Confirmed Invited Speakers

• Lucas Macri

  Department of Physics & Astronomy, College of Science, Texas A&M University, USA.
Title: The Cepheid Distance Scale in the era of precision cosmology
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An accurate and precise measurement of the Hubble constant (H_0) plays a critical role in constraining the equation of state of dark energy and other cosmological parameters, in combination with cosmic microwave background fluctuations, baryon acoustic oscillations and high-redshift supernovae.
In this talk I will review recent advances in the Extragalactic Distance Scale which have enabled a determination of H_0 with a total uncertainty of 3%. I will also discuss prospects for a 1% measurement of H_0 using HST, GAIA and JWST.




• Dante Minniti

  Departamento de Astronomía y Astrofísica, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
Title: New Southern Extrasolar Planet Searches
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• Nelson Padilla

  Departamento de Astronomía y Astrofísica, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
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• Robert Proctor

  Universidade de Sao Paulo (IAG), Brasil
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• Carlos Briozzo

  Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía y Física, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (FaMAF-UNC), Argentina
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• Omar Lopez-Cruz

  Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica (INAOE), México.
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