Science Programme
The conference will begin at 1pm on Monday 12th April, and will end at 12.30pm on Friday 16th April. There will be a schools' event on the afternoon of Friday 16th April, which delegates are also welcome to attend.
The meeting will feature 14 plenary speakers, 35 parallel science sessions, 2 dedicated poster session and 6 business/special lunches.
Plenary Speakers
| Prof W Bains (University of Cambridge) | Life on Titan 14:00-14:40 Tuesday 13th April 2010 |
| Prof A Collier Cameron (University of St Andrews) | The SuperWASP Project 14:40-15:20 Tuesday 13th April 2010 |
| Prof C Cunningham (UKATC) | Design Challenges in the Construction of ELTs 09:00-09:40 Friday 16th April 2010 |
| Prof G F Efstathiou (University of Cambridge) | Probing Cosmology with the CMBR 09:00-09:40 Thursday 15th April 2010 |
| Dr J Hatchell (University of Exeter) | The Early Stages of Star Formation 09:40-10:20 Wednesday 14th April 2010 |
| Prof R P Lin (UC Berkeley) | The Sun at High Energies 14:40-15:20 Monday 12th April 2010 |
| Prof M McCaughrean (European Space Agency) | ESA's Cosmic Vision Programme 14:00-14:40 Monday 12th April 2010 |
| Prof D Melrose (University of Sydney) | Plasma Phenomena on All Cosmic Scales 09:00-09:40 Tuesday 13th April 2010 |
| Prof R Nelson (Queen Mary, University of London) | Proto-planetary Disks and Planetary Migration 09:00-09:40 Wednesday 14th April 2010 |
| Prof B Sathyaprakash (Cardiff University) | Gravitational Wave Astronomy 14:40-15:20 Wednesday 14th April 2010 |
| Prof N R Tanvir (University of Leicester) | Exploring the Universe with Gamma-ray Bursts 14:00-14:40 Wednesday 14th April 2010 |
| Prof K Whaler (University of Edinburgh) | The SWARM Mission 09:40-10:20 Tuesday 13th April 2010 |
| Prof G Wright (University of Edinburgh) | The James Webb Space Telescope 09:40-10:20 Friday 16th April 2010 |
| Prof R Wyse (Johns Hopkins University) | Galaxies and Stellar Populations 09:40-10:20 Thursday 15th April 2010 |
Professor Carlos Frenk, will give the Darwin Lecture at NAM, during the RAS Session on the afternoon of Thursday 15th April. His topic will be 'The standard model of cosmogony: what next?'
Parallel Sessions, UKSP & MIST
There will be 35 parallel science sessions at NAM2010, organised in blocks of 105 minutes with 5 sessions running concurrently. A wide range of themes will be explored - from planetary systems and stellar astrophysics to galaxy formation and cosmology. Sessions will highlight early results from the very latest telescopes, such as Herschel and VISTA, as well as exploring the science and technology drivers for future missions and facilities, such as SCUBA-2, Advanced LIGO, ELT and SKA.
The UKSP and MIST topical sessions include: multi-point measurements in space, Sun and heliosphere, energetic particles, solar magneto-seismology, active region flows and heating, and will feature results from both new and long-serving missions, including Hinode, STEREO, CLUSTER and RHESSI. There will be a number of joint and interdisciplinary sessions on themes exploring the roles of plasma physics and magnetic fields throughout the Universe.
In addition to the parallel sessions there will be two dedicated 90 minute sessions for poster viewing and discussion.
