Program of the conference
The format of invited talks is 30 minutes + 10 minutes for questions.
Contributed talks are 15 minutes + 5 minutes for questions.
Posters will be on display throughout the duration of the conference.
Program of the conference - PDF VERSION
Abstract book of the conference - PDF VERSION
The presentations from the conference are available here.
| Monday, 17th September 2012 | ||
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| 16:30 – 19:30 | Registration desk open at Tulip Inn Putnik Belgrade Hotel | |
| Tuesday, 18th September 2012 | ||
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| 09:00-09:30 | Registration desk open at Tulip Inn Putnik Belgrade Hotel | |
| 09:30-10:00 | Z. Knežević | Opening address |
| 10:00-10:15 | S. Samurović | The Belissima project |
| MAIN THEME: METRE-CLASS TELESCOPES AND INSTRUMENTS | ||
| 10:15-10:55 | A.N. Ramaprakash | Can small beat the big? |
| 10:55-11:25 | Coffee break | |
| 11:25-11:45 | M. Weber | The STELLA robotic observatory on Tenerife |
| 11:45-12:05 | L. Leedjärv | Small is beautiful - experience and plans of the Tartu Observatory |
| 12:05-12:25 | V. Perdelwitz | Astronomical Fourier Transform Spectroscopy at the Hamburg Observatory |
| 12:25-12:45 | M. Bogosavljević | Vidojevica status report 2012 |
| 12:45-14:30 | Lunch break | |
| 14:30-15:10 | F. Grundahl | SONG is starting to sing |
| 15:10-15:30 | I. Vince | An Echelle Spectrograph for Milanković Telescope |
| 15:30-15:50 | G. Szabo | Follow-up lucky imaging observations of Kepler targets |
| 15:50-16:20 | Coffee break | |
| 16:20-17:00 | T. Bonev | New modes of observation at the 2-m telescope of Rozhen observatory: parameters of the instruments and first results |
| 17:00-17:40 | (N.N.) Panel Discussion: Telescopes and Instrumentation | |
| Wednesday, 19th September 2012 | ||
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| MAIN THEME: SCIENCE WITH METRE-CLASS TELESCOPES (I) | ||
| 09:15-09:55 | P. Pravec | Asteroid properties from photometric observations: Constraining non-gravitational processes in asteroids |
| 09:55-10:15 | F. Hessman | The Search for Circumbinary Exoplanets |
| 10:15-10:35 | T. Pribulla | Eclipsing binaries - precise clocks to discover exoplanets |
| 10:35-11:05 | Coffee break | |
| 11:05-11:45 | A. Milani | Surveys with innovative one-meter telescopes: asteroids,debris... |
| 11:45-12:05 | A. Zakharov | Exoplanet searches with gravitational microlensing |
| 12:05-12:25 | L. Eyer | GAIA follow-up (via Skype) |
| 12:25-13:00 | (N.N.) Panel Discussion: Science (part I) | |
| 13:00-14:30 | Lunch break | |
| MAIN THEME: SCIENCE WITH METRE-CLASS TELESCOPES (II) | ||
| 14:30-15:10 | L. Kiss | Affordable Doppler velocities to 50 m/s with sub-meter telescopes |
| 15:10-15:30 | R. Pavlović | From the first CCD measurements of double stars at Vidojevica towards speckleinterferometry |
| 15:30-15:50 | D. Urošević | Optical detection of the emission nebulae in nearby galaxies |
| 15:50-16:10 | T. Petrushevska | Search for lensed supernovae by massive galaxy clusters with the 2.5 m Nordic Optical Telescope |
| 16:10-16:40 | Coffee break | |
| 16:40-17:20 | P. Heinzel | Observations and modeling of stellar flares |
| 17:20-18:00 | (N.N.) Panel discussion: Science (part II) | |
| 20:00-22:00 | Conference dinner at SOKOJ restaurant (fee 20 euros) | |
| Thursday, 20th September 2012 | ||
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| MAIN THEME: NETWORKED TELESCOPES, NETWORKED SCIENCE | ||
| 09:15-09:55 | T. Brown | LCOGT: A World-wide Network of Robotic Telescopes |
| 09:55-10:15 | D. Denisenko | Results and Perspectives of the MASTER Robotic Telescopes Network |
| 10:15-10:35 | Z. Ioannou | The 2012 AE Aqr Multiwavelegth Campaign |
| 10:35-11:05 | Coffee break | |
| 11:05-11:45 | G. Djorgovski | Exploration of the Time Domain |
| 11:45-12:05 | N. Giakoumidis | Simulating a Global Robotic Telescope Network |
| 12:05-12:40 | (F. Hessman) | Panel Discussion: Networked telescopes, networked science |
| MAIN THEME: EDUCATION AND PUBLIC OUTREACH | ||
| 12:40-13:00 | P. Bendjoya | Centre Pedagogique Planete Univers: C2PU |
| 13:00-14:30 | Lunch break | |
| 14:30-15:10 | O. Atanacković | Astronomy education and popularization in Serbia |
| 15:10-15:50 | (N.N.) Panel Discussion: Education, public outreach and popularization of astronomy | |
| 15:50-16:20 | Coffee break | |
| 16:20-17:00 | G. Longo | Astroinformatics, virtual observatory and web 2.0 |
| 17:00-17:40 | (N.N.) Panel Discussion - Astroinformatics | |
| Friday, 21st September 2012 | ||
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| MAIN THEME: CELEBRATING THE 125-YEARS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY | ||
| 09:15-09:55 | P. Battinelli | Asymptotic Giant Branch stars |
| 09:55-10:10 | D. Ilić | Long term optical monitoring of AGN |
| 10:10-10:25 | E. Bon | First Spectroscopically resolved orbit of a supermassive black hole binary |
| 10:25-10:40 | O. Latković | Modeling of Interacting Binary Systems |
| 10:40-10:55 | O. Vince | The DWARF project: Vidojevica |
| 10:55-11:25 | Coffee break | |
| 11:25-12:05 | J. Kubat | Mass-loss rates of hot stars |
| 12:05-12:45 | (N.N.) Panel Discussion "Future Science" | |
| 12:45-13:15 | (N.N.) Conference Summary and closing remarks | |
| 17:00 – 19:00 | Reception at Astronomical Observatory Belgrade | |
| (meeting time for transportation to AOB will be announced) | ||
| POSTERS (Tue – Fri) | ||
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| J. Aleksić | Popularization of astronomy through robotic telescopes and virtual observatories | |
| V. Čadež | Peculiarities of ionospheric response to Solar eruptive events | |
| G. Damljanović | Possibilities of ICRF2 ERS Observations using ASV 60cm telescope | |
| I. Di Varano | Long time series observations from Antarctica with ICE-T | |
| M. Gharamti | Planets and Galaxies from Monopole Clusters | |
| F. Hessman | The MONET Image Processing Curriculum for High Schools | |
| M. Jovanović | PARSES/FERRE pipeline for determining the stellar parameters | |
| M. Jurković | Cepheids with STELLA telescope | |
| S. Kohl | Lucky imaging at the Oskar-Luehning-Telescope in the near infrared wavelength range | |
| P. Kostić | Analysis of Galactic chemical evolution model compatible with measurements of interstellar deuterium abundance | |
| D. Lukić | Astro climate: Astronomical Station Vidojevica | |
| I. Milić | Astronomy department in Petnica Science Center | |
| S. Milisavljević | Proximity calculation and changing of distance function | |
| S. Ninković | Astronomy Olympiads - A challenge for future scientists | |
| T. Prodanović | Communicating Astronomy With the Public: Why and How Should We Do It | |
| O. Suarez | EduCosmos - secondary students in the focus | |
| B. Surlan | Modeling of resonance line in inhomogeneous hot star winds | |
| S. Tomić | Detection of a 1.59 h period in the B supergiant star HD 202850 | |
| V. Trajkovska | Astronomy in the media in Serbia | |
| PSC students | MONECOM - A Collaborative Balkan School Project | |
The sessions are as follows :
- the solar system
- stellar astrophysics
- galactic and extragalactic astronomy
- transient phenomena
- astroinformatics, Virtual Observatory and computer modeling
- surveys and follow-ups
- networking, robotic telescopes and instrumentation
- education, public outreach and popularization of astronomy
 | Conference poster (print quality A3 format) can be retrieved at the following link. |
Wednesday, 19th of September:
Conference dinner at SOKOJ restaurant (1 person fee = 20 EUR (drinks included)).
Friday, 21st of September:
Reception at the Astronomical Observatory in Belgrade (free of charge):
Celebrating the 125th Anniversary of the Observatory.