Resolving The Sky - Radio Interferometry: Past, Present and Future
Ballroom 1
The Lowry Hotel
For more than half a century, radio interferometry has revolutionised our view of the Universe. New phenomena, such as relativistic motion in AGN have been discovered, and a wealth of detail has been revealed about a wide variety of astronomical sources, from nearby stars to the most distant galaxies. These discoveries have been enabled by radio interferometry's routine capability to deliver images with sub-milliarcsecond resolution and micro-arcsecond precision astrometry. Major new advances in both the interferometric technique and the science it delivers are expected over the coming decade. This conference will take a look at the past, present and future of radio interferometry, as the astronomical community prepares for the next big step forward, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA).
The meeting coincides with the retirement of Prof. Richard T. Schilizzi, Director of the SKA Project Development Office (SPDO) and past director of the Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE). We celebrate the major contribution Richard has made to the field with a scientific programme that will address the following topics: key historical developments in interferometry, the study of micro-quasars and AGN, the development of advanced interferometry techniques and new calibration algorithms, future interferometers (incl. ALMA, SKA and the SKA pathfinders & precursors), mm and sub-mm interferometry, precision spacecraft navigation, geodetic VLBI and Space VLBI.
Alan Whitney
Althea Wilkinson
Anastasios Tzioumis
Andrew Faulkner
Andrzej Marecki
Anna Kapinska
Anne Green
Anton Zensus
Antonis Polatidis
Antony Schinckel
Antxon Alberdi
Arnold van Ardenne
Arpad Szomoru
Bo Peng
Bruce McAdam
Cathryn Trott
Clive Dickinson
Colin Greenwood
Colin Lonsdale
Cormac Reynolds
David Jauncey
Dayton Jones
Elena Righi-Steele
Emily Xanthopoulos
Georgina Harris
Ger de Bruyn
Grazia Umana
Greta Collins
Hans Olofsson
Hans-Rainer Kloeckner
Harry van der LAAN
Hayley Bignall
Hideyuki Kobayashi
Hisashi Hirabayashi
Huib van Langevelde
Ignas Snellen
Ilse van Bemmel
James Moran
Jan Blommaart
Jan Geralt Bij de Vaate
Jan Noordam
Jasper Wall
Jo Bowler
John Conway
John Womersley
Jon Marcaide
Joseph Lazio
Juande Santander Vela
Justin Jonas
Kenneth Johnston
Kenneth Kellermann
Kobus Cloete
Leonid Gurvits
Leonid Matveenko
Lisa Harvey-Smith
Makoto Inoue
Marshall Cohen
Melanie Gendre
Michael Garrett
Michael Lindqvist
Michiel van Haarlem
Miller Goss
Ming Zhang
Minh Huynh
Miriam Janssen
Patricia Vogel
Paul Alexander
Peter Barthel
Peter Dewdney
Peter Hall
Peter Quinn
Peter Thomasson
Peter Wilkinson
Philip Crosby
Philip Diamond
Raffaella Morganti
Rendong Nan
Rene Vermeulen
Richard PORCAS
Richard Schilizzi
Rob Beswick
Rob Millenaar
Ron Ekers
Roshene McCool
Roy Booth
Sandor Frey
Sang-Sung Lee
Sergei Gulyaev
Simon Berry
Simon Garrington
Stephen Watts
Steve Torchinsky
Steven Tingay
Thijs (J.M.) van der Hulst
Tim O'Brien
Tim Stevenson
Wenwu Tian
Wim Brouw
Xuelei Chen
Yuri Kovalev
Zsolt Paragi
