11th Annual October Astrophysics Conference
in Maryland
October 16 - 18, 2000
College Park, Maryland
Young
Supernova Remnants
International Advisory Committee:
| M. Abramowicz (Goeteborg) |
S. Holt (Greenbelt) |
J. Silk (Berkeley) |
| R. Blandford (Pasadena) |
R. Kirshner (Cambridge)
|
D. Spergel (Princeton)
|
| C. Canizares (Cambridge) |
R. McCray (Boulder)
|
R. Sunyaev (Moscow)
|
| A. Dar (Haifa) |
J. Peebles (Princeton)
|
Y. Tanaka (Tokyo) |
|
A. Dressler (Pasadena)
|
M. Rees (Cambridge, UK)
|
S. Tremaine (Toronto)
|
|
G. Hasinger (Potsdam)
|
V. Rubin (Washington)
|
S. White (Garching) |
Scientific Organizing Committee:
|
Arnon Dar
|
Una Hwang
|
Rob Petre
|
|
Steve Holt
|
Bob Kirshner
|
Virginia Trimble
|
|
Dick McCray
|
|
|
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 16-18, 2000.
II. Purpose of the Conference
This will be the eleventh 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 the sudden release of energy on scales from stellar
flares to galaxies. 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.
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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,
2000.
V. Proceedings
As with the first ten 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
electronically-transmitted forms. All manuscripts are expected
to be received by the editors by December 1, 2000, 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 Conference
at the University Conference Center.
The Registration Fee for pre-registered (prior to September
15, 2000) attendees will be $250. The fee for late registrants will
be $300. 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 16), a banquet on Tuesday evening, October 17, 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 (including title and authors)
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:
EMAIL:
october@astro.umd.edu
TELEPHONE: 301-405-1507
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Pre-Registration for:
YOUNG SUPERNOVA REMNANTS
DEADLINE for Pre-Registration:
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
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, 2000.
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Last updated on 04-18-00 by Susan Lehr.
october@astro.umd.edu