Format and Program
Cool Stars 23 Splinter Session, Thursday, June 18, 2026
Format of the meeting
At this splinter session we want to focus on interactive discussions focused on identifying important research topics and questions related to dust in the universe, and aligning research efforts at the intersection of hydrodynamics, chemistry and observations.
For this the session will focus on various discussion formats, based on focused presentations on relevant on-going research.
To be successful, we invite all participants to actively contribute to the session before, during, and after the meeting in Tokyo!
14:00 - 15:30 Block 1 : “Setting the Stage.”
14:00 - 14:05: Welcome and introduction
Invited overview talks (3 × 15 min):
14:05 - 14:20: State-of-the-art hydrodynamical models of dusty outflows;
14:20 - 14:35: Chemical/nucleation kinetics and gas–grain microphysics;
14:35 - 14:50: Observational constraints from ALMA/JWST/VLTI (continuum + lines).
14:50 - 15:30: Contributed talks: short presentations of research problems as seeds for discussion.
16:00 - 17:30 Block 2: “Confrontation & Co-design.”
16:00 - 16:05: Introduction to the session
16:05 - 16:35: Fishbowl discussion (30 min): a rotating inner circle of 5–6 discussants (one seat always empty; audience members may enter that seat; when they do, another discussant rotates out), focused on two prompts: (i) minimal viable coupling for near-term progress; (ii) two or three benchmark predictions that can be tested.
16:35 - 17:00: Breakout groups: three parallel groups (hydro↔chem coupling; forward-modeling and observables; data & lab needs) produce a one-slide “commitment list.”
17:00 - 17:20: Panel synthesis + open floor: moderators integrate outputs; community votes (live poll) to prioritize shared benchmarks and next steps.
17:20 - 17:30: Wrap-up