"Semi-analytic models - are we kidding ourselves?" - Final programme Tuesday June 24, 2008 10:30 - 11:00 Registration and coffee 11:00 - 11:15 Welcome and introduction: Trevor Ponman 11:15 - 13:00 Session 1, Chair: Habib Khosroshahi Richard Bower 45 Semi-analytic models: pros and cons Malcolm Bremer 30 The observational properties of z>5 star forming galaxies Cedric Lacey 30 Properties of sub-mm galaxies: comparison of semi-analytical predictions with observations 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch & Posters: School of Physics & Astronomy Library 14:00 - 15:45 Session 2, Chair: Mike Merrifield Sadegh Khochfar 30 The star forming universe at z=2 Juan Gonzalez 30 The predicted power of semi-analytical models tested with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Michele Cirasuolo 15 Tracing the assembly history of galaxies Will Hartley 15 Can the Millennium simulation semi-analytic models reproduce the UKIDSS UDS/SXDS field? Ali Dariush 15 Mass assembly and evolution of the luminosity gap in groups of galaxies 15:45 - 16:15 Coffee 16:15 - 17:30 Session 3, Chair: Chris Collins Joe Silk 30 CDM and SAMS: problems and possible solutions Takashi Okamoto 15 Modelling the suppression of galaxy formation due to a UV-background Bruno Henriques 15 Monte Carlo Markov Chain parameter estimation in semi-analytic models of galaxy formation Eduard Salvador-Sole 15 A new strategy with unavoidable parameters only 17:30 - 18:00 Discussion: Graham Smith 19:00 - 19:30 Start of Workshop meal Wednesday June 25, 2008 09:00 - 10:30 Session 4, Chair: Jon Davies Eelco van Kampen 30 Semi-analytical models explain everything! Andrew Pontzen 15 DLAs in galaxy formation simulations Claudia Urbina 15 The Semi-Analytic Galaxies (SAG) model: results on galaxy and black hole population properties Chris Haines 30 The different physical mechanisms that drive the star-formation histories of giant and dwarf galaxies 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee 11:00 - 12:30 Session 5, Chair: Omar Almaini Rhys Rhodes 15 The STAGES clusters of galaxies - A challenge for semi-analytical models? Graham Smith 15 Co-evolution of Brightest Cluster Galaxies and their host clusters Chris Collins 15 Testing hierarchical assembly in the early universe using brightest cluster galaxies Daniel Thomas 30 Chemical enrichment in semi-analytic models Scott Trager 15 Stellar populations and chemical evolution in semi-analytic models: confronting reality or exposing flaws? 12:30 - 13:30 Lunch & Posters: School of Physics & Astronomy Library 13:30 - 15:15 Session 6, Chair: Scott Kay Romeel Dave 30 Assessing basic assumptions in semi-analytic models with hydro simulations Frazer Pearce 30 The core problem: can semi-analytic models handle X-rays? Alastair Sanderson 15 X-ray observations of the intracluster medium: implications for semi-analytic models Chris Short 30 Simulations of galaxy clusters with feedback from semi-analytic models 15:15 - 15:45 Discussion: Trevor Ponman 15:45 - 15:50 Closing remarks: Trevor Ponman