| Preface |
| Organizing committee |
| Conference photograph |
| Conference participants |
| Address by the Minister of Science and Technology |
| Plenary Session / Part 1： |
| Setting the scene / P.A. CharlesSession 1a： |
| The Southern African Large Telescope project / D.A.H. Buckley ; K.H. Nordsieck ; D. O'Donoghue |
| Very large optical-infrared telescopes: today and tomorrow / M.S. Longair |
| Setting the scene (continued) / M. DennefeldSession 1b： |
| An overview on Extremely Large Telescope projects / E.G. Carlberg |
| Site considerations for ELTs / M. Sarazin |
| Introduction to detectors: possible status in 2010 - 2020 / K.W. Hodapp ; D.N.B. Hall |
| OWL instrument concept studies / M. Iye ; G. Monnet ; S. D'OdoricoSession 1c： |
| Adaptive optics for Extremely Large Telescopes / N. Hubin ; B.L. Ellerbroek ; R. Arsenault ; R.M. Clare ; R. Dekany ; L. Gilles ; M. Kasper ; G. Herriot ; M. Le Louarn ; E. Marchetti ; S. Oberti ; J. Stoesz ; J.P. Veran ; C. Verinaud |
| Synergies with other projects / I. Hook |
| Synergies between ELTs and the SKA / S. Rawlings |
| Science with the James Webb Space Telescope / J.P. Gardner |
| Synergies with other projects (continued) / J. MouldSession 2b： |
| Science with Herschel and ALMA: complementarity with ELTs / T. Wiklind |
| Direct detection of exoplanets - science and techniques / A. Quirrenbach |
| Scientific overviews / M. LongairSession 3a： |
| Galaxy formation and cosmology in the ELT Era / P.J. McCarthy |
| Intergalactic medium / R. Srianand |
| Scientific overviews (continued) / P.A. WhitelockSession 3b： |
| Stellar populations with ELTs / R.F.G. Wyse ; G. Gilmore |
| Exoplanets and star formation / K. Stapelfeldt |
| Parallel Sessions / Part 2： |
| Galaxy Formation/Evolution and Cosmology / Parallel Session A： |
| Cosmic star formation history: high redshift galaxies and black holes / J. Bergeron |
| Distribution and evolution of high redshift galaxies and AGNs from a multi-wavelength survey / K. Sekiguchi ; M. Akiyama ; H. Furusawa ; J. Furusawa ; T. Kodama ; M. Ouchi ; T. Yamada |
| The first galaxies: instrument requirements and concept study for OWL / J.-G. Cuby ; J.-P. Kneib ; F. Hammer ; E. Prieto ; M. Marteaud ; P. Vola ; P. Jagourel ; P.-E. Blanc ; T. Fusco |
| Adaptive optics concept for multi-object 3D spectroscopy on ELTs / B. Neichel ; M. Puech ; J-M. Conan ; E. Gendron ; G. Rousset ; P. Bouchet |
| Dark matter in elliptical galaxies: prospects for WFOS/TMT / P. Cote ; E.W. Peng ; J. Brinchmann |
| Galaxy dynamics and supermassive black holes in the era of large telescope / L. Ferrarese |
| CODEX: measuring the acceleration of the universe and beyond / L. Pasquini et al. |
| Exploring variations in the fundamental constants with ELTs: the CODEX spectrograph on OWL / P. Molaro ; M.T. Murphy |
| Wide-field spectroscopy and ELT science / M. Colless |
| Requirements on ELTs from X-ray astronomy / R.E. Griffiths |
| Telescope and site requirements for the next generation of deep galaxy surveys / E. Steinbring |
| Recent high-redshift GRB and LAE observations at the Subaru telescope |
| Posters |
| Most precise single redshift bound to the variability of the fine-structure constant / S.A. Levshakov ; M. Centurion ; D. Reimers ; R. Quast ; M. Pollmann |
| Galaxy transformation processes in clusters / U. Fritze - v. Alvensleben ; P. Woudt |
| Constraining the nature of dark energy using the SKA / A. Torres-Rodriguez ; C. Cress |
| Unravelling the mystery within dwarf elliptical galaxies / B. De Swardt ; R. C. Kraan-Korteweg ; H. Jerjen |
| Photometric properties of young blue compact dwarf galaxy candidates / P. Papaderos ; Y.I. Izotov ; N.G. Guseva ; K.G. Noeske ; T.X. Thuan ; K.J. Fricke |
| Starbursts in deep images / D.F. de Mello |
| Extremely large telescopes and the extremely small sources / J.O. Urama |
| Stellar Populations / Parallel Session B： |
| Deep searches for isolated radio-quiet neutron stars / J. Trumper |
| Star cluster analyses from multi-band photometry: the key advantage of SALT's U-band sensitivity / P. Anders ; M.T. Lilly ; B. Cunow ; J. Gallagher |
| Spectropolarimetry with Extremely Large Telescopes / D. Baade ; L. Wang ; S. Hubrig ; F. Patat |
| ELT imaging and photometry in crowded fields / P. Linde ; A. Ardeberg |
| The search for the sub-solar initial mass function in the Local Group / D. Gouliermis ; A. Berton ; W. Brandner ; T. Henning ; M. Feldt |
| Sampling distant stellar populations on the evolution of galaxies |
| Chronicling the histories of galaxies at distances of 1 to 20 Mpc: simulated performance of 30, 50 and 100m telescopes / K.A.G. Olsen ; B. Ellerbroek ; S. Strom |
| Photometric colors of late-type giants: theory versus observations / A. Kucinskas ; P.H. Hauschildt ; H.-G. Ludwig ; I. Brott ; V. Vansevicius ; L. Lindegren ; T. Tanabe ; F. Allard |
| Abundance analysis of symbiotic stars / J. Mikolajewska ; M. Gromadzki ; K.H. Hinkle |
| Implications of ELT observations of pulsars, anomalous X-ray pulsars and supernova remnants / A. Shearer ; P. O'Connor ; S.O. Tuairisg |
| Exploring starburst astrophysics with ELTs / J.S. Gallagher ; L.J. Smith |
| Resolved stellar populations at the distance of Virgo / E. Tolstoy |
| Spectroscopic observations of pulsations in roAp stars / M. Sachkov ; T. Ryabchikova |
| Massive stars beyond the Local Group / C.J. Evans ; F. Bresolin ; R.-P. Kudritzki ; W. Gieren ; G. Pietrzynski |
| Spectroscopy of globular cluster systems / T.H. Puzia |
| ELTs and the study of individual massive stars typical of "primordial" galaxies / A.A. Kniazev ; S.A. Pustilnik |
| Intergalactic Medium / T. TheunsParallel Session C： |
| Simulating the ionisation and metal enrichment history of the intergalactic medium |
| Metals in the intergalactic medium / J. Schaye |
| Metallicity of the IGM and its evolution |
| Molecular hydrogen at high redshift |
| Exoplanets and Star Formation / M. McCaughreanParallel Session D： |
| ELT near-infrared and thermal-infrared studies of massive star formation: direct imaging and integral field spectroscopy of ultracompact HII regions / H. Zinnecker |
| Dust in the atmospheres of brown dwarfs and young planets: the effects of gravitational settling and convective overshoot / D. Homeier ; P. Hauschildt ; M. Dehn |
| The science case for exoplanets and star fomation using MIR instrumentation at the OWL telescope / R. Lenzen ; B. Brandl |
| Fundamental limitations on Earth-like planet detection with ELTs / C. Cavarroc ; A. Boccaletti ; P. Baudoz ; D. Rouan |
| Simulations of 3D observations of exoplanets using OWL / R.G. Gratton |
| Direct imaging searches for planets around white dwarf stars / M. Burleigh ; E. Hogan ; F. Clarke |
| The polarization signature of extra-solar planets / J. Hough ; P.W. Lucas ; J. Bailey |
| Detecting solar-system gas giant analogs in reflected light with ELTs / P.D. Sackett |
| The case for a planetary spectrograph for ELTs: NOCTUA / H.U. Kaufl ; B. Delabre ; F. Kerber |
| Science cases for the OWL Earth-like planet imager and spectrograph (EPICS) / J.-L. Beuzit ; R. Gratton ; S. Desidera ; F. Rahoui ; D. Mouillet ; M. Turatto ; H.-M. Schmid ; D. Stam ; F. Selsis ; C. Verinaud|p368 |
| Detectability of rocky planets with ELT infrared spectroscopy / E. Martin ; E. Guenther |
| Extreme AO for extrasolar planet detection with ELTs: application to OWL |
| The Diversity of Projects Worldwide / Parallel Session E： |
| Science objectives and technology developments for ELTs in Japan |
| Present and future Chinese large telescope projects / X. Cui |
| Russian ELT projects and prospects / Y. Balega |
| The Virtual Observatories: a major new facility for astronomy: linking ELTs, great observatories and the science community / N.A. Walton ; A.M.S. Richards ; P. Padovani ; M.G. Allen |
| Extremely large telescopes and the developing nations / P.N. Okeke |
| The Diversity of Projects Worldwide (continued) / Part 3： |
| Design and development of TMT / D. Crampton |
| The Giant Magellan Telescope project |
| Status of the ESO ELT / R. Gilmozzi |
| A European ELT Design Study / T. Andersen ; M. Owner-Petersen |
| Novel Technologies / Session 5： |
| Novel technologies required to meet ELT science challenges / C. Cunningham |
| TMT novel technologies / B. Ellerbroeck |
| Reports from the Parallel Sessions / Session 6： |
| ELT Requirements for studies of galaxy formation/evolution and cosmology / I.M. Hook |
| Summary on stellar populations |
| ELT requirements for future observations of the intergalactic medium |
| Scientific requirements for ELTs: exoplanets & star formation summary / M.J. McCaughrean |
| Ending the Symposium / Session 7： |
| Preparing for the era of ELTs: precursor surveys, coordinated campaigns and operations planning / D. Silva |
| Final discussion |
| General Posters |
| The 4.2-m William Herschel Telescope as ELT testbed facility / R.G.M. Rutten ; R.M. Myers ; T.J. Morris |
| Convection and observable properties of late-type giants |
| Astronomical quantum optics with extremely large telescopes / D. Dravins ; C. Barbieri ; R.A.E. Fosbury ; G. Naletto ; R. Nilsson ; T. Occhipinti ; F. Tamburini ; H. Uthas ; L. Zampieri |
| QuantEYE, the quantum optics instrument for OWL / V. Da Deppo ; M. D'Onofrio ; S. Fornasier |
| Galaxy properties and photometric redshifts / J. Bicker |
| An overview of recent site survey studies conducted for ELT projects: Aerial surveys and site comparisons of cloud cover and water vapour using satellite data / D.A. Erasmus |
| Author index |
| Preface |
| Organizing committee |
| Conference photograph |
| Conference participants |
| Address by the Minister of Science and Technology |
| Plenary Session / Part 1： |
