ASTRONET INFRASTRUCTURE ROADMAP SYMPOSIUM 2008: June 16-19, 2008,
Liverpool Arena and Convention Centre, United Kingdom.
http://www.astro.livjm.ac.uk/~airs2008/
This mailing is to advertise the upcoming ASTRONET Symposium. Whilst the
Symposium is concerned principally with astronomy in all its forms, it
includes an important aspect concerned with Laboratory (and Computational)
Astrophysics/Studies. The meeting will focus specifically on the first
draft of the ASTRONET Infrastructure Roadmap, which will be made publicly
available by the beginning of May 2008. Short contributions are invited on
themes related to the Infrastructure Roadmap, including laboratory
studies.
What is ASTRONET?
http://www.astronet-eu.org/
In September 2005 a consortium of European funding agencies started the
four-year ERA-Net project called ASTRONET. The aim of ASTRONET is to come
to a concise European plan for the next 15-20 years on astronomy in its
widest form, encompassing all energies (from radio to gamma-rays including
astro-particles), all instruments (ground-based, space-based and
laboratory), and all aspects (from the sun and its planetary system to the
big bang and early galaxy formation).
The first part of this was the formulation of a Science Vision, setting
the science questions to be answered. Laboratory Studies are well
represented throughout this document and in the Recommendations.
http://www.eso.org/public/outreach/press-rel/pr-
2007/Astronet_ScienceVision.pdf
The next stage, now underway, is to develop an Infrastructure Roadmap
detailing those facilities that will be necessary to deliver the vision,
and addressing also other important aspects such as education, training
and public awareness.
The Symposium session (Panel C) on Wednesday 18th June 2008 seeks input
from the community in response to the Infrastructure Roadmap document that
will be published in early May 2008. This consultation is a great
opportunity for those interested in laboratory studies to provide input
into the planning at a European level for the next 15-20 years!
Further details can be found at: http://www.astro.livjm.ac.uk/~airs2008/
and on registration at:
http://www.astro.livjm.ac.uk/~airs2008/Registration.html
Places are filling up fast.
Peter J Sarre
Professor of Chemistry and Molecular Astrophysics
School of Chemistry
The University of Nottingham
University Park,
Nottingham NG7 2RD
United Kingdom
Tel +44 (0)115 951 3460
Fax +44 (0)115 951 3562
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~pczastrc/index.html
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