In the following we present the program of the oral contributions for the conference. Review talks are indicated with (R) and contributed talks with (C). All talks include 5 minutes for questions. All other contributions will appear as posters.
| Monday 19 June 2006 | ||||||
| Session: ULIRG characteristics | ||||||
| From | To | Title | ||||
| 8:15 | 9:00 | Registration | ||||
| 9:00 | 9:10 | Welcome | ||||
| 9:10 | 9:20 | Early ground-based studies of the mid-infrared emission of galactic nuclei | ||||
| 9:20 | 9:30 | Reminiscences on the early days of space infrared astronomy | ||||
| 9:30 | 10:05 | R | ULIRG evolution | |||
| 10:05 | 10:40 | R | Merging and gas transport | |||
| 10:40 | 11:10 | Coffee Break | ||||
| 11:10 | 11:30 | C | Dynamical evolution of ULIRGs | |||
| 11:30 | 11:50 | C | Optical studies of ULIRGs | |||
| 11:50 | 12:10 | C | Dense gas in the centers of ULIRGs | |||
| 12:10 | 14:15 | Afternoon break | ||||
| 14:15 | 14:35 | C | Results from the Spitzer IRS GTO ULIRG program | |||
| 14:35 | 14:55 | C | Spitzer IRS survey of warm molecular hydrogen in ULIRGs | |||
| Session: The origin, evolution and role of dust and (large) molecules in the Milkyway | ||||||
| From | To | Title | ||||
| 14:55 | 15:30 | R | Infrared studies of interstellar dust | |||
| 15:30 | 16:00 | Coffee Break | ||||
| 16:00 | 16:35 | R | Models of interstellar dust | |||
| 16:35 | 16:55 | C | Observations of dust in supernovae | |||
| 16:55 | 17:15 | C | Destruction of dust by supernova shocks | |||
| Tuesday 20 June 2006 | ||||||
| Session: Laboratory studies on dust and molecules under extreme conditions | ||||||
| From | To | Title | ||||
| 9:00 | 9:20 | C | Galaxies, black holes and the laboratory: studies of interstellar medium materials in energetic environments | |||
| 9:20 | 9:55 | R | Laboratory studies of gas and dust | |||
| 9:55 | 10:15 | C | Cosmic ray processing of interstellar dust | |||
| Session: star formation near and far | ||||||
| From | To | Title | ||||
| 10:15 | 10:50 | R | Theories of Massive Star Formation: Local and Primordial | |||
| 10:50 | 11:20 | Coffee Break | ||||
| 11:20 | 11:55 | R | Molecules in regions of massive star formation | |||
| 11:55 | 12:15 | C | Ices in regions of massive star formation | |||
| 12:15 | 12:35 | C | Hypercompact and ultracompact HII regions | |||
| 12:35 | 14:00 | Afternoon break | ||||
| 14:00 | 14:20 | C | Extreme star formation on sub-ULIRG scales: probing the birth of super star clusters | |||
| 14:20 | 14:40 | C | Dust in galaxies | |||
| 14:40 | 15:00 | C | Spitzer observations of starburst galaxies | |||
| 15:00 | 15:20 | C | Observations of spatially resolved starbursts | |||
| 15:20 | 15:50 | Coffee Break | ||||
| 15:50 | 16:25 | R | Feedback in starburst galaxies | |||
| Session: Active Galactic Nuclei and ULIRGs | ||||||
| From | To | Title | ||||
| 16:25 | 17:00 | R | Mid-infrared diagnostics of AGNs | |||
| 17:00 | 17:20 | C | Mid-infrared spectroscopic studies of nearby active nuclei at subarcsecond resolution | |||
| Wednesday 21 June 2006 | ||||||
| Session: The physical conditions and central sources of the most obscured regions in ULIRGs | ||||||
| From | To | Title | ||||
| 9:00 | 9:35 | R | VLBI probes of ULIRG nuclei | |||
| 9:35 | 10:10 | R | Infrared and X-ray probes of most obscured regions of ULIRGs | |||
| 10:10 | 10:45 | R | The irradiated ISM of ULIRGs | |||
| 10:45 | 11:15 | Coffee Break | ||||
| 11:15 | 11:35 | C | X-ray observations of Arp220 | |||
| 11:35 | 11:55 | C | Mid-infrared absorption features in the most obscured ULIRGs | |||
| 11:55 | 12:10 | C | Velocity-resolved IR spectroscopy of the CO fundamental band in IRAS08572+3915 | |||
| 12:10 | 12:25 | C | Infrared spectroscopy of CO absorption in ULIRGs | |||
| 12:25 | 12:45 | C | Observations of radio-deficient IR galaxies | |||
| 12:45 | 14:00 | Afternoon break | ||||
| 14:00 | 14:20 | C | Dust-bounded ionized regions and non-PDR FIR emission in ULIRGs | |||
| 14:20 | 14:40 | C | Buried AGNs in nearby ULIRGs revealed through Subaru 3-4um and Spitzer 5-35um combined spectroscopy | |||
| 14:40 | 15:00 | C | ULIRG observations in high density tracing molecules | |||
| 15:00 | 16:30 | Panel discussion: On the nature and evolutionary phase of deeply obscured ULIRG nuclei | ||||
| 16:30 | 19:30 | Excursion to Taughannock Falls State Park | ||||
| 20:00 | 22:30 | Summer Solstice dinner | ||||
| Thursday 22 June 2006 | ||||||
| Session: Feedback processes between dust and molecules, star formation, and black hole accretion | ||||||
| From | To | Title | ||||
| 9:00 | 9:35 | R | Dust and chemical evolution of the galaxy | |||
| 9:35 | 10:10 | R | Dust and feedback in infrared galaxies | |||
| 10:10 | 10:30 | C | Effects of stellar feedback on a galaxy's interstellar mineralogy | |||
| 10:30 | 11:00 | Coffee Break | ||||
| Session: Dust and gas in the Early Universe. ULIRGs as analogs for the Early Universe | ||||||
| From | To | Title | ||||
| 11:00 | 11:35 | R | Evolution of dust properties in high-z galaxies | |||
| 11:35 | 12:10 | R | Spitzer-IRS spectroscopy of high-z galaxies | |||
| 12:10 | 12:30 | C | Spitzer-IRS and mm constraints on high-z ULIRGs | |||
| 12:30 | 13:05 | R | High Redshift CO and Submm Galaxies | |||
| Posters | ||||||
| Millimeter interferometric follow-up if IR-selected buried AGN candidates | ||||||