Program

09:00 - 09:15 (15min)

Advanced FUV coatings for HWO challenges

Paloma López Reyes (Instituto de Óptica "Daza de Valdés")

09:15 - 09:30 (15min)

Overview of a NIR photonic coronagraph concept for HWO.

Ruslan Belikov (NASA Ames)

09:30 - 09:45 (15min)

Towards HWO-ready liquid-crystal vector vortex coronagraphs in the visible and near-infrared

Rico Landman (Leiden Observatory)

09:45 - 10:00 (15min)

Keck as a Testbed for HWO: validating wavefront sensing & control techniques on a segmented telescope with a Zernike wavefront sensor in parallel with high-contrast imaging

Maissa Salama (University of California)

10:00 - 10:15 (15min)

Habitable Worlds Observatory: Toward 10^10 contrast Exoplanet Detection/Biomarker Identification Using a Multi-band Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrograph

Christian Marois (National Research Council Canada)

10:15 - 10:30 (15min)

Commissioning Results and Further Development Plans for JPL Coronagraph Testbeds.

John Zeimer (JPL)

10:30 - 10:45 (15min)

The THD2 bench: a European R&D platform to test high contrast imaging solutions for HWO

Pierre Baudoz (LIRA, Observatoire de Paris)

11:25 - 11:40 (15min)

Science Goals and Observation Scheduling for Complex Mission Scenarios

Rhonda Morgan (JPL)

11:40 - 11:55 (15min)

Earth as an Exoplanet: Preparing for the Habitable Worlds Observatory

Ana Ines Gomez de Castro (UCM)

11:55 - 12:10 (15min)

Exoplanet Imaging in the JWST Era: Leveraging High-Contrast Observations to Inform Future HWO Science

Giovanni Maria Strampelli (University of Edinburgh)

12:10 - 12:25 (15min)

A Transiting Exoplanet Trade Study for the Habitable Worlds Observatory

Robert Zellem (NASA)

14:15 - 14:30 (15min)

Understanding the cosmic build-up of dust and metals with HWO UV spectroscopy

Julia Roman-Duval (Space Telescope Science Institute)

14:30 - 14:45 (15min)

Massive stars: clues to interpret the early stages of the Universe unlocked by HWO

Miriam Garcia (CAB)

14:45 - 15:00 (15min)

Supernova Progenitors: The Euclid-Roman-HWO Synergy

Nancy Elias-Rosa (Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova)

15:00 - 15:15 (15min)

Constraints on Recent SFHs and LyC Production from NUV-to-NIR Stellar Photometry

Yumi Choi (National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory)

15:35 - 15:50 (15min)

Connecting Science Goals to Instrument Goals for Ultraviolet Imaging and Spectroscopy with HWO

Kevin France (University of Colorado)

15:50 - 16:05 (15min)

Early Exploration of the Scientific Discovery Space for the Habitable Worlds Observatory

Courtney Dressing (University of California)