Planetary systems beyond the main sequence

"Fields: Astrophysicists working on extrasolar planets, white dwarfs, giant stars, pulsars, astrobiology. This conference was the first to discuss the fate of a planet and its host star when the star evolves into a red giant and finally ends its life as a white dwarf. Scientists specialised in stellar evolution met experts from the exoplanet field to discuss this interplay"--Publisher's Web site.