17th
Annual October
Astrophysics Conference in Maryland
Radiation Backgrounds from the
First Stars,
Galaxies and Black Holes
October
9-11, 2006
College
Park,
Maryland
I. Place and Date
The
Conference will be held at the Inn and Conference Center at
the University of Maryland, College Park, MD. It
will
run for two and one-half days (and evenings), Monday morning through
Wednesday afternoon, October 9-11,
2006.
II. Purpose of the Conference
This
will be the seventeenth 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 study of radiation
backgrounds, especially as they refer to the formation and evolution of
stars, galaxies and black holes. It will be organized into
non-paralleled
sessions that are each about 2-½ hours in duration. A
typical
session may include three formal invited talks (each about
30-minutes) and three or four contributed talks selected from abstracts
submitted with pre-registration.
In order to be given consideration as a potential oral contribution, your abstract must be received
with a completed registration form which includes the registration fee by August 15, 2006.
Selections of short oral contributions will be made by the session chairs in early September.
You will be contacted via e-mail by September 15, 2006, if you have been selected.
(You will not be contacted if you are not selected to make an oral contribution).
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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, 2006.
V. Proceedings
We have formally published the
Proceedings of the previous meetings in this series, but our advisory
committee has suggested that this year we should, instead, provide the
opportunity for all participants to simply post their contributions at
the conference website. More details will be provided at a later
date.
VI. Transportation
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. Lunches will be provided at the
conference, so that private cars will not be necessary for full-time
conference participants who lodge at the Inn and Conference Center.
Public transportation to the university is not convenient so parking
will be available for those who lodge elsewhere.
VII. Accommodations
The local organizing committee has
arranged
for blocks of rooms to be available for conference participants at the
Inn and 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 Astrophysics
Conference at the Inn and Conference Center.
Since our costs depend on room bookings at the Conference site (Inn and
Conference Center), we encourage you to consider booking rooms at that
location.
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HOTEL
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PHONE
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FAX
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SINGLE
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DOUBLE
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Inn
and
Conference
Center
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(301) 985-7300
or
1-800-228-9290
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(301) 985-7445
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$139.00
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$139.00
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Holiday Inn
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(301) 345-6700
or
1-866-240-6315
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(301) 441-4923
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$99.00
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$99.00
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Quality
Inn
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(301) 276-1000
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(301) 276-1111
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$74.00
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$84.00
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VIII. Registration
The Registration Fee for pre-registered
(prior
to September 15, 2006) attendees will be $300.00. The fee for late
registrants will be $350.00.
The fee for students will be half that for non-students. The
registration fee includes lunches and light refreshments served
throughout the conference (including an informal reception on
the evening of Monday, October 9th), a banquet on Tuesday evening,
October 10th, a souvenir T-shirt, and a book bag filled with program
materials.
The registration form below will be used for planning purposes. Please
include an ABSTRACT for any formal contribution that you would like to
make to the conference. All such contributions should be assumed to be
posters unless the organizing committee requests an oral presentation.
For additional information, including arranging accommodations for
individuals with disabilities or special requirements:
TELEPHONE:
301-405-1507
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Pre-Registration
for: Radiation Backgrounds from the
First Stars, Galaxies and Black Holes
DEADLINE for
Pre-Registration:
Name (as preferred on
nametag):
Organizational
Affiliation:
E-mail Address:
Would you like to be considered
to
give an
oral
presentation?
Yes No
Please include title, names of authors, poster abstract, and the
session number for which you would like to be considered.
(NOTE: In order to be
considered for
an oral presentation, your
registration
form, abstract and registration fee must be submitted by
August
15, 2006)
Are you expecting to present a
paper/poster?
Yes No
Please include title, names of authors, poster abstract, and the
session number for which you would like to be considered.
(NOTE: In order to be
guaranteed poster space, your
registration
form, abstract and registration fee must be submitted by
September
15, 2006)
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Your check for the $300.00
(student rate $150.00) 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,
2006.
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Last updated on 04-21-06 by Susan Lehr.
october@astro.umd.edu
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