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(meteorobs) Fwd: IAU GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AUGUST 2000


[Another missed announcement of some interest from last week...
 Lew Gramer]

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>From Jacqueline Mitton <aco01@dial.pipex.com> 

INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
/UNION ASTRONOMIQUE INTERNATIONALE

XXIVth GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 7 - 18 August 2000
University of Manchester, UK

1st Media Announcement
Date: 22nd March 2000

Press Officer for the Assembly:
Dr Jacqueline Mitton (Royal Astronomical Society Press Officer)
jmitton@dial.pipex.com
Phone: +44 (0)1223 564914
Fax: +44 (0)1223 572892

The 24th General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) 
will take place in Manchester, UK, between the 7th and 18th August 
2000. Over 2000 astronomers from all over the world are expected. Media 
representative are cordially invited to attend. Registration is free 
for working media, press officers and public information officers. 
Press room facilities will be available for the main core of the 
meeting (afternoon of Tuesday 8th August through to the morning of 
Wednesday 16th August).

Badges will be required for access to the meeting. If possible, please 
register in advance so your badge will be ready. Send Jacqueline Mitton 
(meeting press officer) your name, affiliation, e-mail address and 
phone number. Press registration will also be available at the meeting.

Accommodation, meal packages, local tours and travel to the meeting may 
be booked through the company managing the administration of the 
meeting (WEM). You will be charged at the same rate as meeting 
participants. Details of what is available may be found at that meeting 
web site:

http://www.iau-ga2000.org

Please note, however, that attempting to book accommodation etc. 
on-line will result in the automatic charging of a registration fee to 
your account. IF YOU WANT TO BOOK ACCOMMODATION ETC., PLEASE CONTACT 
JACQUELINE MITTON ABOUT YOUR REQUIREMENTS. Your request will be dealt 
with individually to ensure that no registration fee is charged.

Meeting programme

The main core of the meeting (9 - 16 August) is organised around 14 
Joint Discussions (JD), most lasting for one day. Five longer Symposia 
(4 or 5 days) will also take place during the two-week period 7 - 18 
August. 

Full details of the programme are on the following web site:

http://www.iau.org/ga24.html

Summary of Joint Discussion topics 

JD1 Atomic and molecular data for astrophysics (Weds 9th & Thurs 10th)
JD2 Models and constants for sub-microarcsecond astrometry (Thurs 10th)
JD3 Massive star birth (Thurs 10th)
JD4 The Transneptunian population (Fri 11th & Sat 12th)
JD5 Mixing and diffusion in stars (Fri 11th)
JD6 Applied historical astronomy (Fri 11th)
JD7 The Sun and space weather (Fri 11th & Sat 12th)
JD8 Oxygen abundances in old stars and implication to nucleosynthesis and
cosmology (Mon 14th)
JD9 Cold gas and dust at high redshift (Mon 14th)
JD10 (Galaxy) Cluster mergers and their connection to radio sources (Mon
14th)
JD11 First results from the FUSE mission (Mon 14th)
JD12 Highlights of planetary exploration from space and from Earth (Tue 15th
& Wed 16th)
JD13 Hipparcos and luminosity calibration of the nearest stars (Tue 15th)
JD14 The origins of galactic magnetic fields (Tue 16th)

Invited lectures (6 p.m.)
Tue 8th "An accelerating universe? Evidence from supernovae" Robert P.
Kirshner (Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)
Mon 14th "Extrasolar planetary systems" Michael Mayor (Geneva Observatory)
Tue 15th "The three-dimensional structure of our Galaxy" Michael Perryman
(ESTEC)

Symposia

S201: (Mon 7th - Fri 11th) New cosmological data and the vales of the
fundamental parameters

S202: (Mon 7th - Thur 10th) Planetary systems in the universe

S203: (Mon 7th - Fri 11th) Recent insights into the physics of the Sun and
heliosphere - highlights from SOHO and other space missions

S204: (Tue 15th - Fri 18th) The extragalactic infrared background and 
its cosmological implications

S205: (Tue 15th - Fri 18th) Galaxies and their constituents at the 
highest angular resolutions


Special Session
Mon 14th - Wed 16th Astronomy for developing countries

Education Session
Fri 18th Astronomy research projects for school and university students

Public lectures (arranged locally, outside official programme), chaired 
by Patrick Moore. 6.30 p.m.

Tue 8th Prof. Sir Martin Rees "The beginning and end of the universe"
Fri 11th Dr David Hughes "Asteroids and Comets"
Thur 17th Prof. Jocelyn Bell-Burnell "Pulsars"
Fri 18th Dr Jill Tarter "The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence"

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