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Fundamental cosmology from the ELT and space
4th Azores School on Observational Cosmology
6th Azores International Advanced School in Space Sciences
06-12 September 2021, Angra do Heroísmo, Açores, Portugal

× Agenda in Azores Summer Time (AZOST / UTC)

Monday, 6^th September
15:00	Telescope building activity for school students led by Rachael Beaton
18:00	Welcome reception
20:30	Public talk: From the Big Bang to us in one hour Paolo Padovani
Tuesday, 7^th September
08:30	Padovani (75min), Wild (50min)
10:35	Coffee-Break
10:55	Heavens (75min), Holz (50min)
13:00	Lunch
15:00	Hands-on session (240min) [coffee break ca. 17h00]
19:00	Adjourn
Wednesday, 8^th September
08:30	Noterdaeme (75min), Holz (50min)
10:35	Coffee-Break
10:55	Leibundgut (75min), Wild (50min)
13:00	Lunch
15:00	Hands-on session (240min) [coffee break ca. 17h00]
19:00	Adjourn
20:30	Public talk: Hearing and Seeing the Universe Daniel Holz
Thrusday, 9^th September
08:30	Beaton (75min), Holz (50min)
10:35	Coffee-Break
10:55	Webb (75min), Wild (50min)
13:00	Lunch
15:00	Optional social activity (dolphin/whale watching, hiking, or self-organized)
19:30	School dinner
Friday, 10^th September
08:30	Heavens (75min), Noterdaeme (75min)
11:00	Coffee-Break
11:15	Beaton (75min)
12:30	Student talks Lee, Spetsieri, Schuster, Asvesta, Estrada, Ferrero
13:00	Lunch
15:00	Hands-on session (240min) [coffee break ca. 17h00]
19:00	Adjourn
20:30	Public talk: No life without exploring stars Bruno Leibundgut
20:30	OASA Public talk: Einstein's greatest mistake? Alan Heavens
Saturday, 11^th September
08:30	Padovani (75min), Webb (75min)
11:00	Coffee-Break
11:15	Leibundgut (75min)
12:30	Student talks Cremonese, Libanore, Signorini, Guarneri, Milakovic, Vacher
13:00	Lunch
15:00	Hands-on session (150min) [coffee break ca. 16h30]
17:30	[Auditorium] Hands-on projects presentations
18:30	Closing

Lecturers and Topics
Rachael Beaton (Princeton): Cosmic distance ladder
Alan Heavens (Imperial): Dark energy
Daniel Holz (Chicago): Gravitational waves
Bruno Leibundgut (ESO): Supernovae
Pasquier Noterdaeme (IAP): Quasar absorption systems
Paolo Padovani (ESO): The ELT and other ESO facilities
John Webb (Cambridge): Fundamental constants and redshft drift
Vivienne Wild (St. Andrews): Galaxies and galaxy

NB:Unless otherwise stated, morning sessions are in the Auditorium and afternoon sessions are in the work rooms. Student talks are strictly 5 minutes and 1 plain pdf slide each.