14th Annual
October Astrophysics Conference in Maryland
October 13 - 14,
2003
College Park, Maryland
The
Search for Other Worlds
International Advisory
Committee:
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M. Abramowicz (Goeteborg)
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S. Holt (Needham)
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J. Silk (Oxford)
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R. Blandford (Pasadena)
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R. Kirshner (Cambridge)
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D. Spergel (Princeton)
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C. Canizares (Cambridge)
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R. McCray (Boulder)
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R. Sunyaev (Moscow)
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A. Dar (Haifa)
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J. Peebles (Princeton)
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Y. Tanaka (Tokyo)
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A. Dressler (Pasadena)
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M. Rees (Cambridge, UK)
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S. Tremaine (Princeton)
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G. Hasinger (Garching)
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V. Rubin (Washington)
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S. White (Garching)
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Scientific Organizing Committee:
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Adam Burrows
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Drake Deming
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Sara Seager
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Paul Butler
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Steve Holt
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Caroline Terquem
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Mark Clampin
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Lee Mundy
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I. Place and Date
The Conference will be held at the University
Conference Center at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD. It will
run for two full days (and evenings), Monday and Tuesday, October 13-14,
2003.
II. Purpose of the Conference
This will be the fourteenth in a series of
topical conferences that are arranged each autumn by scientists at the
Goddard Space Flight Center and the University of Maryland. Each of the
conferences is devoted to a single topic in astrophysics research, and
is organized to elicit the free discussion of ideas.
III. Scientific Organization
The conference will be devoted to the discussion
of new ideas and data associated with the formation, evolution, and characterization
of extrasolar planetary systems. It will be organized into non-paralleled
sessions that are each about 2-½ hours in duration. A typical
session will include three formal invited talks (each about 30-minutes),
with at least 30 minutes of time reserved for discussion of the session
topic. In lieu of a few short contributed papers, every poster author
in each session will have the opportunity to orally present one viewgraph
(in one minute) to advertise his/her poster.
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IV. Posters
Registrants are encouraged to utilize posters
to introduce their ideas for discussion with other conference participants.
There will be ample room for poster display in the informal area where
coffee and tea are served each day during 30-minute breaks between sessions,
and light refreshments will be provided for extended poster perusal on
Monday evening until 9:30 pm.
POSTER SPACE IS NOT GUARANTEED UNLESS
THE ABSTRACT IS
RECEIVED WITH A COMPLETED REGISTRATION
FORM, WHICH
INCLUDES THE REGISTRATION FEE, BY SEPTEMBER
15, 2003.
V. Proceedings
The published Proceedings will include all
invited talks, poster papers (not just abstracts), and other discussion
contributions that are submitted to the editors electronically. Please
see the Style section at this site for details. All manuscripts are
expected to be received by the editors by December 1, 2003, in order that
we can maintain our tradition of providing each registrant with a hardcover
copy of the Proceedings within eight months of the conference.
College Park is close to the city of Washington,
D.C., but the Baltimore-Washington International Airport is closer than
either National or Dulles Airports (although transportation can be arranged
from any of the three). Click
here for other local information.
Since public transportation to the university
is not convenient, shuttle buses will be operated between the College Park
Holiday Inn and Quality Inn and the site of the conference, the University
Conference Center on the campus of the University of Maryland.
Shuttle schedules will be available at all three locations. Lunches
will be provided at the conference, so that private cars will not be necessary
for full-time conference participants. Parking will be available
for those who prefer to use private cars.
The local organizing committee has arranged
for blocks of rooms to be available for conference participants at the
University Conference Center (a full-service hotel), the Holiday Inn and
the Quality Inn. Following are phone numbers and daily rates (which
we believe, but cannot guarantee, to be current) for singles and doubles
at these hotels. Please contact the hotels DIRECTLY
for reservations, and indicate that you are an attendee of the October
Astrophysics Conferenceat
the University Conference Center.
The Registration Fee for pre-registered (prior
to September 15, 2003) attendees will be $250. The fee for late registrants
will be $300. The registration fee includes lunches and light refreshments
served throughout the conference (including an informal reception on the
evening of Monday, October 13), a banquet on Tuesday evening, October 14,
a souvenir T-shirt, a book bag filled with program materials, and one copy
of the published (hardcover) Proceedings.
This year we should have sufficient resources
to allow registration waivers for a limited number of students and post-docs
who have no individual or institutional support. The criteria utilized
to select registration waivers will be a combination of need and the quality
of the submitted abstract. Any individual seeking a registration waiver
must submit the registration form with an abstract by July 15, 2003.
Decisions regarding registration waiver will be transmitted to those who
have applied for it by August 1, 2003.
For additional information, including
arranging accommodations for individuals with disabilities or special requirements:
EMAIL:
october@astro.umd.edu
TELEPHONE: 301-405-1507
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Pre-Registration for: The
Search for Other Worlds
DEADLINE for Pre-Registration:
Name (as preferred on nametag):
Organizational Affiliation:
Mailing Address:
(to receive a
copy of the
proceedings)
E-mail Address:
If you are a graduate student or post-doc
and would like to be considered
for a registration waiver, please indicate
so here with a checkmark.
(NOTE: In order to be considered for the waiver, a registration form
and abstract must be submitted
by )
Are you expecting to present a paper/poster?
Yes
No
(If yes, please include title, names of authors, and poster abstract.)
Your check for the $250.00 pre-registration
fee should be payable to: University
of Maryland
If you plan to attend the Conference,
please print, complete and send this form to:
October Conference
Astronomy Department
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Note: Registration forms and abstracts
can be E-mailed to: october@astro.umd.edu
but poster space is not guaranteed unless
the pre-registration fee is forwarded to the mailing
address above by September 15, 2003.
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