********************************************************************* JENAM - 2000 V MOSKVE! ===================================================================== First Announcement 9th European and 5-th Euro-Asian Astronomical Society Meeting 29 May - 3 June 2000, Moscow, Russia EUROPEAN ASTRONOMY AT THE TURN OF THE MILLENIUM The 9th Meeting of the European Astronomical Society (EAS) will be held in Moscow, Russia, jointly with the 5th Conference of the Euro-Asian Astronomical Society (EAAS). The Conference will cover the basic fields of astronomy and astrophysics and is open to all astronomers who would like to interact and exchange their scientific expertise with their European colleagues. Invited reviews of outstanding problems of modern astronomy are expected to be given at plenary sessions. Parallel sessions covering wide fields of astronomy will also be organizes during the Conference. In addition, poster sessions are expected to play an important role in this Conference, addressing recent results, which, in general, cannot be included in the detailed plan of the scheduled sessions. It Joint discussions, two colloquia and several associated symposia are also planned. List of parallel scientific sessions and conveners Early Universe, inflation, and cosmological constant (A.A.Starobinsky, N.Turok) Contact addresses: alstar@landau.ac.ru N.G.Turok@damtp.cam.ac.uk Morphology and dynamics of stellar systems: Star clusters, galactic arms and rings (A.D.Chernin, F.Combes, R.Spurzem) Contact addresses: chernin@sai.msu.ru bottaro@mesioa.obspm.fr High energy astrophysics with XMM, INTEGRAL, and SPECTRUM-X (R.A.Sunyaev) Contact address: sunyaev@MPA-Garching.MPG.DE Binary systems and their evolution (A.M.Cherepashchuk, J.-P.Zahn, D.V.Bisikalo) Contact address: bisikalo@inasan.rssi.ru Supernovae, neutron stars and magnetars (D.G.Yakovlev, C.Fransson) Contact address: yak@astro.ioffe.rssi.ru Feedback and the ISM structure in the star forming galaxies (N.G.Bochkarev, J.Palous, G.Tenorio-Tagle) Contact addresses: boch@sai.msu.ru palous@ig.cas.cz Solar cycle: Sun at the top of maximum (V.N.Obridko, J.O.Stenflo) Contact addresses: solter@izmiran.troitsk.ru stenflo@astro.phys.ethz.ch The central engine of AGN: structure, feeding and evolution (S.Collin, V.S.Beskin, E.Ya.Vilkovisky) Contact addresses: beskin@lpi.ru, vilk@afi.academ.alma-ata.su New trends in modern celestial mechanics (V.A.Brumberg, P.Bretagnon) Contact addresses: brumberg@quasar.ipa.nw.ru pierre@bdl.fr Ultra-high angular resolution in astronomy (V.I.Slysh, L.V.Rykhlova, A.Zensus, F.Paresce, S.Volonte) Contact addresses: vslysh@asc.rssi.ru rykhlova@inasan.rssi.ru Astronomical data acquirement and processing: modern facilities (O.B.Dluzhnevskaya, O.Yu.Malkov) Contact addresses: olgad@inasan.rssi.ru malkov@inasan.rssi.ru ============================ List of joint discussions Gamma-ray bursts and their hosts (I.G.Mitrofanov) Dark ages 100>z>10: Objects and their observabilities (V.K.Dubrovich) ============================ Connected colloquia: Astronomical education, May 27-28 (E.V.Kononovich, V.Stefl) contact addresses: konon@sai.msu.ru stefl@astro.sci.muni.cz Impact of scientific societies on astronomy in Europe, June 3-4 (F.Praderie, N.Bochkarev, J.-P.Zahn) contact address: boch@sai.msu.ru ============================ Associated Symposia: Astronomy of ancient civilizations, May 24-29 (E.N.Kaurov) contact address: kaurov@sai.msu.ru Astronomy in Ukraine - 2000 and beyond (impact of international cooperation), Kiev: Goloseevo, June 5-8 (Ya.S.Yatskiv, P.P.Berzcik) contact addresses: yatskiv@mao.kiev.ua berczik@mao.kiev.ua Spectrophotometric and photometric catalogues. Standart stars and solar analogues, St.Petersburg: Pulkovo, June 6-8 (A.A.Arkharov) contact address: arkharov@gao.spb.ru ============================ Calendar of events: - December 20, 1999: Pre-registration form deadline - February 29, 2000: Early registration fee deadline - March 15, 2000: Abstract submission deadline - March 15, 2000: Financial assistance request deadline - May 29-June 3: JENAM-2000 ============================= P R E-R E G I S T R A T I O N F O R M Submit this form by normal post or fax to: JENAM-2000, Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Universitetskij pr. 13, 119899 Moscow Russia; tel/fax: +7(095)9328844 Deadline for pre-registration: December 20,1999 Direct questions to: jenam@sai.msu.su == You will receive a confirmation from the LOC as soon as your registration has been processed == Family Name: First name: Initials: Title: Professor Dr. Ph.D. Student Mr. Mrs. Miss Affiliation for Name Badge: E-mail: Phone number: Fax number: Institution: Postal address: City: Zip Code: Country: Accompanying person(s): I am interested in session on: Will you be presenting a paper? 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