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Program:

Date Session Speaker Time Title (or topic)
20-Jul
Gravitational Wave Astronomy in the LISA Epoch

(Session Chair: L. S. Finn, Penn State)
8:15 AM Welcome and Introduction
B. Schutz, AEI Potsdam 8:30 AM Science with LISA
K. Danzmann, AEI Hannover 9:15 AM LISA Technology and Future
10:00 AM Break
D. Shoemaker, LIGO/MIT 10:30 AM Ground-based GW interferometers in the LISA epoch
M. Cerdonio, INFN and Padova 11:15 AM Future generations of narrowband and wideband acoustic gw detectors for the 2012 timeframe
LISA Sources & Source Science I

(Session Chair: Nils Andersson, Southampton)
D. Richstone, University of Michigan 1:30 PM Supermassive Black Hole Demographics
M. Haehnelt, University of Cambridge 2:15 PM Growing supermassive black holes at the centre of galaxies
2:45 PM Break
K. Menou, Princeton 3:15 PM Towards Population Synthesis Models for LISA
S. Sigurdsson, Penn State 3:45 PM The Loss-Cone: past, present and future
E. S. Phinney, Caltech 4:15 PM Inspiraling Compact Objects: Hubble, Kerr, Wiener, Olbers, Shannon and all that
21-Jul
LISA Sources and Source Science II

(Session Chair: D. Richstone, University of Michigan)
T. Abel, Penn State 9:00 AM The First Stars and Black Holes in the Universe
Q. Yu, Princeton 9:30 AM Evolution of massive binary black holes
M. Milosavljevic, Rutgers University 10:00 AM Massive black hole binaries: simulations and observational evidence
10:30 AM Break
S. Hughes, Institute for Theoretical Physics 11:00 AM Cosmology with coalescing massive black hole binaries
C. Fryer, Los Alamos National Laboratory 11:30 AM Stellar Collapse and the Formation of NSs and BHs
G. Nelemans, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge 12:00 PM Gravitational waves from double white dwarfs and AM CVn binaries
LISA Technology I

(Session Chair: Robin Stebbins, Goddard Space Flight Center)
S. Vitale, University of Trento 2:00 PM The Lisa Technology Package on board SMART-2: an overview
W. Folkner, Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2:45 PM ST7-Disturbance Reduction System - A drag-free technology demonstration
3:30 PM Break
Rita Dolesi, University of Trento 4:00 PM Gravitational sensors for LISA and LTP
John Hanson, Stanford 4:30 PM Noise Analyses for the ST-7 Gravitational Reference Unit
Mac Keiser, Stanford 5:00 PM Proof Mass Design to Reduce Acceleration Noise
22-Jul
Ground-based Gravitational Wave Detection

(Session Chair: David Shoemaker, LIGO/MIT)
B. Schutz, AEI Potsdam 9:00 AM High-frequency gravitational wave sources
N. Man, Observatoire Côte d'Azur 9:30 AM Technologies for the future of interferometric detectors
S. Kawamura, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan 10:15 AM Status and Plans for Future Generations of Ground-based Interferometric Gravitational-Wave Antennas
E. Coccia, University of Rome 11:15 AM The near- and medium-term future of bar detectors
A. de Waard, Leiden University 12:00 PM MiniGRAIL, the first spherical gravitational wave detector
LISA Technology III

(Session Chair: S. Vitale)
G. Heinzel, Max-Planck-Institute fur Gravitationphysik 2:00 PM Interferometry for the LISA technology package (LTP) aboard
N. Cornish, Montana State University 2:30 PM LISA data analysis: Binary sources
D. Robertson, University of Glasgow 3:00 AM LISA and SMART-2 optical system work in Europe
Break
E. Waluschka, Goddard Space Flight Center 4:00 PM LISA optics and telescopes in the U.S.
Ron Hellings, Montana State University 4:30 PM LISA data analysis: the monochromatic binary detection and initial guess problems
S. Pollack, Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics 5:00 PM Status of LISA Phase Measurement work in the U.S.
23-Jul
LISA Sources and Source Science III

(Session Chair: S. Sigurdsson, Penn State)
J. Baker, Goddard Space Flight Center 9:00 AM Modeling Binary Black Hole Coalescence
E. Poisson, University of Guelph 9:30 AM Radiation reaction in strong gravitational fields
Break
B. S. Sathyaprakash, Cardiff University 10:30 AM Templates for detecting stellar mass black holes spiralling into supermassive black holes
C. Will, Washington University of St. Louis 11:00 AM Gravitational Waves: A New Tool for Testing General Relativity
T. Prince, Caltech 11:30 PM LISA Science Requirements and Science Challenges
LISA Technology II

(Session Chair: K. Danzmann, AEI Hannover)
D. Bortoluzzi, University of Trento 2:00 PM LTP dynamics mathematical model
B. Schumaker, Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2:30 PM Overview of Disturbance Reduction Requirements for LISA
C. Tirabassi, European Space Agency - Science Programmes 3:00 PM European microNewton Propulsion Developments
3:30 PM Break
S. Merkowitz, Goddard Space Flight Center 4:00 PM The LISA Integrated Model
V.. Hannen, SRON 4:30 PM End-to-end simulations for the LISA Technology Package
P. Maghami, Goddard Space Flight Center 5:00 PM LISA 19-DOF DRS Model
Symposium Banquet 7:00 PM
24-Jul
LISA Technology III

(Session Chair: T. Prince, Caltech)
J.-Y. Vinet, Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur 9:00 AM Algebra, noise cancellation and LISA sensitivity
J. Armstrong, Jet Propulsion Laboratory 9:30 AM Time-Delay Interferometry
10:00 AM Break
M. Rodrigues, Onera 10:30 AM Flight Experience on CHAMP and GRACE with Ultra-Sensitive Accelerometers
P. Bender, Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics 11:00 AM LISA Sensitivity Below 0.1 Millihertz
T. Sumner, Imperial College 11:30 AM Charging and charge control for proof-masses in space
M. Sandford, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory 12:00 PM Caging the LISA test mass
Symposium Adjourns



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