The staff of the Institute of Astronomy wil discuss the outcomes of the US Decadal Survey and how it will affect areas of astronomy.

Rob Kennicutt

25 January 2011

• Highlights of the survey
• Aspects for processing and producing the report.

Andy Fabian

1 February 2011

• The X–ray Universe
• The Near Future (ASTROSAT, NUStar, E–ROSITA, ASTRO–H)
• The International X–ray Observatory
• NASA Explorers, ESA M–Class mission, etc
• The Far Future

George Efstathiou

8 February 2011

• LISA
• CMBpol
• Fundamental Physics

Gerry Gilmore

15 February 2011

So Why Should I Care?

Scott Chapman

22 February 2011

• CCAT millimetre telescope
• Sub–mm astronomy

Mark Wyatt

1 March 2011

Implications For Exoplanet Science

Richard McMahon

8 March 2011

• Wide field surveys
• LSST
• WFIRST