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| Starting Month | Starting Day | Meeting Event | Event Description | Contact email | Event Location |
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| September | 8 | Cosmic Dust - Near and Far | The goal of the meeting is to present a comprehensive assessment of cosmic dust in all astrophysical environments where dust is important for the physical and chemical processes. The meeting is a sequel in a line of cosmic dust conferences starting in Albany in 1972 and following the last very successful meeting in the Rockies Conference Center organized by A. Witt in 2003. "Cosmic Dust - Near & Far" is scheduled at a time where new exciting cosmic dust data are expected from the Spitzer telescope, meteorite/IDP measurements, and the Stardust mission and will take place shortly before the launch of the Herschel mission. The meeting is expected to cover new findings and future perspectives of cosmic dust in environments ranging from the solar system to galaxies and the early universe. Observational results, theoretical models, and the outcome of laboratory experiments will be addressed and their implication for future space missions will be highlighted. | DNF08@mpia.de | Heidelberg, Germany |
| August | 7 | 2008 URSI General Assembly | The XXIX General Assembly of the International Union of Radio Science (Union Radio Scientifique Internationale-URSI) will be held at the Hyatt Regency Chicago Hotel in downtown Chicago, Illinois, USA on August 07-16, 2008. The General Assemblies of URSI are held at intervals of three years to review current research trends, present new discoveries and make plans for future research and special projects in all areas of radio science, especially where international cooperation is desirable. The first Assembly was held in Brussels, Belgium in 1922 and the latest in New Delhi, India in 2005. Assemblies were held in the USA on three previous occasions: in Washington, D.C. in 1927 and 1981, and in Boulder, Colorado in 1957. | uslenghi@uic.edu | |
| June | 10 | Eleventh Synthesis Imaging Workshop | NRAO Summer School | amiodusz@nrao.edu | Socorro, NM, USA |
| June | 10 | Gas and Stars in Galaxies:A Multi-Wavelength 3D Perspective | This meeting aims to bring together the optical/near-IR and submm/radio communities working on 3-dimensional extragalactic data. The aim is to have a mainly science-driven conference, centered on both gas and stars in and around galaxies in all stages of their evolution. The optical/near-IR community now has access to an increasing number of powerful Integral Field Units (IFUs). Radio and millimeter interferometers have provided 3D information on gas in galaxies for decades. To foster an active research environment for the future it is important to have a good interchange between these communities. Combining the stellar, hot and cold gas dynamics provides an unprecedented opportunity to study many processes involved in galaxy formation such as infall, outflows, mergers and AGN-related phenomena. A secondary goal of this conference is for the different communities to learn about the tools used to analyze and visualize 3-dimensional data, and to understand how they can be combined in optimal ways. | gal3D2008@eso.org | ESO, Garching, Germany |
| June | 16 | Low-Metallicity Star Formation: From the First Stars to Dwarf Galaxies | IAU Symposium 255 : Low-Metallicity Star Formation: From the First Stars to Dwarf Galaxies | hunt@arcetri.astro.it | Rapallo (GE), Liguria (Italy) |
| June | 22 | CARMA summer school | Students will stay at the observatory for lectures, practical demonstrations, and observing projects. The lectures cover the basic theory of interferometer observations, data reduction and imaging. During the school each participant will make observations, and analyze the results. - there will be a nominal cost to the students - positions will be extremely limited - participants should normally be graduate students - the application deadline is April 25 - the application should consist of a statement of up to one page saying why the student would like to come, and contain the name and contact information for the student's advisor Here are some of the instrumental characteristics to help select a suitable project to learn observing and data analysis techniques from it. The CARMA telescope is designed as an aperture synthesis telescope. There are two receiver bands: 3 mm and 1 mm. A basic aperture synthesis observation makes an image the size of the primary beam (lambda/diameter ~ 1 arcmin at 100 GHz; 0.5 arcmin at 230 GHz) with a resolution corresponding to the maximum separations of the 15 antennas. You will learn how this works at the school. During the school we will be in a compact antenna configuration, the D-configuration, which gives an angular resolution of ~ 3-6 at 100 GHz, and 1.5-3 arcsec at 230 GHz. The most convenient source size is one which is smaller than the size of the primary beam. Larger sources can be imaged by time-sharing the pointing of the antennas (mosaicing), at the cost of lowered sensitivity. The sensitivity is determined by the system noise (receivers plus atmosphere), the bandwidth (or velocity resolution), and the observing time. The atmosphere is usually not so good for 1 mm observations in the summer, or for sources which are at low declinations and must be observed through more of the atmosphere, so it's best to select a bright source which is high in the sky and can be observed at 3 mm, but don't be discouraged if your favorite source does not satisfy all these conditions. It's best to observe a strong enough source that you can make an image during the school, rather than a detection project, then you can see the effects of different imaging techniques. You can read a TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: http://cedarflat.mmarray.org/observing/doc/instrument_desc.html and there is a tool to calculate the RMS noise: http://cedarflat.mmarray.org/observing/tools/rms.html Melvyn and Dick. LOGISTICS Travel: Plan to arrive on Sunday 22 June and depart on Saturday 28 June. We will organize a hike to Bristlecone Pines on Saturday. The school starts at 9am Monday and ends Saturday. Meals: Breakfast and lunch food will be provided. Dinners from Mon-Fri will be cooked communally in the control room kitchen. Accommodations: Because this is a 'hands-on' school, the plan is to hold all lectures and demonstrations in the control building at Cedar Flat, adjacent to the telescopes. Since the dorm and cottage at OVRO can accommodate at most 8, we hope that at least 7 people will join Mel and Dick in camping out at the 'Nelson' group campground, about 1.5 miles from the control room. Those who camp will avoid the hassle of driving up and down the mountain each day, and will have a wonderful opportunity to star-gaze each night. PLEASE REPLY WITH YOUR APPLICATION BY 25 APRIL: mwright@astron.berkeley.edu | mwright@astron.berkeley.edu | the CARMA site, Inyo mountains |
| May | 28 | Far-Infrared Astronomy from Space: A Community Workshop about the Future | Goals: In preparation for the Decadal Survey, and in celebration of the 25th anniversary of IRAS, we invite the community to a workshop to discuss strategies and plans for the future of far-infrared space astronomy. The goal of the workshop will be to define key science and technologies for the next generation of space-based far-infrared missions, based upon recent discoveries and the expected return of upcoming facilities, such as WISE, Herschel, SOFIA, JWST, ALMA, etc. | irspace@ipac.caltech.edu | Pasadena, CA |
| May | 5 | The Molecular Universe: an International Meeting on the Physics and Chemistry of the Interstellar Medium | Goal: The Herschel Space Observatory and the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) will open up the submillimeter window for high spatial and spectral resolution studies of the Universe. This will allow us to study, in much greater detail, the composition and the origin and evolution of molecules in space than hitherto possible. Moreover, molecular transitions in these spectral ranges provide a sensitive probe of the dynamics and the physical and chemical conditions in a wide range of objects at scales ranging from budding planetary systems to galactic and extragalactic sizes. Hence, these observatories provide us with the tools to study key astrophysical and astrochemical processes involved in the formation and evolution of planets, stars, and galaxies. The exciting scientific results from the European ?Molecular Universe? network and the French ?Programme National de Physique et Chimie du Milieu Interstellaire?, and the upcoming launch of the Herschel Space Observatory make this a perfect time for an international conference that synthesizes the most recent developments in this highly interdisciplinary field and charts the future. This meeting is designed to be of interest and value to the broader astronomy community active in the physics and chemistry of the interstellar medium, combining astronomy, physics, and chemistry of molecules and dust in the interstellar environment. | LOC@mdu.ism.u-bordeaux1.fr | Arcachon, France |
| April | 18 | ATA Proposal Deadline | The Allen Telescope Array is accepting proposals from the general user community for the second half of 2008. Proposals are due April 18, 2008 at 5pm PDT. | ||
| April | 15 | The Fifth Astrobiology Science Conference | AbSciCon 2008 | abscicon@seti.org | Santa Clara, California USA |
| March | 4 | MILLIMETER ASTRONOMY Course | 38th Saas-Fee Advanced Course on MILLIMETER ASTRONOMY Three lecturers will give a series of 9 lectures each on the following topics: 1. Techniques, tools and instruments in millimeter astronomy by Thomas L. Wilson (ESO/Munich) 2. From molecular clouds to star and planet formation by St?phane Guilloteau (Bordeaux Observatory/France) 3. Origins of galaxies: from local to high redshift investigations by Pierre Cox (IRAM/France) | Miroslava.Dessauges@obs.unige.ch | Les Diablerets (Switzerland) |
| March | 3 | Star Formation Across the Milky Way Galaxy | STAR FORMATION ACROSS THE MILKY WAY GALAXY An ESO Workshop | starformation_chile08@eso.org | Santiago de Chile |
| March | 5 | MILLIMETER ASTRONOMY Course | 38th Saas-Fee Advanced Course on MILLIMETER ASTRONOMY Three lecturers will give a series of 9 lectures each on the following topics: 1. Techniques, tools and instruments in millimeter astronomy by Thomas L. Wilson (ESO/Munich) 2. From molecular clouds to star and planet formation by St?phane Guilloteau (Bordeaux Observatory/France) 3. Origins of galaxies: from local to high redshift investigations by Pierre Cox (IRAM/France) | Miroslava.Dessauges@obs.unige.ch | Les Diablerets (Switzerland) |
| March | 26 | The Cosmic Agitator - Magnetic Fields in the Galaxy | 60 years of studies of the interstellar magnetic field | Lexington, KY | |
| February | 18 | IAU Symposium 251 Organic Matter in Space | Scientific Rationale Recent infrared spectroscopic observations have found evidence of complex carbonaceous compounds with aromatic and aliphatic structures in circumstellar and interstellar media. Laboratory isotopic analysis of meteorites and interplanetary dust collected in the upper atmosphere have revealed the presence of pre-solar grains similar to those formed in evolved stars. Primitive meteorites and interplanetary dust particles also contain complex organics, at least some of which show isotopic evidence that they have an interstellar heritage. Spectroscopic studies of comets and asteroids also show spectral signatures of organics. In fact, the molecular composition of comets has been found to closely resemble that of dense interstellar clouds. The direct link between star dust and the solar system therefore suggests that the early solar system was chemically enriched by both stellar ejecta and the products of interstellar processing. Millimeter and submm observations have detected rotational transitions of over 140 molecules, including hydrocarbons, alcohols, acids, aldehydes, ketones, amines, ethers, and other organic molecules. Organic molecules and compounds are also believed to be the carriers of the diffuse interstellar bands, the 2175 ? extinction feature, and the extended red emission. More precise identifications of the organic materials found in space and the processing they have undergone will depend on close working relationships between astronomers and laboratory spectroscopists. The Cassini mission and the Huygens probe have returned new results on the chemical composition of planetary and satellite atmospheres. There is an increasing recognition that organic compounds are major constituents of the atmosphere and surface of Titan. In addition, the Stardust mission has recently returned samples from the Comet 81P/Wild 2 and is currently providing us with a great opportunity to examine the content of stellar and interstellar material in the solar system. This, in conjunction with recent progress in laboratory simulations of stardust, will open up a new area of research tying together astronomy, chemistry, geology, and even biology. In this symposium, we intend to assemble observational astronomers, laboratory spectroscopists, and solar system scientists to share their expertise in order to come up with new ideas for the solution to the many unsolved mysteries associated with the origin, evolution, and distribution of organic matter in space. | iau251@hku.hk | Hong Kong, China |
| Starting Month | Starting Day | Meeting Event | Event Description | Contact email | Event Location |
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| March | 5 | Observing Planetary Systems | Observing Planetary Systems, an ESO Workshop | Santiago, Chile | |
| March | 24 | The Origin of Galaxies: Exploring Galaxy Evolution with the New Generation of Infrared-Millimetre Facilities | ESF-FWF Conference in Partnership with LFUI | radghoughi@esf.org | Universit?tszentrum Obergurgl, Obergurgl, Austria |
| April | 23 | Astronomy in the submillimeter and far infrared domains | Astronomy in the submillimeter and far infrared domains with the Herschel Space Observatory; | laurent.pagani@obspm.fr | Centre de Physique des Houches |
| May | 14 | Molecules in Space and Laboratory | International Astrophysics and Astrochemistry Conference Molecules in Space and Laboratory Paris, France, May 2007 | Mol_Spa_Lab@ml.u-cergy.fr | Val d'Oise, France |
| June | 18 | 50th anniversary of the founding of NRAO | 50th anniversary of the founding of NRAO | nrao-50@nrao.edu | Charlottesville, Virginia |
| June | 22 | Transformational Science with ALMA: Through Disks to Stars and Planet | Transformational Science with ALMA: Through Disks to Stars and Planets - NA ALMA Workshop | disk07@nrao.edu | Charlottesville, Virginia |
| July | 23 | URSI/NA Meetings Ottawa | ALMA sessions; Napier, Emerson, Reid, Mangum attending | Ottawa | |
| September | 3 | EU ALMA Community Days | Includes talks on ALMA Science, ALMA Regional Centers, and European ARC nodes | alma_admin@eso.org | ESO, Garching (Germany) |
| September | 5 | ALMA Workshop on Surveys | Radionet meeting | alma_admin@eso.org | ESO, Garching (Germany) |
| September | 28 | The IRAM Observing School | The IRAM Observing School: mm-Observing in Times of Herschel | summerschool2007@iram.es | Sierra Nevada, Spain |
| Starting Month | Starting Day | Meeting Event | Event Description | Contact email | Event Location |
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| January | 14 | NA ALMA Workshop | NA ALMA Workshop: From Z-Machines to ALMA: (Sub)Millimeter Spectroscopy of Galaxies Proceedings | Charlottesville, VA | |
| January | 7 | Mm/submm Techniques and Science | "Mm/submm Techniques and Science" session, at the URSI National Radio Science Meeting | University of Colorado, Boulder | |
| January | 9 | ALMA Town Meeting | "ALMA Town Meeting", at the 207th Meeting of the AAS | Washington, D.C. | |
| January | 13 | NA ALMA Workshop | NA ALMA Workshop: From Z-Machines to ALMA: (Sub)Millimeter Spectroscopy of Galaxies Proceedings | Charlottesville, VA | |
| January | 6 | Mm/submm Techniques and Science | "Mm/submm Techniques and Science" session, at the URSI National Radio Science Meeting | University of Colorado, Boulder | |
| March | 28 | Radio Astronomy: New Instruments And Their Importance For Astrobiology | "Radio Astronomy: New Instruments And Their Importance For Astrobiology" session at the Astrobiology Science Convention (AbSciCon) | Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center, Washington, D.C., USA | |
| April | 24 | Chemical Evolution of the Universe - Faraday Discussion 133 | Chemical Evolution of the Universe - Faraday Discussion 133 | Abbaye de St Jacut de la Mer, Brittany, France | |
| May | 22 | Making the Most of the Great Observatories | Making the Most of the Great Observatories | Pasadena, CA | |
| May | 8 | EU ALMA Workshop | EU ALMA Workshop: Complex molecules in Space: Present Status and Prospects with ALMA | Fuglsoecentret, near Aarhus, Denmark | |
| May | 23 | Making the Most of the Great Observatories | Making the Most of the Great Observatories | Pasadena, CA | |
| May | 23 | The Red Rectangle | The Red Rectangle | Charlottesville, VA, USA | |
| June | 5 | ALMA Topical Session | ALMA Topical Session "Imaging Star Formation in the Cosmos with ALMA", at the 208th Meeting of the AAS | Calgary, Alberta, CA | |
| June | 13 | TENTH SUMMER SYNTHESIS IMAGING WORKSHOP | TENTH SUMMER SYNTHESIS IMAGING WORKSHOP | Albuquerque, NM, USA | |
| June | 23 | 61st OSU International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy | 61st OSU International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy | Columbus, OH, USA | |
| July | 12 | The Fate of Gas in Galaxies | The Fate of Gas in Galaxies | ASTRON, Dwingeloo, NL | |
| August | 16 | (Sub)Millimetre Observing Techniques | (Sub)Millimetre Observing Techniques; a Graduate Student Summer School | Victoria, British Columbia | |
| August | 21 | IAU XXVIth General Assembly | IAU XXVIth General Assembly (cf. esp. SPS1-Astronomical Facilities of the Next Decade) | Prague, Czech Republic | |
| August | 14 | (Sub)Millimetre Observing Techniques | (Sub)Millimetre Observing Techniques; a Graduate Student Summer School | Victoria, British Columbia | |
| August | 14 | IAU XXVIth General Assembly | IAU XXVIth General Assembly (cf. esp. SPS1-Astronomical Facilities of the Next Decade) | Prague, Czech Republic | |
| August | 15 | (Sub)Millimetre Observing Techniques | (Sub)Millimetre Observing Techniques; a Graduate Student Summer School | Victoria, British Columbia | |
| October | 10 | RadioNet workshop | RadioNet workshop on Measurement of atmospheric water vapour: theory, techniques, astronomical and geodetic applications | Wettzell, Germany | |
| October | 19 | Workshop on Submillimeter and Far-Infrared Laboratory Spectroscopy in Support of Herschel, SOFIA, and ALMA | Workshop on Submillimeter and Far-Infrared Laboratory Spectroscopy in Support of Herschel, SOFIA, and ALMA | Caltech, Pasadena CA | |
| October | 9 | RadioNet workshop | RadioNet workshop on Measurement of atmospheric water vapour: theory, techniques, astronomical and geodetic applications | Wettzell, Germany | |
| November | 14 | Science with ALMA: A New Era for Astrophysics | Science with ALMA: A New Era for Astrophysics | Madrid, Spain | |
| December | 4 | 4th Chilean School of Astrophysics | 4th Chilean School of Astrophysics: Interferometry in the Epoch of ALMA and VLTI | Santiago, Chile |
| Starting Month | Starting Day | Meeting Event | Event Description | Contact email | Event Location |
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| January | 11 | ALMA Town Meeting | ALMA Town Meeting, 1-2pm PST at the 205th meeting of the AAS, 2005 January 9-13 | San Diego, California | |
| March | 23 | 2005 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing | 2005 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing | Philadelphia, PA | |
| April | 7 | The S-Z Effect and ALMA | The S-Z Effect and ALMA | Orsay, France | |
| May | 2 | Understanding the Universe through IR and Submillimeter Astrophysics | Understanding the Universe through IR and Submillimeter Astrophysics | The University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky | |
| May | 2 | STScI May Symposium | STScI May Symposium: A Decade of Extrasolar Planets Around Normal Stars | STScI, Baltimore, MD | |
| May | 16 | IAU Symposium 227 Massive Star Birth: A Crossroads of Astrophysics | IAU Symposium 227 Massive Star Birth: A Crossroads of Astrophysics | Acireale, Italy | |
| May | 24 | Astrobiology and the Origins of Life | Astrobiology and the Origins of Life | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | |
| June | 16 | Submillimeter Astronomy: in the era of the SMA | Submillimeter Astronomy: in the era of the SMA | Harvard University, Cambridge, MA | |
| July | 15 | Star Formation in the Era of Three Great Observatories | Star Formation in the Era of Three Great Observatories | Cambridge, MA | |
| August | 29 | Astrochemistry throughout the Universe: Recent Successes and Current Challenges | Astrochemistry throughout the Universe: Recent Successes and Current Challenges | Asilomar, California | |
| October | 13 | EU ALMA Workshop | EU ALMA Workshop: ALMA and Modeling of Galactic and Extragalactic ISM | Onsala, Sweden | |
| October | 24 | Protostars and Planets V | Protostars and Planets V | Hilton Waikoloa Village, The Big Island, Hawaii | |
| October | 25 | Mm/submm Techniques and Science | "Mm/submm Techniques and Science" session, at the URSI General Assembly 2005 October 23-29 | New Delhi, India | |
| October | 27 | Protostars and Planets V | Protostars and Planets V | Hilton Waikoloa Village, The Big Island, Hawaii | |
| November | 15 | IR Diagnostics of Galaxy Evolution | IR Diagnostics of Galaxy Evolution | Pasadena Hilton, Pasadena, CA | |
| December | 16 | 11th Latin-American Regional IAU Meeting | 11th Latin-American Regional IAU Meeting | Pucon, South of Chile |
| Starting Month | Starting Day | Meeting Event | Event Description | Contact email | Event Location |
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| May | 14 | ALMA Science Workshop | ALMA Science Workshop | University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland | |
| September | 24 | ESO ALMA Community Day | ESO ALMA Community Day | ESO Garching | |
| October | 28 | Dusty and Molecular Universe | Dusty and Molecular Universe | Paris | |
| October | 13 | New Windows on Star Formation in the Cosmos | New Windows on Star Formation in the Cosmos; | University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland | |
| October | 5 | The Cool Universe: Observing Cosmic Beginnings | The Cool Universe: Observing Cosmic Beginnings | Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Valparaiso, Chile | |
| October | 12 | New Windows on Star Formation in the Cosmos | New Windows on Star Formation in the Cosmos; | University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland |
| Starting Month | Starting Day | Meeting Event | Event Description | Contact email | Event Location |
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| September | 30 | Third IRAM Millimeter Interferometry School | Third IRAM Millimeter Interferometry School | Grenoble, France | |
| November | 8 | Science Operations with ALMA | Science Operations with ALMA | Garching bei Munchen, Germany |