H.E.S.S. II Inauguration Workshop

The open workshop will take place on September 27 at Heja Lodge, located about halfway between Windhoek and Hosea Kutako airport

9:15 Opening: Science and technology in Namibia (A. van Kent)
9:40 Introduction: H.E.S.S. II and the Inauguration Workshop (W. Hofmann)
10:10 H.E.S.S. science highlights (C. Stegmann)
10:50 Break
11:20 Extragalactic science prospects for H.E.S.S. II and CTA (M. Böttcher)
12:00 Okkie de Jager and H.E.S.S. (A. Djannati-Atai)
12:20 Space-based gamma ray astronomy (J. Knödlseder)
13:00 Lunch Break
14:15 CTA - the future in very high energy gamma-ray astronomy (M. Martinez)
14:55 Cosmic Rays at the highest energies: From the early days to Auger and beyond (K.H. Kampert)
15:35 Break
16:05 Radio astronomy in Southern Africa (M. Gaylard)
16:45 Chip design for astroparticle experiments (E. Delagnes)
17:25 ASPERA - coordinating astroparticle physics in Europe (H.J. Donath)

Chairs: G. Fontaine (morning), M. Ostrowski (afternoon)

The talks will address a non-specialist science audience. The workshop is open to the interested public.

By invitation only: the German Embassy invites to a get-together (18:30)

Back to inauguration web page

H.E.S.S.