F I R S T     A N N O U N C E M E N T

 J E N A M - 2 0 0 7
"Our non-stable Universe"
20-25 August 2007, Yerevan, Armenia

Web page at http://www.aras.am/JENAM-2007/index.htm
Mirror page at EAS: http://www2.iap.fr/eas/Jenam07/index.htm
 

JENAM-2007 (Joint European and National Astronomy Meeting) will take place in Yerevan (Armenia) and will be the 15th Annual Meeting of the European Astronomical Society (EAS) and the 6th Annual Meeting of the Armenian Astronomical Society (ArAS).

JENAM-2007 will consist of 6 Plenary sessions (invited reviews on hot topics of modern astrophysics, 8 EAS Symposia, and 7 Special Sessions (SPS). The EAS symposia will last 2-3 days each, 4 symposia in parallel. The SPS will last 2 days each, 3 or 4 SPS in parallel. Poster sessions will be organized as well for each of the symposia and SPS.

During the JENAM, the EAS General Assembly and EAS Council meetings will take place, as well as a Job Market for young scientists, exhibitions, a number of social events, etc.

Beside the joint excursions on Wednesday, August 22 and Saturday, August 25, additional tours will be organized for accompanying persons and those scientists not attending sessions on the given days.

The opening and closing sessions, EAS symposia and special sessions will be organized in the conference halls and auditoria of the Yerevan State University (YSU). Exhibitions and poster sessions will be organized at the entrance halls. The participants will stay at the Yerevan central hotels, and buses will take them every day to the University and back. A detailed information on travel to Armenia and visas, Yerevan hotels, and local conditions will be available soon.

The proceedings of the JENAM-2007 will be published in the EAS proceedings series in 2008.

ORGANIZERS

European Astronomical Society (EAS)
Armenian Astronomical Society (ArAS)
Yerevan State University (YSU)
Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO)

SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Harvey Butcher (Netherlands)
Anatol Cherepashchuk (Russia)
Thierry Courvoisier (Switzerland)
Michel Dennefeld (France)
Anne Dutrey (France)
Hayk Harutyunyan (Armenia)
Joachim Krautter (Germany), Co-chair
Tigran Magakian (Armenia)
Michel Mayor (Switzerland)
Areg Mickaelian (Armenia), Co-chair
Antonella Natta (Italy)
Artashes Petrosian (Armenia)
Ian Robson (UK)
Yervant Terzian (USA)
Yaroslav Yatskiv (Ukraine)

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

A.M. Mickaelian, Chair
S.A. Ghazaryan, H.A. Harutyunyan, S.G. Harutyunyan, E.R. Hovhannisyan, L.R. Hovhannisyan, N.D. Melikian, A. Melkonian, E.H. Nikoghosyan, A.A. Sadoyan, L.A. Sargsyan

EAS SYMPOSIA

EAS S1: Extrasolar Planets
EAS S2: Searching for Proto-Planets around Young Stars
EAS S3: Violent Phenomena in Young Stars
EAS S4: High-Energy Astrophysics
EAS S5: Activity in Galaxies
EAS S6: Dynamics of Galaxies and Galactic Nuclei
EAS S7: Observational Cosmology
EAS S8: Science with Virtual Observatories

JENAM-2007 SPECIAL SESSIONS (SPS)

SPS1: Stellar Structure and Evolution
SPS2: New Developments in Asteroseismology
SPS3: Gravitational Wave Astrophysics
SPS4: Astronomy from the Antarctic plateau
SPS5: Astronomy Education in Europe
SPS6: Archaeoastronomy
SPS7: Numerical Astrophysics

Note: some of the SPS may be cancelled if there is not enough interest from the pre-registered participants.

REGISTRATION FEES

EAS members 200 Euros
Other participants 240 Euros
Accompanying persons 120 Euros

EAS and ArAS TRAVEL GRANTS

A limited number of EAS and ArAS travel grants will be available mainly reserved for young participants and scientists from countries with limited resources. An application form will be available after the period of the pre-registration (December 31, 2006). Those who are going to apply for a grant are encouraged to pre-register as soon as possible.

PRE-REGISTRATION

The deadline for the pre-registration is December 31, 2006.

The online pre-registration form can be found at http://www.aras.am/JENAM-2007/pre-registration.htm

If you have problems with web access or with online registration, please send the completed form as an e-mail attachment to aregmick@apaven.am.

DEADLINES

Oct 1, 2006   Deadline for proposals for EAS symposia and Special Sessions (SPS)
Oct 15, 2006   First Announcement with Pre-registration form
Dec 31, 2006   Deadline for Pre-registration
Jan 15, 2007   Second Announcement with a call for Registration, Travel Grant Application, and Submission of Abstracts
May 1, 2007   Deadline for Submission of Abstracts and Travel Grant Applications
May 15, 2007   Applicants to be informed on outcome of Travel Grant Applications and Confirmation of Acceptance of Abstracts
Jun 1, 2007   Deadline for Early Registration (with reduced fee) and Hotel Reservation
Jun 30, 2007   Final Submission of Abstracts of accepted papers for the Abstracts book
July 15, 2007   Final Announcement with the detailed Program
Aug 20-25, 2007   JENAM-2007 in Yerevan
Oct 31, 2007   Deadline for submission of papers for publication in the Proceedings

CONTACTS

Joachim Krautter (Germany), Co-chair, SOC: jkrautte@lsw.uni-heidelberg.de
Areg Mickaelian (Armenia), Co-chair, SOC and Chair, LOC: aregmick@apaven.am

For an inquiry and discussion of the details of the EAS symposia and JENAM special sessions, please contact the corresponding SOC Chairs and the Conveners. More contact details will be available in later announcements.