(11 juin 2009) Journee, astronet, conference

1- Journée AS Gaia à la SF2A 2009
Le programme de la journée (horaires TBC par les orateurs) est maintenant disponible sur votre site web favori :
http://wwwhip.obspm.fr/gaia/AS/SF2A-2009.html

2- Astronet/Opticon et la future utilisation des télescopes de 2-4 m en Europe
Cet appel à contribution d’Astronet et Opticon est important dans le contexte Gaia

The ASTRONET/OPTICON European Telescope Strategy Review Committee :

An invitation to the community to help shape the future use
of Europe’s 2-4m telescopes.

The ASTRONET Science Vision and Infrastructure Roadmap concluded that
there is an urgent need to define a strategy for 2-4m telescopes at the
European Level. Accordingly a panel has been set up to identify how
Europe’s medium sized telescopes can best contribute to the delivery of
the Science Vision and to propose how a suite of existing telescopes can
do so cost effectively. This panel, the European Telescopes Strategic
Review Committee (ETSRC) is co-chaired by Janet Drew (University of Hertfordshire, UK) and Jacqueline Bergeron (IAP, Paris). ETSRC will
deliver a report at around the end of 2009.

Vital community input is now sought via a web based tool created for the purpose. The main consultation period begins now and continues until
the end of July. The panel sees it as crucial to identifying a viable
way forward that it receives input from right across Europe and from an
equally broad spectrum of scientific interests in the mid-sized telescopes.

We would be extremely grateful if you would provide your input via our
web form at :

http://www.strw.leidenuniv.nl/2to4mtelescopes/

which outlines the panel’s task, identifies the telescopes under consideration, presents some early ideas, and sketches the kind of input the panel is looking for at this stage.

3- "PATHWAYS TOWARDS HABITABLE PLANETS"

http://www.pathways2009.net

14-18 SEPTEMBER 2009
Barcelona, Spain

Third announcement
New deadline for proposing a satellite meeting : June 15th


Dear Colleagues,

The deadline for proposing a satellite meeting at the Pathways conference has been extended to June 15th. You will find the announcement of opportunity below.

Meanwhile, we encourage you to visit the main conference website (http://www.pathways2009.net) for further details, to submit your abstract, and register for the conference.

Important dates :
 June 15th : deadline for early registration and abstract submission to the main conference
 July 15th : publication of the final programme in the web
 July 15th : deadline for full refund (except for 15€ handling fee)
 September 14th-18th : conference
 November 15th : deadline for submission of proceedings
 Spring 2010 : distribution of proceedings

Looking forward to seeing you in Barcelona,

Vincent Coudé du Foresto and Ignasi Ribas
for the Scientific Organizing Committee (soc@pathways2009.net)


Brèves

30 avril 2014

Gaia@SF2A2014

16 avril 2014

Ateliers PNCG et LSST

24 décembre 2013

Appel d’offre 2014

17 décembre 2013

En route vers les étoiles !

INSU CNRS Centre National de la recherche scientifique DPAC Gaia ESA