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Presentation

The scientific sessions will start on Monday, 25th July and run through Friday, 29^th (afternoon) July, 2011. They will contain review talks, contributed talks, posters, and panel discussions. See the Preliminary Scientific Program for details on topics and speakers.

The conference format will be divided up into six main topics.

Main Topics

New results from observations
The stellar evolutionary connection
Aspects of the planetary nebula phase
The central stars
The population of Galactic, extragalactic, and intra-cluster planetary nebulae
Future endeavours in the field

Invited Speakers

M. Arnaboldi (ESO) X.-W. Liu (China)

B. Balick (USA) V. Luridiana (Spain)

M. Barlow (UK) L. Magrini (Italy)

L. Bianchi (USA) P. Marigo (Italy)

Y.-H. Chu (USA) Q. Parker (Australia)

A. García-Hernandez (Spain) W. Reid (Australia)

P. García-Lario (ESA) M. Richer (Mexico)

M. Guerrero (Spain) R. Shaw (USA)

R. Izzard (Germany) W. Steffen (Mexico)

H. U. Kaufl (ESO) E. Villaver (Spain)

K. Kwitter (USA) K. Werner (Germany)

S. Kwok (China) L. A. Willson (USA)

Scientific Organizing Committee (SOC)

Mike Barlow (UK), You- Hua Chu (USA), Romano L.M. Corradi (Spain), Shuji Deguchi (Japan), Adam Frank (USA), George Jacoby (USA), Sun Kwok (China), Alberto López (Mexico), Walter Maciel (Brazil), Arturo Manchado (Spain, co-Chair), Roberto Méndez (USA), Quentin Parker (Australia), Letizia Stanghellini (USA, co-Chair), Detlef Schönberner (Germany) and Albert Zijlstra (UK).

Local Organizing Committee (LOC)

Arturo Manchado (Chair), Judith Araoz, Eva Bejarano, Romano L.M. Corradi, Anibal García-Hernandez, Valentina Luridiana, Christophe Morisset and Eva Villaver.