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Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade do Porto
20-24 June 2011, Gargano, Italy

Monday, 20th June
09:30 - 09:45 Welcome
09:45 - 10:30 Douglas Gough: scientist and supervisor
M. Bruggen
10:30 - 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 - 11:45 Planetary Magnetic Fields and Fluid Dynamos
C. Jones
11:45 - 12:15 Models of turbulence for astrophysical plasmas
M. Bruggen
12:15 - 12:45 Double-diffusive behavior at high and low Prandtl number
P. Garaud
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 15:00 Asteroseismology in the era of Kepler
J. Christensen-Dalsgaard
15:00 - 15:30 Asteroseismology: history and prescience
T. Appourchaux
15:30 - 16:00 Internal structure of a red-giant star observed with Kepler
M.P. di Mauro
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break
16:30 - 17:00 Vibrational instability of population III stars
H. Shibahashi
17:00 - 17:30 Gravity waves in interiors of evolved stars
W. Dziembowski
19:30 Welcome Reception
Tuesday, 21st June
09:30 - 10:00 Helioseismology and the solar abundance problem
K. Mussack
10:00 - 10:30 Age calibration of solar-type stars
G. Houdek
10:30 - 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 - 11:45 Stellar microphysics: atomic diffusion, accretion, thermohaline convection. Links with asteroseismology
S. Vauclair
11:45 - 12:15 Classification of eigenmodes of spherically symmetric stars
M. Takata
12:15 - 12:45 Waves in the atmosphere of strongly magnetic stars
M. Cunha
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 15:00 Helioseismology by Hinode
T. Sekii
15:00 - 16:00 Discussion
16:00 - 16:45 Coffee break
16:45 - 17:30 The Future of Personal Genomics
J. Gough
Wednesday, 22nd June
09:30 - 10:00 Observations of Solar Waves and Oscillations with MDI and HMI
J. Schou
10:00 - 10:30 Contribution of VIRGO to our understanding of TSI variability
C. Fröhlich
10:30 - 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 - 11:45 Dark matter in the Sun and Stars
I. Lopes
11:45 - 12:45 Discussion
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
Free afternoon
Thursday, 23rd June
9:30 - 10:00 The solar differential rotation: a historical view
L. Paterno
10:00 - 10:30 Differential rotation in the Sun
N. Weiss
10:30 - 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 - 11:45 Helioseismology and the solar internal rotation
M. Thompson
11:45 - 12:15 Tachocline fluid dynamics: an interim assessment
M. McIntyre
12:15 - 12:45 Magnetic confinement and the solar tachocline
T. Wood
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 15:00 A strong-field dynamo for the solar tachocline
D. Galloway
15:00 - 16:00 Discussion
16:00 - 16:45 Coffee break
16:45 - 17:15 Skipping, sloshing and washboards
N. Balmforth
20:00 Conference Dinner
Friday, 24th June
09:30 - 10:30 Discussion “Ask Douglas a question”
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 11:30 Closing session “Greetings from around the world and a lot more!”