Giacconi Symposium
Memorial Symposium to Honor Riccardo Giacconi
May 29-30, 2019
National Academy of Sciences, Washington D.C.
Riccardo Giacconi (1931-2018)
Symposium Website-Space Telescope Science Institute
Symposium Sessions and Links to Presentations
(To view full Agenda and to access presentations click on Session Titles below)
May 29, 2019
WELCOME: Agency Perspectives and Overview of Riccardo's Vision
Chair: Anne Kinney
Harvey Tananbaum: Welcome | SLIDE SHOW PDF POWERPOINT
Paul Hertz: "Riccardo and NASA – Opening New Windows on the Universe" | PDF
Micheline Tabache & Johann-Dietrich Wörner: Video from ESA DG Johann-Dietrich Wörner | VIDEO
Xavier Barcons: "Developing the Most Powerful Ground-based Astronomical Facilities” | SLIDE SHOW PDF POWERPOINT
France Cordova: "Windows on the Universe" | PDF
Ethan Schreier: "Riccardo Giacconi – A Legacy of Vision and Transformation" | SLIDE SHOW PDF POWERPOINT
The Origins of X-Ray Astronomy
Chair: Kathryn Flanagan
George Clark: "Riccardo's Earliest X-Ray Work" | SLIDE SHOW PDF POWERPOINT
Ken Pounds, presented by Martin Elvis: "Riccardo Giacconi: A Hard Act to Follow" | SLIDE SHOW PDF POWERPOINT
Joachim Truemper: "The Moon and the Hoary Deep" | SLIDE SHOW PDF POWERPOINT
Christine Jones: "The Blossoming of X-Ray Astronomy: From UHURU to Einstein" | SLIDE SHOW PDF KEYNOTE
Robert Rosner: "Let's Not Forget About the Stars…" | SLIDE SHOW PDF POWERPOINT
STScI – An Institution to Conduct Space Astronomy
Chair: Bob Williams
Neta Bahcall: "A New Model for Science Policy, Key Projects, GO Funding, Science Legacy" | SLIDE SHOW PDF POWERPOINT
Garth Illingworth: "The STScI Years: Riccardo, Hubble, and the Early Days of JWST" | SLIDE SHOW PDF POWERPOINT
Adam Riess: "Expansion of the Universe as Seen by HST" | SLIDE SHOW PDF POWERPOINT
Jim Crocker: "Saving Hubble" | SLIDE SHOW PDF POWERPOINT
Joe Rothenberg: "Hubble's Godfather" | No slides or notes available
Antonella Nota: "Riccardo Giacconi: A Modern Day Leonardo" | PDF
ESO – Bringing Space Astronomy Back to Earth
Chair: Bruno Leibundgut
Jason Spyromilio: "The VLT: Riccardo Revolutionising Ground Based Astronomy" | PDF
Roberto Gilmozzi: "Riccardo and OWL: The Path to the ELT" (Video) | VIDEO
Oskar von der Lühe: "Riccardo Giacconi and the VLT Interferometer" | SLIDE SHOW PDF POWERPOINT
Peter Quinn: "VLT End-to-End: Changing the Way Ground Based Astronomy is Done" | SLIDE SHOW PDF KEYNOTE
Piero Rosati: "From Distant Galaxy Clusters to the Chandra Deep Field South – from JHU to ESO"
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Riccardo's Astrophysics Legacy – I
Chair: Ethan Schreier
Catherine Cesarsky: "Personal Reminiscences of Riccardo Giacconi" | SLIDE SHOW PDF POWERPOINT
Jerry Ostriker: "Riccardo Giacconi, the Chandra Telescope and X-Rays from Massive Galaxies" | SLIDE SHOW PDF POWERPOINT
May 30, 2019
The X-Ray Universe
Chair: Claude Canizares
Josh Grindlay: "Riccardo's Years at Harvard" | SLIDE SHOW PDF POWERPOINT
Pepi Fabbiano: "Riccardo Giacconi and the Cultural Revolution in Astronomy" | PDF
Jon Miller: "The First Black Hole: From Uhuru, to Chandra, and Beyond" | PDF
Hideyo Kunieda: "Giacconi's Impact on Japanese X-Ray Astronomy" | SLIDE SHOW PDF POWERPOINT
Richard Kelley: "The JAXA/NASA/ESA X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission" | SLIDE SHOW PDF POWERPOINT
Günther Hasinger: "Looking Deeply into the Universe: Riccardo and Deep Surveys (Video)" | VIDEO
Graziella Branduardi-Raymont: "From Varenna Summer School to Einstein at CfA (Letter)" | PDF
Martin Weisskopf: "Riccardo, Chandra, and Me" | SLIDE SHOW PDF POWERPOINT
Riccardo's Astrophysics Legacy – II
Chair: Colleen Hartman
Rashid Sunyaev: "X-Ray and Microwave cosmology: Synergy and Competition: What can we expect from SRG/eRosita and new ground- based microwave telescopes?"
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AUI – Extending and Expanding Radio Astronomy
Chair: Meg Urry
Tony Beasley: "Introduction" | SLIDE SHOW PDF POWERPOINT
Gene Levy & Pat Donahoe: "Riccardo Giacconi: Transforming AUI for the 21st Century" | PDF
Al Wootten: "ALMA: Imaging Structure Formation from Planets to Galaxies" | SLIDE SHOW PDF POWERPOINT
Tony Beasley: "Summary" | [Brief comments - no slides available]
Riccardo's Leadership Legacy
Chair: Neta Bahcall
Ken Sembach: "The New Model for Science Leadership" | PDF
Don Hall: "Riccardo's Early Vision for the Institute" | PDF
Peter Stockman: "Giacconi's STScI School of Leadership" | PDF
David Soderblom: "Maintenance and Refurbishment as part of the Space Telescope Plans" | SLIDE SHOW PDF KEYNOTE
Meg Urry: "Riccardo's Impact on Gender Equity" | PDF
Matt Mountain: "The Great Observatory Model: from Space to the Ground, and Back" | SLIDE SHOW PDF POWERPOINT
Riccardo's X-Ray Astronomy Legacy – I
Chair: Rob Petre
Belinda Wilkes: "Riccardo's Legacy through Chandra's X-Ray Eyes" | SLIDE SHOW PDF POWERPOINT
Lynn Cominsky: "How Working on Uhuru Changed My Life" | SLIDE SHOW PDF POWERPOINT
Ryan Hickox: "Resolving the Cosmic X-Ray Background" | SLIDE SHOW PDF KEYNOTE
Guido Chincarini: "Riccardo and the Italian Period (UNIMIB & ESO)" | SLIDE SHOW PDF KEYNOTE
Riccardo's X-Ray Astronomy Legacy – II
Chair: Christine Jones
Wallace Tucker: "The Uhuru Spirit" | SLIDE SHOW PDF POWERPOINT
Roberto Gilli: "Exploring the Deep X-Ray Universe with Riccardo: from Chandra to the New Frontiers"
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Ann Hornschemeier: "On Being Loud about Quiet X-Ray Sources" | SLIDE SHOW PDF POWERPOINT
Paul Gorenstein: "Riccardo Giacconi's Vision For X-Ray Astronomy" | PDF
Giovanni Pareschi: "Riccardo's Legacy to the Wide Field X-Ray Missions" | SLIDE SHOW PDF POWERPOINT
CLOSING
Chair: Ethan Schreier
Harvey Tananbaum: "A Few Personal Recollections and Some Over-Arching Perspectives" | SLIDE SHOW PDF POWERPOINT
