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Monday (Session I: Infrared Interferometry in Astronomy)

12:30Lunch
14:00Christoph LeinertWelcome address
14:15Andreas QuirrenbachPast and future impact of interferometry (pdf)
15:00Gerd WeigeltNear-infrared interferometry (pdf)
15:30Coffee break
16:00Hans ZinneckerWhy we need to combine interferometry at different wavelengths? (pdf)
16:30Massimo RobbertoFor example: Contributions of interferometry for Orion (ppt)
17:00Klaus MeisenheimerInterferometric dreams of an extragalactic astronomer (pdf)
17:30Francesco ParesceRecent science results from VLTI commissioning (ppt)
18:00Buffer
18:30Dinner
20:00Informal Meeting

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Tuesday (Session II: Mid-infrared Interferometry)

8:00Breakfast
9:00Chris D. Koresko10 micron nulling interferometry - how and why? (Keck) (pdf)
9:45Philip M. Hinz10 micron interferometry on a single mount (LBT)
10:30Coffee break
11:00William C. DanchiThe beauty and limitations of 10 micron heterodyne interferometry (ISI) (pdf)
11:30Charles H. TownesRecent results with Berkeley's 10 micron Infrared Spatial Interferometer (ISI) (scans)
12:00Andreas EckartHeterodyne interferometry - a new start (ppt)
12:30Lunch
14:00Uwe GraserThe MIDI project - problems and solutions (pdf)
14:30Christoph LeinertMIDI after the first observing run (ps)
15:15Coffee break
15:45Andrea RichichiVLTI Science Demonstration: program and first results with MIDI (pdf)
16:15Marc SchartmannModels of AGN tori (ppt)
16:45Eric J. BakkerBackground fluctuations (pdf)
17:15Jeff MeisnerData reduction, calibration, and stellar diameter results using VINCI (pdf)
17:45Rens WatersWhy we need 20 micron interferometry?
18:15Buffer
18:30Dinner
20:00Group Meetings I (MIDI Science Group)

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Wednesday (Session III: The VLTI environment)

8:00Breakfast
9:00Andreas GlindemannVLTI - status and outlook (pdf)
9:30Markus SchöllerPreparing MIDI for science operations on Paranal (ppt)
10:00Romain G. PetrovAMBER: the near infrared VLTI instrument (description, status, expected performances)
10:30Coffee break
11:00Isabelle PercheronQuality control and trending for the VLTI instruments (pdf)
11:20Derek J. McKayPredicting the signal-to-noise performance of VLTI observations with applications to MIDI (ps)
11:40Markus WittkowskiESO user support and proposal preparation tools for MIDI (pdf)
12:00Pascal BallesterThe VLTI Observation Preparation Tools VisCalc and CalVin (pdf)
12:30Lunch
14:00Afternoon excursion
19:00Dinner

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Thursday (Session IV: Looking into the Methods & Session V: Modelling and interpretation)

8:00Breakfast
9:00Francoise DelplanckeProspects of MIDI performance enhancement with PRIMA and FINITO (pdf)
9:30Bruno LopezImaging with Apres-MIDI: concept and performance predictions (ppt)
10:15Bringfried StecklumCombining MIDI measurements and lunar occultation observations with TIMMI2 (pdf)
10:30Coffee break
11:00Bill CottonApplying the experiences of radio astronomy to mid-infrared interferometry (pdf)
11:30Walter JaffeDispersed fringe tracking
12:00Oskar von der LüheInterferometry of close binaries - technical considerations (pdf)
12:30Lunch
14:00Guy PerrinNear and mid-infrared visibility data for studying cool giant stars (pdf)
14:30Robert N. TubbsMIDI observations of dusty cool stars (pdf)
14:50Thomas HenningWhat do we want to learn for protoplanetary disks? (ppt)
15:20Roy van BoekelDisk models for Herbig Ae/Be stars
15:40Coffee break
16:10Group Meetings II (Comparison of Radiative Transfer calculations for MIDI, organized by A. Dutrey)
Kees Dullemond2-D/3-D models of protoplanetary disks (ps)
Ilaria PascuccciBenchmark tests for disk configurations (ps)
The circumstellar disk around the Butterfly Star in Taurus (ps)
18:30Dinner

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Friday (Session VI: Related new projects)

8:00Breakfast
9:00Tom HerbstThe LINC/NIRVANA project (pdf)
9:45Anne DutreyResults from Plateau de Bure mm interferometry and outlook to ALMA
10:30Coffee break
11:00Vincent Coude du ForestoMid-IR interferometry from Antarctica (pdf)
11:30Huub RöttgeringMid-IR interferometry from space (ppt)
12:00Thomas HenningClosing words
12:30Lunch

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