Block topics

Monday  

Block 1: Large-scale star formation processes: molecular clouds, filaments and structures leading to the formation of pre-/proto-stellar cores.   
Review Talk: Gary Fuller (University of Manchester, UK)  

Tuesday  

Block 2: Star and planetary formation processes in early phases: Embedded young Class 0/I objects.   
Review talk: Itziar de Gregorio-Monsalvo (ESO, Chile).  

Block 3: Star and planetary formation processes in advanced phases: Young optically visible Class II/III objects.   
Review talk: Aurora Sicilia-Aguilar, (U. of Dundee, UK)  

Block 4: Planetary formation, other perspectives: Any approach not included in the previous blocks that contributes to the understanding of planet formation.   
Review talk: Felipe Gómez (CAB), manager in Spain of the COST-Action "The birth of solar systems", an inter-disciplinary network recently approved and funded by the European Union.  


Lunch special session: Synergies between cosmic dust and star and planet formation; laboratory experiments, observations of polarized light.  
Review talks: Olga Muñoz (IAA-CSIC, Spain) and Josep Miquel Girart (ICE-CSIC, Spain)