AAS 233rd Meeting, Seattle, Washington: 6-10 January 2019 (THIS SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE)


1	Saturday, 5 January 2019
2	8:00 am	Workshop: Teaching Science Thought and Practices (Day 1), 8:00 am-5:30 pm, Room 302
3	8:00 am	Exoplanet Exploration Program Analysis Group (ExoPAG) 19 (Day 1), 8:00 am-6:00 pm, Room 4C-2
4	8:30 am	Workshop: AAS Astronomy Ambassadors (Day 1), 8:30 am–5:30 pm, Room 212
5	8:30 am	AAS Board of Trustees Meeting, 8:30 am–5:00 pm, Room 605/610
6	9:00 am	Workshop: Introduction to Software Carpentry (Day 1), 9:00 am–5:00 pm, Room 211
7		Workshop: The AAS Chandra/CIAO Workshop, 9:00 am-6:00 pm, Room 204
8		NSF Postdoctoral Fellows Symposium 2019 (Day 1), 9:00 am-6:00 pm, Room 4C-1
9	10:00 am	Workshop: Using Python to Search NASA's Astrophysics Archives, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Room 213
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11	Sunday, 6 January 2019
12	8:00 am	Workshop: Teaching Science Thought and Practices (Day 2), 8:00 am–5:30 pm, Room 302
13	8:00 am	Exoplanet Exploration Program Analysis Group (ExoPAG) 19 (Day 2), 8:00 am-6:00 pm, Room 4C-2
14	8:30 am	Workshop: AAS Astronomy Ambassadors (Day 2), 8:30 am–5:30 pm, Room 212
15	8:30 am	Workshop: SOFIA Workshop for FORCAST and HAWC+ Data Analysis, 8:30 am-5:15 pm, Room 201
16	9:00 am	Workshop: Introduction to Software Carpentry (Day 2), 9:00 am–5:00 pm, Room 211
17		Workshop: The AAS Chandra/CIAO Workshop, 9:00 am-6:00 pm, Room 204
18		Workshop: CAE’s Tier I Teaching Excellence Workshop for Current and Future Astronomy and Space Science Instructors, 9:00 am-5:00 pm, Room 205
19		Workshop: Adding LISA to your Astronomy Tool Box, 9:00 am-5:00 pm, Room 213
20		Workshop: Using Python and Astropy for Astronomical Data Analysis, 9:00 am-5:00 pm, Room 4C-4
21		NSF Postdoctoral Fellows Symposium 2019 (Day 2), 9:00 am-6:00 pm, Room 4C-1
22		Exhibitor Move-In, 9:00 am-5:00 pm, Exhibit Hall 4AB
23	10:00 am	NASA COPAG UV-Vis SIG Meeting, 10:00 am-12:00 pm, Room 303
24		Great Observatories SAG, 10:00 am-12:00 pm, Room 401
25		NASA COPAG COR Technology Interest Group meeting, 10:00 am-12:00 pm, Room 310
26	1:00 pm	Registration & Badge Pickup, 1:00 pm–8:00 pm, Atrium Lobby, Level 4
27		Workshop: Proposal Writing: Using NASA ROSES as a Template for Success, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm, Room 203
28		NASA Joint PAG meeting, 1:30 pm-3:00 pm, Room 4C-3
29	2:00 pm	HAD I : The Spitzer Observatory: The evolution of a space mission from initial idea, through years of competition and debate, followed by arduous solution of technical problems before launch and the acquisition of novel astronomical data, 2:00 pm–3:30 pm, Room 618/619
30	3:00 pm	Workshop: Advanced Searching in the New ADS: On the Web and Using the API, 3:00 pm-4:30 pm, Room 304
31		Speaker Ready Room, 3:00 pm–7:00 pm, Room 604
32		NASA COPAG meeting, 3:15 pm-6:00 pm, Room 4C-3
33	5:30 pm	Student Orientation & Grad School Fair, 5:30 pm–7:00 pm, Room 6B
34	5:30 pm	Working Group on the Preservation of Astronomical Heritage Annual Meeting (WGPAH) Meeting, 5:30 pm–6:30 pm, Room 306
35	7:00 pm	AAS Opening Reception, 7:00 pm–8:30 pm, Metropolitan Ballroom, Sheraton Hotel
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1	Monday, 7 January 2019
2	7:30 am	Session Chair Breakfast, 7:30 am–8:00 am (Invitation Only), Room 214
3		Speaker Ready Room, 7:30 am–4:00 pm, Room 604
4		Registration & Badge Pickup, 7:30 am–5:00 pm, Atrium Lobby, Level 4
5	8:00 am	100 Plenary Lecture: Welcome Address by AAS President Megan Donahue (Michigan State University), 8:00 am–8:10 am, Room 6E
6	8:00 am	Data Science Splinter Meeting, 8:00 am-6:00 pm, Room 4C-1
7	8:10 am	101 Plenary Prize Lecture: Kavli Foundation Plenary Lectureship: A Color Out of Space: ‘Oumuamua’s Brief and Mysterious Visit to the Solar System, Gregory Laughlin (Yale University) with Ka'iu Kimura (‘Imiloa Astronomy Center), 8:10 am-9:00 am, Room 6E
8	9:00 am	Exhibits, Posters, iPosters, Student Pavilion, Internet Café, 9:00 am–6:30 pm, Exhibit Hall 4AB
9		Morning Poster Session 140–151 and iPoster Session 164–170, 9:00 am–10:00 am, Exhibit Hall 4AB
10		140 Extrasolar Planets: Detection -- Posters	145 Evolution of Galaxies II -- Posters	150 Planetary Nebulae and SNRs -- Posters	167 Dust -- iPosters
11		141 Beyond Photons: Astronomy in the Multi-messenger Era -- Posters	146 Instrumentation: Ground Based or Airborne -- Posters	151 Relativistic Astrophysics, Gravitational Lenses & Waves -- Posters	168 YSOs & Friends -- iPosters
12		142 Cosmology and Astrophysics with Next Generation Cosmic Microwave Background Experiments -- Posters	147 Large Efforts in Education & Puclic Outreach -- Posters	164 Extrasolar Planets: Detection -- iPosters	169 Starburst Galaxies -- iPosters
13		143 Dust -- Posters	148 LUVOIR -- Posters	165 White Dwarfs, Pulsars, Neutron Stars -- iPosters	170 Instrumentation: Ground Based or Airborne -- iPosters
14		144 Evolution of Galaxies I -- Posters	149 NANOGrav -- Posters	166 Planetary Nebulae and SNRs -- iPosters	170 Instrumentation: Ground Based or Airborne -- iPosters
15		Coffee Break, 9:00 am–10:00 am, Exhibit Hall 4AB
16	9:30 am	Workshop: Teaching Science Thought and Practices (Brief Sample), 9:30 am–11:30 am, Room 302
17		Workshop: Careers 101: Career Planning Workshop and Panel for Graduate Students and Postdocs, 9:30 am–11:30 am, Room 4C-3
18		The U.S. Extremely Large Telescope Program, 9:30 am-11:30 am, Room 4C-4
19	10:00 am	Oral and Special Sessions 102–117 & 175, 10:00 am–11:30 am
20		102 The Landscape of Next-Generation Gravitational Wave Observatories, Room 6A	103 Extrasolar Planets: Characterization & Theory Track 2: III. Small Stars and their Planets, Room 6B	104 Extrasolar Planets: Detection - Ground-Based Direct Imaging, Room 6C	105 Extrasolar Planets: Characterization & Theory Track 1: I. Measurements and Models of Giant Atmospheres A, Room 6E
21		106 Galaxy Formation and Evolution I, Room 605/610	107 Gravitational Lenses, Waves, Relativistic Astrophysics & GRBs I, Room 606	108 Star Formation I, Room 607	109 Space Mission Instrumentation I, Room 608
22		110 White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars and FRBs, Room 609	111 Milky Way & Galactic Center I, Room 611	112 Black Holes I, Room 612	113 Supernovae I, Room 613
23		114 Brown Dwarfs and Planet Hosting Stars, Room 614	115 Starburst Galaxies, Room 615	116 AGN Black Holes I: A New Hope, Room 616/617	117 HAD II: Astronomical History: The Early Years, Room 618/619
24		175 Graduates & Majors: Education, Retention, Persistence, & Advancement, Room 620	176 Galaxy Formation and Evolution II, Room 603
25		AAS WorldWide Telescope presents: Advances in Astronomical Visualization, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Room 214
26	10:15 am	Press Conference: TBD 10:15 am–11:15 am, Room 307/308
27	11:40 am	118 Plenary Prize Lecture: Dannie Heineman Prize: The Dawn of Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics, Vicky Kalogera (Northwestern University), 11:40 am–12:30 pm, Room 6E
28	11:00 am	Workshop: The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to LEDs: Practical Solutions for Dark Sky Preservation in the LED Era, 11:00 am–1:00 pm, Room 401
29	12:00 pm	Workshop: One-on-One Career Consultations (20 Minute Sessions), 12:00 pm–4:40pm, Exhibit Hall 4AB
30	12:30 pm	Updates on Implementing Software Citation in Astronomy, 12:30 pm-2:00 pm, Room 203
31	1:00 pm	119 Town Hall: HAD Town Hall, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm, Room 618/619
32		120 Town Hall: NASA Town Hall, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm, Room 6E
33		Workshop: Marvin: Data Access and Visualization for the SDSS-IV/MaNGA IFU Galaxy Survey, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm, Room 303
34		Workshop: Teaching for Equity, 1:00 pm–5:00 pm, Room 310
35		Workshop: Teaching Science Thought and Practices (Brief Sample), 1:00 pm–3:00 pm, Room 302
36	2:00 pm	Oral and Special Sessions 121–137, 2:00 pm–3:30 pm
37		121 Beyond Photons: Astronomy in the Era of Multi-messengers, Room 6A	122 Know Your Power: Understanding the Distribution of Power Throughout the Academic Ecosystem, Room 6B	123 Extrasolar Planets: Characterization & Theory Track 1: II. Measurements and Models of Giant Planet Atmospheres B, Room 6C	124 Extrasolar Planets: Characterization & Theory Track 2: IV. Giant Planet Formation and Evolution, Room 605/610
38		125 Cosmology and Astrophysics with Next Generation Cosmic Microwave Background Experiments, Room 606	126 Machine Learning in Astronomical Data Analysis, Room 607	127 The Role of Magnetic Fields and Filaments in Star Formation, Room 608	128 Galaxy Formation and Evolution III, Room 609
39		129 Milky Way & Galactic Center II, Room 611	130 Black Holes II, Room 612	131 Supernovae II, Room 613	132 Spiral Galaxies, Room 614
40		133 Pulsars in Binaries, Room 615	134 AGN Black Holes II, Room 616/617	135 HAD III: Astronomical History: Modern Times, Room 618/619	136 Instrumentation: Airborne, Room 620
41		137 IGM and QSO Absorption Line Systems I, Room 603
42		Workshop: Direct Connection to the Science with NASA’s Universe of Learning: Ways to Use Astrophysics Science to Support STEM Learning, 2:00 pm–3:30 pm, Room 205
43		NEID: the New NASA-NSF Exoplanet Observational Research (NN-EXPLORE) Precision Radial Velocity Spectrograph on WIYN, 2:00 pm-3:30 pm, Room 305
44		US Virtual Observatory Alliance (USVOA) meeting, 2:00 pm-3:30 pm, Room 4C-2
45		An Open Discussion on Astronomy Software, 2:00 pm-3:30 pm, Room 4C-4
46	2:15 pm	Press Conference: TBD, 2:15 pm–3:15 pm, Room 307/308
47	3:30 pm	Workshop: AMPlifying Students’ Problem-Solving in Astronomy and Physics Majors’ Courses, 3:30 pm–5:30 pm, Room 304
48	3:40 pm	138 Plenary Lecture: “Make No Small Plans” (George Ellery Hale, 1868-1938), David Devorkin, Smithsonian Institution, Hale 150 Anniversary, 3:40 pm–4:30 pm, Room 6E
49	4:00 pm	Undergraduate Student Meet & Greet, 4:00 pm-5:30 pm, Room 205
50	4:00 pm	Astroinformatics and Astrostatistics in the Age of Big Data, 4:00 pm-6:00 pm, Room 4C-2
51	4:30 pm	139 Plenary Prize Lecture: Newton Lacy Pierce Prize: The Obscured Early Universe, Caitlin Casey (University of Texas, Austin), 4:30 pm–5:20 pm, Room 6E
52	4:30 pm	Cooling a large telescope to 4.5 K is not as hard as you may think, 4:30 pm-5:30 pm, Room 305
53	5:30 pm	Evening Poster Session 152–163 and iPoster Session 171–173, 5:30 pm–6:30 pm, Exhibit Hall 4AB
54		152 RFI, Light Pollution, Etc. -- Posters	156 The Role of Magnetic Fields and Filaments in Star Formation -- Posters	160 Societal Matters -- Posters	171Space Mission Instrumentation -- iPosters
55		153 White Dwarfs, Pulsars, Neutron Stars -- Posters	157 Space Mission Instrumentation I -- Posters	161 Astronomy Research -- Posters	172HAD IV: History -- iPosters
56		154 YSOs & Friends I	158 Space Mission Instrumentation II -- Posters	162 Catalogs -- Posters	173 Evolution of Galaxies -- iPosters
57		155 YSOs & Friends II	159 HAD IV -- Posters	163 Circumstellar Disks -- Posters	173 Evolution of Galaxies -- iPosters
58		Workshop: Career Hour 1 - Networking for Nerds: Create Your Dream Career In Real Life (IRL) and via Social Media, 5:30 pm–6:30 pm, Room 4C-3
59	6:30 pm	174 Town Hall: Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) Town Hall, 6:30 pm–8:00 pm, Room 6B
60		SGMA Meet & Greet for LGBTQIA members and students, 6:30 pm–7:30 pm, Room 214
61		RAS Reception, 6:30 pm–8:00 pm, (Invitation Only) Room 4C-4
62		Time-Domain Follow-up Observations with Las Cumbres Observatory, 6:30 pm-8:00 pm, Room 310
63		The Cosmic Perspective Author Meet & Greet, 6:30 pm-7:45 pm, Room 401
64	7:00 pm	NASA's TESS Mission-Early Science from Exoplanets, Time Domain Astronomy and Astrophysics, 7:00 pm-8:45 pm, Room 201
65	7:30 pm	US ELT Program: GMT & TMT Open House, 7:30 pm-9:00 pm, Room 4C-2
66	8:00 pm	Public Event: An Evening of Symphonic and Cinematic Astronomy, 8:00 pm-9:30 pm, Room 6E
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