (15 min), Anthony Whitworth
10:30-11:00 Coffee
SINGLE STARS
11:00-1:00 Individual Star Formation: Observations
Chair: Alyssa Goodman
++ (R) Formation of low mass stars (30 min), Neal Evans
++ (R) Formation of massive stars (30 min), Maite Beltrán
++ Pre-main sequence binary stars (15 min), Hervé Bouy
++ Pre-main sequence disks (15 min), Gaspard Duchêne
++ Morphological Complexity of Protostellar Envelopes (15 min), John Tobin
++ Fragmentation and dynamics of massive dense cores in Cygnus X (15 min), Timea Csengeri
1:00-3:00 Lunch
3:00-4:30 Individual Star Formation: Theory
Chair: Eve Ostriker
** (R) Massive stars (30 min), Ian Bonnell
** (R) Low mass stars (30 min), Masahiro Machida
** (R) General Star Formation (30 min), Chris McKee
4:30-5:00 Coffee
CLUSTERS
5:00-6:45 Formation of Clusters: Observations
Chair: Lisa Deharveng
++ (R) Internal Structure of Stellar Clusters: Geometry of Star Formation (30 min), Emilio Alfaro
++ (R) Observations of the IMF in clusters (30 min), Joana Ascenso
++ Observations of pre-stellar core mass functions: dust extinction (15 min), João Alves
++ Observations of pre-stellar core mass functions: dust emission and molecules (15 min), Philippe André
++ Submillimeter Array Observations of Magnetic Fields in Star Forming Regions (15 min), Ramprasad Rao
TUESDAY
9:00-10:30 Formation of Clusters:
Theory Chair: Jun Makino
** (R) Theory of Cluster Formation: effects of turbulence (30 min), Ralf Klessen
** (R) Theory of Cluster Formation: effects of magnetic fields (30 min), Fumitaka Nakamura
** Diffusion-enhanced star formation (15 min), Shantanu Basu
** Analogues of observed star-forming cores in large simulated molecular clouds (15 min), James Wadsley
10:30-11:00 Coffee
11:00-1:00 Cluster Formation: Theory
Chair: Chris McKee
** (R) Dependence of star formation on initial conditions and molecular cloud structure (30 min), Matthew Bate
** (R) Theory of Cluster Formation: binary stars (30 min), Pavel Kroupa
** (R) Simulations of the IMF in Clusters (30 min), Ralph Pudritz
** (R) Theories of the IMF (30 min), Patrick Hennebelle
1:00-3:00 Lunch
NUMERICAL METHODS
3:00-4:30 MHD
Chair: Joe Monaghan
-- (R) AMR MHD methods (30 min), Romain Teyssier
-- (R) SPH MHD methods (30 min), Daniel Price
** (R) ISM Turbulence (30 min), Alexei Kritsuk
4:30- 5:00 Coffee
5:00-6:30 Radiative Dynamics:
Chair: Mika Juvela
-- (R) AMR Radiative HD methods (30 min), Mark Krumholz
-- (R) SPH Radiative HD methods (30 min), Hajime Susa
-- AREPO code (15 min), Volker Springel
-- Ray tracing and Flux-Limited Diffusion (15 min), Aake Nordlund
6:30-7:00 Posters
Tuesday Evening: Local Star Formation Processes (10-15 minutes each)
discussion leader Neal Evans, with dinner of pizza/tapas in poster room
** The role of accretion disks in the formation of massive stars, Rolf Kuiper
** Pre-main sequence disks around low-mass stars, Eduard Vorobyov
** The formation of brown dwarfs in discs: physics, numerics, observations, Dimitris Stamatellos
** Magnetic and radiative feedbacks on small-scales collapse and fragmentation, Benoit Commercon
** The Effects of Radiation Feedback on Low-Mass Star Formation Stella Offner
** Simulations of Massive Star Cluster Formation and Feedback in Turbulent Giant Molecular Clouds, Elizabeth Harper-Clark
WEDNESDAY
STAR FORMATION FEEDBACK
9:00-10:30 Star Formation Feedback
Chair: Maite Beltran
++ (R) Observations of triggered star formation (30 min), Lise Deharveng
++ (R) Observations of winds, jets, and turbulence generation in GMCs (30 min), John Bally
** Initial highlights from the Herschel Gould Belt survey (15 min), Philippe Andre
** Radiation driven implosion and triggered star formation (15 min), Thomas Bisbas
10:30-11:00 Coffee
11:00-1:00 Star Formation Feedback
Chair: John Bally
** (R) Action of Winds Inside and Outside of Starclusters (30 min), Jan Palous
** (R) Theory of feedback in clusters (30 min), Enrique Vazquez-Semadeni
** Theory of young cluster disruption (15 min), Simon Goodwin
++ Outflows and turbulence in young stelar clusters (15 min), Héctor Arce
** Disks, outflows, and feedback in collapsing magnetized cores (15 min), Dennis Duffin
** 3D MHD Simulations of the Expansion of HII Regions in Turbulent molecular Clouds (15 min), Jane Arthur
1:00-10:00PM Excursion, wine tour, and conference dinner
THURSDAY
9:00-10:30 Star Formation Feedback
Chair: Maria Kun
** (R) Photoionisation Feedback in Star & Cluster Formation simulations (30 min), Barbara Ercolano
** (R) SN and superbubbles in the ISM (30 min), Gerhard Hensler
** Pillars, jets, and dynamical features (15 min), Matthias Gritschneder
** Star formation triggered by HII regions expanding into fractal molecular clouds (15 min), Stefanie Walch
10:30-11:00 Coffee
11:00-1:00 Star Formation on Galactic Scales
Chair: Curt Struck
++ (R) Empirical Column Density and Density laws (30 min), Frank Bigiel
++ (R) Observational comparison of different galaxy types (30 min), Eva Grebel
** (R) Theory of the Star Formation Rate (30 min), Paolo Padoan
** Star Formation Triggered by Colliding Clouds (15 min), Andrew McLeod
** Star Formation in the Central Molecular Zone of the Milky Way (15 min), Sungsoo Kim
1:00-3:00 Lunch
3:00-4:30 Star Formation on Galactic Scales
Chair: Eva Grebel
** (R) Galactic scale star formation (30 min), Keiichi Wada
** Galactic scale star formation II (15 min), Mordecai Mac Low
** Galactic scale star formation III (15 min), Elizabeth Tasker
** Modeling Formation of Globular Clusters: Beacons of Galactic Star Formation (15 min), Oleg Gnedin
** The formation of super-star clusters in disk and dwarf galaxies (15 min), Carsten Weidner
4:30-5:00 Coffee
NOVEL TECHNOLOGIES
5:00-6:30 Special purpose hardware
Chair: Aake Nordlund
-- (R) GRAPE Accelerators (30 min), Jun Makino
-- Numerical Cosmology powered by GPUs (15 min), Dominique Aubert
-- A Graphic Processing Unit Accelerated Adaptive-Mesh-Refinement Code for Astrophysics (15 min), Hsi-Yu Schive
-- (R) Future Trends in Computation (30 min), Bruce Elmegreen
Thursday Evening: Computational Methods, (10-15 min each)
with dinner of pizza/tapas in poster room
Chair: Mike Norman
An Explicit Scheme for Incorporating Ambipolar Diffusion in a Magnetohydrodynamics Code, Jongsoo Kim
Ambipolar Diffusion Effects to the Weakly Ionized Turbulence Molecular Clouds, Pak Shing Li
A comparison of sink particles in AMR and SPH, Christoph Federrath
The convergence of AMR and SPH simulations, David Hubber
SYNTHETIC OBSERVATIONS
9:00-10:30 Radiation diagnostics of star formation
Chair: Volker Springel
-- (R) Radiative Transfer Modeling of Simulation and Observational Data 30 min, Juergen Steinacker
** (R) Radiative Transfer in Molecular Clouds 30 min, Mika Juvela
** (R) Radiative Transfer in Protostellar Disks - 30 min, Barbara Whitney
10:30-11:00 Coffee
LARGE SCALE STAR FORMATION
11:00-1:00 Large Scale Star Formation
Chair: Mordecai Mac Low
** (R) Gas dynamics and GMC formation in whole galaxies: SPH (30 min), Clare Dobbs
** (R) Gas dynamics and GMC formation in whole galaxies: MHD (30 min), Eve Ostriker
** (R) Star Formation in Interacting Galaxies (30 min), Curt Struck
** Shock-induced Star Cluster Formation in Colliding Galaxies (15 min), Takayuki Saitoh
** Star formation modes and their impact on galaxy evolution in parsec-scale resolution simulations (15 min), Leila Powell
1:00-3:00 Lunch
3:00-4:30 Cosmological Star Formation
Chair: Clare Dobbs
** (R) The first stars in the universe (30 min), Tom Abel
** (R) Galaxy formation hydrodynamics (30 min), Frederic Bournaud
** Disc Fragmentation around Population III stars (15 min), Simon Glover
** Cosmological simulations of low-mass galaxies: the specific star formation rate downsizing phenomenon (15 min), Pedro Colin
4:30-5:00 Coffee
5:00-6:30 Computational Star Formation
Chair: Elizabeth Tasker
** From Pop III to Pop II stars: metallicity and radiation effects (15 min), Marco Spaans
** Resolving Star Formation in Cosmological Context (15 min), Chris Brook
++ (R) Comparisons between Simulations and Observations: Where we Stand (30 min), Alyssa Goodman
** (R) Comparison between Simulations and Theory: Where we Stand (30 min), Joe Monaghan
6:30-7 Conference Summary
Chair: Elizabeth Tasker
(R) Virginia Trimble (30 min)
