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INFORMATION BULLETIN NOVEMBER 2005 97 Special Issue Special INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION IAU Executive Committee INFORMATION BULLETIN NOVEMBER 2005 INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION Special Issue 97 IAU Executive Committee PRESIDENT VICE-PRESIDENTS Robert E. Williams Ronald D. Ekers Beatriz Barbuy STScI CSIRO / ATNF IAG 3700 San Martin Dr PO Box 76 University of São Paulo US - Baltimore MD 21218 AU - Epping NSW 1710 Rua do Matao 1226 USA Australia Cidade Universitaria Tel: +1 410 338 4963 Tel: +61 2 9372 4600 BR - São Paulo SP 05508 900 Fax: +1 410 338 2617 Fax: +61 2 9372 4450 Brazil [email protected] [email protected] Tel: +55 11 3091 2810 Fax: +55 11 3091 2860 ADVISERS PRESIDENT-ELECT [email protected] Franco Pacini Catherine Cesarsky Cheng Fang (Outgoing President) Director General Astronomy Dept Dpt di Astronomia ESO Nanjing University Università Degli Studi Karl Schwarzschildstr 2 Hankou Rd 22 Largo E. Fermi 5 DE - 85748 Garching CN - Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093 IT - 50125 Firenze Germany China PR Italy Tel: +49 893 200 6227 Tel: +86 258 359 6817 Tel: +39 055 275 21/2232 Fax: +49 893 202 362 Fax: +86 258 359 6817 Fax: +39 055 220 039 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Kenneth A. Pounds Hans Rickman GENERAL SECRETARY Dept Physics & Astronomy (Outgoing General Oddbjørn Engvold University of Leicester Secretary) IAU University Rd Astronomical Observatory 98 bis, bd Arago GB - Leicester LE1 7RH Uppsala University FR - 75014 Paris United Kingdom P.O. Box 515 France Tel: +44 116 252 3509 SE - 751 20 Uppsala Tel: +33 1 43 25 83 58 Fax: +44 116 252 3311 Sweden Fax: +33 1 43 25 26 16 [email protected] Tel: +46 18 471 5971 [email protected] Fax: +46 18 471 5999 Silvia Torres-Peimbert [email protected] Home Institute Instituto de Astronomía Inst.Theoretical Astrophysics UNAM P.O. Box 1029 Apt Postal 70 264 Blindern MX - Mexico DF 04510 NO - 0315 Oslo 3 Mexico Norway Tel: +52 55 5622 3906 Tel: +47 22 85 65 21 Fax: +52 55 5616 0653 Fax: +47 22 85 65 05 [email protected] [email protected] Brian Warner ASSISTANT GENERAL Astronomy Dept SECRETARY University Cape Town (UCT) Karel A. van der Hucht Private Bag ZA - 7700 Rondebosch SRON - Netherlands Inst for South Africa Space Research Tel: +27 21 650 2391 Sorbonnelaan 2 Fax: +27 21 650 3342 NL - 3584 CA Utrecht [email protected] the Netherlands Tel: +31 30 253 57 29/56 00 Fax: +31 30 254 08 60 [email protected] CONTENTS Preface . 3 PART I THE XXVITH IAU GENERAL ASSEMBLY . 5 Invitation by the IAU President . 5 Message from the National Organizing Committee . 6 National & Local Organizing Committees . 7 Important Dates . 8 Financial Support to attend the General Assembly . 8 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME . 9 Contact Addresses . 9 Abstract Submission . 9 Calendar of Scientific Events . 10 Programme Overview . 12 Symposia . 13 Joint Discussions . 17 Special Sessions . 27 Calendar of Events: Business & Science Meetings . 32 Other IAU Events . 37 Women in Astronomy Meeting . 37 Young Astronomer Meetings . 37 Other Events in Conjunction with the IAU General Assembly . 37 EAS: JENAM . 37 IUCAF . 38 ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS . 39 Deadlines & Meetings . 39 XXVIth General Assembly . 39 National Members . .39 Division Presidents . 40 Commission Presidents . 40 Proposal to Change Statutes & Bye-Laws . 41 PRACTICAL INFORMATION . 49 Conference Organizers, Website, GA Newspaper, Venue . 49-50 Visa Information . 50 Registration . 52 Accommodation, Social Events & Tours . 53-55 How to make Payments . 56 General Information about the Czech Republic . 56 2 PART II 1. Main Deadlines and Meetings . 58 1.1. Deadlines . 58 1.2. Meetings . 58 2. Scientific Meetings . 58 2.1. Future Symposia . 58 2.2. Colloquia . 60 2.3. Future Regional Meetings . 61 3. Division Matters . 61 3.1. Division President Deadlines in Conjunction with the XXVIth GA . 61 3.2. Division President Meetings at the XXVIth GA . 61 3.3. Report of Division III . 61 4. Commission Matters . 63 4.1. Commission President Deadlines in Conjunction with the XXVIth GA . 63 4.2. Commission President Meetings at the XXVIth GA . 63 4.3. Reports of Commissions . 63 5. International Organizations . 68 5.1. ICSU . 68 5.2. IHY . 71 5.3. IUPAP . 71 5.4. IVS . 72 6. Executive Committee Meetings . 72 7. XXVIIth General Assembly . 74 8. Educational Activities . 74 8.1. PG on ISYAs . 74 8.2. PG on WWDA . 76 9. Peter Gruber Foundation . 77 9.1. Cosmology Prize . 77 9.2. Fellowships . 77 10.Membership . .78 10.1. National Membership . ..
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