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.