Conference Programme
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Monday 6th:
- 18.00: Welcome cocktail reception
Tuesday 7th:
- 08.30: Registration opens
- 09.15: Introductory remarks
Session: Comparative planetology in the Solar System
- 09.30: Planetary atmospheres in the Solar System: Fred Taylor
- 10.30: Coffee break
- 11.00: The changing appearance of Jupiter and Saturn: Leigh Fletcher
- 11.30: The atmosphere of Titan: Sushil Atreya
Additional material: Huygens (Video)
Additional material: Juno (Video)
Additional material: MSL (Video)
- 12.30: Lunch
- 14.00: The atmosphere of Venus: David Grinspoon
- 15.00: The atmosphere of Mars: Peter Read
- 16.00: Tea break
- 16.30: The climate of early Mars through GCM: Robin Wordsworth
- 17.00: Super-rotation of Venus and Titan with GCMs: Sebastien Lebonnois
- 17.15: Power Spectral Analysis of Jupiter's Cloud Albedo: David Choi
- 17.30: End
- 18.00: Drinks at the Imperial
Wednesday 8th:
Session: Giant exoplanets
- 09.00: Observations of giant exoplanet atmospheres: Heather Knutson
- 09.50: Statistics of irradiated planet atmospheres from Spitzer: Joseph Harrington
- 10.20: Coffee break
- 10.50: Characterizing exoplanet atmospheres through transmission spectroscopy: David Sing
- 11.20: Observed spectra versus model atmospheres: Jonathan Fortney
- 12.10: Detection of orbital motion and high altitude winds in HD209458b: Ignas Snellen
- 12.30-14.00: Lunch
- 14.00: Atmospheric dynamics in hot Jupiters: Adam Showman
- 14.50: 3D atmospheric dynamics: Ian Dobbs-Dixon
- 15.20: Evaporation of hot Jupiters: Alain Lecavelier
- 15.50: Tea break
- 16.30: The diagnostic value of polarization spectra: Daphne Stam
Session: Terrestrial exoplanets
- 17.00: Formation of terrestrial planet atmospheres: Linda Elkins-Tanton
- 17.45: End
Thursday 9th:
Session: Terrestrial exoplanets (continued)
- 09.00: Atmospheres of short-period terrestrial exoplanets: Franck Selsis
- 09.50: Exo-cartography: Nick Cowan
- 10.20: Coffee break
Session: Bridging the gap
- 11.00: Exotic climate on exoplanets: Kristen Menou
- 11.50: Hermean atmospheres of rocky exoplanets: Brian Jackson
- 12.15: The atmosphere of the transiting super-Earth GJ1214b: Eliza Kempton
- 12:30-14.00: Lunch
- 14.00: Global circulation models applied to exoplanets: Francois Forget
- 14:50: Climate of Earth-like ocean planets at high obliquity: John Marshall
- 15.20: End
- 16.00-18:00: Social event in town
- 19.00: Conference Dinner
Friday 10th:
Session: Bridging the gap (continued)
- 09.00: Thermodynamics of planetary climate: Ralph Lorenz
- 09.50: Idealized models for planetary climate and circulation: Jonathan Mitchell
- 10.20: Coffee break
- 11.00: Accumulation of Hydrogen-rich atmospheres onto the Earth and exo-Earths: Masahiro Ikoma
Session: Living planets
- 11.30: Habitability of exoplanets: James Kasting
- 12.30-14:00: Lunch
- 14.00: The diversity of Earth's past (and future) atmospheres: Tim Lenton
- 15.00: Climate change in context: Peter Cox
- 16.00: Concluding remarks / conference ends.