9:00-9:15 Welcome
John Huchra (chair of the NAS Astronomy Section, President of the American Astronomical Society, and past chair of the USNC/IAU)
9:15-10:15 Keynote Address:
Michael S. Turner (The University of Chicago, Bruce V. & Diana M. Rauner Distinguished Service Professor; former Assistant Director for Mathematical and Physical Sciences for the U.S. National Science Foundation)
Questions to be addressed:
What are the contributions of international astronomy?
What objectives make sense for multi-national cooperation?
What are the implications for future large-scale international projects in astronomy?
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-12:30 Panel I: Contributions of International Astronomy
Task: Discuss major programs and activities in respective countries/regions.
Structure of panel: 15 minutes each followed by 30-minute Q&A
Moderator: John Huchra
China: Dr. Jian-Sheng Chen, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Japan: Dr. Hajime Inoue, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
India: Dr. Kasturirangan Krishnaswamy, National Inst. Of Advanced Studies, Bangalore
Europe: Dr. Bruno Leibundgut, European Southern Observatory (ESO)
Chile: Dr. Maria Teresa Ruiz, Universidad de Chile
Australia: Dr. Brian Boyle, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization-Square
Kilometre Array (CSIRO-SKA)
12:30-1:25 Lunch
1:25-2:55 Panel II: Case Studies of Multi-National Cooperation
Task: Case studies of multi-national cooperation
Structure of panel: 15-20 minutes each followed by 30-minute Q&A
Moderator: Adam Burrows
The James Webb Space Telescopes (JWST): Dr. Matt Mountain, Space Telescope Science Institute
Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA): Dr. Martha Haynes, Cornell University
The GEMINI Telescopes: Dr. Eileen Friel, Lowell Observatory
Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA): Dr. Donald Kniffen, Universities Space Research Association
2:55-3:10 Break
3:10-4:50 Panel III: Implications for the Future in…
Task: Discuss implications for future from perspective of each discipline
Structure of panel: 5 talks of 15 minutes each followed by 25-minute Q&A
Moderator: John Huchra
Planetary Science: Dr. Eugene Levy, Rice University
Optical & Infrared Astronomy: Dr. John C. Mather, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Radio Astronomy: Dr. Fred Lo, National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)
Cosmology & Astrophysics: Dr. Saul Perlmutter, University of California, Berkeley
X-ray Astronomy: Dr. Harvey Tananbaum, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
4:50-5:00 Closing Remarks
Adam Burrows, Vice-Chair of the Board on Physics and Astronomy
