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Announcements of Upcoming Meetings
Notice that this list is not meant to be all-inclusive, but concentrates
on meetings of potential interest to X-ray, gamma-ray, cosmic-ray, and
gravitational astrophysicists. The HEASARC also maintains a list of on-line proceedings
of high-energy astrophysics meetings.
Updates, corrections, and/or suggestions about meetings should be sent to
drake@olegacy.gsfc.nasa.gov
Other Sources of Information on Upcoming
Meetings
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Liz Bryson's list of International Astronomy meetings
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Space Calendar
2012 October 28 - November 2:
4th International Fermi Symposium
2012 December 12 - 15:
Compact Stars in the QCD Phase Diagram III
2013 April 7 - 11:
HEAD Meeting
2013 April 14 - 18:
Huntsville in Nashville: The Seventh Huntsville Gamma-Ray Burst
Symposium
2013 April 22 - 24:
9th Chandra/CIAO Workshop
2013 April 22 - 26:
Jets and Shocks in the Universe: 2nd PANDA Symposium on Multi-Messenger
Astronomy
2013 May 4 - 10:
STARS2013 - 2nd Caribbean Symposium on Cosmology, Gravitation, Nuclear and
Astroparticle Physics
2013 May 4 - 10:
SMFNS2013 - 3rd International Symposium on Strong Electromagnetic Fields and
Neutron Stars
2013 May 22 - 24:
RICAP'13 Roma International Conference on Astro-Particle Physics
2013 May 22 - 24:
The Fast and the Furious: Energetic Phenomena in Isolated Neutron Stars,
Pulsar Wind Nebulae and Supernova Remnants (XMM-Newton Science Workshop 2013)
2013 June 25 - 28:
Physics at the Magnetospheric Boundary
2014 August 2 - 10:
COSPAR 2014: 40th Scientific Assembly of the Committee on Space Research
(COSPAR) and Associated Events
2014 August:
HEAD Meeting
2016 Spring:
HEAD Meeting
2017 August:
HEAD Meeting
2012 November 15 - 16:
Enhancing the Legacy of HST Spectroscopy (STScI Workshop)
2012 November 26 - 28:
Reading the Book of Globular Clusters with the Lens of
Stellar Evolution
2013 January 6 - 10:
American Astronomical Society Meeting 221
2013 January 7 - 11:
IAU Symposium 296: Supernova Environmental Impacts
2013 April 2 - 5:
ESLAB 2013: The Universe as Seen by Planck
2013 April 8 - 11:
2013 STScI Calibration Workshop
2013 June 2 - 6:
American Astronomical Society Meeting 222
2014 January 5 - 9:
American Astronomical Society Meeting 223
2014 June 1 - 5:
American Astronomical Society Meeting 224
2015 January 4 - 8:
American Astronomical Society Meeting 225
2015 August 1 - 14:
XXIV IAU General Assembly
High Energy Astrophysics meetings
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Fourth International Fermi Symposium
- Dates: 2012 October 28 - November 2
- Deadline for Abstract Submission: 2012 August 21
- Deadline for Early Registration: 2012 September 16
- Deadline for Hotel Reservations at Conference Rate: 2012 September 28
- Place: Monterey, California, USA
This symposium follows previous Fermi Symposia at Stanford (February 2007),
Washington DC (November 2009) and Rome, Italy (May 2011).
The two Fermi instruments have been surveying the high-energy sky since August
2008. The Large Area Telescope (LAT) has discovered more than a thousand new
sources and many new source classes, bringing the importance of gamma-ray
astrophysics to an ever-broadening community. The LAT catalog includes
supernova remnants, pulsar wind nebulae, pulsars, binary systems, a nova,
several classes of active galaxies, starburst galaxies, normal galaxies,
and a large number of unidentified sources. Continuous monitoring of the
high-energy gamma-ray sky has uncovered numerous outbursts from a wide range
of transients. Fermi LAT's study of diffuse gamma-ray emission in our galaxy
revealed giant bubbles shining in gamma rays. The direct measurement of a
harder-than-expected cosmic-ray electron spectrum may imply the presence of
nearby cosmic-ray accelerators. LAT data have provided stringent constraints
on new phenomena such as supersymmetric dark-matter annihilations as well as
tests of fundamental physics. The Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) continues to
be a prolific detector of gamma-ray transients: magnetars, solar flares,
terrestrial gamma-ray flashes and gamma-ray bursts at keV to MeV energies,
complementing the higher energy LAT observations of those sources in addition
to providing valuable science return in their own right.
All gamma-ray data are made immediately available at the Fermi Science Support
Center.
These publicly available data and Fermi analysis tools have enabled a large
number of important studies. We especially encourage guest investigators
worldwide to participate in this symposium to share results and to learn
about upcoming opportunities.
This meeting will focus on the new scientific investigations and results
enabled by Fermi, the mission and instrument characteristics, future
opportunities, and coordinated observations and analyses. The best is yet to
come!
Interested in learning more or attending?
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Compact Stars in the QCD Phase Diagram III
- Dates: 2012 December 12 - 15
- Place: Guarujá, Brazil
As in the previous editions of this conference (2001
in Copenhagen and 2009 in Beijing), the
meeting will cover recent developments in the study of cold matter at
supra-nuclear densities. The aim of the conference is to bring together
scientists from QCD
exploring the phases of Quark Matter, and astrophysicist working on compact
stars and related phenomena. The main topics are:
From Neutron Stars to Quark Stars
Quark Matter
Quark Stars in the Universe
QCD Phase Diagram
REGISTRATION is required for all participants. Details about registration
will be announced in the 2nd circular.
PROCEEDINGS: Proceedings for the conference will be published in
SLAC's eConf
server.
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High Energy Astrophysics Division (HEAD) of the AAS Meeting
Dates: 2013 April 7 - 11
Place: Monterey, California, USA
Huntsville in Nashville: The Seventh Huntsville Gamma-Ray Burst
Symposium
Dates: 2013 April 14 - 18
Place: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
9th Chandra/CIAO
Workshop
Dates: 2013 April 22 - 24
Registration: Now Open
Place: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
The workshop program includes talks on:
Introductory and advanced talks on X-ray data analysis and statistics
Calibration and aspect issues related to data analysis
Advanced sessions on specific topics: grating analysis, extended source
analysis, etc.
The hands-on sessions enable participants to gain experience using CIAO on
Chandra data. Members of the CIAO team will be on hand at all times to solve
problems. Sample Chandra data sets are provided, but attendees may choose to
work with their own Chandra data.
Registration is now open and is limited to 30 participants.
Jets and Shocks in the Universe: The 2nd PANDA Symposium on Multi-Messenger
Astronomy
Dates: 2013 April 22 - 26
Deadline for Early Registration: 2013 February 15
Deadline for Abstract Submission: 2013 February 20
Place: Xi'an, China
The symposium aims to give a state of the art overview of the research
on some of the most energetic astrophysical sources, using both
'classic' multi-wavelength observations and new messengers such as
cosmic rays, neutrinos, and gravitational waves combined with the
latest insights in theoretical understanding of the underlying
mechanisms and source physics. Furthermore, the PANDA Symposium series
aims at establishing and
fostering collaborations among young scientists (0-6 years from
graduation) from the Pacific/Asian scientific community with their
peers across the globe. To do so, the organizers follow the successful 4-day
format of the first PANDA symposium: the first day will have lectures
from senior lecturers setting the stage on the subject matter with
comprehensive reviews. The next three days are independent
mini-workshops in three scientific sub-areas, organized by experts in
these areas: particle acceleration, high-energy sources, and transient
surveys. During these workshops, graduate students and young
post-doctoral fellows will present their results on ongoing projects
to their peers.
STARS2013 - 2nd Caribbean
Symposium on Cosmology, Gravitation, Nuclear and Astroparticle
Physics
Dates: 2013 May 4 - 10
Place: Havana, Cuba
See entry for SMFNS2013 below.
SMFNS2013 - 3rd
International Symposium on Strong Electromagnetic Fields and Neutron
Stars
Dates: 2013 May 4 - 10
Place: Varadero, Cuba
The events are the second and third in a series of meetings gathering
scientists working on astroparticle physics, cosmology, gravitation, nuclear
physics, and related fields. As in previous years, the meeting sessions will
consist of invited and contributed talks and will cover recent developments in
the following topics:
STARS2013 - New phenomena and new states of matter in the Universe, general
relativity, gravitation, cosmology, heavy ion collisions and the formation of
the quark-gluon plasma, white dwarfs, neutron stars and pulsars, black holes,
gamma-ray emission in the Universe, high energy cosmic rays, gravitational
waves, dark energy and dark matter, strange matter and strange stars,
antimatter in the Universe, and topics related to these.
SMFNS2013 - Strong magnetic fields in the Universe, strong magnetic fields in
compact stars and in galaxies, ultra-strong magnetic fields in neutron star
mergers, quark stars and magnetars, strong magnetic fields and the cosmic
microwave background, and topics related to these.
RICAP'13: Roma International Conference on Astro-Particle Physics
2013
Dates: 2013 May 22 - 24
Place: Rome, Italy
RICAP'13 will be the fourth edition of the RICAP Conference. The acronym stands
for Roma International Conference on Astro-Particle physics. The Conference is
entirely dedicated to high energy cosmic rays study and it is organized by the
three public Universities of Roma (University "Roma Tre", University "La
Sapienza" and University "Tor Vergata"). These Institutions provide both
theoretical and experimental contributions, and participate in major
experimental projects in the field (AGILE, AMS, ANTARES, ARGO, Auger, Fermi,
KM3NeT, NEMO, PAMELA, ...). The Conference is held every two years. The first
edition was held at the University "La Sapienza", the second edition was
hosted by University "Tor Vergata", and the third by the University "Roma
Tre".
The Fast and the Furious: Energetic Phenomena in Isolated Neutron Stars,
Pulsar Wind Nebulae and Supernova Remnants (XMM-Newton Science Workshop 2013)
Dates: 2013 May 22 - 24
Place: Villafranca del Castillo, near Madrid, Spain
High-energy observations have strongly changed our view of isolated
neutron stars, the nebulae powered by the relativistic winds of
energetic pulsars and the non-thermal emission from supernova
remnants. The study of these objects in the last few years has taken
advantage of a multiwavelength approach, thanks to the combination of
powerful X-ray satellites, with facilities operating in the gamma-ray
range and up to the highest energies covered by ground based Cherenkov
telescopes.
The purpose of this Workshop is to discuss the most recent results on
the high-energy phenomena occurring in isolated neutron stars and
related objects like pulsar wind nebulae, supernova remnants and
gamma-ray binaries.
Contact e-mail address: xmmws2013@sciops.esa.int
Physics at the Magnetospheric
Boundary
Dates: 2012 June 25 - 28
Opening of Registration and Abstract Submission: 2013 February 1
Deadline for Early Registration and Abstract Submission: 2013 April 15
Publication of the Conference Program: 2013 May 13
Place: Geneva, Switzerland
The "Physics at the Magnetospheric Boundary" conference is aimed at bringing
together specialists working theoretically, numerically and observationally on
processes occurring at the limit of the magnetically dominated region around
accreting objects such as neutron stars, white dwarfs, and T Tauri stars,
where the surrounding hot plasma is finally captured.
Different manifestations of similar physical processes occur in this wide
variety of celestial sources and have been investigated since the 1960s by
different scientific communities. The conference represents a precious
opportunity of exchange between research groups working on the topic of
accretion, across different wavelengths and source types. It poses the basis
for the next steps forward in our understanding of the physics at the
magnetospheric boundary.
Planned sessions for this conference include:
Theory of accretion onto magnetized stars
Numerical modelling of plasma-field interaction: accretion and jets
production
Observational clues to the physics at the magnetosphere
Future perspectives in theory and observations
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conference mailing list to receive further news.
40th Scientific Assembly of the
Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) and Associated Events: COSPAR
2014
Dates: 2014 August 2 - 10
Scientific Program Chair: Prof. M.I. Panasyuk, Moscow State University
Deadline for Abstracts: 2014 mid-February
Place: Moscow, Russia
Topics:
Approximately 120 meetings covering the fields of COSPAR Scientific Commissions (SC) and Panels:
- SC A: The Earth's Surface, Meteorology and Climate
- SC B: The Earth-Moon System, Planets, and Small Bodies of the Solar System
- SC C: The Upper Atmospheres of the Earth and Planets Including Reference Atmospheres
- SC D: Space Plasmas in the Solar System, Including Planetary Magnetospheres
- SC E: Research in Astrophysics from Space
- SC F: Life Sciences as Related to Space
- SC G: Materials Sciences in Space
- SC H: Fundamental Physics in Space
- Panel on Satellite Dynamics (PSD)
- Panel on Scientific Ballooning (PSB)
- Panel on Potentially Environmentally Detrimental Activities in Space (PEDAS)
- Panel on Radiation Belt Environment Modelling (PRBEM)
- Panel on Space Weather (PSW)
- Panel on Planetary Protection (PPP)
- Panel on Capacity Building (PCB)
- Panel on Education (PE)
- Panel on Exploration (PEX)
- Special events: interdisciplinary lectures, round table, etc.
Selected papers published in Advances in Space Research, a fully refereed
journal with no deadlines open to all submissions in relevant fields.
Contact COSPAR Secretariat, c/o CNES, 2 place Maurice Quentin, 75039 Paris
Cedex 01, France: Tel: +33 1 44 76 75 10, Fax: +33 1 44 76 74 37, or
via e-mail at cospar@cosparhq.cnes.fr.
High Energy Astrophysics Division (HEAD) of the AAS Meeting
Dates: 2014 August
Place: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
High Energy Astrophysics Division (HEAD) of the AAS Meeting
Dates: 2016 Spring
place: TBD, USA
High Energy Astrophysics Division (HEAD) of the AAS Meeting
Dates: 2017 August
Place: Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA
Other Selected Astronomy, Physics and Space Science
meetings
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Enhancing the Legacy of HST Spectroscopy (STScI Workshop)
- Dates: 2012 November 15 - 16
- Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
The goal of this workshop is to bring together the community
of astronomers involved in HST medium- and high-resolution
spectroscopy, with special emphasis on the active instruments,
in order to investigate how its impact on current and future
research can be optimized - including both direct and archival
investigations. The organization of the workshop is still
ongoing, but the agenda will most likely include the following:
- Current status of spectroscopic observations and data handling
- Overview of the HST spectroscopic science program
- Telescope and instrument status
- Pipeline data processing
- Archive and HLA interfaces
- Optimizing the utilization of spectroscopic data: the community view
- Enhancements in pipeline processing
- Analysis tools
- Improving data discovery
- Future HST observations
- Completing the HST UV/optical spectroscopic legacy
- Demos and hands-on experience
A formal announcement, including a web page for registration
and additional information, will be circulated within 1 week.
Please send the organizers (hst_spec_legacy@stsci.edu) any ideas, suggestions,
or expressions of interest.
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Reading the Book of Globular Clusters with the Lens of
Stellar Evolution
- Dates: 2012 November 26 - 28
- Place: Monte Porzio Catone, near Rome, Italy
Globular cluster studies are essential for a number of active topics in
astrophysics and cosmology. Given their old age and their spatial distribution,
these self-gravitating objects provide critical information on the way stars
and galaxies assemble and evolve. The presence of stars of different mass, in
different evolutionary phases, turn globular clusters into a living laboratory,
where a number of issues related to stellar evolution theory can be
investigated. No other stellar aggregate offers the unique chance of harboring
contemporary main-sequence stars and tiny, compact objects, in the last stages
of their life.
The considerable observational progress made in the last few years in the area
of high-resolution photometry and multi-object spectroscopy produced a wealth
of precise data, which raise challenging issues for the understanding of the
formation process of globular clusters, as well as of the structure and
evolution of their member stars. In particular, it is now well-known that most
globular clusters host multiple stellar generations, a result which started a
renewed and controversial debate on the formation of these structures, as well
as on the nature of the possible polluters of the interstellar medium. Also,
the characteristics of the member stars, which can be determined in detail,
have highlighted the limits of our understanding of stellar evolution and have
given us precious clues on the inner stellar bhydrodynamics.
Hence the idea of a meeting on the observational and theoretical aspects of
the structure, formation, and evolution of globular clusters. The program is
focussed upon the following topical questions:
1) Evolution of observations of globular cluster stars, from the early Color
Magnitude Diagrams to current photometry and high-resolution spectroscopy.
Where are we? What should we expect next?
2) Role of globular clusters as laboratories for stellar evolution studies:
from the shape of the Main Sequence, to the morphology of the Horizontal
Branch. What have we learned about physical processes of stars from globular
clusters? Is the "second-parameter" problem definitively solved? How exactly
can we date globular clusters?
3) Compact objects in globular clusters, and the delicate interplay between
the physical conditions of the stellar environment and the rate of production
of compact objects. Can we now answer long-standing questions, such as which
properties of globular clusters affect the presence of millisecond pulsars,
what is the fraction of White Dwarfs locked in binary systems, how to infer
the presence of a central black hole?
4) New challenging scenarios for the formation of globular clusters, invoked
by the discovery of multiple populations. What are the key observations needed
to discriminate between the various hypotheses? How does the new paradigm
impact our understanding of the chemical and dynamical features of various
astrophysical systems from the local to the high-redshift universe?
The workshop email address is gc2012@oa-roma.inaf.it.
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American
Astronomical Society Meeting 221
- Dates: 2013 January 6 - 10
- Deadline for Early Registration: 2012 September 13
- Deadline for Abstract Submission: 9:00pm EDT, 2012 October 1
- Deadline for Regular Registration: 2012 November 15
- Deadline for Late Abstract Submission: 9:00pm EDT, 2012 December 3
- Deadline for Hotel Reservation: 2012 December 14
- Deadline for Late (Offsite) Registration: 2012 December 20
- Place: Long Beach, California, USA
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IAU Symposium 296: Supernova Environmental Impacts
- Dates: 2013 January 7 - 11
- Deadline for Registration: 2012 September 2012
- Place: Raichak, near Kolkata, India
Supernovae play a very important role in energizing and enriching the
interstellar medium. Supernova remnants are particularly important sites to
study shocks and the acceleration of cosmic rays, both of which are important
astrophysical processes in the interstellar medium. The symposium will assess
the rapid progress, both theoretical and observational, in understanding
supernovae and their evolution to supernova remnants.
Topics to be covered are:
-Historical Supernovae and Supernova Remnants
-Core collapse supernovae: surveys, light curves, and progenitors
-Physics of core collapse supernova light curves and spectra
-Supernovae and star formation
-Particle acceleration in supernova shocks
-Radiation from supernova remnants ? from radio to gamma rays
-SN1987A at 25 years.
The e-mail contact is iau296 AT tifr DOT res DOT in.
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ESLAB 2013: The Universe as Seen by Planck
- Dates: 2013 April 2 - 5:
- Pre-Registration Opens: 2012 October 15
- Place: Noordwijk, The Netherlands
This conference will be dedicated to present and
discuss the initial science results from
Planck, ESA's mission to map
the anisotropies of the Cosmic Microwave Background. It is the first
scientific forum where
these results will be addressed, following Planck's first major
release of data products and scientific papers in early 2013. It will
cover both cosmology (based on analysis of the Cosmic Microwave
Background) and astrophysics (based on analysis of foreground emission
sources).
The Planck satellite was launched on 14 May 2009, and has been surveying the
sky continuously since August 2009. The nominal duration of the mission was
completed in November of 2010, but Planck still continues to gather data. Data
processing has been progressing and a first set of cosmological-grade data
products will be released to the astronomical community in early 2013. These
products will consist mainly of temperature maps of the whole sky at nine
frequencies between 30 GHz and 857 GHz, which allow us to extract a map of the
temperature anisotropies of the Cosmic Microwave Background, as well as maps
of many astrophysical foregrounds. The latter most importantly include
synchrotron, free-free and dust emission from the Milky Way, radio and
far-infrared emission from external galaxies, the characteristic signatures
due to the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect in clusters of galaxies, and the Cosmic
Infrared Background. The Planck data therefore provide for an extremely broad
range of cosmological and astrophysical science.
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2013 STScI
Calibration Workshop
- Dates: 2013 April 8 - 11
- Abstract submission deadline: 2013 March 22
- On-line registration deadline: 2013 March 29
- Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has been operating with its final complement
of instruments since 2009. In addition, three of the instruments to be flown
onboard the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have just been delivered, and
the final two will be completed soon. It is therefore a perfect time to hold
a workshop emphasizing calibrations that are required to maximally exploit the
capabilities of both observatories. This is also an opportunity to assess any
additional calibrations needed to ensure that the current HST and future JWST
archives are robust, and as scientifically valuable as possible.
In addition to these observatory specific themes, the workshop will address
topics that apply broadly to astronomical calibration in general, and to more
focused cross-observatory calibration. The goal is to foster the sharing of
information and techniques between observers, instrument support teams, and
instrument developers.
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American
Astronomical Society Meeting 222
- Dates: 2013 June 2 - 6
- Place: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
American
Astronomical Society Meeting 223
Dates: 2014 January 5 - 9
Place: National Harbor (near Washington, DC), Maryland, USA
American
Astronomical Society Meeting 224
Dates: 2014 June 1 - 5
Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
American
Astronomical Society Meeting 225
Dates: 2015 January 4 - 8
Place: Seattle, Washington, USA
XXIV IAU General
Assembly
Dates: 2015 August 1 - 14
Place: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Selected Astronomy-related Technology (e.g.,
Instrumentation) Meetings
- None
Selected Astronomy-related Physics, Computational,
Data Analysis, Software or Statistics Meetings
- None
Selected Space Science-related Education and Public
Outreach Meetings
- None
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