Purpose:

Galaxies can now be observed through most of cosmic time. We are beginning to trace directly the history of galaxy formation and evolution, and the development of the large-scale structure in which these galaxies are embedded. In particular, recent systematic wide-field and deep observations with powerful telescopes both on the ground and in space allow us not only to discover new populations of galaxies from low to high redshifts, but also to study their characteristics and statistical properties, leading us to a physical understanding of their global histories. This international meeting will discuss recent cutting-edge observational and theoretical studies of galaxies at various evolutionary stages and in different environments, and integrate them to give a `panoramic' view of galaxy formation and evolution.

This is the first meeting of the Subaru International Conference Series on various topics sponsored by NAOJ and organized by the Subaru Telescope. The University of Tokyo and the Foundation for Promotion of Astronomy in Japan also financially support this meeting. This public international meeting will include results from a wide variety of observational facilities including Subaru, and is an excellent opportunity for astronomers interested in galaxy evolution to present and discuss recent exciting results and on-going progress being made both observationally and theoretically.

We will dedicate the first meeting of this series to wide-field extragalactic astronomy, focusing in particular on panoramic views of galaxy formation and evolution explored by many recent surveys using various facilities and instruments with large field-of-view and/or multiplicity. It is worth noting that the Subaru Telescope has made significant contributions to the field.

We will also take this opportunity to honor Subaru's first founding director-general, Prof. Kodaira, for the great achievement that is the Subaru project. We will also celebrate the 60th birthday of Prof. Okamura (Univ of Tokyo) who is one of the PIs of Suprime-Cam, the optical wide-field camera at the Subaru prime focus.



Major Topics:

1) Quest for the highest redshift objects and the reionization history of the Universe
2) History of galaxy clustering and formation of large-scale structure in the Universe
3) Global histories of mass assembly and star formation in galaxies
4) Evolutionary link between different populations of galaxies at different redshifts
5) Mass dependence of the formation and evolution of galaxies
6) Black-Hole - Galaxy coevolution
7) Environmental dependence of the formation and evolution of galaxies
8) Statistical properties of galaxies at low and intermediate redshifts
9) Future prospects for wide-field extra-galactic astronomy



Schedule:

Dec 10 (Mon) Welcome drink(17:30-)
Dec 11 (Tue) Conference
Dec 12 (Wed) Conference
Dec 13 (Thu) Conference, Free afternoon (Visit to Kamakura; optional)
Dec 14 (Fri) Conference, Banquet
Dec 15 (Sat) Conference
Dec 16 (Sun) One-day excursion (Hakone; optional)


Invited Speakers (All confirmed):
R. Bower, M. Dickinson, J. Dunlop, R. Ellis, A. Fontana,
K. Freeman, Z. Haiman, N. Kashikawa, K. Kodaira, T. Kodama,
D. Koo, S. Okamura, G. DeLucia, H.-W. Rix, N. Scoville,
A. Shapley, K. Shimasaku, R. Somerville, M. Strauss,
R. Wechsler, T. Yamada.





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