Venue: Tumbalong Auditorium, Darling Harbour
(10 July 2003)
| . | Monday 14 July | Tuesday 15 July | Wednesday 16 July | Thursday 17 July |
| 09:00 - 10:30 | . | Session 3 Pulsar Electrodynamics | Session 6 Searches and Galactic Distribution of Pulsars | Session 10 Supernova Remnants |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | . | Session 4 Pulsar/Supernova Remnant Interactions | Session 7 Optical, X-ray and Gamma-ray Observations | Session 11 Neutron Stars and Strange Stars |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Session 1 Observational Manifestations of Young Neutron Stars | Session 5 Magnetars and Pulsar Wind Nebulae | Session 8 Posters | Session 12 AXPs and Isolated Neutron Stars |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | Session 2 Neutron Star Formation and Evolution | . | Session 9 Pulse Observations and Theory | Session 13 Future Observational Facilities and Closing Review |
Session 1 (1400-1530) - Chair : R. Manchester
Observational Manifestations of Young Neutron Stars
1400 - 1430 : D. Helfand - The demographics of pulsar wind nebulae (Invited)
1430 - 1500 : M. Kramer - Manifestations of young neutron stars: Spin-powered pulsars (Invited)
1500 - 1530 : V. Kaspi - Magnetars (Invited)
Session 2 (1600-1750) - Chair : F. Verbunt
Neutron Star Formation and Evolution
1600 - 1630 : H.-T. Janka - Neutron star formation and birth properties (Invited)
1630 - 1650 : S. Tsuruta - Testing pulsar thermal evolution theories with observation (Invited)
1650 - 1705 : Q. Peng - A rocket model of neutrino jet for pulsar kicks
1705 - 1720 : S. van Dyk - Searching HST images for core-collapse supernova progenitors
1720 - 1735 : J. van Leeuwen - A small window on the total neutron star population
1735 - 1750 : D. Nice - Recent Arecibo measurements of neutron star masses
Session 3 (0900-1035) - Chair: D. Melrose
Pulsar Electrodynamics
0900 - 0930 : A. Spitkovsky - Electrodynamics of pulsar magnetospheres (Invited)
0930 - 0950 : A. Melatos - Theory of pulsar winds (Invited)
0950 - 1005 : J. Kirk - The Sigma Problem of the Crab pulsar wind
1005 - 1020 : Y. Lyubarsky - The termination shock in a striped pulsar wind
1020 - 1035 : J. Arons - Surf-riding acceleration in relativistic winds and jets
Session 4 (1100-1300) - Chair: V. Kaspi
Pulsar/Supernova Remnant Interactions
1100 - 1130 : B. Gaensler - Shocks and wind bubbles around energetic pulsars (Invited)
1130 - 1145 : P. Slane - High resolution X-ray observations of 3C58
1145 - 1200 : O. Kargaltsev - X-ray observations of the Vela pulsar and its PWN
1200 - 1215 : K. Mori - Year-scale morphological variation of the X-ray Crab Nebula
1215 - 1230 : R. Petre - X-ray studies of the pulsar wind nebula around B0540-693
1230 - 1245 : R. Chevalier - Pulsar wind nebulae and their supernova
1245 - 1300 : J. Dickel - Peculiar synchrotron spectra in pulsar wind nebulae
Session 5 (1400-1600) - Chair: S. Johnston
Magnetars and Pulsar Wind Nebulae
1400 - 1430 : G. Pavlov - Central compact objects in SN Remnants: Young magnetars? (Invited)
1430 - 1445 : M. Baring - Quiescent magnetar emission: resonant Compton upscattering
1445 - 1500 : A. Lyne - From Crab pulsar to magnetar?
1500 - 1515 : E. van der Swaluw - A key to pulsar wind bubble morphologies: (M)HD simulations
1515 - 1530 : Y. Gallant - Near-infrared study of the pulsar wind nebula in G21.5-0.9
1530 - 1545 : D. Bock - Millimetre-wave imaging of pulsar wind nebulae
1545 - 1600 : P. Caraveo - A tale of two tails: Discovery of diffuse X-rays aligned with Geminga proper motion
Session 6 (0900-1030) - Chair: B. Gaensler
Searches and Galactic Distribution of Pulsars
0900 - 0930 : F. Camilo - Searches for young pulsars (Invited)
0930 - 1000 : D. Lorimer - Galactic distribution and birthrate of pulsars (Invited)
1000 - 1015 : M. Roberts - New pulsars coincident with unidentified gamma-ray sources
1015 - 1030 : D. Kaplan - An X-ray survey for compact objects in supernova remnants
Session 7 (1100-1230) - Chair: W. Becker
Optical, X-ray and Gamma-ray Observations
1100 - 1130 : R. Mignami - HST and VLT observations of pulsars and their environments (Invited)
1130 - 1145 : B. Stappers - 'Giant' optical pulses from the Crab pulsar
1145 - 1200 : J. Hughes - An X-ray pulsar in the oxygen-rich SNR G292.0+1.8
1200 - 1215 : M. Kirsch - Phase resolved spectroscopy of the Crab with XMM-Newton
Session 8 (1400-1530):
Poster Session -- poster abstracts
Session 9 (1600-1800) - Chair: A. Lyne
Pulse Observations and Theory
1600 - 1630 : Y. Gupta - Radio pulse observations of neutron stars: A review (Invited)
1630 - 1645 : S. Johnston - Manifestations of giant pulses in radio pulsars
1645 - 1715 : D. Melrose - Pulse emission mechanisms (Invited)
1715 - 1730 : S. Petrova - Orthogonal polarization modes in pulsar radio emission
1730 - 1745 : M. Young - A resonant-mode model of pulsar radio emission
1745 - 1800 : Y. Istomin - Origin of giant radio pulses
Session 10 (0900-1030) - Chair: R. Chevalier
Supernova Remnants
0900 - 0930 : J. Vink - Supernova remnants: An introductory review (Invited)
0930 - 0945 : I. Harrus - If it quacks like a duck.... study of the SNR MSH 11-62
0945 - 1000 : S. Park - Monitoring the evolution of SNR 1987A with Chandra
1000 - 1015 : V. Gvaramadze - The association of PSR B1757-24 and the SNR G5.4-1.2
1015 - 1030 : G. Cassam-Chenai - XMM-Newton observation of the SNR RXJ1713.7-3946
Session 11 (1100-1230) - Chair: I. Stairs
Neutron Stars and Strange Stars
1100 - 1130 : J. Lattimer - Properties of neutron stars and strange stars (Invited)
1130 - 1145 : D. Lai - Neutron star surfaces and their radiation
1145 - 1200 : P. Joss - New model atmospheres for the spectra of young neutron stars
1200 - 1215 : F. Walter - Modelling the atmosphere of RX J1856-3754
1215 - 1230 : R. Xu - Thermal spectrum of bare strange stars
Session 12 (1400-1530) - Chair: F. Camilo
AXPs and Isolated Neutron Stars
1400 - 1415 : G. Israel - Unveiling the multi-wavelength phenomenology of AXPs
1415 - 1430 : E. Gotthelf - A spectro-imaging X-ray study of the most energetic pulsars
1430 - 1445 : M. Durant - Optical/IR observations of four anomalous X-ray pulsars
1445 - 1500 : V. Malofeev - Discovery of radio emission from two AXPs
1500 - 1515 : M. van Kerkwijk - Nearby thermally emitting neutron stars
1515 - 1530 : R. Bignami - Out of the Chorus Line: What makes 1E1207-52 a unique object
Session 13 (1600-1750) - Chair: M. Bailes
Future Observational Facilities and Closing Review
1600 - 1620 : J. Cordes - New radio science facilities for compact objects (Invited)
1620 - 1640 : W. Becker - Future observational X-ray and optical facilities (Invited)
1640 - 1700 : D. Thompson - Future facilities for gamma-ray pulsar studies (Invited)
1700 - 1720 : G. Rowell - Future TeV gamma-ray studies of pulsars, plerions and SNRs (Invited)
1720 - 1750 : J. Taylor - Closing Review