Monday, 05 Oct 2015
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| 10:00-10:30 | | Registration
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Session 1. Chair: Areg Mickaelian
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| 10:30-10:50 | | Opening of the Meeting. Welcome Addresses:
Haik Harutyunian (Armenia), Director of BAO
Areg Mickaelian (Armenia), Chair of SOC, Project Manager of ArVO
Christophe Arviset (Spain), Chair of IVOA
Andy Lawrence (UK), Project Manager of AstroGrid
Alain Sarkissian (France), Chair of IPDA
Oleg Malkov (Russia), Project Manager of RVO
Tigran Magakian (Armenia), Deputy Director of BAO
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| 10:50-11:30 | | Alain Sarkissian (France) “The International Planetary Data Alliance (IPDA): overview of the activities” (Invited Review)
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| 11:30-12:00 | | Coffee/tea break
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Session 2. Chair: Alain Sarkissian
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| 12:00-12:40 | | Joachim Wambsganss (Germany) “Discovering extrasolar planets with gravitational microlensing surveys” (Invited Review) |
| 12:40-13:10 | | Haik Harutyunian (Armenia) “Brief Survey of Activity Phenomena in Cosmic Objects” (Invited Review) |
| 13:10-13:30 | | Martin Topinka (Czech Republic) “Machine learning classification of transient events in robotic telescope surveys"
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| 13:30-14:30 | | Lunch
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Session 3. Chair: Haik Harutyunian
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| 14:30-15:05 | | Areg Mickaelian (Armenia) “Astronomical Surveys, Catalogs, Databases and Archives” (Invited Review) |
| 15:05-15:40 | | Serguei Dodonov (Russia), Tigran Movsessian (Armenia) “Medium Band Byurakan Survey: Scientific Goals and Technical Details” (Invited Review) |
| 15:40-16:00 | | Anahit Samsonyan (Armenia) “The Cornell Atlas of Spitzer/IRS Sources"
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| 16:00-18:00 | | BAO tour: Viktor Ambartsumian museum, 2.6m and 1m Schmidt telescopes |
| 18:00-19:00 | | Welcome Reception |
Tuesday, 06 Oct 2015
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Session 4. Chair: Oleg Malkov
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| 10:00-10:45 | | Christophe Arviset (Spain) “The Gaia Archive: VO in action in the big data era” (Invited Review) |
| 10:45-11:30 | | Tigran Magakian (Armenia) “Searches of Herbig-Haro objects: history, current situation and perspectives” (Invited Review)
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| 11:30-12:00 | | Coffee/tea break
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Session 5. Chair: Tigran Magakian
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| 12:00-12:45 | | Oleg Malkov (Russia) “The Binary star database BDB: current status and scientific tasks” (Invited Review) |
| 12:45-13:30 | | Hrachya Astsatryan (Armenia) “Computational Astrophysics towards Exascale Computing and Big Data” (Invited Review)
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| 13:30-14:30 | | Lunch
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Session 6. Chair: Christophe Arviset
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| 14:30-15:05 | | Armen Gyulbudaghian (Armenia) “Two Types of Radial Systems of Dark Globules” (Invited Review) |
| 15:05-15:40 | | Kamo Gigoyan (Armenia) “Cool Carbon Stars in the Halo” (Invited Review) |
| 15:40-16:00 | | Aram Knyazyan (Armenia) “Armenian Virtual Observatory: Services and Data Sharing"
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| 16:00-16:30 | | Coffee/tea break
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Session 7. Chair: Armen Gyulbudaghian
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| 16:30-16:50 | | Gabriel Ohanian (Armenia)"The Existence of Ultra Massive Black Holes (UMBHs) in the Center of Radiogalaxies" |
| 16:50-17:10 | | Yikdem Mengesha Gebrehiwot (Ethiopia) “Fictitious and excess data in principal catalogues of visual binaries" |
| 17:10-17:30 | | Irakli Simonia (Georgia) “DVD database Astronomical Manuscripts in Georgia" |
Wednesday, 07 Oct 2015
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Session 8. Chair: Corinne Rossi
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| 10:00-10:45 | | Areg Mickaelian (Armenia) “Search and studies of active galaxies at BAO” (Invited Review) |
| 10:45-11:30 | | Elena Nikoghosyan (Armenia) “The search and study of PMS stars with Hα emission” (Invited Review)
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| 11:30-12:00 | | Coffee/tea break
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Session 9. Chair: Joachim Wambsganss
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| 12:00-12:45 | | Andrew Lawrence (UK) “Clues to the structure of AGN through massive variability surveys” (Invited Review) |
| 12:45-13:30 | | Jesus Falcon-Barroso (Spain) “Understanding the nearby Universe through the CALIFA survey” (Invited Review)
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| 13:30-14:30 | | Lunch |
| 14:30-19:00 | | Excursion to Garni Temple and Geghard Monastery |
Thursday, 08 Oct 2015
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Session 10. Chair: David Schade
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| 10:00-10:30 | | Ararat Yeghikyan (Armenia) “On survivability of ices in active galaxies” (Invited Review) |
| 10:30-10:55 | | Susanna Hakopian (Armenia) “Exploring the subsample of SBS galaxies. Current results" |
| 10:55-11:30 | | Areg Mickaelian (Armenia) “BAO plate archive digitization project and its scientific usage” (Invited Review)
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| 11:30-12:00 | | Coffee/tea break
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Session 11. Chair: Jesus Falcon-Barroso
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| 12:00-12:40 | | David Schade (Canada) “Big Surveys, Big Data Centres” (Invited Review) |
| 12:40-13:00 | | Corinne Rossi (Italy)"Spectral and variability properties of BIS catalog sources" |
| 13:00-13:20 | | Marietta Gyulzadyan (Armenia) “The Spectral Investigation and Physical Properties of Markarian Galaxies from SDSS” |
| 13:20-13:40 | | Eugene Kazakov (Russia) “About cross-identifications of Almagest catalog and others"
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| 13:40-14:40 | | Lunch
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Session 12. Chair: Andy Lawrence
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| 14:40-15:00 | | Poster Session |
| 15:00-16:00 | | General discussion and Closing of the Symposium
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| 16:00-16:30 | | Coffee/tea break |
| 16:00-19:00 | | Excursion to medieval Amberd fortress |
| 19:00-22:00 | | Symposium banquet |