The preliminary program on Oahu is listed below. There will also be events in Hilo (July 6) and Maui (July 7), with details soon to be provided.
Please contribute to the program!
We want everyone to come with a memory or two to share. It could be an anecdote or travail. Let us know if you need to show a slide or two, if you have a sentence or two or several paragraphs.
We would also request that you send us any questions you would like to pose to our panel of Directors and Acting Directors.
Click on the following links to see details for each day, including speakers:
- Pre-event Performance : Tuesday June 27
- Program Day 1 : Wednesday June 28
- Program Day 2 : Thursday June 29
- Program Day 3 : Friday June 30
- IfA Hilo Reception : Thursday July 6
- IfA Maui Event : Friday July 7
| Wed June 28 | Thu June 29 | Fri Jun 30 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:30 | Transfer to Ko’olau Ballrooms | Transfer to Ko’olau Ballrooms | 7:30 | |
| 7:45 | 7:45 | |||
| 8:00 | 8:00 | |||
| 8:15 | 8:15 | |||
| 8:30 | Transfer to IfA | “The best site in the world” Site testing on Maunakea |
Protostars Star and planet formation |
8:30 |
| 8:45 | 8:45 | |||
| 9:00 | Music, Coffee Continental breakfast |
Adaptive Optics on Maunakea | 9:00 | |
| 9:15 | Stellar spectroscopy near and far | 9:15 | ||
| 9:30 | Opening Chant | The Maunakea Weather Center | 9:30 | |
| 9:45 | UH President David Lassner | 9:45 | ||
| 10:00 | UH BOR Chair Jan Sullivan | Coffee Break | Coffee Break | 10:00 |
| 10:15 | Vice Chancellor Michael Bruno | 10:15 | ||
| 10:30 | Sen. Hirono State Dir. Alan Yamamoto Sen. Schatz State Dir. Sarah Kaopuiki Rep. Hanabusa staffer Christen Lee John Jefferies & Sidney Wolff |
Maunakea and the growth of infrared astronomy | Black holes and the local universe | 10:30 |
| 10:45 | Suzan Edwards | 10:45 | ||
| 11:00 | Heather Kaluna | Quasars and host galaxies | 11:00 | |
| 11:15 | Kalepa Baybayan | IR detectors and wide-format CCDs | 11:15 | |
| 11:30 | Galaxies at medium and high redshift | 11:30 | ||
| 11:45 | Informal conversations & music | Brown Dwarfs | 11:45 | |
| 12:00 | Catered Lunch & Music IfA Courtyard |
Lunch | Lunch | 12:00 |
| 12:15 | 12:15 | |||
| 12:30 | 12:30 | |||
| 12:45 | 12:45 | |||
| 13:00 | “Now and then” – Panel of former and present graduate students | Science / History contributed talks | Merging galaxies | 13:00 |
| 13:15 | 13:15 | |||
| 13:30 | 13:30 | |||
| 13:45 | The IfA Undergraduate Program | Pan-STARRS | Galaxy Clusters | 13:45 |
| 14:00 | Education and Public Outreach | Stories from the founding decade | 14:00 | |
| 14:15 | Hawai’i’s dark skies | 14:15 | ||
| 14:30 | Coffee Break | Coffee Break | Coffee Break | 14:30 |
| 14:45 | 14:45 | |||
| 15:00 | “Successes and Challenges” IfA Directors’ Panel |
Solar System & Astrobiology | “Looking Toward the Future” Panel discussion |
15:00 |
| 15:15 | 15:15 | |||
| 15:30 | 15:30 | |||
| 15:45 | 15:45 | |||
| 16:00 | “Working & Living on MKO in the Early Days” Panel of the Pioneers |
IfA and the Sun | Adjourn | 16:00 |
| 16:15 | Transfer to Honolulu Hotels | 16:15 | ||
| 16:30 | 16:30 | |||
| 16:45 | 16:45 | |||
| 17:00 | Evening Reception (heavy pupus) |
17:00 | ||
| 17:15 | 17:15 | |||
| 17:30 | Pau Hana | 17:30 | ||
| 17:45 | 17:45 | |||
| 18:00 | Banquet / Entertainment | 18:00 | ||
| 18:15 | 18:15 | |||
| 18:30 | Transfer to Campus | 18:30 | ||
| 18:45 | 18:45 | |||
| 19:00 | 19:00 | |||
| 19:15 | 19:15 | |||
| 19:30 | The Glass Universe Public Presentation by Dava Sobel |
19:30 | ||
| 19:45 | 19:45 | |||
| 20:00 | 20:00 | |||
| 20:15 | 20:15 | |||
| 20:30 | 20:30 | |||
| 20:45 | 20:45 | |||
| 21:00 | Transfer to Honolulu Hotels | Transfer to Honolulu Hotels | 21:00 | |
| 21:15 | 21:15 |