These conferences are supported by NASA's Office of Space Science, and conducted with the cooperation of the scientific staff of the Goddard Space Flight Center and the Astronomy Department of the University of Maryland.

The topic of each annual conference is selected by the permanent International Advisory Committee:

Roger Blandford                           Steve Holt                           Vera Rubin                          Nick White
Claude Canizares                          Bob Kirshner                      Anneila Sargent                    Simon White
Lee Mundy                                   Dick McCray                      David Spergel
Andrea Ghez                                Chris McKee                       Rashid Sunyaev
Gunther Hasinger                          Martin Rees                         Scott Tremaine


The Scientific Organizing Committee for this conference includes:

Luciana Bianchi                             Harvey Moseley
Francoise Combes                        Lee Mundy
Mark Dickinson                            Anneila Sargent
Paul Ho                                        Michael Werner
Steve Holt