Detailed Conference Program
Tuesday, 19. September 2017
09:00-10:30 Opening & Award Ceremonies (HS1)
| Music: Joseph Haydn, Divertimento B major for wind quintet |
| 09:00 | Opening and Chairperson: |
| Prof. Dr. Matthias Steinmetz (President of the Astronomical Society) |
| Welcome Addresses: Prof. Dr. Ulrike Beisiegel (President of the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) Prof. Dr. Tim Salditt (Dean of the Faculty of Physics) Prof. Dr. Sami Solanki (Director at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research) |
| 09:30 | Karl Schwarzschild Lecture - Richard Wielebinski: |
| Cosmic magnetic fields |
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break & Poster Session (Foyer Physics)
11:00-12:30 Award Ceremonies (continued) (HS1)
| Chairperson: M. Steinmetz |
| 11:00 | Ludwig Biermann Award Talk - Diederik Kruijssen: |
| The Physics Driving the Molecular Cloud Lifecycle during Galaxy Formation and Evolution |
| 11:30 | PhD Award Talk - Philipp Grete: |
| Large eddy simulations of compressible magnetohydrodynamic turbulence |
| 11:50 | Instrumentation Award Talk - Albrecht Poglitsch: |
| "Es gibt nicht Gutes, außer man tut es" - Reflections on progress in astronomical Instrumentation |
| 12:10 | Awards: |
| Bruno H. Bürgel Award: Hans-Ulrich Keller Roelin Award: Michael Winkhaus Jugend-forscht Award: Maximilian Marienhagen, Toni Ringling, and Aaron Wild |
12:30-14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-15:00 Press Conference - Denkschrift Astronomie (A+B+C MPS)
14:00-16:30 Splinter Meetings
CCAT - CCAT-prime: new submillimeter science opportunities (Auditorium MPS)
Computation - Computational Astrophysics (HS3)
E-Science - E-Science, E-Infrastructures, and Virtual Observatory (Machines of Discovery) (HS2)
Non-Thermal - Surveying the non-thermal Universe (HS4)
Plasma - Space Plasma Processes in Stellar and Planetary Environments (D+E+F MPS)
Populations - Stellar Populations in and around the Milky Way (HS5)
16:30-17:00 Coffee Break & Poster Session (Foyer Physics)
17:00-20:00 Mitgliederversammlung der Astronomischen Gesellschaft (Auditorium MPS)