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Monday November 18, 2013
08:00~09:00	Registration
Conference Opening
Chair: Nimesh Patel
09:00~09:15	Welcome address Paul Ho (ASIAA)
09:15~09:30	Conference Photo
1. Observational constraints on dust properties
09:30~10:10	Review The physical and compositional properties of dust: what do we really know? Abstract Anthony Jones (Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale (IAS))
10:10~10:50	Review Modeling Cosmic Dust: How to Use Optical "Constants" Abstract Angela Speck (University of Missouri)
10:50~11:20	Coffee Break
Chair: Darach Watson
11:20~11:40	Dust Grain Alignment in the Interstellar Medium Abstract John Vaillancourt (USRA/SOFIA)
11:40~12:00	Dust Polarization and Magnetic Field in Star formation Abstract Ya-Wen Tang (ASIAA)
12:00~12:40	Review Depletions of Elements from the Gas Phase: A Guide on Dust Compositions Abstract Edward Jenkins (Princeton University Observatory)
12:40~13:40	Lunch
Chair: Lisa Young
13:40~14:00	The X-ray side of the absorption by interstellar dust in the Milky Way Abstract Elisa Costantini (SRON, Netherlands Institute for Space Research)
14:00~14:20	Constraints on dust composition in the Magellanic Clouds from gas-phase zinc, silicon, chromium, and iron abundances Abstract Kirill Tchernyshyov (Johns Hopkins University)
2. High-z dust
14:20~15:00	Review Sources of Dust in the Early Universe Abstract Christa Gall (NASA/GSFC, DARK/NBI)
15:00~15:30	Coffee Break
15:30~16:30	Poster Session
Chair: Lei Hao
16:30~16:50	Connecting Dust and Galaxy Properties at High Redshift Abstract Daniel Perley (Caltech)
16:50~17:10	The extinction law at high redshift Abstract Simona Gallerani (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa)
17:10~17:30	The dust budget crisis in high-redshift submillimetre galaxies Abstract Kate Rowlands (University of St Andrews)
17:30~17:50	Dust in the first quasars as a powerful probe of galaxy/BH co-evolution Abstract Rosa valiante (INAF-Observatory of Rome)
18:00~19:00	Opening Reception