Portovenere, Italy
October 11-15, 2003
Programme
(last modified: October 9, 2003)
Saturday, October 11
Arrival
18:30 Welcome cocktail and registration
20:00 Dinner
Sunday, October 12
9:00-9:10 Opening by the LOC
Session I: Towards automated, fast and accurate photometry (Chair: Niall Smith)
9:10-9:30 Niall Smith - Introduction
9:30-9:50 Niall Smith - "Observations of blazars using electron multiplying CCD technology"
9:50-10:10 Michael Howard - "Observations of the radio intermediate quasar 1718+481"
10:10-10:30 Stefania Crapanzano - "Optical monitoring in Torino and near-IR observations at TIRGO"
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-11:20 Introduction by the Network Coordinator
Session II: Separating intrinsic and extrinsic intraday variability (Chair: Claudia M. Raiteri)
11:20-11:30 Claudia M. Raiteri - Introduction
11:30-11:40 Stefan Wagner - "Interpretation of intrinsic/extrinsic IDV"
11:40-12:00 Thomas Krichbaum - " Multi-frequency polarisation observations as tool for a better understanding of IDV"
12:00-12:20 Emmanouil Angelakis - "Elimination of a major Fraction of Confusing Sources in the Cosmic Background Imager Fields"
Session III: Variations of source structure and flux (Chair: Merja Tornikoski)
12:20-12:40 Merja Tornikoski - Introduction
12:40-13:00 Merja Tornikoski - "Radio variability of inverted-spectrum sources"
13:00-14:30 Lunch break
14:30-14:50 Jens Klare - "Quasi-periodic changes in the parsec-scale jet of the quasar 3C 345"
14:50-15:10 Uwe Bach - "Kinematic study of the blazar 0716+714"
15:10-15:30 Ivan Agudo - "The new 11 Jy radio outburst of NRAO 150: VLBI study at the resolution limit"
15:30-15:50 Thomas Krichbaum - "New results from mm-VLBI at 3, 2, and 1mm"
15:50-16:10 Stefano Ciprini - "Optical variability of the BL Lacertae object 0109+224"
16:10-16:30 Nicola Marchili - "A multiwavelength study of the OJ 287 variability"
16:30-17:00 Coffee break
17:00-17:20 Anna Wolter - "Radio spectra of X-ray selected BL Lacs (good old EMSS)"
Session IV: Radiation processes at high energies (Chair: Leo O. Takalo)
17:20-17:40 Leo O. Takalo - Introduction
17:40-18:00 Fabrizio Tavecchio - "Chandra jets"
18:00-18:20 Dimitris Emmanoulopoulos - "PCA observations of Mkn 421"
Session V: Particle acceleration in MHD outflows (Chair: Apostolos Mastichiadis)
18:20-18:40 Apostolos Mastichiadis - Introduction
18:40-19:00 Andrea Tramacere - "Self Consistent Synchrotron Self Compton emission "
20:00 Dinner
Monday, October 13
Session VI: The power of jets (Chair: Gabriele Ghisellini)
9:00-9:20 Gabriele Ghisellini - Introduction
9:20-9:40 Gabriele Ghisellini - "Speculations..."
9:40-10:00 Uwe Bach - "Multi-frequency & multi-epoch VLBI study of Cygnus A"
10:00-10:20 Konstantina Manolakou - "Jet power and spectral evolution of FR II radio sources"
10:20-10:40 Luisa Ostorero - "Helical jets in blazars: Interpretation of the multifrequency variability of AO 0235+16"
10:40-11:10 Coffee break
Young researchers session (Chair: Stefan Wagner)
11:10-12:40 I. Agudo, E. Angelakis, D. Emmanoulopoulos, K. Manolakou, L. Ostorero
12:40-13:00 Leo O. Takalo - "Winterschool arrangements"
13:00-14:30 Lunch break
Team leaders session on ENIGMA business
14:30-16:00 Stefan Wagner - Status
16:00-16:30 Leo O. Takalo - An outline of the coming winterschool arrangements
16:30-17:00 Coffee break
17:00-19:00 NN - How to complete the reports at the end of year 1
20:00 Dinner
Tuesday, October 14
Campaign session I: past and ongoing campaigns (Chair: Stefan Wagner)
9:00-9:20 Claudia M. Raiteri - "The ongoing WEBT/ENIGMA campaigns on AO 0235+16 and 3C 66A"
9:20-9:40 Leo O. Takalo - "VLBA observation plans for AO 0235+16 and 3C 66A"
9:40-10:00 Stefan Wagner - "The 2155-304 campaign"
10:00-10:20 Niall Smith - "The L3CCD campaigns"
10:20-10:50 Coffee break
Campaign session II: future campaigns (Chair: Stefan Wagner)
10:50-11:30 The INTEGRAL campaign on 0716+714 (S. Wagner, M. Tornikoski, T. Krichbaum, L. Ostorero)
11:30-12:10 TeV campaigns (S. Wagner, L. Takalo)
12:10-12:30 Outlook on the AGILE mission (L. Ostorero)
12:30-14:30 Lunch break
14:30-16:00 Open discussion
16:00-16:30 Coffee break
17:00 Departure for a boat trip around the three little islands in front of Portovenere (weather permitting)
18:00 Guided tour around Portovenere
19:30 Farewell pizza
Wednesday, October 15
Departure