Session I

Accretion processes in massive galaxy formation

• discrete vs continuous: mergers (small, large) vs cold flows
• reservoirs/duty cycle
• violent, extraordinary phases

Invited Talks

9:00-9:30am

Dusan Keres

Gas Accretion in Galaxies

9:30-10:00am

Jen Lotz

           Galaxy Mergers Through Cosmic Time

10:00-10:30am

Avishai Dekel

           Feeding Massive Galaxies in their Most Active Phase of Assembly and Star Formation

Contributed Talks

10:50-11:05am

Greg Rudnick

The Efficiency of Clusters at Stopping Gas Accretion in Galaxies

11:05-11:20am

Mauro Giavalisco

Discovery of Massive Amounts of Cold HI Gas in a Galaxy Overdensity at Redshift z~1.6

11:20am-12:30pm

discussion led by Frederic Bournaud

Session II

Star formation in massive galaxies

• triggering (including environmental effects, AGN, mergers, etc.)
• duty cycles, efficiencies
• feedback from stars

Invited Talks

2:00-2:30pm
          Guinevere Kauffmann
          What can be Learned from the Atomic and Molecular Gas Scaling Relations of Nearby Galaxies?
2:30-3:00pm
          Casey Papovich
          On the Star Formation Rates and Star Formation Histories of Massive Galaxies
3:00-3:30pm
          Emanuele Daddi
          Star Formation Modes in Distant Massive Galaxies

Contributed Talks
3:50-4:05pm
          Chris Hayward
          The Contribution of Merger-Induced Starbursts to the Sub-Millimeter Galaxy Population
4:05-4:20pm
          Carrie Bridge
          WISE-selected Lyman-alpha Blobs at z~2
4:20-5:20pm
          Discussion led by Rachel Somerville

Session III

Role of AGN during active, high SFR phase

• growth of AGN during massive SFR phase
• impact of AGN: global feedback,impact on ISM and dust

Invited Talks

9:00-9:30am

Phil Hopkins

How do Massive Black Holes Get their Gas (and Get Rid of It)?

9:30-10:00am

Eliot Quatert

Feedback From Radiation Pressure During theGrowth of Massive Galaxies and Their Central Black Holes

10:00-10:30am

Dieter Lutz

A Herschel View on Star Formation in High Redshift AGN Hosts

 

Contributed Talks

10:50-11:05am

Stephanie Juneau

Linking starbursts, Major Mergers, and Absorbed AGNS at Redshift~0.7

11:05-11:20am

Jerry Ostriker

The Two-Phase Evolution of Massive Galaxies

11:20am-12:30pm

Discussion led by Tim Heckman

Session IV

Internal structure of galaxies during high SFR phase

• dynamics/morphology
• chemistry
• dust and gas distribution: ISM structure, resolved studies

Invited Talks

2:00-2:30pm

Reinhard Genzel

Gas-rich Massive Disks at z~2

2:30-3:00pm

Leo Blitz

The Gas Consumption History Over Cosmic Times

3:00-3:30pm

Thorsten Naab

A Theoretical View on the Internal Structure of High Redshift Galaxies

Contributed Talks

3:50-4:05pm

Andrew Baker

Cold Gas inventories in Massive High-redshift Galaxies

4:05-4:20pm

Linda Tacconi

High Gas Fractions and the K-s Relation for “Normal” Star Forming Galaxies From z = 1-3

4:20-5:20pm

Discussion led by Nick Scoville

Session V

Dust formation and evolution in massive galaxies

• formation in extreme environments
• grain size distribution/micro-physics
• extinction laws, global observable properties

Invited Talks
9:00-9:30am
          Moshe Elitzur
          Dust Formation -- Extreme and Non-Extreme Environments
9:30-10:00am
          JD Smith
          Dust in Galaxies: Nuisance No Longer
10:00-10:30am
          Ranga Chary
          Studying Dust Grain Size Distribution With Redshift
10:50-11:20am
          Eli Dwek
          The Origin of Dust in the High-Redshift Universe
11:20am-12:00pm
          Discussion led by Lee Armus

Session VI

Conference summary - future observational tests hybrid session

• chemical tracers: Herschel, ALMA spectroscopy, EVLA HI,…
• continuum tracers: surveys

Invited Talks

1:15-1:35pm

Sandy Faber (HST)

Prospects For Observing Massive Galaxies in The CANDELS Survey

1:35-1:55pm

Peter Eisenhardt (WISE)

Initial Results on Luminous Obscured Galaxies From the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer

1:55-2:15pm

Min Yun (LMT, Herschel)

Future Observations of the Gas/Dust Content Evolution

2:15-2:35pm

Fabian Walter (ALMA)

ALMA

2:35-2:55pm

Chris Carilli (EVLA)

Gas and Dust in the First Galaxies

3:15-4:00pm

discussion led by Desika Narayanan