Scientific organizing committee

João Alves	Paola Caselli
Richard Crutcher	Clare Dobbs
Bruce Elmegreen	Fabian Heitsch
Mark Krumholz	Steve Longmore
Jürgen Stutzki

Local organizing committee

Andreas Burkert	Matthias Gritschneder
Stefanie Walch
Dominik Derigs	Annika Franeck
Sebastian Haid	Stefan Heigl
Andre Klepitko	Daniel Seifried
Nassim Tanha

Participating institutions

	DFG Priority Program 1573 "Physics of the ISM"		Universität zu Köln
	SFB 956 "Conditions and impact of star formation"		University Observatory, LMU Munich

Invited speakers

Philippe André	Oscar Agertz
Blakesley Burkart	Daniela Calzetti
Richard Crutcher	Ewine van Dishoeck
Bruce Elmegreen	Antoine Gusdorf
Alvaro Hacar	Cornelia Jäger
Diederik Kruijssen	Mark Krumholz
Alexandre Lazarian	Adam Leroy
Mordecai-Mark MacLow	Eve Ostriker
Jürgen Ott	Stephan Schlemmer
Svitlana Zhukovska

Scientific outline

The final conference of the ISM-SPP will be held in Cologne, Germany February 13 - 17, 2017. It will take place in the lecture hall "Alte Botanik", Gyrhofstrasse 15.

Many physical processes in the ISM have been studied in isolation and under idealized conditions. It is however their nonlinear coupling that fully characterizes the structure and evolution of the multi-phase, dynamically evolving ISM. Therefore, the ISM-SPP was dedicated to study the interplay between various processes in the ISM during the last six years.
In this conference, we aim at (i) summarizing the recent progress as well as (ii) bringing together experts from all three research pillars - laboratory studies, observations as well as theory and computations - in order to form a consistent picture of relevant physical processes in the ISM. We plan to tackle the recent progress in these nine sessions:

Session 1: Observations of multi-scale structure in the ISM

Recent observations (especially with Spitzer and Herschel) have revealed that the ISM is a highly structured, complex medium on nearly all scales. This first session will aim to set the stage by discussing recent observations and developments.

Session 2: Turbulence and dynamics of the ISM and their influence on structure formation

The interstellar medium is highly turbulent on all scales. However turbulence decays on a crossing time and therefore it is yet unclear how it is sustained and how important it is dynamically. This session will aim to highlight recent work on the turbulent ISM.

Session 3: Structure formation and scaling relations in the ISM

This session aims to discuss observational and theoretical work on large-scale structure formation in the ISM, like giant molecular clouds, within and in between spiral arms, as well as scaling relations, such as the origin of the Kennicutt-Schmidt relation and the relation of star formation rate surface density and the molecular gas surface density.

Session 4: The magnetized ISM and its influence on structure formation

Magnetic fields are ubiquitous in the interstellar medium. Observations suggest energy equipartition between the magnetic component and other forms of energy (e.g. kinetic, thermal, gravitational) and often show a distinct field morphology. In particular, a field oriented perpendicular to dense filamentary structures within molecular clouds, suggests that the magnetic field could be dynamically important and channel gas onto the filaments. This session aims to discuss the importance of magnetic fields in both observations and theoretical work.

Session 5: Feedback and phase transitions in the ISM

Feedback from massive stars in the form of ionizing radiation (and radiation pressure), stellar winds, and supernovae heats and stirs the ISM and might be responsible for dispersing molecular clouds, thus limiting the star formation efficiency. Thus, feedback drives the transition from the cold to the hot ISM phase. At the same time, gas is swept up by feedback, and new molecular cloud and star formation might be triggered, e.g. in colliding supernova shells. This session aims to discuss the impact of the different feedback processes on the ISM structure and phase distribution.

Session 6: The chemistry of the ISM

Chemistry is the key to understand observations. Recently ALMA has revealed a densely populated forest of molecular lines, which have to be understood by combining laboratory astrophysics, state-of-the-art modeling techniques, and the latest data. This session aims to discuss the different steps involved in understanding the chemistry behind the key emission and absorption lines of the different ISM phases, from the hot gas which emits in X-rays to the cold gas which lights up at sub-mm and radio wavelengths.

Session 7: The physics of dust

Interstellar dust is a catalyst for chemical processes and an important coolant of the ISM. Nevertheless, we know little about the gas-to-dust variations in the ISM and the distribution of different dust species. This session aims to address the latest efforts on observing, modeling and measuring interstellar dust.

Session 8: The ISM in extreme environments

This session aims to understand the impact of environment on the ISM phases and structure in both observations and theoretical work.

Session 9: Connecting the ISM and its galactic environment

Does the ISM evolution depend on the galactic environment? Observations seem to suggest environmental dependencies, but theoretically these are not well understood. Which parameters are most important? The large-scale structure of the galaxy? The mid-plane pressure? The overall star formation rate? This final session will connect the local and (super-)galactic scales and thus, place our understanding of the ISM evolution in the galactic context.

Program

*** THE RECEPTION TAKES PLACE TODAY (SUNDAY, FEB 12) FROM 5pm - 8pm ****

NEW: The program of the conference is now online!
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Talks

All the talks held at the conference can be found here. They are listed in chronological order by the talker's name according to the programm sheet.

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Philippe André	Bruce Elmegreen	Mark Krumholz	Ewine van Dishoeck	Jürgen Ott
Johanna Malinen	Henrik Beuther	Stefanie Walch	Raana Nordon	Katie Jameson
Peter Kalberla	Mika Juvela	Rolf Kuiper	Valeska Valdivia	Jens Kauffmann
Gina Panopoulou	Julia Roman Duval	Jonathan Mackey	Livia Vallini	Mattia Sormani
Roland Diehl	Todor Veltchev	Sebastian Haid	Stephan Schlemmer	Alvaro Sánchez-Monge
Alvaro Hacar	Sarah Ragan	Sam Geen	Antoine Gusdorf	Sharanya Sur
Jouni Kainulainen	Bram Ochsendorf	Eve Ostriker	Daniel Seifried	Diederik Kruijssen
Timea Csengeri	Daniela Calzetti	Richard Klein	Claire Murray	Anna Schauer
Jaime Pineda	Sharon Meidt	Jane Arthur	Eric Pellegrini	Thomas Bisbas
Mordecai MacLow	Naomi McClure-Griffiths		Cornelia Jäger	Thiem Hoang
Emeric Bron	Enrique Vázquez-Semadeni		Wanggi Lim	Adam Leroy
Philipp Girichidis	Richard Crutcher		Raymond Oonk	Frank Bigiel
Alex Hill	Thushara Pillai		Sara Rezaeikhoshbakht	Diane Cormier
Javier Ballesteros-Paredes	Juan Soler		Harald Mutschke	Marc-Antoine Miville-Deschênes
Blakesley Burkhart	Juan Ibáñez-Mejía		Svitlana Zhukovska	Bastian Körtgen
Stefan Heigl	Rainer Beck		Andrea Bracco	Oscar Agertz
Roxana-Adela Chira	Alexandre Lazarian		Isabelle Grenier	Alexander Pettitt
Kenny Wood	Stefan Reissl		Yuefang Wu	Yuan Wang
	Gemma Busquet		Phil Cigan	Daniel Callanan
	Dinesh Kandel			Jürgen Kerp

Registration

Early registration deadline:	November 22nd 2016
Talk and poster abstract submission deadline:	November 22nd 2016
Final registration deadline:	January 15th 2017

Due to the large number of registered participants, we can only accept new registrations under reserve.

Registration is now open!

abstract submission is now closed

The conference fee for early registration is 50.00 Euros for students and 100.00 Euros for post-docs and senior scientists. The early registration fee has to be paid until the end of 2016. If you register after November 22nd or if you want to pay later, then the registration fee is 100.00 Euros for students and 150.00 Euros for post-docs and senior scientists. 2.00 Euros administration fee will be added to the price.

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Participants

Jorge Abreu-Vicente	Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy
Björn Adebahr	ASTRON
Andreasyan Hasmik	Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory
Marcus Albrecht	Argelander-Institut für Astronomie
Christian Alig	University Observatory, LMU Munich
Joao Alves	University of Vienna
Philippe André	CEA Saclay - Lab. Astrophysique (AIM)
Jane Arthur	IRyA-UNAM
Javier Ballesteros-Paredes	University of Heidelberg
Somaye Bazargan	University of Zanjan
Rainer Beck	MPIfR
Frank Bigiel	ZAH, Univ. of Heidelberg
Goranka Bilalbegovic	University of Zagreb
Thomas Bisbas	University of Florida & MPE
Andrea Bracco	Laboratoire AIM, CEA-Saclay, France
Robert Brauer	University of Kiel, Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics
Alexander Breier	University of Kassel
Emeric Brin	ICMM-CSIC
Sandra Brünken	I. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln
Aaron Bryant	Universität Stuttgart
Andreas Burkert	University Observatory, LMU Munich
Blakesley Burkhart	Harvard
Gemma Busquet	Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (IEEC-CSIC)
Daniel Callanan	Liverpool John Moores University
Juan Camilo Ibanez-Mejia	University of Cologne
Jeremy Chastenet	Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore
Vivien Chen	National Tsing Hua University
Melanie Chevance	ARI/ZAH/Universität Heidelberg
Roxana-Adela Chira	Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie
Phil Cigan	Cardiff University
Seamus Clarke	Cardiff University
Claudia Comito	University of Cologne
Diane Cormier	University of Heidelberg
Richard Crutcher	University of Illinois
Timea Csengeri	Max Planck Institute for Radioastronomy
Yudong Cui	University of Tuebingen
Davide Decataldo	Scuola Normale Superiore
Helga Denes	CSIRO/ANU
Dominik Derigs	University of Cologne
Roland Diehl	MPE Garching
Tim Dressler	University of Cologne
Maximilian Eisenreich	Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
Bruce Elmegreen	IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Fateme Fehresti	University of Zanjan
Annika Franeck	University of Cologne
Philipp M. Gast	Leibniz-Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP)
Sam Geen	University of Heidelberg
Lorenzo Gioannini	Dipartimento di Fisica, Sezione di Astronomia, Universita di Trieste
Philipp Girichidis	HITS, Heidelberg
Martin Glatzle	Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Technical University of Munich
Berare Göktürk	Ludwig-Maximillians-Universitat München
Sam Green	Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
Jonas Greif	University Observatory, FSU Jena
Isabelle Grenier	University Paris Diderot and CEA Saclay
Matthias Gritschneder	University Observatory, LMU Munich
Alvaro Hacar	Leiden Observatory
Lionel Haemmerlé	Institut für Theoretische Astrophysik, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg
Sebastian Haid	University of Cologne
Kevin Harrington	Argelander Institut fur Astronomy/ Max Planck Institute for Radioastronomy
Stefan Heigl	LMU/MPE
Fabian Heitsch	University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Beuther Henrik	Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy
Jonathan Henshaw	Liverpool John Moores University
Gerhard Hensler	University of Vienna
Alex Hill	Haverford College
Thiem Hoang	Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute
David Hubber	USM/LMU, Excellence Cluster Universe
Alex Hygate	Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie / Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg
Katharina Immer	ESO
Arshia Maria Jacob	Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
Cornelia Jäger	Laboratory Astrophysics Group of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy at the FSU Jena
Sarah Jaffa	Cardiff University
Katie Jameson	Australian National University
Ondrej Jaura	ITA ZAH Uni Heidelberg
Sarah Jeffreson	ZAH
Maria Jesus Jimenez Donaire	ZAH, University of Heidelberg
Jin-Long Xu	National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Prabesh Joshi	University of Cologne
Gilles Joncas	Université Laval
Jessy Jose	Kavli Institute for Astronomy & Astrophyics
Mica Juvela	University of Helsinki
Jouni Kainulainen	Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy
Peter Kalberla	Argelander-Institut fuer Astronomie, Universitaet Bonn
Dinesh Kandel	University of Alberta
Sachin Kaothekar	MIT, Ujjain, (M.P.), India
Jens Kauffmann	Max-Planck-Institut fuer Radioastronomie
Jürgen Kerp	Argelander-Institut fuer Astronomie, Bonn University
Sergey Khoperskov	GEPI, Observatoire de Paris
Richard Klein	University of Califronia, Berkeley and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Andre Klepitko	University of Cologne
Ralf Klessen	Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg
Sladjana Knezevic	Weizmann Institute of Science
Anders Kölligan	Tübingen University
Bastian Körtgen	Hamburger Sternwarte
Sthabile Kolwa	ESO
Jan Kotlarz	Institute of Aviation
Alfred Krabbe	University of Stuttgart
Martun Krause	University of Hertfordshire
Dhanesh (DK) Krishnarao	University of Wisconsin-Madison
Diederik Kruijssen	Heidelberg University
Rolf Kuiper	University of Tübingen
Mark Krumholz	Australian National University
Yueh-Ning Lee	AIM/CEA Saclay
Adam Leroy	Ohio State University
Frank Lewen	University of Cologne
Guang-Xing Li	USM Munich
Wanggi Lim	University of Florida
Steven Longmore	Liverpool John Moores University
Danielle Lucero	Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Groningen
Kristin Lund	University of St Andrews
Jonathan Mackey	Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
Mordecai-Mark MacLow	American Museum of Natural History
Nikhil Mahajan	Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto
Johanna Malinen	University of Cologne
Ayushi Mandlik	Argelander Intitute from Astronomy
Antoine Marchal	Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale
Sergio Martínez-González	Astronomical Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences
Michael Mattern	Max Planck Institut für Radioastronomie
Naomi McClure-Griffiths	Australian National University
Karl Menten	Max Planck Institut für Radioastronomie
Dominique Meyer	Universität Tübingen
Sac Nicté Medina	Max Planck Institut für Radioastronomie
Sharon Meidt	MPIA
Fanyi Meng	University of Cologne
Marc-Antoine Miville-Deschenes	Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale
Claire Murray	University of Wisconsin - Madison
Harald Mutschke	Astrophysikalisches Institut, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Le Ngoc Tram	LRA/ENS - Observatoire de Paris
Raanan Nordon	Tel Aviv University
Ikechukwu Anthony Obi	International School for Advanced Studies, Italy
Bram Ochsendorf	Johns Hopkins University
Raymond Oonk	Leiden University, Leiden Observatory
Volker Ossenkopf-Okada	University of Cologne
Eve Ostriker	Princeton University
Jürgen Ott	National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Paolo Padoan	ICREA & University of Barcelona
Liubin Pan	Harvard-Smithsonian CfA
Gina Panopoulou	University of Crete
Eric Pellegrini	ITA ZAH Heidelberg
Alexander Pettitt	Hokkaido University
Yurii Pidopryhora	Argelander Institut for Astronomy
Thushara Pillai	MPIfR
Jaime Eduardo Pineda Fornerod	Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik
Fiorella Lucia Polles	CEA Saclay - Lab. Astrophysique (AIM)
Sarah Ragan	Cardiff University
Stefan Reissl	University of Heidelberg
Ramon Rey-Raposo	University of Surrey
Sara Rezaeikhoshbakht	Max Planck institute for Astronomy
Manuel Riener	Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie
Javier Rodón	Onsala Space Observatory
Michael Rugel	Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy
Bekov Sabit	L.N.Gumilyov Eurasian National University
Mahya Sadaghiani	University of Cologne
Nina Sanches Sartorio	INPE - National Institute of Space Research
Alvaro Sanchez-Monge	University of Cologne
Alberto Sanna	MPIfR
Anna Schauer	ZAH / ITA
Peter Schilke	University of Cologne
Anika Schmiedeke	Max-Planck-Institut fuer extraterrestrische Physik
Nicola Schneider	University of Cologne
Andreas Schwörer	University of Cologne
Daniel Seifried	University of Cologne
Juan Soler	CEA/Saclay
Basilio Solis	Argelander Institute for Astronomy, University of Bonn
Mattia Carlo Sormani	Institut für Theoretische Astrophysik der Universität Heidelberg
Jürgen Stutzki	University of Cologne
Sharanya Sur	Indian Institute of Astrophysics
Sümeyye Suri	University of Cologne
Nassim Tanha	University of Cologne
Neven Tomicic	Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
Robin Tress	Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Heidelberg
Sandra p. Trevino-morales	Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM-CSIC)
Valeska Valdivia	Service d'Astrophysique, CEA-Saclay
Livia Vallini	Nordita
Bert Vandenbroucke	School of Physics & Astronomy, University of St Andrews
Evgenii Vasiliev	SFedU & SAO RAS
Enrique Vazquez-Semadeni	IRyA UNAM
Gabriel J. Vazquez	Instituto de Ciencias Fisicas, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Todor Veltchev	University of Sofia, Faculty of Physics
Charitarth Vyas	Argelander Institute for Astronomy
Stefanie Walch	University of Cologne
Yuan Wang	Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
Helmut Wiesemeyer	Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie
Benjamin Winkel	MPIfR
Kenny Wood	University of St Andrews
Yuefang Wu	Peking University
Friedrich Wyrowski	MPIfR Bonn
Michal Zajacek	University of Cologne
Martina Zámečníková	Charles University Prague
Miaomiao Zhang	Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
Hans Zinnecker	Deutsches SOFIA Institut, Univ. Stuttgart
Svitlana Zhukovska	Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
Laura Zschaechner	Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

Venue and Accommodation

The conference will take place in the lecture hall "Alte Botanik" in Gyrhofstrasse 15, 50931 Cologne.

On Sunday evening, February 12th 2017, there will be a welcome reception in the seminar building 1 in Weyertal 119a, next to the RRZK (Regionales Rechenzentrum Köln).

We have reserved a contingent of rooms in three different hotels for the participants of the conference. The keyword for using the contingent is "ISM 2017". By mentioning the keyword while booking your room, you can access the contingent. One can reserve rooms from this contingent up to January 1th 2017.

Lunch map

You can find lunch possibilities nearby the lecture hall HERE

Public transport

The following link gives an overview of public transport Please click HERE

List of the hotels

In all prices breakfast is included.

AMERON Hotel Regent Cologne

Melatengürtel 15
50933 Cologne
Tel: +49(0)221 549 90
email:info@hotelregent.de
homepage
Price: 115.00 euros for single rooms and 129.00 euros for a shared room (two person)

Hotel Ibis Koeln Centrum

Neue Weyerstrasse 4
50676 Cologne
Tel: +49(0)221 20960
email:H1449-re@accor.com
homepage
Price: 79.00 euros for single rooms and 90.00 euros for a shared room (two person)

Hotel Flandrischer Hof in Cologne

Flandrische Straße 3-11
50674 Cologne
Tel: +49(0)221 2036 0
email:info@flandrischerhof.de
homepage
Price: 74.00/82.00 euros for single rooms and 99.00 euros for a shared room (two person)

Contact

Address	Email
I. Physics Institute	LOC
University of Cologne	ism2017 (at) ph1.uni-koeln.de
50937 Cologne
Germany