(meteorobs) Fwd: Meteoroids 2004 Abstract/Early Registration Deadline

[Lewis J. Gramer]

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Brown <pbrown at uwo.ca>
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 3:59 PM
Subject: Meteoroids 2004 Abstract/Early Registration Deadline


Colleagues,

Please note that the early registration and abstract submission deadline
for
the Meteoroids 2004 conference is this coming Monday (May 24). Please
see
the revised 2nd announcement below for
more details.

Sincerely,
Peter Brown
Chair LOC Meteoroids 2004
http://aquarid.physics.uwo.ca/meteoroids2004/
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Meteoroids 2004
August 16 - 20, 2004

A Conference to be held at the University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario, Canada
http://www.uwo.ca/meteoroids2004

Second Announcement

Abstract Submission Deadline : May 24, 2004
Early Registration Deadline : May 24, 2004

This conference will be the fifth in a series of meteoroid meetings
which
have been held every few years since 1993, the last being in held in
Kiruna,
Sweden in 2001. It will cover a broad range of meteoroid research:

TOPICS

The following scientific areas are covered in this meeting:
* Dynamics, sources and spatial distribution of meteoroids including
sporadic, shower and interstellar meteoroids
* Physics and chemistry of meteoroids and their interaction processes in
the
atmosphere including ablation studies and radar head echo and trail
effects
* Fireball and bolide phenomenology from modeling and observational
studies
and connection with meteorites
* Astromineralogy and interplanetary dust studies in the laboratory
* Impacts of meteoric constituents on atmospheric phenomena
* Hypervelocity impact effects on spacecraft
* Space Debris and Meteoroid models and flux - defining the natural
particulate environment in space.
with observations carried out using the following methods:
* Optical observations of meteors including ground-based visual,
photographic, video, and telescopic.
* Satellite measurements and lidars
* Acoustic measurements using infrasound and seismic detection
techniques
* Radar observations with meteor and large aperture radars
* In-situ measurements of meteoroids

SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
**************************************

Jack Baggaley, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Martin Beech, Campion College, Regina, Canada
Addi Bischoff, Institute of Planetology, University of Muenster, Germany
Jiri Borovicka, Astronomical Institute ASCR, Ondrejov Observatory, Czech
Republic
Peter Brown, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
Eberhard Gruen, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Kernphysik, Germany
Robert Hawkes, Mount Allison University, Canada
Peter Jenniskens, NASA Ames Research Center, United States
Ingrid Mann, Institute of Planetology, University of Muenster, Germany,
(Chair)
Tadashi Mukai, Kobe University, Japan
Asta Pellinen-Wannberg, Space Research Institute Kiruna, Sweden
Olga Popova, Inst. for Dynamics of Geospheres RAS, Russia
Vladimir Porubcan, Astronomical Institute SAV, Bratislava, Slovakia
Douglas O. ReVelle, Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States
Frans Rietmeijer, University of New Mexico, United States
Junichi Watanabe, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Japan
Iwan Williams, University of London, UK


LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
***********************************

Peter Brown (co-chair), Margaret Campbell-Brown, Peter Jedicke, Alan
Webster
(University of Western Ontario),  Robert Hawkes (Mount Allison
University)
(co-chair)
INVITED TALKS
***************
The following is a list of confirmed invited speakers. This list will be
updated on the Meteoroids 2004 webpage as more speakers are confirmed.
W.J. Baggaley, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
M. Campbell-Brown, University of Calgary, Canada
W. Cooke,  NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, USA
S. Close, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, USA
V.  Dikarev, European Space Agency, Germany
P. Jenniskens, SETI Institute, USA
J. Jones, University of Western Ontario, Canada
M. Matney, NASA Johnson Space Flight Center, USA
O. Popova, Institute for Dynamics of Geospheres, Russia
V. Porubcan, Astronomical Institute SAV, Slovakia
D.O. ReVelle, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
F. Rietmeijer, University of New Mexico, USA
P. Spurny, Ondrejov Observatory, Czech Republic
J. Watanabe, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Japan






SPONSORS
**********
We wish to thank the following for their support of this conference:
The Canadian Space Agency
NASA - Space Environments and Effects (SEE) Program
NASA- Orbital Debris Program Office
The University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Engineering
The University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Science
The University of Western Ontario, Office of Research
The University of Western Ontario, Department of Physics and Astronomy






REGISTRATION
***************
Please complete the registration form which can be accessed securely on
the
web via the conference website at http://www.uwo.ca/meteoroids2004

The early registration deadline is May 24, 2004. The conference fee is
$425
Canadian Dollars (including taxes) (CAD) ($300 CAD  including taxes for
accompanying adults) before the deadline, and $475 CAD if paid after May
24.
This price covers the abstract book, conference bag, refreshments and
snacks
during breaks, lunch on all conference days, the wine and cheese
reception,
the conference banquet and two evening meals throughout the week.

Links related to how best to get to London can also be found via the
conference webpage.


EXCURSIONS

***************

Two conference excursions are planned. One will be a theatre outing on
Thursday evening (August 19) to Stratford-on-Avon (45 min bus ride from
London). The other is a day-long trip to Niagara Falls on Saturday
(August
21). You may pay for either or both of these trips if you are interested
in
attending on the secure web-site at the same time you register for the
conference. Space for these trips is very limited. Once all available
spaces
are filled, this option will be removed from the webserver. More details
of
these trips, including costs can be found on the Meteoroids 2004
website.











INSTRUCTIONS FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
********************************************
Please submit the abstracts as plain text in an e-mail to
meteoroids2004 at uwo.ca including the following information by May 24,
2004:
1. Title
2. Author / authors (affiliation 1)
3. More authors (affiliation 2) etc
4. Text up to 200 words, no equations, no references, no tables, no
figures.
Abstracts received after this date may still be accepted for Oral
presentations if room permits.
We will do the formatting of the abstracts. If there are some unusual
characters or Greek letters that can be ambiguous in the plain text
form,
send also an attachment in Microsoft Word format or by fax to:
1-519-661-4085.
Please include the following information:
The paper will be presented by: (name)
The preferred presentation form:
1. Oral
2. Poster
3. Oral or poster

We have the following equipment in our lecture hall. Please inform us of
what you need for your presentation:
slide projectors
overhead projectors
computer projection
PROCEEDINGS
**************
Instructions for the proceedings format will be sent in the 3rd
Announcement.


ACCOMMODATION
*****
Rooms in the new Perth Hall student residence have been reserved for
conference attendees. This is the most economical option for
accommodation
and is the closest option to the conference venue (less than five
minutes
walk) on the campus of UWO. Details of the residence rooms, prices and
bookings can be viewed on the registration website which can be accessed
from the conference website.
Two other hotels have block bookings for the conference. These are
Windermere manor (http://www.windermeremanor.com) and the Station Park
Inn
(http://www.stationparkinn.ca/).  Windermere manor is a 20 minute walk
from
the conference site, while the StationPark Inn is located downtown.
There is
local bus service which provides a connection between the hotel and the
conference site.
Please mention Meteoroids2004 to access the group rates and block
booking
when making your reservation. Note that rooms not booked by July 15 will
be
released from this block reservation.
Travel Grants
Those wishing to apply for the very limited number of available travel
grant
are asked to contact the LOC (meteoroids2004 at uwo.ca) for instructions.

DEADLINES
**************
May 24, 2004 : Abstract and early Registration Deadline
June 25, 2004: Third and Final Announcement (including tentative
program)
July 15, 2004: Last deadline for on-site accommodation, block
reservations
at area hotels
August 16-20, 2004: Meteoroids 2004 conference

Further announcements in connection with this conference will be emailed
to
all registered participants at the end of June, 2004.