Tentative Program

Date

Time

Session

Speakers

09:30 - 10:15

Our Amazing Sun

Prof. Eric Priest

10:15 - 11:00
Cosmic Jets Prof. Kazunari Shibata
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:15

Scientific and Technical Culture, and the Emancipation of People

Prof. Jean-Yves Daniel

12:15 - 13:00

Discovering New Worlds

Prof. Roger Ferlet

13:00 - 14:30

Lunch

14:30 - 15:15

From Ibn Al-Haytham to Kepler: The Contribution of Medieval Arabic Science to Optics

Prof. Anne Davenport

15:15 - 16:00

Revolutions in our vision of the universe during the 20 th Century

Prof. Alain Omont

16:00 - 16:30

Coffee Break

16:30 - 17:15

Space Weather - a New Science Discipline

Prof. Rainer Schwenn

17:15 - 18:00

Strategic Considerations to Go to Space: The Fundamental Role of Space Research

Prof. Roger Bonnet

09:30 - 10:15

The Exploration of the Solar System and the Search for Water

Prof. Thérèse Encrenaz

10:15 - 11:00

PaleoAstronomy, Eclipses and Historical Dating

Prof. Leo Dubal

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:15

The Fabulous Discovery of the Solar Eclipse Corona

Prof. Serge Koutchmy

12:15 - 13:00

Why go to Space ?

Prof. Leon Golub