EHT 2014

The Event Horizon Telescope is the first astronomical instrument capable of imaging the horizon of a known black hole. By assembling a global network of existing millimetre and sub-millimetre wavelength observatories, the EHT can access the extraordinary resolutions required via Very Long Baseline Interferometry. Already it has detected horizon scale structure around the supermassive black holes at the centre of the Milky Way and the giant elliptical galaxy M87.

This is the second in a conference series designed to bring together the full EHT community, from instrument builders to theoretical modellers, for the purpose of fully exploiting the unique opportunities that the EHT provides. The goals of this conference will be: 

• Describe the broad scientific context of astrophysical black holes and its relationship to EHT observations, including how the EHT can provide insight into systems ranging from pulsars to galaxy clusters by probing accretion and energetic outflows on the scale of the Schwarzschild radius. 
• Discuss developments in our understanding of the astrophysics of the initial EHT
  targets: the supermassive black holes at the centre of the Milky Way (Sgr A*) and M87.
• Present new EHT-driven results. 
• Describe the current technical status and discuss the planned development of the EHT, including the imminent inclusion of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array and the South Pole Telescope.
• Discuss the EHT collaboration and organize the EHT community.

Speakers:

Kazunori Akiyama, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Keiichi Asada, Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Geoff Bower, Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Avery Broderick, Perimeter Institute & University of Waterloo
Andrew Chael, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Jim Cordes, Cornell University
Geoffrey Crew, MIT Haystack Observatory
Jason Dexter, University of California, Berkeley
Shep Doeleman, MIT Haystack Observatory
Heino Falcke, Radboud University Nijmegen
Vincent Fish, MIT Haystack Observatory
Charles Gammie, University of Illinois
Andrea Ghez, University of California, Division of Astronomy & Astrophysics
Stefan Gillessen, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
Gabriela Gonzalez, Louisiana State University
Kayhan Gultekin, University of Michigan
Michael Hecht, MIT Haystack Observatory
Tim Johannsen, Perimeter Institute
Michael Johnson, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Serguei Komissarov, University of Leeds
Michael Kramer, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
Thomas Krichbaum, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
Colin Lonsdale, MIT Haystack Observatory
Sera Markoff, University of Amsterdam
Dan Marrone, University of Arizona
Ivan Marti-Vidal, Onsala Space Observatory
Samir Mathur, Ohio State University
Jeff McClintock, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Jonathan McKinney, University of Maryland
John Monnier, University of Michigan
Monika Moscibrodzka, Radboud University Nijmegen
Masanori Nakamura, Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gopal Narayanan, University of Massachusetts
Dimitrios Psaltis, University of Arizona
Eliot Quataert, University of California, Berkeley
Xavier Siemens, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Alexander Tchekhovskoy, University of California, Berkeley
Remo Tilanus, Radboud University Nijmegen
Laura Vertatschitsch, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Marta Volonteri, Paris Institute of Astrophysics
Jonelle Walsh, Texas A&M University
John Wardle, Brandeis University
Jonathan Weintroub, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

Participants:

Kazunori Akiyama, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Keiichi Asada, Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics
James Bardeen, University of Washington
Lindy Blackburn, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Katie Bouman, Massachusetts Institute of Technolgy
Geoff Bower, Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Christiann Brinkerink, Radboud University Nijmegen
Roger Brissenden, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Avery Broderick, Perimeter Institute & University of Waterloo
Thomas Bronzwaer, Radboud University Nijmegen
Alejandro Cardenas-Avendano, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Andrew Chael, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Laura Chajet, York University
Pierre Christian, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Riley Connors, University of Amsterdam
Jim Cordes, Cornell University
Geoffrey Crew, MIT Haystack Observatory
Roger Deane, University of Cape Town
Jason Dexter, University of California, Berkeley
Shep Doeleman, MIT Haystack Observatory
Salome Dibi, Radboud University Nijmegen
Frank Eisenhauer, Max Planck Institute for Extraterristrial Physics
Heino Falcke, Radboud University Nijmegen
Vincent Fish, MIT Haystack Observatory
Seth Fletcher, Scientific American
Robert Freund, University of Arizona
Valeri Frolov, University of Alberta
Charles Gammie, University of Illinois
Andrea Ghez, University of California, Division of Astronomy & Astrophysics
Stefan Gillessen, Max Planck Institute for Extraterristrial Physics
Ciriaco Goddi, Radboud University Nijmegenz
Roman Gold, Univeristy of Maryland
Jose L. Gomez, Instituto Astrofisica Andalucia-CSIC
Stephen Green, Perimeter Institute
Kayhan Gultekin, University of Michigan
Kazuhiro Hada, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Michael Hecht, MIT Haystack Observatory
Mareki Honma, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
David Hughes, INAOEP
Makoto Inoue, Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Britt Jeter, University of Waterloo
Tim Johannsen, Perimeter Institute
Michael Johnson, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Svetlana Jorstad, Boston University
Mansour Karami, Perimeter Institute
Junhan Kim, Univeristy of Arizona
Motoki Kino, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute
Serguei Komissarov, University of Leeds
Thomas Krichbaum, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
Michael Kramer, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
Kara Kundert, University of Michigan
Robert Laing, European Southern Observatory
Michael Landry, LIGO Hanford Observatory
Luis Lehner, Perimeter Institute
Laurent Loinard, CRyA-UNAM
Colin Lonsdale, MIT Haystack Observatory
Sera Markoff, University of Amsterdam
Dan Marrone, University of Arizona
Alan Marscher, Boston University
Ivan Marti-Vidal, Onsala Space Observatory
Samir Mathur, Ohio State University
Satoki Matsushita, Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Jeff McClintock, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Jonathan McKinney, University of Maryland
Brian McNamara, University of Waterloo
John Moffat, Perimeter Institute
John Monnier, University of Michigan
Monika Moscibrodzka, Radboud University Nijmegen
Neil Nagar, University of Concepción
Masanori Nakamura, Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gopal Narayanan, University of Massachusetts
Monica Orienti, INAF-IRA
Gisela Ortiz, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Nestor Ortiz, Perimeter Institute
Dick Plambeck, University of California, Berkeley
Dimitrios Psaltis, University of Arizona
Hung-Yi Pu, Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Eliot Quataert, University of California, Berkeley
Luciano Rezzolla, Institute for Theoretical Physics
Angelo Ricarte, Yale University
Freek Roelofs, Radboud University Nijmegen
Eduardo Ros, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
Alan Roy, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
Olivier Sarbach, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo
Mohamad Shalaby, Perimeter Institute
Xavier Siemens, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Fumie Tazaki, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Alexander Tchekhovskoy, University of California, Berkeley
Remo Tilanus, Radboud University Nijmegen
Neil Turok, Perimeter Institute
Ilse Van Bemmel, JIVE
Laura Vertatschitsch, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Marta Volonteri, Paris Institute of Astrophysics
Jonelle Walsh, Texas A&M University
Carlos Wang, University of Waterloo
John Wardle, Brandeis University
Jonathan Weintroub, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Huan Yang, Perimeter Institute
Andre Young, Stellenbosch University
Thomas Zannias, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo
Anton Zensus, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy

Scientific Organizers:

Avery Broderick, Perimeter Institute & University of Waterloo
Shep Doeleman, MIT Haystack Observatory
Luis Lehner, Perimeter Institute
John Moffat, Perimeter Institute
Dimitrios Psaltis, University of Arizona
Jonathan Weintroub, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

Scientific Organizing Committee:

Heino Falcke, Radbout University Nimegen
Gabriela Gonzalez, Louisiana State University
Paul Ho, Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Mareki Honma, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Michael Kramer, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
Sera Markoff, University of Amsterdam
Dan Marrone, University of Arizona
John Wardle, Brandeis University
Anton Zensus, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
Lucy Ziurys, University of Arizona