The Manchester Microlensing Conference (M2C) was held at the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics at Manchester University in the UK from 21st-25th January 2008. M2C comprised two elements: the ANGLES Microlensing Workshop and the 12th International Conference on gravitational microlensing. M2C began with the two-day Workshop, providing interactive Master Classes to around 60 researchers on selected hot topics in microlensing. The Master Classes were delivered by world-leading experts on each of the topics. The topics reflected the diverse techniques and applications of microlensing, such as crowded-field photometry, modelling of extra-solar planetary systems, and the use of microlensing in cosmology.
The 12th International Conference on microlensing followed immediately after the Workshop and was attended by around 90 researchers. The Conference covered all aspects of current research in microlensing, including: Microlensing towards the Magellanic Clouds; Cosmological Microlensing; Stellar and Galactic Microlensing; Galactic Microlensing Surveys; Follow-up Programmes and Planetary Microlensing; M31 Microlensing; and Future Directions.
The M2C Proceedings serve three functions. Through the expert master classes the M2C Proceedings provide a great starting point for those who wish to enter the field or who just wish to learn more about microlensing at a depth beyond that usually covered by a single review article. The M2C proceedings also provide a snapshot of the state-of-the art in microlensing observations and theory as of January 2008, in what is a rapidly developing field. Lastly, the M2C meeting and its Proceedings are dedicated to the memory of the late Bohdan Paczynski, a towering figure and founding father of modern day microlensing research.
If you wish to cite an article within the M2C Proceedings you can use the following example as a template:
Mao, S., 2008, "Introduction to Microlensing", in Proceedings of the Manchester Microlensing Conference: The 12th International Conference and ANGLES Microlensing Workshop, eds. E. Kerins, S. Mao, N. Rattenbury and L. Wyrzykowski, PoS(GMC8)002
| The Manchester Microlensing Conference: the 12th International Conference and ANGLES Microlensing Workshop |
| The Manchester Microlensing Conference: the 12th International Conference and ANGLES Microlensing Workshop PoS(GMC8)001 pdf attachments |
| A Tribute to Bohdan Paczynski (1940-2007) PoS(GMC8)065 pdf |
| ANGLES Microlensing Workshop: Microlensing Master Classes |
| Introduction to Microlensing PoS(GMC8)002 pdf |
| Crowded Field Photometry and Difference Imaging PoS(GMC8)003 pdf |
| Serendipitous Science from Microlensing Datasets PoS(GMC8)064 
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| Galactic Structure from Microlensing PoS(GMC8)006
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| Cosmological Microlensing PoS(GMC8)007 pdf attachments |
| Modelling Microlensing Events PoS(GMC8)008 pdf |
| Modelling Planetary Microlensing Events PoS(GMC8)009
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| Conference Session 1: Microlensing towards the Magellanic Clouds |
| First Results from the SuperMACHO Survey of the LMC PoS(GMC8)010
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| The OGLE search for microlensing events towards the LMC PoS(GMC8)011 pdf |
| Non-gaussian velocity distribution for the LMC sources: microlensing implications PoS(GMC8)012 pdf |
| Conference Session 2: Cosmological Microlensing |
| A quasar under a microlensing caustic PoS(GMC8)013 pdf |
| Modelling anomalous lensed quasars PoS(GMC8)014 pdf |
| Time delays in the gravitationally lensed quasar SDSS J1004+4112 PoS(GMC8)016 pdf |
| Probing the nature of dark matter with gravitational microlensing PoS(GMC8)017 pdf |
| The time-delay in the double quasar UM 673 PoS(GMC8)019
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| Microlensing to probe the quasar structure: spectrophotometry of Q2237+0305 and of J1131-1231 PoS(GMC8)020 pdf |
| Conference Session 3: Galactic Microlensing Surveys |
| 16th microlensing season of the OGLE survey PoS(GMC8)024 pdf attachments |
| MOA-II microlensing survey PoS(GMC8)025 pdf attachments |
| Conference Session 4: Stellar and Galactic Microlensing |
| Microlensing towards the Galactic centre an analysis of the Galactic Bulge IMF PoS(GMC8)021 pdf |
| Final results from EROS towards the Galactic Plane PoS(GMC8)026 pdf |
| Polarization and SEDs from microlensing of circumstellar envelopes PoS(GMC8)027 pdf |
| How to treat stellar limb darkening in the analysis of microlensing events PoS(GMC8)028 pdf |
| Beyond the fold approximation: the extended-source effect in two-point-mass microlensing PoS(GMC8)029 pdf |
| Microlensing Events Near-Field Surveys PoS(GMC8)030 pdf |
| Microlensing in binary systems PoS(GMC8)031 pdf |
| Repeating microlensing events in the OGLE data PoS(GMC8)032 pdf |
| The Wellington microlensing modelling programme PoS(GMC8)033 pdf |
| Conference Sessions 5 and 6: Follow-up Programmes and Planetary Microlensing |
| Discovery of a Jupiter/Saturn Analog with Gravitational Microlensing PoS(GMC8)034
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| Modelling planets in high-magnification events with HMMM PoS(GMC8)035
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| Preliminary Analysis of OGLE-2007-BLG-472 PoS(GMC8)036 pdf |
| Detecting exoplanets with the xallarap microlensing effect PoS(GMC8)037 pdf |
| MicroFUN 2007 PoS(GMC8)038 pdf |
| Report on the PLANET Collaboration Operation PoS(GMC8)039
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| Status of RoboNet PoS(GMC8)040
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| High Magnification Events by MOA in 2007 PoS(GMC8)041 pdf |
| Conference Session 7: M31 Microlensing |
| An analysis of the M31 microlensing events PoS(GMC8)043 pdf |
| Gravitational lensing by the supermassive black hole in M31 PoS(GMC8)044 pdf |
| The Angstrom Project survey of M31 bulge microlensing PoS(GMC8)045 pdf |
| Conference Session 8: Future Directions |
| Microlensing from Antarctica PoS(GMC8)046
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| Delivering Machine Readable Microlensing Data Across the Internet PoS(GMC8)047 pdf |
| ARTEMIS, cooperative efforts, and optimal short-term strategies PoS(GMC8)048 pdf |
| The Microlensing Planet Finder mission PoS(GMC8)049
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| Conference Posters |
| Complete Catalog of M31 Microlensing Events from MEGA PoS(GMC8)050 pdf attachments |
| Microlensing variability in the gravitationally lensed quasar QSO $2237+0305 \equiv$ the Einstein Cross PoS(GMC8)051 pdf |
| An Implementation of the Ray Shooting Method PoS(GMC8)053 pdf |
| Gravitational Lensing and Cusp Slope Value Limit for the Dark Matter Haloes PoS(GMC8)054 pdf attachments |
| The WEB-plop observation prioritisation system PoS(GMC8)056 pdf |
| Are the Einstein Crossing Times of Galactic Microlensing Bimodal? PoS(GMC8)057 pdf |
| The Angstrom Survey: Status Report PoS(GMC8)058 pdf |
| Detection efficiencies in high magnification events PoS(GMC8)059 pdf attachments |
| Gravitational Lensing along multiple paths as a probe of physics beyond Einstein gravity PoS(GMC8)062 pdf |
| Gravitational lensing by gravitational wave pulse PoS(GMC8)063 pdf |
| The RoboNet-II project: Microlensing Anomaly Follow-up with the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network PoS(GMC8)066 pdf |