Session topics

Session 1: Molecular clouds and stellar clusters: formation and evolution of stellar cradles
Review Talk (tentative title): Deciphering the structure of molecular clouds: the sites of star formation
by Josefa Großschedl (University of Prague, Czech Republic)

Junior invited talk: VOLS: A radio census of the young stellar population in Orion
by Elena Díaz-Márquez (Insitut de Ciències de l'Espai, Spain)

 

Session 2: Star formation: from darkness to light
Review talk (tentative title): Collapse of dense cores: accretion disks, jets and chemical evolution
by Rubén Fedriani (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Spain)

Junior invited talk: Bowshocks driven by the molecular jet of SVS 13 protostar
by Guillermo Blázquez-Calero (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Spain)

 

Session 3: Protoplanetary disks: setting the seeds of planets
Review talk (tentative title): Dust evolution in protoplanetary disks: from grains to pebbles and planets
by Álvaro Ribas (Queen Mary University of London, UK)

Junior invited talk: (sub)-millimeter scattering by porous dust particles in protoplanetary disks
by Gonzalo Vargas-Pelaez (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Spain)