Sunday 30 Sept
18:00 – 19:30Registration
Monday 1 Oct
08:00 – 09:30Registration
09:30 – 09:40Welcome by J. Funes
Morning Session
09:40 – 10:20Opening Remarks by K. Freeman (R)
Session 1: Properties of Nearby Galaxy Disks
10:20 – 10:40M. Steinmetz (I)
Unraveling the Structure and Kinematics of the Milky Way with RAVE
10:40 – 11:10Coffee Break
11:10 – 11:30R. Wielebinski (C)
Magnetic Effects in the Disk and Halo of the Milky Way
11:30 – 12:10A. Ferguson (R)
The Nearest Disk Galaxies: Views of M31 and M33
12:10 – 12:30K. Venn (I)
Observational Properties of Galactic Dwarf Satellites
12:30 – 12:50E. Corbelli (I)
Gas to Stars Conversion in Our Neighborhood: the M33 Case
12:50 – 13:10J. Simon (C)
A Metallicity Map of M33
13:10 – 15:00Lunch
Afternoon Session
Session 1: Properties of Nearby Galaxy Disks (Cont.)
15:00 – 15:40Y. Sofue (R)
Rotation and Mass Distribution in Disk Galaxies
15:40 – 16:00R. Beck (C)
Magnetic Fields in Disks, Spiral Arms and Bars
16:00 – 16:20S. Courteau (C)
The Puzzling Scaling Relations of Spiral Galaxies
16:20 – 16:40 M. Bershady (C)
The Masses of Galaxy Disks After 13 Gyr
16:40 – 17:10Coffee Break
Session 2: Star Formation Laws. Chemical Evolution. ISM.
17:10 – 17:50David Schiminovich (R)
GALEX Observations of Disks
17:50 – 18:10E. Tasker (C)
The Effect of the ISM Model on Star Formation Properties in Galactic Disks
18:10 – 18:30J. Lee (C)
Predominant Modes of Star Formation in Dwarf Galaxies


Tuesday 2 Oct
Morning Session
Session 2: Star Formation Laws. Chemical Evolution. ISM. (Cont.)
09:00 – 09:20C. Tremonti (I)
The Origin of the Mass-Metallicity Relationship
09:20 – 09:40C. Chiappini (C)
The Discrete Thick and Thin Disk Abundance Patterns
09:40 – 10:20J. Koda (R)
ISM Evolution and Star Formation in Nearby Galaxies
10:20 – 10:40P. Knezek (C)
Understanding the Anatomy of a “Typical” LSB Disk
10:40 – 11:10Coffee Break
11:10 – 11:30J. Hinz (C)
The Spatial Distribution of Cold Dust in Nearby Galaxies
11:30 – 11:50B. Holwerda (C)
The Opacity of Spiral Disks
11:50 – 12:10A. Chung (C)
The Evolution of the HI Gas on the Disk in the Cluster Environment
Session 3: Outskirts and Environment. Disk Edges.
12:10 – 12:50Piet van der Kruit (R)
The Stars and Gas in Outer Parts of Galaxy Disks: Extended or Truncated – Flat or Warped?
12:50 – 13:10M. Pohlen (C)
Three Types of Galaxy Disks: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
13:10 – 15:00Lunch
Afternoon Session
Session 3: Outskirts and Environment. Disk Edges. (Cont.)
15:00 – 15:20R. De Jong (C)
GHOSTS: The Stellar Populations in the Outer Banks of Massive Disk Galaxies
15:20 – 15:40D. Christlein (C)
At the Outer Banks of the Island Universes
15:40 – 16:20D. Zaritsky (R)
Comments on Outer Disks and Galaxy Growth
16:20 – 16:40A. Gil de Paz (I)
Extended UV Emission in Nearby Galaxy Disks
16:40 – 17:10Coffee Break
17:10 – 17:30V. Debattista (C)
Understanding the Formation and Evolution of Disk Outskirts
Session 4: Accretion onto Disks. Interactions. Mergers.
17:30 – 18:10M. Putman (R)
Fuel for Galaxy Disks
18:10 – 18:30W. Keel (I)
Interactions, ISM, and the History of Disks
18:30 – 18:50J. Pizagno (C)
Morphology of Luminous Infrared Galaxies


Wednesday 3 Oct
Morning Session
Session 4: Accretion onto Disks. Interactions. Mergers. (Cont.)
09:00 – 09:20A. Maller (I)
Galaxy Merger Histories in Simulations
09:20 – 09:40V. Charmandaris (I)
Infrared Properties of Nearby Interacting Galaxies: from Spirals to ULIRGs
09:40 – 10:00M. Bureau (C)
Star Formation and Disk Formation in Nearby Early-Type Galaxies: Mapping in UV, Optical, and CO
Session 5: Secular Evolution of Disks. Bar/Spiral Driven Evolution of Galaxies.
10:00 – 10:40J. Kormendy (R)
Secular Evolution and Pseudobulge Formation – An Update
10:40 – 11:10Coffee Break
GROUP PHOTO
11:10 – 11:30D. Fisher (I)
Distinguishing Pseudobulges from Classical Bulges: Towards a Rigorous Classification
11:30 – 11:50E. Corsini (I)
Looking at the Center of Early-Type Barred Galaxies: Bulge Properties and Dark Matter
11:50 – 12:10W. Maciejewski (C)
Regular Motions in Oscillating Potentials of Double Bars
12:10 – 12:30J. Dubinski (C)
Spiral and Bar Instabilities Provoked by Dark Matter Satellites
12:30 – 12:50O. Tiret (C)
Interacting Galaxies with MOND
12:50 – 13:10Poster Presentations
13:10 – 15:00Lunch
Afternoon Session
Session 5: Secular Evolution of Disks. Bar/Spiral Driven Evolution of Galaxies. (Cont.)
15:00 – 15:40F. Combes (R)
Secular Evolution of Disk Galaxies
15:40 – 16:00E. Athanassoula (I)
Disk Galaxy Evolution and Bulge Formation
16:00 – 16:20S. Jogee (C)
Galaxy Interactions, Barred Disks, and the Assembly of the Hubble Sequence over the Last 7 Gigayears
16:20 – 16:50Coffee Break
16:50 – 17:30J. Sellwood (R)
Dynamical Evolution of Disks
Session 6: Evolution of Disk Structural Properties
17:30 – 18:10E. Bell (R)
The Evolving Disk Galaxy Population
18:10 – 18:30M. Carollo (I)
The Evolution of Disk Galaxies in COSMOS
18:30 – 18:50N. Vogt (I)
Nine Billion Years of Galaxy Evolution: Disentangling Recent Evolution from Selection Biases in Disk Galaxies

Thursday 4 Oct
Morning Session
Session 6: Evolution of Disk Structural Properties (Cont.)
9:00 – 9:40M. Dickinson (R)
The Growth of Galaxies: New Multiwavelength Views
09:40 – 10:00S. Kassin (C)
Evolution of Disk Galaxy Scaling Relations to z~1
10:00 – 10:20I. Trujillo (C)
Stellar Disk Truncations at High z: Probing Inside-Out Galaxy Formation
10:20 – 10:50Coffee Break
10:50 – 11:10E. Daddi (I)
Formation of Massive Galaxies at z~2: Role of Accretion and AGNs
11:10 – 11:50R. Somerville (R)
The Evolution of Disk Scaling Relations in Hierarchical Models of Galaxy Formation
13:15Visit to the Vatican Museums
Afternoon Free
20:00Conference Dinner
Friday 5 Oct
Morning Session
Session 6: Evolution of Disk Structural Properties (Cont.)
09:00 – 09:20R. Maiolino (C)
The Metallicity of Disk Galaxies at z>3
09:20 – 09:40L. Simard (C)
The Disk Luminosity-Size Relation from the SDSS
Session 7: Disk Formation in a Hierarchical Universe
09:40 – 10:00T. Kauffmann (C)
Understanding the Morphologies, Gas Fractions, and Star Formation Rates of Low-mass Disk Galaxies
10:00 – 10:20R. Kuzio de Naray (C)
Constraining the NFW Potential with Integral Field Spectroscopy of LSB Galaxies
10:20 – 10:40A. Pizzella (C)
CDM Cusps in LSB Galaxies by Means of Stellar Kinematics
10:40 – 11:10Coffee Break
11:10 – 11:50J. Navarro (R)
Hierarchical Formation of Disk Galaxies and their Satellites
11:50 – 12:10L. Mayer (C)
The Formation of the Milky Way Galaxy and Its Satellites
12:10 – 12:30Y. Revaz (C)
Simulations of Galactic Disks Including a Dark Baryonic Component
12:30 – 12:50A. Dutton (C)
On the Origin of Exponential Disks and the Evolution of Disk Galaxy Scaling Relations
12:50 – 14:30Lunch
14:30 – 14:50Poster Presentations
14:50 – 15:30Conference Summary by R. Kennicutt, Jr.
(R) Review talk (30+10) (I) Invited talk (15+5) (C) Contributed talk (15+5)