Symposia 235 - 240
S235 - S236 - S237 - S238 - S239 - S240
S235 - GALAXY EVOLUTION ACROSS THE HUBBLE TIME
14 - 17 August 2006, Prague, Czech Republic
Coordinating
DVIII, C28, 33, 34 & 47
Scientific Organizing Committee
Roberto Abraham (Canada), Ronald J. Buta (USA), Catherine J. Cesarsky (IAU, ex officio), Françoise Combes (France, co-Chair), Mark Dickinson (USA), Michael A. Dopita (Australia), Marijn Franx (The Netherlands), Kenneth C. Freeman (Australia), Uta Fritze-von Alvensleben (Germany), Masataka Fukugita (Japan), Gerhard Hensler (Austria), Simon J. Lilly (Switzerland), Jan Palouš (Czech Republic, co-Chair), Ian Smail (UK), and Roberto J. Terlevich (Mexico)
Chair, Local Organizing Committee
Cyril Ron
Proceedings' Editors
Françoise Combes (Chief Editor) and Jan Palouš
Contact person
Jan Palouš,
Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Bocni II 1401
CZ-141 31 Prague 4, Czech Republic
Phone: +420 267 103 065, Fax: +420 272 769 023, E-mail:
Preliminary Scientific Program Topics
- Morphology and dynamics of galaxies
- Gas-stars cycle
- Stellar populations
- Galaxies in clusters
- Galaxies in early universe
Date: Monday, August 14 - Thursday, August 17
Location: Forum Hall
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S236 - NEAR EARTH OBJECTS, OUR CELESTIAL NEIGHBORS: OPPORTUNITY AND RISK
14 - 18 August 2006, Prague, Czech Republic
Coordinating
DIII, C7, 15, 16, 20 & 22
Scientific Organizing Committee
Guy J. Consolmagno (Vatican City State), Syuzo Isobe (Japan), Zoran Knezevic (Serbia & Montenegro), Ingrid Mann (Germany), Andrea Milani (Italia, co-Chair), David Morrison (USA), Petr Pravec (Czech Republic), Hans Rickman (IAU, ex officio), Hans Scholl (France), Timothy B. Spahr (USA), Edward F. Tedesco (USA), Giovanni B. Valsecchi (Italia, co-Chair), David Vokrouhlicky (Czech Republic, co-Chair), Ian P. Williams (UK), Donald K. Yeomans
(USA), and Jin Zhu (China, Nanjing)
Chair, Local Organizing Committee
Cyril Ron
Proceedings' Editors
Andrea Milani (Chief Editor), Giovanni B. Valsecchi, and David Vokrouhlicky
Contact person
Giovanni B. Valsecchi,
INAF-IASF, via Fosso del Cavaliere 100,
IT 00133 Roma, Italia
Phone: +390 649 934 446, Fax: +390 620 660 188, E-mail:
Preliminary Scientific Program Topics
- Origin and dynamics of NEOs
- Physical properties of NEOs, including internal structure
- Next generation surveys and synergies with other astronomical communities
- Spacecraft exploration of NEOs
- Interactions of NEOs with planets: cratering, meteors and meteorites
- The astronomical aspects of the impact hazard
Date: Monday, August 14 - Friday, August 18
Location: Panorama Hall
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S237 - TRIGGERED STAR FORMATION IN A TURBULENT ISM
14 - 18 August 2006, Prague, Czech Republic
Coordinating
DVI, C 34 & 37
Scientific Organizing Committee
Philippe André (France), Leo Blitz (USA), Bruce G. Elmegreen (USA, co-Chair), Yasuo Fukui (Japan),
Pavel Kroupa (Germany),
Sally Oey (USA), Eve C. Ostriker (USA), Jan Palouš (Czech Republic, co-Chair), Monica Rubio (Chile), Steve Shore (Italy), Guillermo Tenorio-Tagle (Mexico), Anthony P. Whitworth (UK), Robert E. Williams (IAU, ex officio), and Hans Zinnecker (Germany)
Chair, Local Organizing Committee
Cyril Ron
Proceedings' Editors
Bruce G. Elmegreen (Chief Editor) and Jan Palouš
Contact person
Jan Palouš, Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Bocni II 1401
CZ-141 31 Prague 4, Czech Republic
Phone: +420 267 103 065, Fax: +420 272 769 023, E-mail:
Preliminary Scientific Program Topics
- General ISM related to cloud formation
- GMC cores and small-scale triggering
- Clusters, associations, and large-scale triggering
- Galaxy-wide triggering
Date: Monday, August 14 - Friday, August 18
Location: Meeting Hall I
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S238 - BLACK HOLES: FROM STARS TO GALAXIES - ACROSS THE RANGE OF MASSES
21 - 25 August 2006, Prague, Czech Republic
Coordinating
DXI, 28, 30, 40 & 42
Scientific Organizing Committee
Roger D. Blandford (USA), Annalisa Celotti (Italy), Bozena Czerny (Poland), Philip A. Charles (South Africa), Andrew C. Fabian (UK), Reinhard Genzel (Germany), Günther Hasinger (Germany), Vladimir Karas (Czech Republic, co-Chair), Kazuo Makishima (Japan), Giorgio Matt (Italia, co-Chair), Felix Mirabel (Chile), Kenneth A. Pounds (IAU, ex officio), Martin J. Rees (UK), Jean H. Swank (USA), Tahir Yaqoob (USA), and Shuang Nan Zhang (China, Nanjing)
Chair, Local Organizing Committee
Cyril Ron
Proceedings' Editors
Vladimir Karas (Chief Editor) and Giorgio Matt
Contact person
Vladimir Karas,
Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Bocni II 1401,
CZ-141 31 Prague 4, Czech Republic
Phone: +420 267 103 045, Fax: +420 272 769 023, E-mail:
Preliminary Scientific Program Topics
- Observational evidence for stellar-mass black holes. Formation and evolution of stellar-mass black holes, connection with gamma-ray bursts
- Matter accretion and ejection in stellar mass black holes. Observational evidence for intermediate mass black holes: ultraluminous X-ray sources
- The Galactic Center. Observational evidence for supermassive black holes, connection with the host galaxies
- Formation and evolution of supermassive black holes, black hole binary merging. Matter accretion and ejection in supermassive black holes
- Common phenomenology in black holes of all masses. Strong-gravity effects: spectra, timing, polarimetry
Date: Monday, August 21 - Friday, August 25
Location: Forum Hall
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S239 - CONVECTION IN ASTROPHYSICS
21 - 25 August 2006, Prague, Czech Republic
Coordinating
DIV, C10, 12, 16, 27, 29, 34, 35, 36 & 37
Scientific Organizing Committee
Beatriz Barbuy (IAU, ex officio), Kwing Lam Chan (China, Nanjing), Francesca D'Antona (Italy), Thomas L. Duvall (USA), Andrew P. Ingersoll (USA), Jiri Kubat (Czech Republic), Friedrich Kupka (Germany, co-Chair), Aake Nordlund (Denmark), Ian W. Roxburgh (UK,co-Chair), Barry Smalley (UK), Sami K. Solanki (Germany), Juri Toomre (USA), and Sylvie D. Vauclair (France)
Chair, Local Organizing Committee
Cyril Ron
Proceedings' Editors
Friedrich Kupka (Chief Editor), Ian W. Roxburgh and Kwing Lam Chan
Contact person
Ian W. Roxburgh,
School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London
Mile End Road,
GB-London E1 4NS, UK
Phone: +442 078 825 441, Fax: +442 089 833 522, E-mail:
Preliminary Scientific Program Topics
- Modelling and simulation techniques of convection
- Observing convection
- Convection and radiation
- Convection in planets and brown dwarfs
- Convection and nuclear reactions
- Convective mixing
- Convection, pulsation and mass loss
- Convection, rotation and discs
- MHD convection and dynamos
Date: Monday, August 21 - Friday, August 25
Location: Panorama Hall
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S240 - BINARY STARS AS CRITICAL TOOLS AND TESTS IN CONTEMPORARY ASTROPHYSICS
22 - 25 August 2006, Prague, Czech Republic
Coordinating
DIV, C 26 & 42
Scientific Organizing Committee
Christine Allen (Mexico), Dmitrij V. Bisikalo (Russian Federation), John Davis (Australia), Edward F. Guinan (USA, co-Chair), Petr Harmanec (Czech Republic, co-Chair), William I. Hartkopf (USA, co-Chair), Patricia Lampens (Belgium), Josefina F. Ling (Spain), Katalin Olah (Hungary), Terry D. Oswalt (USA), Kresimir Pavlovski (Croatia), Geraldine J. Peters (USA), Slavek M. Rucinski (Canada), Colin D. Scarfe (Canada), Brian Warner (IAU, ex officio), Marek Wolf (Czech Republic), and Hans Zinnecker (Germany)
Chair, Local Organizing Committee
Cyril Ron
Proceedings' Editors
William I. Hartkopf (Chief Editor), Petr Harmanec and Edward F. Guinan
Contact person
William I. Hartkopf,
U.S. Naval Observatory, 3450 Massachusetts Avenue
US-Washington, D.C. 20392, USA
Phone: +1 202 762 1478, Fax: +1 202 762 1516, E-mail:
Preliminary Scientific Program Topics
- New observing and reduction techniques: long-baseline interferometry; precision photometry and spectroscopy; automatic searches; amateurs; light-curve modelling; simultaneous solutions
- Improving calibrations of distance, Teff: new results from classical methods; theories of rotating stars and binary formation; nomenclature
- Binaries as critical tests: tidal potential of Galaxy; theories of gravitation and mass exchange; asteroseismology for pulsating stars in binaries; influence of binarity on stellar activity
- Confronting needs of observers and theoreticians, dealing with flood of data expected from planned surveys; the Virtual Observatory
Date: Tuesday, August 22 - Friday, August 25
Location: Meeting Hall I
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