9th Annual October Astrophysics Conference in Maryland

October 12 - 14, 1998
College Park, Maryland
 

AFTER THE DARK AGES:  WHEN GALAXIES WERE YOUNG

(the Universe at 2 < z < 5)

International Advisory Committee:

 
M. Abramowicz (Goeteborg)   S. Holt (Greenbelt)  D. Spergel (Princeton) 
R. Blandford (Pasadena) 
R. McCray (Boulder)
R. Sunyaev (Moscow) 
C. Canizares (Cambridge) 
J. Peebles (Princeton) 
 A. Szalay (Budapest) 
A. Dar (Haifa) 
M. Rees (Cambridge, UK)
 Y. Tanaka (Tokyo)
A. Dressler (Pasadena)
V. Rubin (Washington)
S. Tremaine (Toronto) 
G. Hasinger (Potsdam)
 J. Silk (Berkeley)
 S. White (Garching) 
 

Scientific Organizing Committee:

 
Guenther Hasinger 
Joe Silk
Virginia Trimble
Steve Holt
Eric Smith 
Dan Weedman
Dick McCray 
David Spergel 
Bob Williams
 
 

 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 three days, Monday through Wednesday, October 12-14, 1998.
 

II.   Purpose of the Conference

This will be the ninth 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 data and ideas associated with state of the universe at 2 < z < 5.  It will be organized into non-parallel sessions that are 2 to 2-1/2 hours in duration.  A typical session will include two or three formal invited talks (each about 30-minutes).  The chair will encourage free discussion of the session topic, including one minute for each poster author to advertise his/her poster with one viewgraph.
 
 

 

PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME

 

Session 1:  History and Introduction

Session 2:  Prehistory

Session 3:  First Discrete Structures

Session 4:  Galaxy Formation Renaissance; the HDF

Session 5:  Largest Structures

Session 6:  Galaxy Formation and Mergers

Session 7:  AGN, QSOs and the CXRB

Session 8:  Star Formation History

Session 9:  Gamma Ray Bursts

Session 10:  Next Generation Capabilities

Rapporteur

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IV.    Posters

Registrants are encouraged to utilize posters to communicate their ideas.  There will be ample room for poster display in the informal area where coffee and tea are served each day, and light refreshments will be provided for a poster perusal session on Monday evening until 10 pm.
 
POSTER SPACE IS NOT GUARANTEED UNLESS THE ABSTRACT IS
RECEIVED WITH A COMPLETED REGISTRATION FORM, WHICH
INCLUDES THE REGISTRATION FEE, BY SEPTEMBER 15, 1998.
 

V.    Proceedings

As with the first eight October conferences, the published Proceedings will include all invited talks, poster papers (not just abstracts), and other discussion contributions that are submitted to the editors in either camera-ready or electronically-transmitted forms.  All manuscripts are expected to be received by the editors by December 1, 1998, 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.

Follow this link for the necessary manuscript style requirements and templates.
 

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.

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.
 

VII.    Accommodations

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 Conference at the University Conference Center.
 
 
 
HOTEL
PHONE
FAX
SINGLE
DOUBLE
University Conference Center
(301) 985-7310
(301) 985-7445 
$84.00
$99.00
Holiday Inn
(800) 872-5564 or 
(301) 345-6700
(301) 441-4923
$79.00 
$79.00 
Quality Inn
 (301) 864-5820
(301) 927-8634
$59.00
$69.00
 
 

VIII.    Registration

The Registration Fee for pre-registered (prior to September 15, 1998) attendees will be $220.  The fee for late registrants will be $260.  There are no reduced rates for students (or others).  The registration fee includes lunches and light refreshments served throughout the conference (including an informal reception on the evening of Monday, October 12), a banquet on Tuesday evening, October 13, a souvenir T-shirt, a book bag that you will use for years, and one copy of the published (hardcover) Proceedings.

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.  You can also register via the web by clicking on "Registration" link above.

For additional information, including arranging accommodations for individuals with disabilities or special requirements:
 

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Pre-Registration for                                        After the Dark Ages:  When Galaxies Were Young
                                                                                                            (The Universe at 2 < z < 5)
 

DEADLINE for Pre-Registration:  September 15, 1998

Name (as preferred on nametag)                                                                                            

Organizational Affiliation                                                                                                         

Mailing Address                                                                                                                     
(to receive a
copy of the                                                                                                                             
proceedings)
                                                                                                                                              

E-mail Address                                                                                                                       
 

Are you expecting to present a paper/poster?            Yes                         No 

With which session(s) should your paper be associated?                                  
(please use session number(s) in the preliminary programme)

Your check for the $220.00 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, 1998.
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Last updated by Susan Lehr 8/03/98.