Many different astronomical environments and objects showing higher temperatures (star-forming regions, protoplanetary disks, cometary comae, circumstellar envelopes and planetary and satellite atmospheres) exhibit very interesting chemistry. However, the subject of astrochemical reactions at intermediate and higher temperatures was often a bit neglected by many scientists studying reactions either at room temperature or at the very low temperatures encountered in dark clouds. However, astrochemistry of warmer environments has recently made some huge advances, partly through improved experimental methods and theoretical calculations, but also through discoveries obtained by new observational devices, like the Herschel Space Telescope. Future observations with the ALMA millimetre array will explore their fine structure and chemistry. Aim of this event is to update experimentalists and theoreticians about new findings concerning warmer environments in space and, hopefully provide a forum to discuss new research ideas and projects. Furthermore, one additional session is devoted to recent new developments in the general field of astrobiology. A poster session will be held on Tuesday, May 29, 2011 in the evening. Information about the dimensions of poster boards will be available her in due course.

A preliminary schedule of the programme can be downloaded as. doc file from this link.

A poster session will be held on Tuesday evening with a buffet dinner. The dimensions of the poster boards are 2400 mm (height) x 970 mm (width). The board colour is white. Posters will be fixed to the walls with double-sided tape.

Confirmed speakers are:

Susanne Aalto, Chalmers Tekniska Universitet, Sweden
Nadia Balucani, Universitá de Perugia, Italy
Estelle Bayet, University of Oxford, UK
Astrid Bergeat, Université Bordeaux 1, France
Ludovic Biennier, Université de Rennes 1, France
Per Bjerkeli, Chalmers, Tekniska Univesitet, Sweden
Alexis Brandeker, Stockholms Universitet, Sweden
Cecilia Ceccarelli, Grenoble Observatory, France
José Cernicharo, Centro de Astrobiología, Spain
Steven Charnley, NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre, USA
Audrey Coutens, IRAP, Université P. Sabatier, Toulouse, France
David Field, Aarhus universitet, Denmark
Yves Ellinger, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
Jörg Fritz, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany
Maryvonne Gerin, Observatoire de Paris Meudon, France
Franco Gianturco, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy
Javier Goicoechea, Centro de Astrobiologia, Spain
Bengt Gustafsson, Uppsala University
Eric Herbst, University of Virginia, USA
Susanne Höfner, Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
Christine Joblin, IRAP, Université P. Sabatier, Toulouse, France
Anders Johansen, Lund University, Sweden
Kirsi Lehto, Turun Yliopisto, Finland
John P. Maier, Universität Basel, Switzerland
Karen Meech, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, USA
Karl Menten, MPI für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany
Oskari Miettinen, University of Helsinki, Finland
Tom J. Millar, Queen's University, Belfast
Olivier Mousis, Observatoire de Besançon, France
Nele Muttik, Tartu Ülikool, Estonia
Karin Öberg, University of Virginia, USA
Hans Olofsson, Chalmers Tekniska Universitet, Sweden
Francoise Pauzat, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
Carina Persson, Chalmers Tekniska Universitet, Sweden
Dmitry Semenov, MPI für Radioastronomie, Heidelberg, Germany
Grazina Tautvaisiene, Vilniaus Universitetas, Lithuania
Roland Thissen, Grenoble Observatory, France
Carmen Tornow, DLR Berlin, Germany
Ilya Usoskin, Oulun Yliopisto, Finland
Siim Veski, Tallinna Tekhnikaülikool, Estonia
Ruud Visser, University of Michigan, USA
Serena Viti, University College London, UK
Veronique Vuitton, Université J. B. Fourier, Grenoble, France
Catherine Walsh, Queen’s University Belfast
Laurent Wiesenfeld, Université J. B Fourier, Grenoble
Lucy M. Ziurys, University of Arizona, USA
Roman Zubarev, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Social programme

Although the scientific programme is rather dense, there is some time allocated in the programme to allow participants get to know the city of Tallinn and the Estonian culture.

On Thursday 31 May 2011 evening we will have a visit to the very interesting Estonian Open Air Museum. After a guided tour around the museum and some free time to walk around we will have a traditional Estonian dinner at the Kolu inn located at the museum with a folk music performance.

On Friday evening conference guests are invited to a guided city walk in the old city of Tallinn. This will be followed by a Medieval Dinner at the Olde Hansa Restaurant on Raekoja Square.

Apart from the organised programme, participants can always take a walk through the Old City in Tallinn and explore the nightlife. The proximity of the conference hotel to the Old City (5 minutes walking distance) makes this possible.