2002: New Visions of the Universe

7th Japanese-German Symposium

Jointly organized by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and Deutsche Gesellschaft der JSPS-Stipendiaten e.V.

Date: April 26–27, 2002
Venue: RAMADA-TREFF Hotel Dresden, Wilhelm-Francke-Str. 90, 01219 Dresden

PROGRAM

April 26, 2002

13:00 Welcoming Remarks
Moderation: Dr. Uwe Czarnetzki (Chairman of Deutsche Gesellschaft der JSPS-Stipendiaten e.V.)
13:30 From Greek Astronomy to 20th Century Astrophysics – History and Cultural Background
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Teichmann (Deutsches Museum München)
14:25 New Vision of Universe with Subaru Telescope
Prof. Dr. Norio Kaifu (Director of the National Astronomical Observatory, Japan)
15:20 Coffee Break
15:50 The Evolution of Spiral Galaxies
Prof. Dr. Ralf-Jürgen Dettmar (Astronomical Institute, University of Bochum)
16:45 Break
17:15 Guided Sight-seeing Tour in Dresden (bus and walking)
19:00 Reception, Hilton Hotel, An der Frauenkirche 5, 01067 Dresden
20:00 Dinner, Sophienkeller, Taschenberg 3, 01067 Dresden
22:30 Shuttle bus to Hotel

April 27, 2002

09:00 From the Beginning to the End: Towards the Precision Cosmology
Prof. Dr. Naoshi Sugiyama (National Astronomical Observatory, Japan)
09:55 Active Universe: X-ray and Lambda-ray Sky
Prof. Dr. Joachim Trümper (former Director of MPI for Extraterrestrial Physics)
10:50 Coffee Break
11:20 What Role do Neutrinos Play in the Universe? – Recent Results on Neutrino Properties
Prof. Dr. Yoji Totsuka (Kamioka Observatory, Inst. for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo)
12:15 Lunch
14:00 Annual Assembly, Deutsche Gesellschaft der JSPS-Stipendiaten e.V.