WFIRST Town Hall meeting 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 |