8th ENIGMA Meeting

6-8 September 2006, Espoo, Finland

Final program


Time Tuesday 5.9.
18:00-
20:00		 You can pick up your conference folder (conference information, maps and other tourist information) at the lounge of the Radisson SAS hotel from the Metsähovi students. If you can not collect your folder on Tuesday, they will be available in the conference room during the meeting.
. Wednesday 6.9. Dipoli Conference Center, room 26
09:00 Session 1.
  • Opening of the meeting (ca. 10 min)
  • General information (ca. 20 min)

    • Chairman: Andreas Papageorgiou

  • Emmanoulopoulos, Dimitrios: "Higher Order Time Series analysis of MKN421" (20 + 5 min)
  • Heidt, Jochen: "The OJ 287 Polarization monitoring programme: current status" (20 + 5 min)
10:30 COFFEE
11:00 Session 2. Chairman: Andreas Papageorgiou
  • Torniainen, Ilona: "GPS studies during ENIGMA era" (20 + 5 min)
  • Hovatta, Talvikki: "Variability time scales from long term monitoring" (20 + 5 min)
  • Tornikoski, Merja: "Long term radio monitoring -- Why do we need it?" (20 + 5 min)
12:30 LUNCH
13:30 Session 3: Chairman: Kari Nilsson
  • Ostorero, Luisa: "S5 0716+71: Variability across the electromagnetic spectrum during 2003-2004" (30 + 5 min)
  • Agudo, Ivan: "Polarimetric radio and mm observations of blazars" (20 + 5 min)
  • Special session on OJ287 and other monitoring campaigns
15:30 COFFEE exceptionally downstairs in the lobby! / A short YR session (in the conference room)
16:00 Team Leaders' session
. Thursday 7.9. Dipoli Conference Center, room 26
09:00 Session 5. Chairman: Dimitrios Emmanoulopoulos
  • Stawarz, Lukasz: "Broad-Band Spectra of GPS/CSS sources" (20 + 5 min)
  • Nieppola, Elina: "Spectral energy distributions and 37 GHz monitoring of BL Lacertae objects" (20 + 5 min)
  • Britzen, Silke: "Kinematics of radio jets" (20 + 5 min)
10:30 COFFEE
11:00 Session 6. Chairman: Dimitrios Emmanoulopoulos
  • Smith Niall: "High Precision Photometry - What did we learn and where is it going?" (20 + 5 min)
  • Villforth, Carolin: "QSO host galaxies in the FORS Deep Field" (20 + 5 min)
  • Discussion
12:30 LUNCH
14:15 Bus leaves from the hotel Radisson SAS:
Excursion to the Metsähovi & Tytyri, and the Conference Dinner.
. Friday 8.9. Dipoli Conference Center, room 26
09:30 Session 7. Chairman: Elina Nieppola
  • Dorner, Daniela: "VHE observations with the MAGIC telescope" (20 + 5 min)
  • Lindfors, Elina: "Discovery of VHE gamma-rays from Mkn 180 triggered by an optical outburst" (20 + 5 min)
  • Bretz, Thomas: "Overview of AGN observations with the MAGIC telescope" (20 + 5 min)
10:45 COFFEE
11:15 Session 8. Chairman: Elina Nieppola
  • Wagner, Stefan: "Fast intrinsic variability in Blazars" (30 + 5 min)
  • Ghisellini, Gabriele: "Dissipation of jet bulk kinetic energy in powerful blazars" (20 + 5 min)
  • Discussion
12:30 LUNCH
13:30 Session 9. Chairman: Silke Britzen
  • Papageorgiou, Andreas: "Dual-frequency polarization observation of the 4C71.07 jet" (20 + 5 min)
  • Bezrukovs, Vladislavs: "The multi-wavelength polarization VLBI structure of 3 BL Lacertae objects" (20 + 5 min)
  • Pursimo, Tapio: "La Palma observing facilities" (20 + 5 min)
  • Discussion
15:30 COFFEE
16:00 Session 10. Chairman: Silke Britzen
  • Marscher, Alan: "Progress in Our Understanding of Blazars" (45 min?)
  • Final discussion, chaired by Stefan Wagner