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INVITED SPEAKERS

  • France Cordova (NSF - keynote speaker)

  • Richard Griffiths (University of Hawaii)

  • Paul Hertz (NASA Headquarters)

  • Stefan Immler (NASA Headquarters)

  • Steve Kahn (SLAC)

  • Lynn Cominsky (Sonoma State University)

  • Gerard Kriss (STScI)

  • Kip Kuntz (Johns Hopkins University)

  • Richard Mushotzky (University of Maryland, College Park)

  • Frits Paerels (Columbia University)

  • Brendan Perry (NASA GSFC)

  • Craig Sarazin (University of Virginia)

  • Norbert Schartel (ESA)

  • Niel Brandt (Pennsylvania State University)

  • Laura Brenneman (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory)

  • Megan Donahue (Michigan State University)

  • Suvi Gezari (University of Maryland, College Park)

  • Eric Gotthelf (Columbia University)

  • Smita Mathur (Ohio State University)

  • Randall Smith (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory)

  • Martin Still (NASA Headquarters)

  • Brian Williams (NASA GSFC)

AGENDA

Monday October 21, 8:45 am – 4:30 pm; Building 8 auditorium

 

8:00 am           Registration begins

Breakfast and coffee/tea service provided

 

8:45 am           Welcome and Opening Remarks from NASA Headquarters

 

Session 1 [Chair – Stefan Immler]

 

9:00 am           Norbert Schartel – 20th Launch Anniversary of XMM-Newton: Scientific Achievements and Future Perspectives

 

9:25 am           Richard Mushotzky – 35 years of XMM Memories from Lyngby to Launch and Beyond

 

10:00 am         Megan Donahue – Advancing Cluster Science with XMM-Newton

 

10:35 am         Break – coffee/tea refresh

 

Session 2 [Chair – Lynne Valencic]

 

10:45 am         Suvi Gezari XMM – Follow-up of Tidal Disruption Events from the Zwicky Transient Facility

 

11:20 am         Randall Smith – Measuring Dust Properties from High Energy X-ray Halos

 

11:55 am         Martin Still – The Legacy of XMM-Newton Optical Monitor Guest Observer Support

 

12:10 pm         Lunch provided in Building 8

 

Session 3 [Chair – Kim Weaver]

 

1:00 pm           Paul Hertz – Introduction and Remarks

 

1:10 pm           France Cordova – XMM-Newton at 20: Looking Back, Looking Forward

 

2:00 pm           Steve Kahn – The Origins of the XMM Reflection Grating Spectrometer

 

2:50 pm           Break – snacks and sodas

 

Session 4 [Chair – Craig Sarazin]

 

3:05 pm           Niel Brandt – The XMM-SERVS Survey of the LSST Deep Drilling Fields

 

3:40 pm           Lynn Cominsky – Stories of XMM Education and Public Outreach

 

3:45 pm           XMM 20th Anniversary promotional video showing

 

3:55 pm           Brian Williams – Advancements in the Study of Supernova Remnants Enabled by XMM-Newton

 

4:30 pm           Adjourn to GSFC Recreation Center

 

4:45 pm - 6:30 pm: Happy Hour Event at the GSFC Recreation Center

 

 

Tuesday October 22, 8:45 am – 3:30 pm, Building 34, W150

 

8:00 am           Registration continues

 

Session 5 [Chair – Richard Mushotzky]

 

8:45 am           Richard Griffiths – The Early Days of XMM, and the Importance of the Science Working Team

 

9:20 am           Craig Sarazin – Clusters of Galaxies:  Highlights from 20 Years of XMM-Newton

 

9:55 am           Brendan Perry – Early XMM Guest Observer Facility Perspectives

 

10:10 am         Smita Mathur – XMM Studies of the Hot Circumgalactic Medium of the Milky Way

 

10:45 am         Break

 

Session 6 [Chair – Kip Kuntz]

 

11:00 am         Laura Brenneman – Two Decades of Measuring Supermassive Black Hole Spins with XMM-Newton

 

11:35 am         Eric Gotthelf – 20 Years of Discovery and Monitoring of Pulsars with XMM-Newton

 

12:10 pm         Lunch (on your own)

 

Session 7 [Chair – Kim Weaver]

 

1:15 pm           Frits Paerels – Solid State Astrophysics and the RGS

 

1:50 pm           Jerry Kriss – X-ray and UV Monitoring Campaigns Reveal the Structure and Dynamics of AGN Outflows

 

2:25 pm           Kip Kuntz – Another Man's Treasure: Solar Wind Charge Exchange and XMM-Newton

 

3:00 pm           Conference wrap-up and reflections on past and future

 

 

After close of session – XMM-Newton model hanging and dedication in Building 34

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