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Proceedings IAU Symposium No. 260 online
4 July 2011
Proceedings IAU Symposium No. 260
"The Role of Astronomy in Society and Culture"
Eds.: D. Valls-Gabaud and A. Boksenberg
Cambridge University Press ISBN 9780-521-76477-3
Proceedings IAU Symposium No. 274 online
16 June 2011
Proceedings IAU Symposium No. 274
"Advances in Plasma Astrophysics"
Eds.: A. Bonanno, A. Kosovichev
Cambridge University Press ISBN 9780-521-19741-0
List of Special Sessions and Joint Discussions selected for 2012
14 June 2011
The list is as follows:
1) Special Sessions at the General Assembly:
- SpS1 — Origin and complexity of massive star clusters
Contact: Giampaolo Piotto, Italy
giampaolo.piotto@unipd.it - SpS2 — Cosmic evolution of groups and clusters of galaxies
Contact: Jan Vrtilek, USA
jvrtilek@cfa.harvard.edu - SpS3 — Galaxy evolution through secular processes
Contact: Ron Buta, USA
rbuta@bama.ua.edu - SpS4 — New era for studying interstellar and intergalactic magnetic fields
Contact: Han JinLin, China
hjl@nao.cas.cn - SpS5 — The IR view of massive stars: the main sequence and beyond
Contact: Margaret Hanson, USA
hansonmm@ucmail.uc.edu - SpS6 — Science with large solar telescopes
Contact: Gianna Cauzzi, Italy
gcauzzi@arcetri.astro.it - SpS7 — The impact hazard: current activities and future plans
Contact: Alan Harris, USA
harrisaw@att.net - SpS8 — Calibration of star-formation rate measurements across the electromagnetic spectrum
Contact: Andreas Zezas, Greece
azezas@physics.uoc.gr - SpS9 — Future Large Facilities
Contact: Roger Davies, UK
rld@astro.ox.ac.uk - SpS10 — Dynamics of the star-planet relations
Contact: Jean-Louis Bougeret, France
jean-louis.bougeret@obspm.fr - SpS11 — IAU Strategic Plan and the Global Office of Astronomy for Development
Contact: George Miley, Netherlands and Kevin Govender, South Africa
miley@strw.LeidenUniv.nl and kg@astro4dev.org - SpS12 — Modern views of the interstellar medium
Contact: You-Hua Chu, USA
yhchu@illinois.edu - SpS13 — High-precision tests of stellar physics from high-precision photometry
Contact: Dave Soderblom, USA
drs@stsci.edu - SpS14 — Communicating astronomy with the public for scientists
Contact: Dennis Crabtree, Canada
Dennis.Crabtree@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca - SpS15 — Data intensive astronomy
Contact: Masatoshi Ohishi, Japan
masatoshi.ohishi@nao.ac.jp - SpS16 — Unexplained spectral phenomena in the interstellar medium
Contact: Sun Kwok, China
sunkwok@hku.hk - SpS17 — Light Pollution: Protecting Astronomical Sites and Increasing Global
Awareness through Education
Contacts: Beatriz García, Argentina
beatrigarciautn@gmail.com
and
Richard Green, USA
rgreen@lbto.org - SpS18 — "Hot Topics" for each week
(by invitation only)
Contact: Thierry Montmerle, France
montmerle@iap.fr
2) Joint Discussions at the General Assembly:
- JD1 — The highest-energy gamma-ray universe observed with Cherenkov telescope arrays
Contact: Diego Torres, Spain
dtorres@ieec.uab.es - JD2 —Very massive stars in the local universe
Contact: Jorick Vink, UK
jsv@arm.ac.uk - JD3 — 3-D views of the cycling Sun in stellar context
Contact: Lidia van Driel-Gesztelyi, France
Lidia.vanDriel@obspm.fr - JD4 — Ultraviolet emission in early-type galaxies
Contact: Sugata Kaviraj, UK
s.kaviraj@imperial.ac.uk - JD5 — From meteors and meteorites to their parent bodies: Current status and future developments
Contact: Junichi Watanabe, Japan
jun.watanabe@nao.ac.jp - JD6 — The connection between radio properties and high-energy emission in AGNs
Contact: Gabriele Giovannini, Italy
ggiovann@ira.inaf.it - JD7 — Space-time reference systems for future research
Contact: Dennis McCarthy, USA
dennis.mccarthy@usno.navy.mil
List of Symposia selected for 2012
3 June 2011
1) Symposia to be held during the General Assembly (Beijing):
The Executive Committee and Division Presidents have exceptionally selected 8 Symposia (instead of the usual 6).
- IAUS 288 — Astrophysics from Antarctica
Contact: Michael Burton, Australia
m.burton@unsw.edu.au - IAUS 289 — Advancing the physics of cosmic distances
Contact: Richard de Grijs, China
grijs@kiaa.pku.edu.cn
- IAUS 290 — Feeding compact objects: Accretion on all scales
Contact: Zhang Chengmin, China
zhangcm@bao.ac.cn - IAUS 291 — Neutron stars and pulsars: Challenges and opportunities after 80 Years
Contact: Richard Manchester, Australia
dick.manchester@csiro.au - IAUS 292 — Molecular Gas, Dust, and Star Formation in Galaxies
Contact: Martin Bureau, UK
bureau@astro.ox.ac.uk - IAUS 293 — Formation, detection, and characterization of extrasolar habitable planets
Contact: Nader Highighipour, USA
nader@ifa.hawaii.edu - IAUS 294 — Solar and astrophysical dynamos and magnetic activity
Contact: Alexander Kosovichev, USA
sasha@sun.stanford.edu - IAUS 295 — The intriguing life of massive galaxies
Contact: Daniel Thomas, UK
daniel.thomas@port.ac.uk
2) Symposium to be held outside the General Assembly:
- IAUS 287 — Cosmic masers - from OH to Ho
Stellenbosch, South Africa (29/1-3/2/2012)
Contact: Roy Booth, South Africa
rbooth@ska.ac.za
Special Sessions and Joint Discussions for the General Assembly will be announced later.
Jobs at the IAU Office of Astronomy for Development
16 May 2011
The IAU Office of Astronomy for Development (IAU OAD) coordinates a wide range of activities designed to stimulate astronomy throughout the world. This is part of a pioneering ten-year plan initiated by the IAU to exploit astronomy in the service of education and capacity building in the developing world. The OAD announces two job openings:
- Administrative Assistant (2-year contract, based in Cape Town, application deadline: 20 May 2011)
- Project Officer (3-year contract, based in Cape Town, application deadline: 30 June 2011)
More details are available on http://www.astro4dev.org/index.php/vacancies
Contact
Kevin Govender
Director Global Office of Astronomy for Development
Cell: +27 824 878 466
Email: kg@saao.ac.za
Proceedings IAU Symposium No. 270 online
2 May 2011
Proceedings IAU Symposium No. 270
"Computational Star Formation"
Eds.: J. Alves, B. Elmegreen, V. Trimble
Cambridge University Press ISBN 9780-521-76643-2
IAUS 279 Death of Massive Stars: Supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursts has been postponed
18 March 2011
IAUS 279 Death of Massive Stars: Supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursts (Apr 18 - Apr 22 Nikko, Japan) has been postponed, probably to early September 2011. Further information will be posted as soon as possible.
Proceedings IAU Symposium No. 275 online
25 February 2011
Proceedings IAU Symposium No. 275
"Jets at All Scales"
Eds.: Gustavo Romero, Rashid Sunyaev, Tomaso Belloni
Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780-521-76607-4
New IAU mailing list
16 February 2011
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IB 107 is online
19 January 2011
The Information Bulletin 107 (January 2011) is online. Download the PDF file (2.4 MB) on this link.
