Tentative Programme

"Astrophysics at Ultra-high Energies"

Tuesday, 20 June

         Day      --      Arrivals and Erice visit (on your own)

         2130    --      Welcome, Organization and History Session (Feynman Hall, San Rocco)

         2230    --      Reception (Piano Room, San Rocco)

Wednesday, 21 June (Dirac Lecture Hall, San Domenico)

         Chair:           Stanev

         0900    --      "Particle Acceleration in Galactic Sources" – Ptuskin

         1000    --      "The SWIFT Mission for Gamma Ray Bursts" – Wells

         1100    --      Break

         1130    --      "Exploring the C.R. Energy Frontier with Auger" – Privitera

         1230    --      "Modeling of SED Variability of 3C66A in 2003/04" – Joshi

                              Lunch

         Chair:           Völk

         1530    --      "The Nature of Dark Matter" – Biermann

         1630    --      "GRB Phenomenology and Models" – Meszaros

         1730    --      Break

         1800    --      "Cosmic Rays from the "Knee" to the Second Knee: 10¹⁴ eV to 10¹⁸ eV" – Hoerandel

Thursday, 22 June (Dirac Hall)

         Chair:           Meszaros

         0830    --      "VHE Gamma Ray Astronomy – Galactic Sources" – Völk

         0930    --      "Origin of UHE Particles" – Stanev

         1030    --      Break

         1100    --      "GRB Results from SWIFT" – Wells

         1200    --      "Transport of H.E. Particles in the Galaxy and Beyond" – Ptuskin

                              Lunch

         Chair:           Wells

         1530    --      "Hybrid Analysis of Auger Data" – Privitera

         1630    --      "Semi-Underground Multidirectional Muon Telescope – EAS Array for HECR Research" – Dorman

         1715    --      "Powering Relativistic Jets from Supermassive Rotating Black Holes" – Dutan

         1740    --      Break

         1800    --      Tour of the Museums

 Friday, 23 June (Dirac Hall)

         Chair:           Ptuskin

         0830    --      "Radio Detection of UHE Cosmic Ray Sources" – Biermann

         0930    --      "Methods of Detection of UHE Neutrinos" – Seckel

         1030    --      Break

         1100    --      "Physics Results of the Auger Observatory" – Van Elewyck

         1200    --      "Prompt and Afterglow Emission from GRB 050713a" – Garczarczyk

         1220    --      "KASCADE-Grande Experiment" – Cossavella

                              Lunch

         Chair:           Seckel

         1530    --      "VHE Gamma Ray Astronomy – Extragalactic Sources" – Völk

         1630    --      "GRB as Sources of UHECR and UHENU" – Meszaros

         1730    --      Break

         1800    --      "Observation of Galactic Sources with the MAGIC Telescope" - Bartko

         1820    --      "Observations of Extragalactic Sources with the MAGIC Telescope" – Errando

Saturday, 24 June

         TBD -- Cultural Excursion

Sunday, 25 June (Dirac Hall)

         Chair:           Biermann

         0900    --      "Techniques to Detect TeV-PeV Neutrinos and Results" – Spiering

         1000    --      "Detecting Air Showers – On the Ground and Underground" – Goodman

         1030    --      Break

         1100    --      "Surveying Models of UHE Neutrino Fluxes" – Seckel

         1200    --      "Initial Stereo Analysis from the Veritas Telescopes" – Hughes

         1220    --      "UHE Signatures of Transition from Adiabatic to Radiative during SNR Evolution" – Telezhinsky

                              Lunch

         Chair:           Privitera

         1530    --      "Propagation of UHE CR in Extragalactic Space" – Stanev

         1630    --      "The Antares Project" – Bruijn

         1700    --      "First Results from AMANDA using Transient Waveform Recorders" - Silvestri

         1730    --      Break

         1800    --      "NEMO: A km³ Underwater Detector for Astrophysical Neutrinos" - Amore

Monday, 26 June

         Chair:           Hörandel

         0830    --      "The LVD Detector of Neutrinos from Collapsing Stars" – Galeotti

         0930    --      "Techniques to Detect Neutrinos >10 PeV and Results" – Spiering

         1030    --      Break

         1100    --      "Gamma Rays on the Ground" – Goodman

         1200    --      "Status and First Results from the ANITA Experiment" – Silvestri

                              Lunch

         Chair:           Goodman

         1530    --      "Recent Results from the ATIC Experiment" – Wefel

         1630    --      "Relative Abundances of Ultra-Heavy CR (30<Z<40) from TIGER" – Rauch

         1700    --      "The GLAST Mission" – Tibolla

         1730    --      Break

         1800    --      "The Next 10 Years: What are the Major Research Directions?" – Panel Discussion

         2000    --      School Dinner (TBA)