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MONDAY 11 JULY, CENTER FOR ADAPTIVE OPTICS (CfAO)
PRE-KRAFTFEST RECEPTION
4:00 - 7:00 PM Event Registration, Beverages, Wine, Hors d'oevres
TUESDAY 12 JULY (DAY 1), ISB 102
1. MORNING SESSION CHAIR: BOB KRAFT
9:00 Chris Sneden, University of Texas Introductory Remarks
9:20 George Angelou, Monash University Thermohaline Mixing in Intermediate & Low-Metallicity Globular Clusters
10:00 John Lattanzio, Monash University Latest News from the MOnash SINS Group: More on Thermohaline Mixing
10:10 John Lattanzio, Monash University AGB Stars in Galactic Globular Clusters--Are They Chemically Distinct to their Fellow RGB and HB Stars?
10:20 John Lattanzio, Monash University The Fate of S-AGB Stars, or Why Won't my Code Converge?
10:30 John Lattanzio, Monash University Calculating PIEs with DJEHUTY
10:40 John Lattanzio, Monash University The MonKey Project: An Update on Stellar Yields
COFFEE/TEA
11:20 Ruth Peterson, UC Observatories Molybdenum & High-Entropy Winds in Globular Clusters & Halo Stars
12:00 Sara Lucatello, INAF Padua Observatory Binary Stars Among Globular Clusters with Multiple Populations
LUNCH
2. AFTERNOON SESSION CHAIR: GEORGE PRESTON
2:00 Christian Johnson, UC Los Angeles Chemical Enrichment in Omega Centauri
2:40 Gary Da Costa, RSAA, ANU Mg Isotope Ratios in Omega Centauri Red Giants (co-authors John Norris & David Yong)
3:00 Valentina D'Orazi, INAF Padua Observatory Chemical Enrichment in Omega Centauri—Clues from n-Capture Elements
COFFEE/TEA
4:00 David Yong, ANU C+N+O in the Globular Clusters NGC 6752 & NGC 1851
4:40 George Wallerstein, University of Washington The Unusual Long-Period RR Lyrae Stars in NGC 6388 & NGC 6441
WEDNESDAY 13 JULY (DAY 2), ISB 102
3. MORNING SESSION CHAIR: SARA LUCATELLO
9:00 Judith Cohen, Caltech Galactic Globular Cluster and other Gifts for Bob Kraft
9:40 Jennifer Johnson, Ohio State University Elements in M92 from High to Low Z
10:00 Chris Sneden, University of Texas The Metallicity of Globular Cluster M68 from the Red Giant Branch Tip to the Blue Horizontal Branch
10:40 Ian Roederer, Carnegie Observatory r-Process Dispersion in Metal-Poor Globular Clusters
COFFEE/TEA
11:20 Connie Rockosi, UC Observatories The Galactic Halo out to 100 kpc & Beyond
11:40 Ann Boesgaard, University of Hawaii Abundances in Metal-Poor Halo Stars
12:00 Jennifer Sobeck, University of Chicago Nucleosynthesis & Chemical Evolution in the More Metal-Deficient Globular Clusters
LUNCH
4. AFTERNOON SESSION CHAIR: GARY DA COSTA
2:00 Anna Marino, M-P-I Astrophysics Multiple Stellar Populations in Globular Clusters—The Case of M22 and Omega Centauri
2:40 Sara Lucatello, INAF Padua Observatory Abundance Anomalies & the HB—The Case of NGC 2808
COFFEE/TEA
3:20 Antonino P. Milone, Inst. de Astrofísica de Canarias Multiple Stellar Populations in 47 Tucanae (and NGC 6397)
4:00 Sarah Martell, University of Heidelberg Globular Cluster Contributions to the Assembly of the Galactic Halo
5:30 - 9:00 BANQUET UNIVERSITY CENTER
THURSDAY 14 JULY (DAY 3), ISB 102
5. MORNING SESSION CHAIR: CHRIS SNEDEN
9:00 Evan Kirby, Caltech Chemical Evolution of Milky Way Satellite Galaxies from Keck Spectroscopy
9:40 David Lai, UC Santa Cruz Abundances in the Bootes I Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy
10:00 Jean Brodie, UC Observatories Globular Clusters & UCDs—Chemodynamical Traces of Halo Assembly Beyond the Local Group
10:40 Matthew Shetrone, University of Texas A New Sample of Li Rich Giants; Constraints on Stellar Evolution
COFFEE/TEA
11:20 Jennifer Simmerer, University of Utah It Came from Outer Space! Internal Metallicity Variations in the Globular Cluster NGC 3201
12:00 Inese Ivans, University of Utah The Stellar Chemical Composition of Some Globular Clusters
LUNCH
6. AFTERNOON SESSION CHAIR: MIKE BOLTE
2:00 Raja Guha Thakurta, UC Observatories The Stellar Halo of M31: Chemical Abundance Patterns and Coadded Spectra
2:30 George Preston, Carnegie Observatories Summary Comments
3:00   Free Discussion
4:00   Adjournment