> Also See - Christiaan Huygens: Facets of a Genius here:
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> http://www.museumboerhaave.nl/huygens/<http://www.museumboerhaave.nl/huygens/>
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> Conference Details:
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> http://sci2.esa.int/huygens/conference/<http://sci2.esa.int/huygens/conference/>
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> International Conference on the occasion of the 375th birthday of Christiaan Huygens, (born 14 April 1629)
> In the 17th century, Christiaan Huygens was one of the most respected leading European scientists.
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> He was the first to be what we would today call "scientific director" of the Académie Française.
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> A highlight in his career was the discovery of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, in 1655
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> PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
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> This conference will start with a tribute to Christiaan Huygens, his contributions and interactions in the 17th century followed by recent results of observations of Saturn/Titan from ground and space, an overview of the Cassini/Huygens mission.
> The conference will end with a public outreach day aimed at the amateur astronomy community that will have the opportunity to present, in the forms of posters or exhibits, their latest observations of Saturn and Titan.
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> Tuesday 13 April - Opening session
> 12:00 Registration
> 14:00 Welcome by ESA Director General
> 14:10 Opening speech by Mrs Maria van der Hoeven, Dutch Minister for Education and Science
> 14:30 Inaugural lecture:
> Prof H.F. Cohen: "Christiaan Huygens and the scientific revolution"
> 15:00 Musical intermezzo
> 15:30 coffee break
> 16:00 Prof A Brahic: "The Voyager Odyssey"
> 16:30 Musical intermezzo
> 17:00 Prof R.M. Bonnet: "Cassini/Huygens in the European context"
> 17:30 Welcome reception
> 19:30 end
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> Wednesday 14 April - Christiaan Huygens, the person, the scientist and interactions
> 09:00 Prof A. van Helden: "Huygens and Saturn"
> 09:30 Dr J. Yoder: "The Huygens manuscripts"
> 10:00 Dr A. Cassini: "Cassini and Saturn"
> 10:30 coffee break
> 11:00 TBD: "Cassini, the scientist"
> 11:30 Dr F.Chareix: "Huygens and Mechanics"
> 12:00 Prof H. Bos: "Huygens and Mathematics"
> 12:30 Prof C.A. Grimbergen: "Huygens and the advancement of time measurements"
> 13:00 Lunch
> 14:30 Dr S. Débarbat: "Huygens, l'Académie des Sciences et l'Observatoire de Paris"
> 15:00 Prof. A. Dollfus: "Christiaan Huygens as telescope maker and user"
> 15:30 coffee
> 16:00 Dr G. Molesini: "Testing the lenses of Campani, lens-maker for Cassini"
> 16:30 Prof F.J. Dijksterhuis: "The optics of Huygens"
> 17:00 contributed papers on historical aspects
> 17:45 return to hotel
> 19:00 Huygens Birthday buffet dinner in Space Expo
> after dinner Prof C.D. Andriesse: "Titan kan niet slapen" ( Huygens biography)
> 22:00 end
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> Thursday 15 April - Recent results of Saturn/Titan observations, ground- and space based, theoretical studies
> 08:30 Prof D. Southwood: "Cassini/Huygens, the next steps towards the outer planets"
> 09:00 Dr. T. Encrenaz: "review of recent Saturn observations"
> 09:30 Dr C. Ferrari: "Satellite & rings heritage and follow-up to Huygens"
> 10:00 coffee break
> 10:30 Dr A Coustenis: "Titan's atmosphere and surface from imaging and spectroscopy in the past decade"
> 11:00 Dr T. Owen: "Models for the origin of Titan's atmosphere"
> 11:30 Dr C. McKay: "Aerosols in Titan's atmosphere"
> 12:00 Dr D. Strobel: "Titan's photochemistry"
> 12:30 Dr F. Raulin: "Biochemistry of Titan"
> 13:00 Lunch
> 14:00 Dr D.B. Campbell: "Earth-based radar detection of seas on Titan"
> 14:30 contributed papers on ground-based and space observations (15 mins each)
> 15:30 Departure for museum visits>
> Boerhaave, Hofwijck, University Library Leiden
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> Friday 16 April - The Cassini/Huygens mission: from past to future
> 08:30 Drs D. Gautier, W.Ip, T.Owen: "The genesis of the Cassini/Huygens mission"
> 09:15 Dr D. Matson: "The Cassini/Huygens mission"
> 10:00 coffee break
> 10:30 to 13:00 Latest Observations of Saturn and Titan by Cassini Orbiter Instruments
> (Programme to be established, invited papers, 20 mins each)
> 13:00 lunch
> 14:00 Dr J.P. Lebreton: "The Huygens probe"
> 14:30 to 16:00 What do we expect from the Huygens probe Instrument Package
> (Programme to be established, invited papers, 6 PIs - 15 mins each)
> 16:00 coffee
> 16:30 Prof. J. Lunine: "Titan, what next"
> 17:00 end
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> Saturday 17 April - Public outreach day
> 09:00 registration
> 10:00 Welcome and coffee
> 10:30 Dr A van Helden: "Huygens and his times"
> 11:00 Mr P. Louwman: "Huygens and his telescopes"
> 11:20 Dr T. Johnson: "Robotic exploration of the outer planets, a historical perspective"
> 11:50 Dr G Konnen: "Titan halos"
> 12:20 Dr T. Owen: "Huygens and the search for life in the Universe"
> 12:50 Lunch
> 14:00 JPL: "The Cassini/Huygens education and outreach programme"
> 15:00 Dr L. Friedman: "Public involvement in Planetary Exploration"
> 15:30 ESA's Education and Outreach Programme related to Cassini/Huygens
> 16:30 contributions by amateur observers
> evening Saturn and Titan viewing at ESTEC/Sterrewacht Leiden
> Barbecue?
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