Programme and speakers

Underlined speaker names have links to their talks
Day 1:
Session 1 – Photometric, Spectroscopic and Kinematic Surveys
9:00 – 9:301 Earlier Galactic surveys: their goals and lessonsR. Wyse
9:30 – 9:552 Photometric surveysH. Newberg
9:55 – 10:203 Spectroscopic surveysZ. Ivezic
10:20 – 10:354 Revisiting the Geneva-Copenhagen surveyJ. Holmberg
10:35Coffee break
11:00 – 11:305 Radial velocity surveysM. Steinmetz
11:30 – 12:006 Astrometric surveysC. Turon
12:00 – 12:157 Young stellar population in the Solar neighbourhoodJ. Lopez-Santiago
12:15 – 12:308 Mid-infrared all-sky survey with AKARID. Ishihara
12:30Lunch
Session 2 – Impact on Galactic Astronomy
14:00 – 14:201 Galactic history: formation and evolutionJ. Bland-Hawthorn
14:20 – 14:502 Variable stars and galactic structureK. Cook
14:50 – 15:103 Abundance structure of the Galactic diskS. Feltzing
15:10 – 15:304 Substructures in the Galactic halo, including mergersA. Helmi
15:30Coffee break
Session 3 – Interpretations and Limitations of the Data
16:00 – 16:201 Classic and new photometric systemsI. Glass
16:20 – 16:402 Parameterization of starsR. Gray
16:40 – 17:003 Automated classification and stellar parameterizationS. Giridhar
17:00 – 17:204 Data sets and population synthesisA. Robin
17:20 – 17:30  Call for written reflections and proposals
Day 2:
Session 4 – Future Strategies
9:00 – 9:301 Prospects for Gaia and other planned space-based Galactic surveysC.A.L. Bailer-Jones
9:30 – 10:002 Prospects for Pan-STARRS and other planned ground-based Galactic surveysN. Kaiser
10:00 – 10:303 Poster summaryB. Nordström
10:30Coffee break
Session 5 – Joint Discussion
11:00 – 12:151 Panel Discussion, with written proposals presented by moderatorC. Corbally
12:15 – 12:302 SummaryT. de Zeeuw
12:30Lunch
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