Book of Abstract
Wednesday – 11 May
14.00-14.10 Welcome
14.10-14.50 Ivo Saviane Invited talk
Small telescopes at La Silla: Science and Challenges
14.50-15.20 Lina Tomasella
The telescopes and instrumentation operating at the Asiago Observational Site
15.20-15.40 Coffee break
15.40-16.20 Paolo Calcidese Invited Talk
16.20-16.50 Italo Foppiani
The observing station at Loiano (Bologna), current status and perspectives
16.50-17.20 Riccardo Claudi
The Osservatorio Polifunzionale del Chianti: small steps to big science
17.20-17.50 Giuseppe D’Ago
Salerno University Observatory and the search for exoplanetary systems
17.50-18.20 Andrea Di Paola
The observing station of Campo Imperatore
19.00 Welcome drink at Fattoria Casa Sola
Thursday 12 May
09.00-09.40 Iair Arcavi invited talk
09.40-10.20 Vladimir Lipunov Invited talk
Master Global Robotic Telescopes net (TBC)
10.20-10.50 Giuseppe Leto
Robotic telescope at Serra La Nave Observatory
10.50-11.10 Coffee break
11.10-11.40 Corinne Rossi
Good science with small telescopes
11.40-12.10 Agnieszka Slowikowska
Optical photo- and polari-metry with 0.5m-2m telescopes
12.10-12.40 Lorenzo Cabona
Commissioning and photometry at the OARPAF
12.40-13.10 Davide Ricci
Multi-filter, multi-telescope exoplanetary transit observations
Lunch
14.00-14.40 Daniele Gardiol Invited talk
PRISSMA – Prima Rete Italiana per la Sorveglianza Sistematica di Meteore e Atmosfera
14.40-15.20 Alberto Buzzoni Invited talk
15.20-15.40 Coffee break
15.40-16.10 Michal Pawlak
Eclipsing Binaries Study based on the OGLE Survey
16.10-16.40 Luigi Mancini
16.40-17.10 Emilio Molinari
REM: 13 years collecting data and problems
17.10-17.40 Riccardo Smareglia
Astronomical Archives: It’s rules for small and big telescope. IA2 vision and services
17.40-18.15 Filippo Mannucci Invited talk
Francesco Palla: science and culture for professionals and the public
18.45-22.00 Visit to Badia a Passignano and Social dinner
Friday 13 May
09.00-09.30 Caterina Boccato
Outreach and education in astronomical observing facilities: two examples
09.30-10.00 Giuseppe Mogavero
The Madonie Astronomical Park at Isnello
10.00-10.30 Claudio Dandolo
Small telescopes: new optical and technical solutions
10.30-10.50 Coffee break
10.50-11.30 Isabella Pagano Invited talk
Small telescopes for big science from space
11.30-12.00 Giuseppe Altavilla
12.00-12.30 Emanuele Pace
The Atmosphere Remote-Sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey (ARIEL)
Lunch
14.10-15.00 Massimo Turatto Invited talk
Small Italian Telescopes. A Context in Evolution
15.00-15.30 Coffee break
15.30-16.30 Round table: What a future for Small Telescopes in Italy
chair: Massimo Turatto
16.30-17.00 Concluding remarks