| Session 1: Introduction | |
| F.C. Jackson (Director IAS) | Introductory Comments and Welcome |
| Hon. John Moore, MP, Minister for Industry, Science & Tourism | Official Opening |
| K.C. Freeman | Dedication of Meeting to Alex Rodgers |
| R.F.G. Wyse | Introductory Overview (Invited) |
| Session 2: Formation & Extent of Halos I | |
| S.D.M. White | Formation of Galactic Halos (Invited) |
| A. Jameson | The Formation of Dark Matter Halos & Deep Number Counts |
| D. Zaritsky | The Mass & Extent of the Galactic Halo (Invited) |
| Session 3: Formation & Nature of Halos | |
| D. Lynden-Bell | Testing How the Halo was Assembled (Invited) |
| B.W. Carney | Field Star Surveys (Invited) |
| Session 4: Nature of Halos | |
| H.L. Morrison | What is a Halo? Observations of Faint Starlight Around Disk Galaxies (Invited) |
| P. Yock et al. | Observations of the Halo of the Edge-on Galaxy IC 5249 |
| J. Silk | The Relationship Between the Bright & Dark Matter (Invited) |
| Session 5: Baryonic Dark Matter | |
| C. Alcock | Baryonic Dark Matter: The Results from Microlensing Surveys (Invited) |
| O. Perdereau | The EROS-II Microlensing Search for Dark Matter (Invited) |
| D. Bennett | Solving the MACHO Mystery with Deviant Microlensing Events |
| Session 6: Luminous Tracers of the Halo | |
| T.C. Beers | Low-metallicity and Field Horizontal-branch Stars in the Halo of the Galaxy (Invited) |
| M. Chiba et al. | Three-Dimensional Kinematics of Metal-Poor Stars Revealed from Hipparcos Observations |
| D. Minniti | The Inner Milky Way Halo : Results from MACHO |
| G. Bono & P. Mazzali | Variable Stars as Tracers of Stellar Populations: Theoretical Insights |
| Session 7: Chemical Abundances | |
| J.E. Norris | The Chemical Abundance Structure of the Halo (Invited) |
| S.G. Ryan et al. | A Close-up View of the Distant Universe |
| M.Y. Fujimoto et al. | The Evolution of Low and Intermediate Mass, Metal-Poor Stars and the Relevance to Search for Population III Stars |
| J.B. Laird | Oxygen vs Age and Metallicity in Halo Field Stars |
| Session 8: Halo Gas I | |
| D. Pfenniger | The Pros and Cons of Cold Molecular Gas Being Dark Matter (Invited) |
| M. Walker & M. Wardle | Cool Gas Clouds in the Galactic Halo |
| L. Danly | Hot Gas in the Galactic Halo (Invited) |
| R.A. Benjamin | Terminal Velocity Infall in QSO Absorption Line Halos |
| Session 9: Other Dark Matter Candidates I | |
| M.S. Turner | Non-Baryonic Dark Matter (Invited) |
| B. Sadoulet | Searches for Non-Baryonic Dark Matter (Invited) |
| R. Chary & E.L. Wright | The High Energy Gamma-Ray Background as a Probe of the Galactic Halo |
| C.G. Tinney | Dark Matter Implications of Brown Dwarfs |
| Session 10: Globular Clusters & Age Constraints | |
| A. Sarajedini | Globular Clusters in the Galactic Halo (Invited) |
| D.A. VandenBerg | The Age Structure of the Halo (Invited) |
| G. Piotto et al. | Relative Ages of Inner Halo Globular Clusters |
| Session 11: Other Dark Matter Candidates II | |
| C. Flynn | Deep Star Counts with HST (Invited) |
| G. Chabrier | White Dwarf Constraints (Invited) |
| B. Goldman | EROS High Proper Motion Search for Halo White Dwarfs |
| Session 12: Halo Accretion | |
| K.V. Johnston | Role of Accretion : Theoretical (Invited) |
| S.R. Majewski | Role of Accretion : Observational (Invited) |
| A. Helmi & S.D.M. White | Building up the Stellar Halo of the Galaxy |
| Session 13: Halo Accretion/Dwarf Spheroidal
Galaxies | |
| P. Harding et al. | An Accreted Halo - the Observer's Perspective |
| G.S. Da Costa | The Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies (Invited) |
| H. Zhao et al. | Encounter of the Sgr Dwarf and the Magellanic Clouds & Constraints on the Galactic Halo |
| Session 14: Halo Gas II | |
| L. Blitz | High Velocity Clouds as Remnants of Halo Formation (Invited) |
| H. van Woerden et al. | Distances and Origins of High Velocity Clouds |
| P. Kalberla & J. Kerp | Hydrostatics of the Galactic Halo |
| M.E. Putman et al. | The Origin of the Magellanic Stream |
| Session 15: Magellanic Clouds | |
| E.W. Olszewski | Magellanic Clouds (Invited) |
| M. Weinberg | The Effect of the Magellanic Clouds on the Milky Way Disk (Invited) |
| B.P. Wakker et al. | The Metallicity and Dust Content of HVC287+22+240: Evidence for a Tidal Origin of the Magellanic Stream |
| Session 16: M31 & Rotation Curves | |
| K.C. Freeman | M31 (Invited) |
| A.J. Kalnajs | Rotation Curves of Galaxies (Invited) |
| J.R.D. Lepine et al. | Constraints on the Mass of the Dark Halo from the Rotation Curve of the Galaxy |
| Session 17: Pulsars, Halo Gas III & The Local
Group | |
| M. Bailes | Pulsars as Probes of the Halo (Invited) |
| J. Bland-Hawthorn | Searching for the Edges of Spiral Disks (Invited) |
| P. Maloney | Warm Gas, Ionizing Photons, and Missing Mass in the Local Group |
| R.-J. Dettmar | Diffuse Ionized Gas in Halos of Galaxies - Comparison to the Milky Way |
| Session 18: Future Directions & Conference Summary | |
| C.W. Stubbs | Future Direction in the Search for Dark Matter (Invited) |
| P.T. de Zeeuw | Conference Summary (Invited) |
