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MACE 2003 - MEETING ON ASTEROIDS AND COMETS IN EUROPE
May 1-4 Costitx, Mallorca island, (Spain)
-Second Announcement and Call for Papers-
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The "Meeting on Asteroids and Comets in Europe", MACE 2003, will
be held from May 1st to 4th at the Mallorca Observatory in Spain.
If you are planning to attend and have not yet "registered",
please do so now.
For this, you just have to write an email to: mace2003@oam.es
with the following details
First name:
Last name:
Institution/Observatory:
E-mail:
Comments and suggestions:
Please be reminded that the deadline for abstract submission
is April 1st.
For more details please visit:
http://www.oam.es/oam/mace/intro.htm
The goals of the meeting are:
- To improve the technology and techniques of observing.
- To search for goals of small observatories in the future.
- To continue and improve the relations and the established projects.
- To connect to other observers over borders and language barriers.
The scientific programme will include invited, contributed talks and
posters.
The topics that will be covered at MACE 2003 include:
- Projects and scientific results on minor planets.
- Advances in telescope design.
- Observing methods and future projects for small observatories.
- Robotic and remote observation and tools for reduction data.
Also some observational and data reduction "live" sessions are
planned.
The Scientific and Local Organizing Committee has proposed the
following tentative programme:
PROGRAMME
>From evening of April 30, 2003 to May 1, at 12:00
Arrivals at Mallorca airport and free shuttle to the hotels in
Port Alcudia. Accomodation.
May 1, Thursday
13:00 - Welcome reception. Official opening.
13:30 - Welcome cocktail and lunch
15:00 - Invited talk
15:30 - Talks 1
17:00 - Cofee Break
17:30 - Talks 2
20:00 - Dinner - Video projection: MACE 2002 farewell dinner!
22:00 - Transport to hotels
May 2, Friday
09:00 - Transport from hotels to meeting room
09:45 - Invited talk
10:15 - Talks 3
11:15 - Cofee break
11:45 - Talks 4
13:30 - Lunch
16:00 - Visit to the observatory of Mallorca and the Planetarium
16:30 - Audio-visual at the planetarium: observing tools at the
Obs. of Mallorca
18:30 - Round table: observing and data processing tools
20:00 - Dinner
22:00 - Observing session
01:00 - Shuttle to hotels every hour
May 3, Saturday
10:00 - Transport from hotels to the meeting room
10:45 - Invited talk
11:15 - Talks 5
13:30 - Lunch
16:00 - Excursion - Valldemossa and Serra de Tramuntana
21:00 - Closing Dinner
01:00 - Shuttle to hotels every hour
May 4, Sunday
Departures. Shuttles from hotels to the airport of Mallorca.
Possibly half day excursion to Palma, for participants departuring
Sunday evening.
SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Luciano Bittesini (Farra d'Isonzo Observatory) Italy
Korado Korlevic (Visnjan Observatory) Croatia
Stephen Laurie (Church Stretton Observatory) England
Jaime Nomen (OAM-Mallorca & Ametlla de Mar Observatories) Spain
Petr Pravec (Ondrejov Observatory) Czech R.
Herbert Raab (Linz Observatory) Austria
Jure Skvarc (Crni vrh Observatory) Slovenia
Stefano Sposetti (Gnosca Observatory) Switzerland
Reiner Stoss (Starkenburg Observatory) Germany
Juraj Toth (Modra Observatory) Slovakia
LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Oscar Arratia (NEODyS team) Spain
Manolo Blasco (OAM-Mallorca Observatory) Spain
Vadim Burwitz (Max Planck institute & OAM-Mallorca Observatory)
Antonio Garcia (OAM-Mallorca Observatory) Spain
Joan Guarro (OAM-Mallorca & Piera Observatories) Spain
Jose-Luis Ortiz (Instituto de astrofisica de Andalucia) Spain
Gabriel Pieras (Consell of Mallorca) Spain
Juan Rodriguez (OAM-Mallorca Observatory) Spain
Salvador Sanchez (OAM-Mallorca Observatory) Spain
Genny Sansaturio (NEODyS team) Spain
MEETING OFFICE
OAM-Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca
Cami del Observatori s/n
Costitx, 07144 Mallorca
Spain
mace2003@oam.es
Tel: 34-689686557
34-971876019
Fax: 34-971876022
MEETING VENUE
MACE 2003 will be held in the Civic Center of the village of
Costitx, very close to the Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca,
however, some observational sessions will take place at the
Observatory and the Planetarium.
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