Announcements
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First Announcement
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"LOCAL GROUP, LOCAL COSMOLOGY"
Symposium V - July 8/9, 2013, Turku, Finland
European Week of Astronomy and Space Science
http://research.iac.es/congreso/local2013/
The Local Group is the crossroads of a huge observational effort, which
is constantly increasing our knowledge of the kinematic properties,
star formation histories, and chemical evolution of nearby systems.
A careful comparison between these empirical data and the predictions
of cosmological models represents a crucial step towards a deeper
understanding of the entire galaxy formation process, which includes
the origin of the first cosmic objects. Local Cosmology is providing
fruitful links with the high-redshift Universe, which can be tested
by using the observations of more distant systems.
Starting from the variety of Local Group observations the Symposium
aims to analyze the formation of nearby galaxies in a cosmological
context, to discuss the observed properties of galaxies through the
cosmic time, and to explore the opportunities of future instruments
in linking the Local and the high-redshift Universe. In order to
build-up a lively dialog among the complementary astronomical
communities we are inviting international experts of different fields,
and we are proposing a transverse program, which juxtaposes Local and
high-redshift observations, besides observers and theoreticians.
We encourage all the participants who wish to present an oral or a
poster contribution in this Symposium to submit their abstract via
the central Abstracts page of EWASS 2013
http://www.astro.utu.fi/EWASS2013/abstracts.php
The registration to EWASS 2013 is now open, while the abstract
submission is expect to start at the beginning of March.
The topics that will be covered in the Symposium include:
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- The Local Group: kinematics, mass and global properties of nearby galaxies
- Star formation through the cosmic time: observations vs theory
- Chemical abundances through the cosmic time: observations vs theory
- Future observations: E-ELT, JWST and GAIA
Confirmed invited speakers:
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G. Battaglia ** (INAF Bologna)
T. Beers (Michigan State)
G. Bono (INAF Rome)
R. Bouwens (U. Leiden)
T. Brown ** (STScI Baltimore)
S. Cassisi (INAF Teramo)
A. Ferrara (SNS Pisa)
C. Gallart (IAC Tenerife)
A. McConnachie (Herzberg Institute/U. Victoria)
A. Pawlik ** (MPA Munich)
M. Pettini (U. Cambridge)
M. Ricotti (U. Maryland)
A. Robin ** (UTINAM Besancon)
K. Venn (U. Victoria)
J. Wise ** (Georgia Tech)
** = targeted talks
Scientific Organizing Committee:
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co-chair M. Monelli (IAC Tenerife)
co-chair S. Salvadori (Kapteyn Groningen)
W. Aoki (NAOJ Tokyo)
M. Bellazzini (INAF Bologna)
V. Bromm (Texas Austin)
G. Fiorentino (INAF Bologna)
D. Hatzidimitriou (U. Athens)
E. Lokas (NCAC Warsaw)
E. Tolstoy (Kapteyn Groningen).
Registration and abstract submission:
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Both the registration and the abstract submission has
to be done *before April 8* following the instructions
given on the EWASS main webpage.
Normal registration: 350 eur (late 400 eur)
Student registration: 250 eur (late 300 eur)
One-day registration: 200 eur
Note that the lunches are included into the price.
Registration: http://www.astro.utu.fi/EWASS2013/registration.php
Abstract submission: http://www.astro.utu.fi/EWASS2013/abstracts.php
Important Dates:
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Early registration deadline: April 8, 2013
Abstract submission start: beginning of March
Abstract submission deadline: April 8, 2013
Symposium: July 8-9, 2013
Contact Addresses:
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cosmolocal2013(at)gmail(dot)com
monelli(at)iac(dot)es
salvadori(at)astro(dot)rug(dot)nl
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Final Announcement
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"LOCAL GROUP, LOCAL COSMOLOGY"
Symposium V - July 8/9, 2013, Turku, Finland
European Week of Astronomy and Space Science
http://research.iac.es/congreso/local2013/
*) THE SYMPOSIUM:
The Symposium will start on Monday 8th at 11.45, and it will end on Tuesday 9th at 18.00.
*) PROGRAMME:
The final programme of the Symposium is available on the Local Group, Local Cosmology website:
http://research.iac.es/congreso/local2013/pages/programme.php
The programme will include invited (20 + 5 min discussion), targeted (16 + 4 min) and
contributed talks (12 + 3 min), along with a final discussion that will end the Symposium.
The general programme of the EWASS conference will be posted soon on the main EWASS webpage.
*) LOGISTICS:
The EWASS Conference will take place at the Logomo centre.
A map of the city and the activities related to the meeting can be found at:
http://www.astro.utu.fi/EWASS2013/Kartta_EWASS2013.pdf
The Symposium "Local Group, Local Cosmology" will be held in room MOVE 2.
Please note that the first morning session immediately follows the plenary session,
which takes place on a different room. We ask your collaboration to try to reduce
delays as much as possible.
The lunches are included in the conference fee, and they will be served in the main hall.
*) AUTHORS INSTRUCTIONS:
TALKS : Both a Windows and a Mac computer will be available for the presentations.
In order to reduce overheads between talks and avoid delays, we require that all
the speakers use the computers provided by the organization. We recommend the
speakers to download their files on the conference laptops and check that they run
correctly, at latest at the coffee/lunch break before their session. Alternatively,
presentations can be sent to the official e-mail address: cosmolocal2013 @ gmail.com
POSTERS : The posters maximum size allowed is 88cm x 118cm. It will be possible
to expose them from Monday 8 (morning) until Friday 13 (before 18:00).
The posters will be located close to the main hall and tagged with the names.
*) LIST OF PARTICIPANTS:
The list of participants for the Symposium 5 is available at the following link:
The complete list of participant for EWASS 2013 is available at the general EWASS webpage:
http://www.astro.utu.fi/EWASS2013/participants.php
*) QUESTIONS:
Please do not hesitate to contact us for any question at cosmolocal2013(at)gmail(dot)com
See you soon in Turku!
Matteo Monelli and Stefania Salvadori