The scientific program was organized by Theo ten Brummelaar, CHARA's Associate Director. The local arrangements were beautifully and memorably managed by Denis Mourard and Phillipe Stee of OCA, and we thank them for making the Nice Observatory such a spectacular and hospitable venue for this meeting. We also gratefully acknowledge the Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, the Laboratoire FIZEAU, the Université de Nice, and the CNRS (Programme National de Physique Stellaire et Action Spécifique Haute Résolution Angulaire) for their generous financial support that was critical for enabling this invigorating meeting.

The participants in "CHARA Year Five" are shown in the photograph and key below.

Copies of the presentation materials, arranged according to the meeting agenda, are linked following the photograph.

Copies of the presentations at the CHARA Year Fvie Science Review are available here:

Monday, March 16, 2009 - CHARA Instrumentation and Observing Updates:

Introductory Comments - Hal McAlister, GSU/CHARA, Atlanta

Observing Trends and Throughput - Theo ten Brummelaar, GSU/CHARA, Mount Wilson

News from the CHARA Array Beam Combination Lab - Judit Sturmann, GSU/CHARA, Mount Wilson

Improving Beam Quality: New Telescope Alignment Procedure - Laszlo Sturmann, GSU/CHARA, Mount Wilson

Site Report and Notes - Larry Webster, GSU/CHARA, Mount Wilson

MIRC/CHAMP Status and Updates - Ming Zhao, UM, Ann Arbor

FLUOR Status and Future Plans - Vincent Foresto, Paris Obs., Meudon

PAVO, SUSI and ROCS: Status and Future Plans - Michael Ireland, U. Sydney, Sydney

VEGA: Status and Future Plans - Denis Mourard, OCA, Nice

Weather and Seeing Statistics - Nils Turner, GSU/CHARA, Mount Wilson

2008 Nightly Reports and Remote Observing - P.J. Goldfinger, GSU/CHARA, Mount Wilson

VEGA Remote Observing - Jean-Michel Clausse, GSU/CHARA, OCA, Nice

Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - CHARA Instrumentation and Observing Updates (cont.):

Overview of CHARA AO: Planning and Concepts - Steve Ridgway, NOAO, Tucson

Calibration Tips - Tabetha Boyajian, GSU/CHARA, Atlanta

Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - Science from the CHARA Array:

The Diameters of M Dwarfs - Gerard van Belle, ESO, Garching

A Survey of Stellar Families - Multiplicity of Solar-Type Stars - Deepak Raghavan, GSU/CHARA, Atlanta

Hot Dust in Debris Disks - Rachel Akeson, NExScI, Pasadena

Masses and Radii of Young Stars - Russel White, GSU/CHARA, Atlanta

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - Science from the CHARA Array (cont):

Observations of Be Star Disks with the CHARA Array - Yamina Touhami, GSU/CHARA, Atlanta

Imaging Stars and Hot Jupiters with the CHARA Interferometer - Ming Zhao, UM, Ann Arbor

Dynamite Diameters: Update on A, F and G Dwarfs - Tabetha Boyajian, GSU/CHARA, Atlanta

First Science Results with VEGA I. - Karine Perraut, OCA, Nice

First Science Results with VEGA II. - Philippe Stee, OCA, Nice

Massive Star Diameters Measured with CHARA/PAVO - Noel Richardson, GSU/CHARA, Atlanta

Closure Phase Interferometry: Progress on lambda Andromedae - Rob Parks, GSU/CHARA, Atlanta

FLUOR Science: Recent Results and Ongoing Projects - Emmanuel Di Folco, Paris Obs., Meudon

Observing Massive Binaries with the CHARA Array - Doug Gies, GSU/CHARA, Atlanta

Modeling the Disk of zeta Tauri Using MIRC - Gail Schaefer, GSU/CHARA, Mount Wilson

The Separated Fringe Packet Survey - Chris Farrington, GSU/CHARA, Mount Wilson

Separated Fringe Packets: Results and Prospects - Brian Mason, USNO, Washington

Self-Calibrating Multiple Systems - David O'Brien, GSU/CHARA, Atlanta

Characterizing Exoplanet Host Giant Stars - Ellyn Baines, NRL, Washington

Co-Phasing Activities at ONERA - Kamel Houairi, Paris Obs., Meudon