FINAL  PROGRAMME

Monday, October 11, 1999

8:30         Session #1:  Introduction                                                              Chair:  Steve Holt

•  Virginia Trimble -- The First Explosions
•  Roger Blandford -- Current Issues

10:30        Session #2:  SN Ia                                                                       Chair:  Rob Petre

• Ken Nomoto -- The Progenitors of Type Ia Supernovae
• Wolfgang Hillebrandt -- Type Ia Supernova Explosion Models
• Nick Suntzeff -- The Observations
• Discussion and 1-min poster presentations

2:00         Session #3:  Cosmic Implications                                               Chair:  Chuck Bennett

• Phil Pinto -- Type Ia Supernovae as Standard Candles
• Bob Kirshner -- Measuring the Universe with Supernovae: Height, Weight, and Age
• Greg Aldering -- Type Ia Supernovae and Cosmic Acceleration
• Discussion and 1-min poster presentations

4:30         Session #4:  SN II                                                                                  Chair:  Andrew Wilson

• Chris Fryer -- Core-Collapse Supernovae
• Alex Filippenko -- Optical Observations of Type II Supernovae
• Dick McCray -- SN1987A: the Birth of a Supernova Remnant
• Discussion and 1-min poster presentations

Tuesday, October 12, 1999

8:30         Session #5:  Gamma Ray Bursts I                                                  Chair:  Scott Barthelmy                                                       

• Jerry Fishman -- Observational Overview of Gamma-Ray Bursts
• Stan Woosley -- Gamma-Ray Bursts -- The Central Engine
• Discussion and 1-min poster presentations

10:30       Session #6:  Gamma Ray Bursts II                                                 Chair:  Marv Leventhal

• Peter Meszaros -- GRB Fireballs and Shocks: New Developments
• Shri Kulkarni -- The Afterglow
• Neil Gehrels -- Gamma Ray Bursts -- The Future
• Discussion and 1-min poster presentations

2:00         Session #7:  Jets                                                                                         Chair:  Richard Mushotsky

• Mario Livio -- The Formation of Astrophysical Jets
• Meg Urry -- Blazars, Jets, and the Unification of AGN
• Jochen Greiner -- Microquasars
• Discussion and 1-min poster presentations

4:30         Session #8:  Novae                                                                                     Chair:  Nick White                                          

• Margarita Hernanz -- Thermonuclear Runaways on Accreting White Dwarfs:

                                     Models of Classical Novae Explosions
• Lars Bildsten -- Nucleosynthesis, Triggers and Expansion in Type I X-Ray Bursts
• Jean Swank -- X-Ray Burst Observations
• Discussion and 1-min poster presentations

• Steve Maran -- Astronomy on the Lighter Side

8:30         Session #9:  Stellar Explosions I                                                          Chair:  Sally Heap

• Jeff Linsky -- Stellar Flares: How Common? How Important?
• Reuven Ramaty -- High Energy Processes in Solar Flares
• Discussion and 1-min poster presentations

10:30       Session #10:  Stellar Explosions II                                        Chair:  Steve Holt             

• Scott Kenyon -- Accretion Disk Eruptions in FU Orionis Variables
• Kris Davidson -- Eta Carinae

• Craig Wheeler