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Celebrating the 125th Anniversary of the Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade
International BELISSIMA Conference
FUTURE SCIENCE WITH METRE-CLASS TELESCOPES
18-21 September 2012 -- Belgrade, Serbia
Tulip Inn Putnik Belgrade Hotel
http://futurescience.aob.rs
PROGRAM OF THE CONFERENCE
(Invited talks are labeled in blue. The format of invited talks is 30 minutes + 10 minutes for questions. Contributed talks are 15 minutes + 5 minutes for questions. Posters will be on display throughout the duration of the conference).
Monday, 17th September 2012
16:30 – 19:30 Registration desk open at Tulip Inn Putnik Belgrade Hotel
Tuesday, 18th September 2012
09:00-09:30 Registration desk open at Tulip Inn Putnik Belgrade Hotel
09:30-10:00 Opening/Z. Knežević Welcome message
10:00-10:15 S. Samurović The Belissima project
MAIN THEME: METRE-CLASS TELESCOPES AND INSTRUMENTS
10:15-10:55 A.N. Ramaprakash Can small beat the big?
10:55-11:25 Coffee break
11:25-11:45 M. Weber The STELLA robotic observatory on Tenerife
11:45-12:05 L. Leedjärv Small is beautiful - experience and plans of the
Tartu Observatory
12:05-12:25 V. Perdelwitz Astronomical Fourier Transform Spectroscopy at the
Hamburg Observatory
12:25-12:45 M. Bogosavljević Vidojevica status report 2012
12:45-14:30 Lunch break
14:30-15:10 F. Grundahl SONG is starting to sing
15:10-15:30 I. Vince An Echelle Spectrograph for Milanković Telescope
15:30-15:50 G. Szabo Follow-up lucky imaging observations of Kepler targets
15:50-16:20 Coffee break
16:20-17:00 T. Bonev New modes of observation at the 2-m telescope of Rozhen
observatory: parameters of the instruments and first results
17:00-17:40 (N.N.) Panel Discussion: Telescopes and Instrumentation
Wednesday, 19th September 2012
MAIN THEME: SCIENCE WITH METRE-CLASS TELESCOPES (I)
09:00-09:15 Start of day 2
09:15-09:55 P. Pravec Asteroid properties from photometric observations:
Constraining non-gravitational processes in asteroids
09:55-10:15 F. Hessman The Search for Circumbinary Exoplanets
10:15-10:35 T. Pribulla Eclipsing binaries - precise clocks to discover exoplanets
10:35-11:05 Coffee break
11:05-11:45 A. Milani Surveys with innovative one-meter telescopes:
asteroids,debris...
11:45-12:05 A. Zakharov Exoplanet searches with gravitational microlensing
12:05-12:25 L. Eyer GAIA follow-up (via Skype)
12:25-13:00 (N.N.) Panel Discussion: Science (part I)
13:00-14:30 Lunch break
MAIN THEME: SCIENCE WITH METRE-CLASS TELESCOPES (II)
14:30-15:10 L. Kiss Affordable Doppler velocities to 50 m/s with
sub-meter telescopes
15:10-15:30 R. Pavlović From the first CCD measurements of double stars at
Vidojevica towards speckleinterferometry
15:30-15:50 D. Urošević Optical detection of the emission nebulae in
nearby galaxies
15:50-16:10 T. Petrushevska Search for lensed supernovae by massive galaxy clusters
with the 2.5 m Nordic Optical Telescope
16:10-16:40 Coffee break
16:40-17:20 P. Heinzel Observations and modeling of stellar flares
17:20-18:00 (N.N.) Panel discussion: Science (part II)
20:00-22:00 Conference dinner at SOKOJ restaurant (fee 20 euros)
Thursday, 20th September 2012
MAIN THEME: NETWORKED TELESCOPES, NETWORKED SCIENCE
09:00-09:15 Start of day 3
09:15-09:55 T. Brown LCOGT: A World-wide Network of Robotic Telescopes
09:55-10:15 D. Denisenko Results and Perspectives of the MASTER Robotic
Telescopes Network
10:15-10:35 Z. Ioannou The 2012 AE Aqr Multiwavelegth Campaign
10:35-11:05 Coffee break
11:05-11:45 G. Djorgovski Exploration of the Time Domain
11:45-12:05 N. Giakoumidis Simulating a Global Robotic Telescope Network
12:05-12:40 (F. Hessman) Panel Discussion: Networked telescopes,
networked science
MAIN THEME: EDUCATION AND PUBLIC OUTREACH
12:40-13:00 P. Bendjoya Centre Pedagogique Planete Univers: C2PU
13:00-14:30 Lunch break
14:30-15:10 O. Atanacković Astronomy education and popularization in Serbia
15:10-15:50 (N.N.) Panel Discussion: Education, public outreach and
popularization of astronomy
15:50-16:20 Coffee break
16:20-17:00 G. Longo Astroinformatics, virtual observatory and web 2.0
17:00-17:40 (N.N.) Panel Discussion - Astroinformatics
Friday, 21st September 2012
MAIN THEME: CELEBRATING THE 125-YEARS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY
09:15-09:55 P. Battinelli Asymptotic Giant Branch stars
09:55-10:10 D. Ilić Long term optical monitoring of AGN
10:10-10:25 E. Bon First Spectroscopically resolved orbit of a supermassive
black hole binary
10:25-10:40 O. Latković Modeling of Interacting Binary Systems
10:40-10:55 O. Vince The DWARF project: Vidojevica
10:55-11:25 Coffee break
11:25-12:05 J. Kubat Mass-loss rates of hot stars
12:05-12:45 (N.N.) Panel Discussion "Future Science"
12:45-13:15 (N.N.) Conference Summary and closing remarks
17:00 – 19:00 Reception at Astronomical Observatory Belgrade
(meeting time for transportation to AOB will be announced)
POSTERS (Tue – Fri)
J. Aleksić Popularization of astronomy through robotic telescopes and
virtual observatories
V. Čadež Peculiarities of ionospheric response to Solar eruptive events
G. Damljanović Possibilities of ICRF2 ERS Observations using ASV 60cm telescope
I. Di Varano Long time series observations from Antarctica with ICE-T
M. Gharamti Planets and Galxies from Monopole Clustors
F. Hessman The MONET Image Processing Curriculum for High Schools
M. Jovanović PARSES/FERRE pipeline for determining the stellar parameters
M. Jurković Cepheids with STELLA telescope
S. Kohl Lucky imaging at the Oskar-Luehning-Telescope in the near infrared wavelength range
P. Kostić Analysis of Galactic chemical evolution model compatible with
measurements of interstellar deuterium abundance
D. Lukić Astro climate: Astronomical Station Vidojevica
I. Milić Astronomy department in Petnica Science Center
S. Milisavljević Proximity calculation and changing of distance function
S. Ninković Astronomy Olympiads - A challenge for future scientists
T. Prodanović Communicating Astronomy With the Public:
Why and How Should We Do It
O. Suarez EduCosmos - secondary students in the focus
B. Surlan Modeling of resonance line in inhomogeneous hot star winds
S. Tomić Detection of a 1.59 h period in the B supergiant star HD 202850
V. Trajkovska Astronomy in the media in Serbia
PSC students MONECOM - A Collaborative Balkan School Project
