During the two weeks of the TSI, lectures will be held in the morning and the afternoons will be dedicated to hands-on problem solving to help digest the content. Lunch will be provided for registered participants.

Lecturers first week (July 24-28): Jeremy Heyl, David Yong, Kim Venn, Julie Lutz, George Wallerstein, Ingrid Stairs, Douglas Scott

• Monday, July 24th:
8:30 Registration
9:00 Welcome & Introduction (Iris Dillmann, TRIUMF and UVic)
9:30 Introduction to TRIUMF (Reiner Kruecken, TRIUMF and UBC)
10:30 "Nuclear Astrophysics with MESA" (Jeremy Heyl and Ilaria Caiazzo, UBC)

15:00 TRIUMF Tour
17:30 Pizza & Pops


• Tuesday, July 25th:
9:00 "Nuclear Astrophysics with MESA (II)" (Jeremy Heyl and Ilaria Caiazzo, UBC)
11:00 "Stellar chemical composition research in the photographic era" (George Wallerstein, U of Washington)

14:00-17:00 Practical session with Jeremy Heyl and Ilaria Caiazzo


• Wednesday, July 26th:
9:00 "Finding new metal-poor stars in the CFHT Pristine Survey" (Kim Venn, UVic)
11:00 "Chemical abundances in metal-poor stars" (David Yong, ANU)

14:00-17:00 Informal session with the lecturers


• Thursday, July 27th:
9:00 "High precision chemical abundances" (David Yong, ANU)
11:00 "Planetary Nebulae and Symbiotic Stars: Emission Line Spectra on Steroids" (Julie Lutz, U of Washington)

14:00-17:00 Practical session with Kim Venn and David Yong


• Friday, July 28th:
9:00 "Neutron Star Observations and Equation of State" (Ingrid Stairs, UBC)
11:00 "Nucleosynthesis and Cosmology" (Douglas Scott, UBC)

13:00- 21:00 Excursion to Squamish (packed lunch)

• Monday, July 31th:
9:00 "Experimental techniques in heavy element nucleosynthesis" (Artemis Spyrou, MSU/NSCL)
11:00 "Experimental techniques in light element nucleosynthesis" (Alison Laird, U of York)

14:00-18:00 Bike Tour around Stanley Park


• Tuesday, August 1st:
9:00 "Experimental techniques in heavy element nucleosynthesis (II)" (Artemis Spyrou, MSU/NSCL)
11:00 "Experimental techniques in light element nucleosynthesis (II)" (Alison Laird, U of York)

14:00-17:00 Practical session with Alison Laird and Artemis Spyrou


• Wednesday, August 2nd:
9:00 "Explosive nucleosynthesis: Novae, XRB and type Ia supernovae" (Jordi Jose, UPC)
11:00 "Nucleosynthesis in AGB and massive stars" (Marco Pignatari, U of Hull)

14:00- 18:00 Free Afternoon
18:00- 21:00 Conference Dinner at the Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts (Granville Island)
22:00- 22:28 Celebration of Light Fireworks


• Thursday, August 3rd:
9:00 "Explosive nucleosynthesis: Novae, XRB and type Ia supernovae (II)" (Jordi Jose, UPC)
11:00 "Nucleosynthesis in AGB and massive stars (II)" (Marco Pignatari, U of Hull)

14:00-17:00 Practical session with Jordi Jose and Marco Pignatari


• Friday, August 4th:
9:00 "Goldilocks and the 3000+ Worlds: Looking for exoplanets that are "just right"" (Jaymie Matthews, UBC)
11:00 Feedback & Close-Out
12:30 End of TSI2017