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                            WEDNESDAY
  9:00 - 9:05       C. Kouveliotou      Welcome
  9:05 - 9:30  R-1  G. Fishman          GRB Observations: Past,
                                              Present, and Future  
          Temporal Properties of GRBs  (T-session)  
Chairperson:  N. Gehrels
   9:30 -  9:55                         T-1  I. Mitrofanov  (Invited)
   9:55 - 10:20                         T-2  J. Norris  (Invited)
  10:20 - 10:30                         T-3  E. Fenimore
  10:30 - 11:00                         BREAK
  11:00 - 11:15                         T-4  R. Nemiroff
  11:15 - 11:30                         T-5  V. Petrosian
  11:30 - 11:45                         T-6  C. Kouveliotou
  11:45 - 11:55                         T-7  A. Pozanenko
  11:55 - 12:05                         T-8  V. Wang
  
           Instrumentation (I-Session)
  12:05 - 12:10                         I-1  N. Gehrels
  12:10 - 12:15                         I-2  H. Park
  12:15 - 12:20                         I-3  N. Johnson
  12:20 - 12:25                         I-4  D. Forrest       
  12:25 - 12:30                         I-5  F. Harrison
  12:30 -  2:00                         LUNCH
           Spectral Properties of GRBs  (S-Session)
Chairperson: B. Paciesas
   2:00 -  2:25                         S-1  D. Band (Invited)
   2:25 -  2:50                         S-2  M. Briggs (Invited)
   2:50 -  3:00                         S-3  R. Wilson
   3:00 -  3:10                         S-4  P. Freeman
   3:10 -  3:20                         S-5  M. Isenberg
   3:20 -  3:30                         S-6  J. Brainerd
   3:30 -  4:00                         BREAK
   4:00 -  4:15                         S-7  B. Teegarden
   4:15 -  4:30                         S-8  G. Pendleton
   4:30 -  4:45                         S-9  A. Chernenko
   4:45 -  4:55                         S-10 R. Preece
   4:55 -  5:05                         S-11 E. Liang  
   5:05 -  5:15                         S-12 R. Mallozzi
   5:15 -  5:25                         S-13 E. Waxman
           Instrumentation (I-Session)
   5:25 -  5:30                         I-6  K. Hurley
   5:30 -  5:35                         I-7  C. Meegan
   5:35 -  5:40                         I-8  G. Ricker
   5:40 -  5:45                         I-9  R. Vanderspek
   5:45 -  5:50                         I-10 S. Matz
   5:50 -  6:00                         DISCUSSION
                                        
Evening Special Session (8-9 pm): Questions and Answers on BATSE data
                                  products
Chairperson:  C. Meegan
Panel:        G. Pendleton, M. Briggs, T. Koshut, C. Meegan
                                THURSDAY
           Global Properties of GRBs and their Implications (G-Session)
Chairperson: B. Teegarden
   9:00 -  9:25                         G-1 C. Meegan (Invited)
   9:25 -  9:35                         G-2 J. Higdon 
   9:35 -  9:50                         G-3 J. Kommers
   9:50 - 10:00                         G-4 C. Young
  10:00 - 10:10                         G-5 R. Rutledge
  10:10 - 10:25                         G-6 C. Graziani
  10:25 - 11:00                         BREAK
  11:00 - 11:25                         G-7  E. Fenimore (Invited)
  11:25 - 11:35                         G-8  J. Bloom
  11:35 - 11:45                         G-9  J.L. Atteia
  11:45 - 11:55                         G-10 J. Quashnock
  11:55 - 12:05                         G-11 J. Hakkila
  12:05 - 12:15                         G-12 G. Pizzichini
  12:15 - 12:25                         G-13 T. Koshut
  12:25 - 12:35                         G-14 J. Horack
  12:35 -  2:00                         LUNCH
Chairperson: E. Fenimore
        
   2:00 -  2:25                         G-15 D. Hartmann (Invited)
   2:25 -  2:50                         G-16 D. Lamb (Invited)
   2:50 -  3:05                         G-17 T. Loredo 
   3:05 -  3:20                         G-18 R. Lingenfelter
   3:20 -  3:30                         G-19 D. Bennett
                                
   3:30 -  4:00                         BREAK        
   4:00 -  4:15                         G-20 P. Bulik
   4:15 -  4:25                         G-21 T. Cline
   4:25 -  4:35                         G-22 M. Kippen
   4:35 -  4:45                         G-23 J. Laros
   4:45 -  4:55                         G-24 H. Li
   6:30                                 BANQUET
                                        
                                FRIDAY
           GRB Counterparts (C-Session)
Chairperson: K. Bennett
   9:00 -  9:25                         C-1 F. Vrba (Invited)
   9:25 -  9:35                         C-2 J. Greiner                
   9:35 -  9:45                         C-3 R. Hudec
   9:45 -  9:55                         C-4 B. NcNamara
   9:55 - 10:05                         C-5 B. Lee
  10:05 - 10:15                         C-6 S. Larson
  10:15 - 10:25                         C-7 D. Green
  10:25 - 10:35                         C-8 B. Funk
                                        
  10:35 - 11:00                         BREAK
           GRB Models (M-Session)
Chairperson: D. Lamb
  11:00 - 11:25                         M-1 S. Woosley (Invited)
  11:25 - 11:35                         M-2 C. Thompson 
  11:35 - 11:45                         M-3 J. Katz
  11:45 - 11:55                         M-4 A. Mitra
  11:55 - 12:05                         M-5 S. Colgate
  12:05 - 12:15                         M-6 M. Tavani 
  12:15 - 12:25                         M-7 M. Baring
  12:25 -  2:00                         LUNCH
   2:00 -  2:10                         M-8  M. Ruffert
   2:10 -  2:20                         M-9  G. Mathews
   2:20 -  2:30                         M-10 T. Piran
   2:30 -  2:40                         M-11 D. Cline
   2:40 -  2:50                         M-12 C. Dermer
   2:50 -  3:30                         Discussion on all GRB Topics
   3:30 -  4:00                         BREAK
           SGRs (SG-Session)
Chairperson: J. Greiner
   4:00 -  4:30                         SG-1 K. Hurley (Invited)
   4:30 -  4:40                         SG-2 T. Murakami
   4:40 -  4:50                         SG-3 R. Danner
   4:50 -  5:00                         SG-4 I. Smith
   5:00 -  5:25                         SG-5 C. Thompson (Invited)
   5:25 -  5:35                         SG-6 A. Harding
   5:35 -  5:45                         SG-7 C. Miller
   5:45 -  6:00   Closing Remarks       C. Kouveliotou
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