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- Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 10:26:39 +0900 (JST)
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- Subject: [vsnet-conference 41] (fwd) IAU 8th Asian-Pacific Regional Meeting
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Dear colleagues,
The IAU 8th ASIAN-PACIFIC REGIONAL MEETING
in Tokyo, Japan is only a week away,
and its preparation is in the final stage.
We are expecting to have a very interesting meeting
with about 100 oral and 280 poster papers.
Here we are sending the final circular with more
logistical information.
Because of the overwhelming interest to the meeting,
the poster area might be rather tight.
If you have registered and are unable to come,
please let us know as soon as possible so that
we can make the better use of the limited space.
Please inform us also any change of your registration
information including the change in the accompanied person(s).
We are looking forward to seeing you in Tokyo soon.
With best wishes,
Tetsuo Hasegawa
LOC Chair of the IAU 8th Asian-Pacific Regional Meeting
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
fax +81-422-34-3764
e-mail aprm2002@astro.isas.ac.jp
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FINAL CIRCULAR
"The IAU 8th ASIAN-PACIFIC REGIONAL MEETING"
National Center of Sciences/Hitotsubashi Memorial Hall
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
July 2-5, 2002
Organized by National Committee for IAU in Japan
Astronomical Society of Japan
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Sponsored by Monbu-Kagakushou (MEXT)
Astronomical Society of Japan
International Astronomical Union
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This meeting is aimed at assembling astronomers in the Asian-Pacific
region. The goal of the meeting is (1) to exchange the results of
recent research, (2) to promote research exchanges and collaborations
in the region, (3) to encourage young astronomers' activity and to
nurture next generation researchers, and (4) to discuss the way of
driving research activities in the region and popularizing astronomy.
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Conference Web-Site:
http://www.astro.isas.ac.jp/conference/aprm2002/
Crucial Dates:
July 1 2002 registration and welcome drink and snack
(16:00-20:00) (16:00-19:00)
July 2 2002 meeting opening
July 5 2002 meeting closing
Registration:
Those who intend to attend the meeting and have not yet
registered should register at the registration desk of the
conference. The registration fee is 14,000 yen. (1 us-dollar is
approx. 121 yen on June 21.) Each accompanied person is charged
6000 yen. The conference banquet fee is included. Participants
from abroad should pay the fee at the registration desk by cash
(Japanese yen only). Credit cards are not accepted.
Proceedings:
Proceedings of the meeting will be printed in two volumes.
The first volume (Vol.I) will be published by Astronomical Society
of the Pacific as the ASP conference series. This volume will
contain all the oral papers. We will offer a discount price (under $60)
for the participants who order the proceedings at the
registration desk during the meeting.
The second volume (Vol.II), whose charge is included in the
registration fee, will be separately published by the LOC. All
the poster papers will be printed in this volume.
Both Vol.I and II will be registered on ADS.
Accommodation:
Information of hotels with discount rates supplied by a travel
agency (Kinki Nippon Tourist) can be found on the conference
web-site. Please download the application form and send it back
directly to the travel agency by fax.
Presentation Tools:
OHP projectors and Video/LCD projectors for
the presentation by laptop computers are available.
If you would like to use VCR, please contact
aprm2002@astro.isas.ac.jp
as soon as possible.
Poster Board:
The size of a poster board is 180cm (height) x 88cm (width).
Internet Connection:
A limited number of PC terminals are available for attendees to
read e-mails. You can connect the PCs with your host machines
through either telnet or ssh. You may connect your laptop
computers through UTP cable of wireless LAN. If you wish to read
e-mails with Windows applications, we recommend you to bring your
laptop installed with the application.
The Internet traffic flowing from the meeting attendees, will be
coming from the IP addresses in the range of 150.100.1.240-249.
In order to ensure continuous access to your home site, please
notify your local system and security administrators the above IP
addresses.
Registration, welcome drink and snack:
On July 1, the registration desk will open from 16:00 at the
conference hall. Drinks and snacks will be served in Room B
until 19:00. The registration desk will close by 20:00.
Satellite Meetings:
Four satellite meetings are planned right after the meeting
(July 5 and 6). These meetings are independent of the main
meeting. Those who intend to join the satellite meetings and
present your papers are asked to contact the organizers of the
satellite meetings directly. One paper policy of the main
meeting does not apply to the satellite meetings.
Informal session for the Asian Astronomers:
An informal session for the Asian astronomers is planned in the
evening of July 3 (between 6:30-8:00 p.m.). The basic idea of
this session is to get to know each other and each country
personally in order to promote mutual communications between
Asian astronomers.
If you plan to participate this session,
PLEASE BE SURE TO SEND AN EMAIL TO
Shin Mineshige (e-mail: minesige@yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp)
so that the organizer can estimate how many will attend.
Weather:
Please bring your umbrella! Early July is the rainy season in Tokyo.
It can be hot and humid outside, but we may also have cool days.
The highest temperature of the day varies between 20 and 35
degrees Celsius. You can visit
http://www.cnn.com/WEATHER/as/Japan/TokyoTokyoRJ48.html
for 5-day forecast.
The meeting venue is air-conditioned and comfortable.
AC power:
The AC power available in Japan is 100V 50Hz. The plug shape
is 2-pin that is similar to the US standard except for no
ground pin.
Access from Narita Airport:
It takes 1 to 1.5 hours and 1k to 3k yen depending on the route.
(1) by Limousine Bus (Easy)
Take Airport Limousine bus to TCAT. It costs 2900yen. To the
conference place, then take subway, "Hanzomon" line from
"Suitengumae" station which is just next to TCAT down to
"Jimbocho" station. Then walk about 5 min.
(2) by JR train (Fast)
Take Narita Express to Tokyo station. It takes less than an hour
but costs 2940 yen. In order to get to the conference place from
Tokyo station, take subway, "Marunouchi" line bound for Ikebukuro
to the next station, "Otemachi" , and change to "Hanzomon" line
bound for Chuo-Rinkan and Shibuya and get off at the next station
"Jimbocho". Then walk about 2 min. Instead of taking "Marunouchi"
line, you can walk from Tokyo station to Otemachi in 10 min.
(3)by Keisei-line train (Less expensive)
Take Keisei sky liner to "Ueno" station. It takes less than an
hour and costs 1960 yen. You can also take an ordinary express
train, which costs only 1000 yen. In order to get to the
conference place, take subway, "Ginza" line bound for Shibuya
down to "Nihombashi" station, change to "Tozai" line bound for
Nakano and Mitaka, and go down to "Takebashi" station. Then walk
about 2 min.
You can find and print the map around the Hitotsubashi Memorial Hall
(labeled NII in the map)at
http://www.nii.ac.jp/map/hitotsubashi-e.html
Subway map in Tokyo is found at
http://www.tokyometro.go.jp/network/map_english.html
Travel Desk:
Kinki Nihon Tourist office will open a travel desk during
the meeting.
Support:
Those who are granted the financial support from LOC
are requested to visit room G (201) after completing
registration.
LOC Phone number:
The phone number of the LOC office during the conference is
03-4212-6612. From abroad, +81-3-4212-6612.
Emergency Call:
The phone number of the police is 110 in Japan.
For those who urgently need to make a contact with LOC,
please call 090-8518-4634.
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Program, Session Chairs and List of Invited Speakers
(for detailed information, see conference web page):
Morning Afternoon Evening
July 1 Registration(16:00-20:00), drink & snack (16:00-19:00)
July 2 Opening, PL1 PL1 Poster
July 3 PL2 PS1, PS2, PS3 Poster
July 4 PL3 PS4, PS5, BS1, BS2 Banquet (19:00-21:00)
July 5 PL4, Closing, SL(*) PS6, SM1, SM3
July 6 SM1, SM2 SM1, SM2, SM4
Plenary Sessions(PL)
PL1: Large and New Facilities: Science and Development
Co-Chair: N.Kaifu Kaifu@nao.ac.jp
R.Taylor russ@ras.ucalgary.ca
Invited Speakers:
H.Karoji(NAOJ,Japan), G.G.Fahlman(CFHT Corp.,USA),
M.Ishiguro(NAOJ,Japan), R.Ekers(ATNF,Australia)
R.Nityananda(NCRA,India), S.Tsuneta(NAOJ,Japan)
PL2: Extrasolar Planets: Discovery and Formation
Chair: J.Hearnshaw j.hearnshaw@phys.canterbury.ac.nz
Invited Speakers:
J.B.Hearnshaw(U. Canterbury,New Zealand), D.C.Black(LPI,USA)
PL3: Large Scale Survey
Chair: V.Rubin rubin@gal.ciw.edu
Invited Speakers:
E.Turner(Princeton U.,USA), K.Wakamatsu(Gifu U.,Japan),
E.Sadler(U. Sydney,Australia)
PL4: Education and Popularization of Astronomy in Asia
Chair: I.Kim kim@sai.msu.ru
Invited Speakers:
E.Hiei(Meisei U.,Japan), C.Celebre(PAGASA,Philippines)
Special Lecture (SL)
Sjur Refsdal
(Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo)
"Gravitational Lensing as an Astrophysical Tool"
Parallel Sessions(PS)
PS1: Star Formation and ISM
Chair: B.Hidayat bhidayat99@hotmail.com
Invited Speakers:
Q.Parker(U. Macquarie Sydney,Australia),
B.C.Koo(Seoul National U.,Korea)
PS2: Cosmology, Galaxy Formation and Evolution
Chair: K.Y.Lo kyl@asiaa.sinica.edu.tw
Invited Speakers:
B.Peterson(AAO,Australia), T.Totani(NAOJ & Princeton U.),
W.Couch(U. NSW,Australia),
PS3: Compact Objects and High Energy Astrophysics
Chair: S.Ikeuchi ikeuchi@a.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Invited Speakers:
X.D.Li(Nanjing U.,PRC), T.Murakami(Kanazawa U.,Japan),
PS4: QSOs, AGNs and IGM
Chair: R.Webster rwebster@physics.unimelb.edu.au
Invited Speakers:
R.W.Hunstead(U. Sydney,Australia),
Y.Taniguchi(Tohoku U.,Japan)
PS5: Solar and Stellar Activities, Binaries
Chair: C.Fang fangc@nju.edu.cn
Invited Speakers:
K.Shibata(Kyoto U.,Japan), Y.Yan(NAO Beijing,China),
Z.W.Han(Tunnan Obs.,PRC)
PS6: Gravitational Lensing
Chair: K.Chang kchang@chongju.ac.kr
Invited Speakers:
C.Han(Chungbuk National U., Korea), A.Gould(Ohio State U.,USA)
Business Sessions(BS)
BS1: Future Arrangement of APRM
Chair:M.Raharto moedji@bosscha.itb.ac.id
Invited Speakers:
B.Boyle(AAO, Australia)
BS2: Regional Publication and Network
Co-Chair: J. Narlikar jvn@iucaa.ernet.in
H.M.Lee hmlee@astro.snu.ac.kr
Satellite Meetings(SM)
SM1: Numerical Simulation in Astronomy
Chair: T.Hanawa hanawa@a.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Contact: LOC nsa2002@cc.nao.ac.jp
SM2: High Energy Astrophysics in Asia
Chair: H.Inoue inoue@astro.isas.ac.jp
Contact: K.Mitsuda mitsuda@astro.isas.ac.jp
SM3: ALMA and Prospects for Radio Astronomy in the 21st Century
Chair Y.Fukui
Contact: k.tatematsu@nao.ac.jp
SM4: Solar System Sciences
Chair J.Watanabe and Ip Wing
Contact: jun.watanabe@nao.ac.jp
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The Scientific Organizing Committee:
L. Bronfman (U. Chile, Chile)
K. Chang (Chongju U., Korea)
S.M. Chitre (TIFR, India)
C. Fang (Nanjing U., China Nanjing)
B. Hidayat (Bosscha Obs., Indonesia)
J. Hearnshaw (Canterbury U., New Zealand)
S. Ikeuchi (Nagoya U., Japan,Chair)
N. Kaifu (NAOJ, Japan)
I.S. Kim (Moscow State U., Russia)
H.M. Lee (Seoul Nat. U., Korea)
K.Y. Lo (ASIAA, China Taipei)
J.V. Narlikar (IUCAA, India)
M. Raharto (Bosscha Obs., Indonesia)
V. Rubin (Carnegie, USA)
H. Tabara (Utsunomiya U., Japan)
R. Taylor (Calgary U., Canada)
R. Webster (Melbourne U., Australia)
G. Zhao (Beijing Obs., China Nanjing)
The Local Organizing Committee:
M. Doi (U. Tokyo)
T. Fukushima (NAOJ)
I. Hachisu (U. Tokyo)
T. Hanawa (Nagoya U.)
T. Hasegawa (NAOJ: Chair)
S. Mineshige (Kyoto U.)
K. Mitsuda (ISAS)
N. Sugiyama (NAOJ)
M. Ueno (U. Tokyo)
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Contact Address:
Tetsuo Hasegawa (LOC Chair)
National Astronomical Observatory Japan
Osawa 2-21-1, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
fax +81-422-34-3764
e-mail aprm2002@astro.isas.ac.jp
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