Sunday, March 8, 2015
Cocktail Reception: 6:30-8:30 pm
1/F, Terrace Room, Bishop Lei International House, 4 Robinson Road, HK
Monday, March 9, 2015
Opening: 09:00-09:30
Chair: Professor Sun Kwok, Dean of Science, The University of Hong Kong
Professor Peter Mathieson, President and Vice-Chancellor, The University of Hong Kong
Dr Mita Brierley, Program Manager (Astronomical Infrastructure), Astronomy Australia Limited
Professor Ji Yang, Director, Purple Mountain Observatory
Morning Session Chair: Jeremy Mould
| 09:30-10:10 | Andrew Howell | The LCOGT SN Key Project (file) |
| 10:10-10:50 | Xiaofeng Wang | Observations of Supernovae with the AST3 and other Small-Size Telescopes in China |
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| 10:50-11:10 | Break |
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| 11:10-11:50 | En-wei Liang | Optical Emission of Gamma-Ray Bursts |
| 11:50-12:30 | Xuefeng Wu | Gamma-ray bursts optical observations with AST3 (file) |
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| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch |
Afternoon Session Chair: Ji Yang
| 14:00-14:40 | Jianning Fu | Multi-color observations for Asteroseismology from Dome A, Antarctica |
| 14:40-15:20 | Xu Zhou | The North Galactic Cap Sky Survey from SCUSS to BASS (file) |
| 15:20-16:00 | David Coward | The Zadko Telescope: a fully robotic telescope for transient source and multi-messenger astronomy |
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| 16:00-16:20 | Break |
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| 16:20-16:40 | Yi Hu | The second generation Kunlun Automated Weather station (file) |
| 16:40-17:00 | Bin Ma | AST3 detector properties (file) |
| 17:00-17:20 | Xiaoyan Li | Telescope Control Software of AST3-2 (file) |
| 17:20-17:40 | Huigen Liu | CSTAR Survey Results of Transiting Events (file) |
| 17:40-18:00 | Guoliang Li | Combining Undersampled Dithered Stars (file) |
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Morning Session Chair: Jilin Zhou
| 08:30-08:50 | Ruth West* | One Antarctic Night |
| 08:50-09:10 | Lingzhi Wang | Stellar Variability from Dome A, Antarctica |
| 09:10-09:50 | Shri Kulkarni* | PTF/iPTF/ZTF |
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| 09:50-10:10 | Break |
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| 10:10-10:50 | Zhaohui Shang | AST3 in 2015 (file) |
| 10:50-11:30 | Ji Yang | Antarctic Observatory at Chinese Kunlun Station - Progress Updates (file) |
| 11:30-12:10 | Michael Ashley | PLATO-A status and new instruments (file) |
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| 12:10-14:00 | Lunch |
Afternoon Session Chair: Michael Ashley
| 14:00-14:40 | Jilin Zhou | Observational Stratagem for AST3 and CSTAR-II on exoplanets (file) |
| 14:40-15:20 | Chris Tinney | AST3 Exoplanet - How we can help (file) |
| 15:20-16:00 | Djamel Mekarnia | Concordia, ASTEP and Beyond (file) |
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| 16:00-16:20 | Break |
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| 16:20-16:40 | Shihai Yang | The Control System of AST3 |
| 16:40-17:00 | Haikun Wen | The Mechanical Design of the Second and Third Antarctic Survey Telescope (file) |
| 17:00-17:20 | Lifan Wang | Fast Radio Bursts and Seconds Time Scale Optical Transients |
| 17:00-17:20 | Charling Tao | AGN/QSO observations with AST3? (file) |
| 17:20-17:40 | Bin Ma | AST3-1 photometry from Dome A (file) |
Evening: Banquet
Serenade Chinese Restaurant, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Restaurant Block, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon
- Shuttle departing meeting venue at 18:00 to restaurant
- Shuttle departing restaurant at 20:45 to hotels
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Morning Session Chair: Chris Tinney
| 08:30-09:10 | Sun Kwok | Infrared astronomy from Antarctica: Mapping of the aliphatic component of the Galaxy (file) |
| 09:10-09:50 | Andrea Richichi | Astrophysics at NARIT and potential for collaborations in Antarctica (file) |
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| 09:50-10:10 | Break |
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| 10:10-10:50 | Jeremy Mould | The Kunlun Infrared Sky Survey (KISS) Science for the AST3 IR Camera (file) |
| 10:50-11:30 | Jon Lawrence | AST3-NIR camera for the AST3-3/AST3-4 telescope for the Kunlun Infrared Sky Survey (KISS)
(file) |
| 11:30-11:50 | Xiangyan Yuan | Development of AST3 and AST3-NIR (file) |
| 11:50-12:10 | Haiping Lu | The preliminary analysis of stray light for AST3-3 Near-infared Camera (file) |
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| 12:10-14:00 | Lunch |
Discussions
| 14:00-14:40 | Jilin Zhou | Goal of AST3-1 and CSTAR-II in 2015 |
| 14:40-15:25 | Michael Ashley | Power to Dome A (file) |
| 15:25-16:00 | Lifan Wang | 2015 AST3 SN Survey |
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| 16:00-16:30 | Break |
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