Sunday November 18

Registration, University House 1400-1800
Reception, Regatta Point 1800-2000

Monday November 19

0830 Registration, Academy of Science Dome

0900 Welcome (10 min)
0910 LOC announcements (5 min)

Session 1: PN surveys and their distribution in galaxies
0915 Introduction and summary of current problems in PN research (S. Kwok, 30 min)
0945 Some historical remarks (L. Aller & S. Hyung, 15 min)
1000 Surveys & Classification: new PN from emission-line surveys (Q. Parker, 25 min)
1025 Coffee break and poster session, 45 min
1110 Refining the UKST Ha PN database using MSX (M. Cohen, 25 min)

Session 2: PN in the scheme of stellar evolution
1135 Current models for the evolution of AGB stars (F. Herwig, 25 min)
1200 Nucleosynthesis: the role of dredge-up and hot bottom burning (J. Lattanzio, 25 min)
1225 Lunch, 1 hour 35 min
1400 s-process elements in post-AGB stars (H. Van Winckel, 25 min)
1425 Proto-planetary nebulae (B. Hrivnak, 25 min)
1450 Quasi-periodic shells around Post-AGB stars and PN (Y. Simis, 15 min)
1505 Molecular line observations of 19312+1950 (S. Deguchi, 15 min)
1520 PN in the scheme of binary evolution (N. Soker, 25 min)
1545 Coffee and poster session, 2 hours

Tuesday November 20

0900 H- and He-burning central stars and the evolution to white dwarfs (T. Blöcker, 25 min)
0925 The formation and evolution of PN (D. Schönberner, 25 min)
0950 Observed evolution of the nebulae and central stars (R. Tylenda, 25 min)

Session 3: Central stars and their atmospheres
1015 Non-LTE models of central stars (K. Werner, 20 min)
1035 Coffee break and poster session, 45 min
1120 Radiation driven atmospheres of the central stars (A. Pauldrach, 20 min)
1140 Planetary nebulae and Wolf-Rayet nebulae (Y. Grosdidier, 20 min)
1200 WR central stars (W. Hamann, 20 min)
1220 White dwarfs and central stars of PN (R. Napiwotski, 15 min)
1235 Lunch, 1 hour 25 min
1400 Abundances as probes of the evolution of Wolf-Rayet central stars (O. DeMarco, 20 min)
1420 Binary central stars (H. Bond, 20 min)

Session 4: Dust and molecules in PN
1440 ISO spectroscopy of molecules in PN and PPN (J. Cernicharo, 25 min)
1505 Photochemistry and molecular formation in PN (T. Hasegawa, 20 min)
1525 Water maser emission in planetary nebula (Y. Gomez, 15 min)
1540 Coffee and poster session, 1 hour 5 min
Buses leave for Wine Tasting 4.45pm

Wednesday November 21

0900 Infrared (Dust) features in PN (K. Volk, 20 min)
0920 Laboratory identification of IR features (O. Guillois, 25 min)
0945 Crystalline silicates (F.J. Molster, 20 min)

Session 5: Observations of the ionized Gas
1005 Atomic processes in PN (S. Nahar, 25 min)
1030 Coffee break and poster session, 45 min
1115 Chemical abundances in PN (S. Torres-Peimbert, 20 min)
1135 Chemical abundances including ISO observations (S. Pottasch, 20 min)
1155 Measuring trans-iron elements in PN (H. Dinerstein, 25 min)
1220 Far infrared atomic lines (M. Meixner, 15 min)
1235 Lunch, 55 min
Excursion, buses leave 1330

Thursday November 22

0900 Optical recombination lines as probes of nebular inhomogeneities (X. Liu, 25 min)
0925 FUSE observations of PN (G. Sonneborn, 25 min)
0950 X-ray and UV views of the hot gas in PN (Y.-H. Chu, 25 min)

Session 6: Nebular morphology and dynamics
1015 The correlation of PN morphology and parameters (A. Manchado, 25 min)
1040 Coffee break and poster session, 45 min
1125 Structure and evolution of PN haloes (M. Steffen, 20 min)
1145 Observations of PN haloes (R. Corradi, 15 min)
1200 MHD models of PN (G. Garcia-Segura, 25 min)
1225 Radiatively driven winds and the shaping of PN (V. Dwarkadas, 15 min)
1240 Lunch, 1 hour 20min
1400 Multi-polar structures in PN (R. Sahai, 25 min)
1425 Collimated outflows in PN (J. López, 25 min)
1450 The beauty of bipolars (V. Icke, 15 min)
1505 Formation of the 3-Ring structure around SN1987A by MHD (H. Washimi, 15 min)
1520 The dynamics of PN around [WR] stars (G. Mellema, 15 min)
1535 Multiple outflows in PPN (P. Cox, 15 min)
1550 Coffee and poster session, 2 hours
Symposium dinner, University House, drinks 1830

Friday November 23

Session 7: PN as galaxy probes
0900 PN & galactic chemical evolution (W. Maciel, 25 min)
0925 PN in the Magellanic Clouds (L. Stanghellini, 25 min)
0950 PN as tracers of chemical evolution in external galaxies (M. McCall, 25 min)
1015 Intracluster PN (J. Feldmeier, 25 min)
1040 coffee break and poster session, 45 min
1125 Extragalactic PN as mass tracers - observational aspects (M. Arnaboldi, 25 min)
1150 Theoretical aspects of galaxy dynamics using PN (A. Mathieu, 15 min)
1205 PN as extragalactic distance indicators (R. Ciardullo, 25 min)
1230 PN in the SMC (G. Jacoby, 15 min)
1245 Lunch, 1 hour 15 min
1400 Halo dynamics of the Andromeda Galaxy M31 (C. Halliday, 15 min)
1415 PN as tracers of dark matter in galaxies & clusters (K. Freeman, 25 min)
1440 Conference Summary and closing remarks (M. Dopita, 30 min)
1510 General discussion (1 hour)
Conference ends 1610

· Invited talks 25 minutes or 20 minutes. Contributed talks 15 minutes.
All times include discussion time.
· Poster/coffee periods: 8 hours 50 min