FINAL  PROGRAMME

Monday, October 7, 2002

 8:30        Session #1:  Introduction

•  Virginia Trimble -- Emergent History:  The First Two Centuries of the First

                             Two Eons
•  Simon White -- Issues and Prospects for this Conference

10:30      Session #2:  The Origins of Structure
 

• Brian Greene -- Imprints of Short Scale Physics on the Cosmic Background Radiation
• Paul Steinhardt -- The Origin of Density Fluctuations in a Cyclic Universe
• * Wayne Hu -- Cosmic Microwave Background Observables and Their Cosmological Implications
• Poster Summaries and Discussion

 2:00        Session #3:  Structure in the CMB

• * John Peacock -- Implications of 2dFGRS results on Cosmic Structure
• Max Tegmark -- Cosmic Consistency and Post-MAP Challenges
• Suzanne Staggs -- Prospects for Polarization Measurements
• Poster Summaries and Discussion

 4:30        Session #4:  Reionization and Induced Structure

•  Avi Loeb -- The First Sources of Light
•  Tom Abel -- The Formation and Some Possibly Observable Consequences

                    of the First Stars in the Universe
•  Martin Rees -- Prospects for New Insights into First Light
•  Poster Summaries and Discussion

Tuesday, October 8, 2002

 8:30        Session #5:  The Nature of Dark Matter and its Effect on Structure

•  Carlos Frenk -- Dark Matter and Galaxy Formation
•  Chris Kochanek -- Observational Constraints on the Nature of Dark Matter
•  Poster Summaries and Discussion

10:30      Session #6:  Structure in the IGM

•   David Weinberg -- Cosmology with the Lyman-alpha Forest
•   Chuck Steidel -- The Connection Between Galaxies and the IGM at High Redshift
•   Richard Mushotsky -- Structural Information from the "Extra Energy" in

                                  Groups and Clusters of Galaxies
•   Poster Summaries and Discussion

 2:00        Session #7:  High z Structure

•  Amy Barger -- Active Galaxies from z=0 to z=6
•  Alberto Franceschini -- Using the Mid-IR Surveys to Infer High-Z Galaxy
•  Gunther Hasinger -- Formation and Evolution of Supermassive Black Holes

                               in Galactic Centers:  Observational Constraints
•  Poster Summaries and Discussion

 4:30        Session #8:  Low z Structure

•  Hans Boehringer -- Testing Cosmological Models with Clusters of Galaxies
•  Tim Heckman -- SDSS Spectroscopy of 200,000 Galaxies: Implications for

                          Galaxy Formation & Evolution
•  * Andreas Albrecht -- Cosmic Inflation
•  Poster Summaries and Discussion

•  Banquet speaker - Neta Bahcall

 8:30        Session #9:  Direct Evidence of Mass Distribution

•  Priya Natarajan -- Evidence of Mass Distribution from Gravitational Lensing
• Tim McKay -- Dynamical Confirmation of Sloan Digital Sky Survey

                      Weak-lensing Scaling Laws
•  Poster Summaries and Discussion

10:30      Session #10:  Future Prospects

•   Arthur Kosowsky -- Prospects for Far-Future CMB Measurements
•   Joan Centrella -- What Can We Learn About Structure from Gravitational Waves?
•   John Mather -- Prospects for Future Observations in the Mid/Far IR
•   Poster Summaries and Discussion

 2:00         Adjourn
 

*  Indicates presentation has been moved to a session different than listed in the original
    programme.