%%%%% update: 9 June 2006 %%%%% re: IAU HIGHLIGHTS OF ASTRONOMY, Volume 14, of the XXVIth IAU GENERAL ASSEMBLY, PRAGUE, 14-25 AUGUST 2006 Editor-in-Chief: Karel A. van der Hucht to: the CHIEF EDITORS of the GA-2006 JOINT DISCUSSIONS AND SPECIAL SESSIONS homepage and updates at: < ftp://ftp.sron.nl/pub/karelh/UPLOADS/IAU-CUP.dir/GA-Highlights.dir/GA-JD-SpS.dir/editors.dir > ================================================================= GUIDELINES AND CUP STYLE FILES FOR THE EDITORS OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF IAU GA-2006 JOINT DISCUSSIONS AND SPECIAL SESSIONS ================================================================= Dear CHIEF EDITOR, Welcome to the EDITOR's directory for the Proceedings of the Joint Discussions and Special Sessions of the XXVIth IAU General Assembly, Prague, August 2006. The URL of GA-2006 is < http://www.astronomy2006.com/ > . Your Proceedings will be published in: HIGHLIGHTS OF ASTRONOMY, Volume 14 Editor-in-Chief: Karel A. van der Hucht Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP, UK) in a concerted effort with you, 17 Chief Editors of the GA-2006 Joint Discussions, and you, 7 Chief Editors of the GA-2006 Special Sessions. Together we constitute the HIGHLIGHTS OF ASTRONOMY EDITORIAL BOARD, as listed in . This directory provides general guidelines, style files, and a number of sample files to create your Proceedings, including - Table of Contents - Preface - Papers - Subject Index - Object Index - Author Index I do look forward to working with you all. Karel A. van der Hucht, AGS Editor-in-Chief, Highlights of Astronomy Volume 14 ================================================================= A. THE IAU PUBLISHER ================================================================= The official IAU publisher is Cambridge University Press (CUP). CUP publishes the Proceedings of - IAU SYMPOSIA - IAU COLLOQUIA (as of 2006 there is no difference between Symposia and Colloquia any more; they will all be named Symposia) - IAU HIGHLIGHTS OF ASTRONOMY - TRANSACTIONS OF THE IAU all as hard back volumes and on-line. The IAU continues to aim for a high quality and timely Proceedings Series. Published IAU Proceedings of all 2004 and 2005 IAU Colloquia and Symposia are available at < http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=IAU >, with free access for 2004 IAU Proceedings. Hard back volumes can be ordered from < http://www.cambridge.org/uk/browse/browse_all.asp?subjectid=318 >. ============================================================================ B. IAU-CUP POLICY AUTHOR DEADLINE: AUGUST 25, 2006 EDITOR DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 1, 2006 ============================================================================ In the contract between the IAU and CUP, it is stipulated that the Proceedings of IAU meetings will be published within six months after the event. Since CUP needs three months for its processing of a complete Proceedings manuscript, the EDITORS and the GENERAL SECRETARY have the first three months after the Joint Discussions and Special Sessions to complete their editing task. This requires that all AUTHORS have to deliver their completed manuscripts to you, CHIEF EDITORS, before or during GA-2006. AUTHORS who wish to make revisions can submit a revised version of their manuscript to their CHIEF EDITOR within four weeks after GA-2006. IN SHORT: - THE AUTHOR DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING HIS/HER PAPER TO YOU IS: => 25 AUGUST 2006 - THE EDITOR DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING HIS/HER JD/SpS PROCEEDINGS MANUSCRIPT TO THE GS, K.A. VAN DER HUCHT, IS: => 1 NOVEMBER 2006 ================================================================= C. CONTENTS OF IAU HIGHLIGHTS OF ASTRONOMY, Volume 14 ================================================================= Preface Karel A. van der Hucht I. INVITED DISCOURSES I.1. The Evolution of Life in the Universe Jill C. Tarter I.2 The Magnetic Field and its Effects on the Solar Atmosphere as Observed at High Resolution Alan M. Title I.3. Similar Phenomena at Different Scales: Black Holes, Sun, Supernovae, Galaxies and Galaxy Clusters Shuang Nan Zhang I.4 The Power of New Experimental Techniques in Astronomy: Zooming in on the Black Hole in the Center of the Milky Way Reinhard Genzel II. JOINT DISCUSSIONS II.1 Particle Acceleration - from Solar System to AGN Chair: John C. Brown Editors: Marian Karlicky (CE) & John C. Brown II.2 Pulsar Emission and Related Phenomena Chair: Werner Becker Editors: Werner Becker (CE), Janusz A. Gil & Bronislaw Rudak II.3 Solar Active Regions and 3D Magnetic Structure Chair: Debi Prasad Choudhary Editors: Debi Prasad Choudhary (CE) & Michal Sobotka II.4 The Ultraviolet Universe: Stars from Birth to Death Chair: Ana I. Gomez de Castro Editor: Ana I. Gomez de Castro II.5 Calibrating the Top of the Stellar M-L Relation Chair: Claus Leitherer Editors: Claus Leitherer (CE), Anthony F.J. Moffat & Joachim Puls II.6 Neutron Stars and Black Holes in Star Clusters Chair: Frederic A. Rasio Editors: Frederic A. Rasio (CE), Victoria M. Kaspi & Robert P. Fender II.7 The Universe at z > 6 Chair: Daniel Schaerer Editors: Daniel Schaerer (CE) & Andrea Ferrara II.8 Solar and Stellar Activity Cycles Chair: Alexander Kosovichev Editors: Klaus G. Strassmeier (CE) & Alexander Kosovichev II.9 Supernovae: One Millennium after SN1006 Chair: P. Frank Winkler Editors: P. Frank Winkler (CE), Wolfgang Hillebrandt & Brian P. Schmidt II.10 Progress in Planetary Exploration Missions Chair: Guy J. Consolmagno Editors: Guy J. Consolmagno (CE) & Melissa A. McGrath II.11 Pre-Solar Grains as Astrophysical Tools Chair: John C. Lattanzio and Anja C. Andersen Editors: Anja C. Andersen (CE) & John C. Lattanzio II.12 Long Wavelength Astrophysics Chair: Namir E. Kassim Editors: Namir E. Kassim (CE) & T. Joseph W. Lazio II.13 Exploiting Large Surveys for Galactic Astronomy Chair: Christopher J. Corbally Editors: Christopher J. Corbally (CE), Coryn A.L. Bailer-Jones & Sunetra Giridhar II.14 Modelling Dense Stellar Systems Chair: Ladislav Subr Editors: Alison I. Sills (CE), Ladislav Subr & Simon F. Portegies Zwart II.15 New Cosmology Results from the Spitzer Space Telescope Chair: George Helou Editor: George Helou II.16 Nomenclature, Precession and New Models in Fundamental Astronomy Chair: Nicole Capitaine Editors: Nicole Capitaine (CE), Jan Vondrak & James L. Hilton II.17 Highlights of Recent Progress in the Seismology of the Sun and Sun-like Stars Chair: John W. Leibacher Editors: John W. Leibacher (CE) & Michael J. Thompson III. SPECIAL SESSIONS III.1 Astronomical Facilities of the Next Decade Chair: Gerard F. Gilmore Editors: Gerard F. Gilmore (CE), & Richard T. Schilizzi III.2 Innovation in Teaching/Learning Astronomy Methods Chair: Rosa M. Ros Editors: Jay M. Pasachoff (CE) & Rosa M. Ros III.3 The Virtual Observatory in Action: New Science, New Technology, and Next Generation Facilities Chair: Andrew Lawrence Editors: Nicholas A. Walton (CE), Andrew Lawrence & Roy Williams III.4 (open for hot topic(s)) Chair: ... Editors: ... III.5 Astronomy for the Developing World Chair: John B. Hearnshaw Editors: John B. Hearnshaw (CE) & Peter Martinez III.6 Astronomical Data Management Chair: Raymond P. Norris Editor: Raymond P. Norris III.7 Astronomy in Antarctica Chair: Michael G. Burton Editor: Michael G. Burton SUBJECT INDEX OBJECT INDEX AUTHOR INDEX ================================================================= D. BULK PRICE ================================================================= The bulk price of the Highlights of Astronomy Volume 14 for GA-2006 participants is US$ 75.- per volume, covering hard copy (including shipment) and access to the on-line version. To qualify for this price, the volume has to be ordered and pre-paid via the GA-2006 Registration Form. On-line access from CUP is for 18 months, after which the contents of Highlights of Astronomy Volume 14 will be transferred to the ADS. ================================================================= E. OUTLINE OF YOUR JD / SpS MANUSCRIPT ================================================================= The outline of each of your Joint Discussion and Special Session Proceedings manuscript is as follows: ----------------------------------------------------------------- page i -- file <1-toc.tex> -- Table of Contents page ii -- file <2-prefac.tex> -- Preface page 1 -- file <3-JDSSsamp.tex> -- Paper(s) page .. -- file <4-subjin.tex> -- Subject Index page .. -- file <5-objin.tex> -- Object Index page .. -- file <6-autin.tex> -- Author Index ----------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================= F. SUBJECT INDEX, OBJECT INDEX, AUTHOR INDEX ================================================================= Subject Index, Object Index and Author Index are mandatory. The purpose of the Subject Index, the Object Index and the Author Index is obviously to increase for each Proceedings's volume its value as source of reference for the reader and for data bases. A sample file is given in this directory. The Subject Index of each Proceedings volume will be copied by the ADS into their data base. The list of keywords provided in this directory could serve for making the Subject Index, but editors are free to decide which are the relevant subjects for their manuscript. A sample file is given in this directory. The Object Index of each Proceedings volume will be absorbed by the CDS and the ADS. CDS object information can be searched with < http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/sim-fid.pl >. The ADS can be searched with < http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abstract_service.html > . A sample file is given in this directory. ================================================================= G. PAGE ALLOCATION PER MANUSCRIPT ================================================================= The maximum number of pages for each JD and SpS is given here: HIGHLIGHTS OF ASTRONOMY maximum VOLUME 14 number of pages Invited Discourse 15 pages 1.0-day Joint Discussion 20 pages 1.5-day Joint Discussion 30 pages 0.5-day Special Session 10 pages 1.0-day Special Session 20 pages 1.5-day Special Session 30 pages 2.0-day Special Session 40 pages 3.0-day Special Session 60 pages These maximum numbers of pages do NOT include the Table of Contents (ToC), the Subject Index (SI), the Object Index (OI) and Author Index (AI). Those will have to be provided to me as Highlights of Astronomy Vol. 14 Editor, and will be merged in the overall ToC, SI, OI, and AI. It is up to the Editor(s) how to allocate the number of pages per article within their Joint Discussion or Special Session. As an example, editors should see Highlight of Astronomy Vol. 12 Ed. Hans Rickman (San Francisco: ASP, ISBN: 1-58381-086-2, 2002). ================================================================= H. AUTHORS's STYLE FILE ================================================================= The author's style file is < iau-JDSS.cls > . Its latest version is also available at < ftp://ftp.sron.nl/pub/karelh/UPLOADS/IAU-CUP.dir/GA-JDSS.dir/authors.dir > . It is not allowed to change font sizes and layout. The IAU wishes to have a fixed appearance of its Proceedings. For figures, authors are free to include their preferred packages (e.g., epsf). CUP does not require that each paper has to start with an odd page number, and/or has an even number of pages. Editors are free, of course, to use (parts of) pages for illustrative photographs and other art work representative of their IAU meeting. ================================================================= I. FIGURES ================================================================= The package "graphics" does allow for figure re-scaling, but authors may find it easier to replace \usepackage{graphics} with \usepackage{graphicx}. Re-scaling in "graphics" can be done: The trick is to use \scalebox{scale_frac}{put_figure_here}, e.g. \centerline{ \scalebox{0.8}{% \includegraphics{my_fig.eps}% } } which shrinks my_fig.eps to 0.8 of its size, and center it. This is instead of the expected, more normal, scalebox usage of \scalebox{x_frac}{y_frac}{put_fig_here}, which does not work. Another possibility to scale the figures, while using \usepackage{graphics}, is: \begin{figure} \centering \resizebox{6.5cm}{!}{\includegraphics{figure1.eps} } \resizebox{6.5cm}{!}{\includegraphics{figure2.eps} } \caption[]{Figure caption.} \end{figure} ================================================================= J. COLOUR FIGURES ================================================================= When authors have colour figures in the .tex files of their papers, there will be no charge for that. Colour figures will be reproduced in colour in the electronic version of the Proceedings. However, to reproduce colour figures up in colour in the printed version of the Proceedings, CUP will charge the authors Eng. Pound 500.- per page. If authors are not prepared to pay for this, their colour figures will be printed in black-and-white in the printed version of the Proceedings. Therefore, in case of colour figures with half-tones, authors should make sure that their figures will reproduce as desired in black-and-white. ====================================================================== K. REFERENCES /JOURNAL ABBREVIATIONS AND STYLE ====================================================================== Refer to as: Journal: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \textit{AJ} Astronomical Journal \textit{ARAA} Annual Review of Astronomy & Astrophysics \textit{ApJ} Astrophysical Journal \textit{ApJS} Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series \textit{Applied Optics} Applied Optics \textit{Ap&SS} Astrophysics and Space Science \textit{A&A} Astronomy & Astrophysics \textit{A&AR} The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review \textit{A&AS} Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series \textit{AcA} Acta Astronomica \textit{Adv. Sp. Res.} Advances in Space Research \textit{AIP-CP} American Institute of Physics Conf. Proc. \textit{ASP-CS} Astronomical Soc. of the Pacific Conf. Series. \textit{Astron. Lett.} Astronomy Letters \textit{Astron. Rep.} Astronomy Reports \textit{Ap. Lett.} Astrophysical Letters \textit{AZh} Astronomicheskii Zhurnal \textit{BAAS} Bulletin of the AAS \textit{JA&A} Journal of Astrophysics & Astronomy \textit{JRASC} Journal of the RAS of Canada \textit{MemRAS} Memoirs of the RAS \textit{MNRAS} Monthly Notices of the RAS \textit{MemSAI} Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana \textit{Nature} Nature \textit{New Astron.} New Astronomy \textit{New Astron. Revs} New Astronomy Reviews \textit{Observatory} The Observatory \textit{Phys. Rev. A} Physical Review A.: General Physics \textit{Phys. Rev. Lett.} Physical Review Letters \textit{PASA} Publications of the Astron. Soc. Australia \textit{PASP} Publications of the Astron. Soc. Pacific \textit{PASJ} Publications of the Astron. Soc. Japan \textit{PAZ} Pis'ma Astronomicheskii Zhurnal \textit{QJRAS} Quarterly Journal of the RAS \textit{Rev. Mexicana AyA} Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica \textit{Science} Science \textit{Solar Phys.} Solar Physics \textit{S&T} Sky and Telescope \textit{Soviet Astron.} Soviet Astronomy \textit{Space Sci. Revs} Space Science Reviews \textit{Vistas in Astron.} Vistas in Astronomy \textit{ZfA} Zeitschrift für Astrophysik Example journal paper: \bibitem[Krabbe, Genzel, Eckart, \etal\ (1995)]{Krabbe95} {Krabbe, A., Genzel, R., Eckart, A., Najarro, F., Lutz, D., Cameron, M., Kroker, H., Tacconi-Garman, L. E., Thatte, N., Weitzel, L., Drapatz, S., Geballe, T., Sternberg, A., Kudritzki, R.-P.} 1995, \textit{ApJ} (Letters) 447, L95 Example conference paper: \bibitem[Herrero (2003)]{Herrero03} {Herrero, A.} 2003, in: K.A. van der Hucht, A. Herrero \& C. Esteban (eds.), \textit{A Massive Star Odyssey, from Main Sequence to Supernova}, Proc. IAU Symposium No. 212 (San Francisco: ASP), p.1 ================================================================= L. IAU COPYRIGHT FORMS ================================================================= All Authors are requested to download the IAU Copyright Form from , to complete it and to send it by airmail to the Editor of their JD or Special Session. All Editors are requested to send the complete set of IAU Copyright Forms, together with the complete ms of their JD/SpS Proceedings to K.A. van der Hucht, Editor-in-Chief HoA-14 IAU GS 2006-2009 SRON National Institute for Space Research Sorbonnelaan 2 NL-3584 CA Utrecht the Netherlands ================================================================= M. REFEREEING NOT MANDATORY ================================================================= The IAU does not require that manuscripts of individual papers for the Proceedings have to be refereed. But, of course, Editors are free to do so if they wish, e.g., with the help of their SOC as referees, as long as this does not delay the publication of their Proceedings. ================================================================= N. DEADLINE SUBMITTING PROCEEDINGS MANUSCRIPTS ================================================================= CHIEF EDITORS are requested to submit the edited manuscript of their Proceedings, ***** BEFORE NOVEMBER 1, 2006, ***** on CD-ROM (with for each paper all LaTeX material of text and figures, and a .pdf file of the complete item), plus a hard copy of the whole Proceedings ms to: Karel A. van der Hucht IAU Assistant General Secretary 2003-2006 c/o SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research Sorbonnelaan 2 NL-3584 CA UTRECHT the Netherlands Email: K.A.van.der.Hucht@SRON.nl ================================================================= O. ADDRESSES EDITORS GA-2006 JOINT DISCUSSIONS AND SPECIAL SESSIONS ================================================================= Editor-in-Chief HIGHLIGHTS OF ASTRONOMY Volume 14: Karel A. van der Hucht Assistant General Secretary 2003-2006 International Astronomical Union Space Research Organization Netherlands (SRON) Netherlands Institute for Space Research Sorbonnelaan 2 NL-3584CA UTRECHT the Netherlands Phone: +31-30-2535729 Fax: +31-30-2540860 Email: K.A.van.der.Hucht@SRON.nl URL: www.sron.nl ----------------------------------------------------------------- INVITED DISCOURSES ----------------------------------------------------------------- INVITED DISCOURSE 1 The Evolution of Life in the Universe Jill C. Tarter SETI Institute 515 N. Whisman Rd MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94043-2712 USA Phone: +1 650 960 4555 Fax: +1 650 968 5830 Email: tarter@seti.org ----------------------------------------------------------------- INVITED DISCOURSE 2 The Magnetic Field and its Effects on the Solar Atmosphere as Observed at High Resolution Alan M. Title 607 Marion Place PALO ALTO, CA 94301 USA Phone: +1 650 424 4034 Fax: Email: title@lmsal.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- INVITED DISCOURSE 3 Similar Phenomena at Different Scales: Black Holes, Sun, Supernovae, Galaxies and Galaxy Clusters Shuang Nan Zhang Phys Dept & Ctr f Astrophys Tsinghua University BEIJING 100084 China PR Phone: +86 10 6279 4220 Fax: +86 10 6279 2125 Email: zhangsn@tsinghua.edu.cn ----------------------------------------------------------------- INVITED DISCOURSE 4 The Power of New Experimental Techniques in Astronomy: Zooming in on the Black Hole in the Center of the Milky Way Reinhard Genzel MPI für Extraterrestrishe Physik Giessenbachstraße 1 D-85748 GARCHING bei München B.R.D. Phone: +49 893 0000 3280 Fax: +49 893 0000 3601 Email: genzel@mpe.mpg.de ================================================================= JOINT DISCUSSIONS ================================================================= JD 01 Particle Acceleration - from Solar System to AGN Prague, Czech Republic, 16-17 August 2006 (1.5 day) URL: http://wave.asu.cas.cz/iaujd01 Editors Proceedings: Marian Karlicky (CE) John C. Brown Chief Editor's address: Dr. Marian Karlicky Astronomical Institute Czech Academy of Sciences Fricova 298 CZ - 251 65 ONDREJOV Czech Republic Phone: +420 323 620 356 Fax: +420 323 620 117 Email: karlicky@asu.cas.cz ----------------------------------------------------------------- JD 02 Pulsar Emission and Related Phenomena Prague, Czech Republic, 16-17 August 2006 (1.5 day) URL: http://www.mpe.mpg.de/IAU_JD02/ Editors Proceedings: Werner Becker (CE) Janusz A. Gil Bronislaw Rudak Chief Editor's address: Dr. Werner Becker Max-Planck-Institut fuer Extraterrestrische Physik Giessenbachstrasse 1 D-85741 GARCHING-bei-Muenchen B.R. Deutschland Phone: +49 89 30000 3588 Fax: +49 89 30000 3569 Email: web@mpe.mpg.de ----------------------------------------------------------------- JD 03 Solar Active Regions and 3D Magnetic Structure Prague, Czech Republic, 16-17 August 2006 (1.5 day) URL: http://www.csun.edu/physicsandastronomy/IAUJD3/ Editors Proceedings: Debi Prasad Choudhary (CE) Michal Sobotka Chief Editor's address: Dr. Debi Prasad Choudhary Department of Physics & Astronomy California State University at Northridge (CSUN) 18111 Nordhoff Street NORTHRIDGE, CA 91330-8268 USA Phone: +1 818 677 2775 Fax: +1 818 677 3234 Email: DebiPrasad.Choudhary@csun.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------- JD 04 The Ultraviolet Universe: Stars from Birth to Death Prague, Czech Republic, 16-17 August 2006 (1.5 day) URL: http://www.mat.ucm.es/~aig/investigacion/IAUPrague/index.htm Editors Proceedings: Ana I. Gomez de Castro (CE) Chief Editor's address: Dr. Ana I. Gomez de Castro Instituto de Astronomia y Geodesia (CSIC-UCM) Fac. de CC Matematicas Universidad Complutense de Madrid E-28040 MADRID Spain Phone: +34 91 3944578 (office) Phone: +34 65 9783338 (mobile) Email: aig@mat.ucm.es ----------------------------------------------------------------- JD 05 Calibrating the Top of the Stellar M-L Relation Prague, Czech Republic, 16 August 2006 (1.0 day) URL: http://www.stsci.edu/science/starburst/Prague/ Editors Proceedings: Claus Leitherer (CE) Anthony F.J. Moffat Joachim Puls Chief Editor's address: Dr. Claus Leitherer Space Telescope Science Institute 3700 San Martin Drive BALTIMORE, MD 21218-2410 USA Phone: +1 410 338 4425 Fax: +1 410 338 4767 Email: leitherer@stsci.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------- JD 06 Neutron Stars and Black Holes in Star Clusters Prague, Czech Republic, 17-18 August 2006 (1.5 day) URL: http://www.astro.northwestern.edu/IAUJD6/ Editors Proceedings: Frederic A. Rasio (CE) Victoria M. Kaspi Robert P. Fender Chief Editor's address: Dr. Frederic A. Rasio Department of Physics & Astronomy Northwestern University 2145 Sheridan Road EVANSTON, IL 60208-3112 USA Phone: +1-847 467 3419 Fax: Email: rasio@northwestern.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------- JD 07 The Universe at z > 6 Prague, Czech Republic, 17-18 August 2006 (1.5 day) URL: http://obswww.unige.ch/~schaerer/jd07/ Editors Proceedings: Daniel Schaerer (CE) Andrea Ferrara Chief Editor's address: Dr. Daniel Schaerer Geneva Observatory 51 Chemin des Maillettes CH - 1290 SAUVERNY Switzerland Phone: +41 22 755 26 11 Fax: +41 22 755 39 83 Email: daniel.schaerer@obs.unige.ch ----------------------------------------------------------------- JD 08 Solar and Stellar Activity Cycles Prague, Czech Republic, 17-18 August 2006 (1.5 day) URL: http://www.aip.de/iau2006_jd8/ Editors Proceedings: Klaus G. Strassmeier (CE) Alexander Kosovichev Chief Editor's address: Dr. Klaus G. Strassmeier Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam An der Sternwarte 16 D-14482 POTSDAM B.R.D. Phone: +49 331 7499 295 / 223 Fax: +43 331 7499 200 Email: kstrassmeier@aip.de ----------------------------------------------------------------- JD 09 Supernovae: One Millennium after SN1006 Prague, Czech Republic, 17-18 August 2006 (1.5 day) URL: - - - Editors Proceedings: P. Frank Winkler (CE) Wolfgang Hillebrandt Brian P. Schmidt Chief Editor's address: Dr. P. Frank Winkler Department of Physics Middlebury College MIDDLEBURY, VT 05753 USA Phone: +1 802 4435426 Fax: +1 802 443 2072 Email: winkler@middlebury.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------- JD 10 Progress in Planetary Exploration Missions Prague, Czech Republic, 21-22 August 2006 (1.5 day) URL: http://astro.oal.ul.pt/~roos/IAU06/index.html Editors Proceedings: Guy J. Consolmagno (CE) Melissa A. McGrath Chief Editor's address: Dr. Guy J. Consolmagno SPECOLA VATICANA V-00120 Citta del Vaticano Phone: +39 06 6988 5122 Fax: +39 06 6988 4671 Email: gjc@specola.va ----------------------------------------------------------------- JD 11 Pre-Solar Grains as Astrophysical Tools Prague, Czech Republic, 21 August 2006 (1.0 day) URL: http://www.maths.monash.edu.au/~johnl/wgarg/JD.shtml Editors Proceedings: Anja C. Andersen (CE) John C. Lattanzio Chief Editor's address: Dr. Anja C. Andersen Dark Cosmology Centre Niels Bohr Institute University of Copenhagen Blegdamsvej 17 DK-2100 COPENHAGEN Ø Denmark Phone: +45 35 32 55 01 Fax: +45 35 38 91 57 Email: anja@astro.ku.dk ----------------------------------------------------------------- JD 12 Long Wavelength Astrophysics Prague, Czech Republic, 21 August 2006 (1.0 day) URL: http://lwa.nrl.navy.mil/IAU/ Editors Proceedings: Namir E. Kassim (CE) T. Joseph W. Lazio Chief Editor's address: Dr. Namir E. Kassim Naval Research Laboratory Remote Sensing Division Code 7213 WASHINGTON, DC 20375-5351 USA Phone: +1 202 767 0668 Fax: +1 202 404 8894 Email: namir.kassim@nrl.navy.mil ----------------------------------------------------------------- JD 13 Exploiting Large Surveys for Galactic Astronomy Prague, Czech Republic, 22-23 August 2006 (1.5 day) URL: http://clavius.as.arizona.edu/vo/jd13/ Editors Proceedings: Christopher J. Corbally (CE) Coryn A.L. Bailer-Jones Sunetra Giridhar Chief Editor's address: Dr. Christopher J. Corbally Steward Observatory Vatican Observatory Research Group University of Arizona 933 North Cherry Avenue TUCSON, AZ 85721-0065 USA Phone: +1 520 621 3225 Fax: +1 520 621 1532 Email: ccorbally@as.arizona.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------- JD 14 Modelling Dense Stellar Systems Prague, Czech Republic, 22-23 August 2006 (1.5 day) URL: - - - Editors Proceedings: Alison I. Sills (CE) Ladislav Subr Simon F. Portegies Zwart Chief Editor's address: Dr. Alison I. Sills Department of Physics & Astronomy McMaster University 1280 Main Street West HAMILTON, ON L8S 4M1 Canada Phone: +1 905 525 9140 *24558 Fax: +1 905 546 1252 Email: asills@mcmaster.ca ----------------------------------------------------------------- JD 15 New Cosmology Results from the Spitzer Space Telescope Prague, Czech Republic, 22-23 August 2006 (1.5 day) URL: http://ssc.spitzer.caltech.edu/mtgs/iau2006-JD15/ Editors Proceedings: George Helou (CE) Chief Editor's address: Dr. George Helou IPAC 100-22 California Institute of Technology 770 South Wilson Avenue PASADENA, CA 91125 USA Phone: +1 626 395 1900 Fax: +1 626 397 7018 Email: helou@ipac.caltech.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------- JD 16 Nomenclature, Precession and New Models in Fundamental Astronomy Prague, Czech Republic, 22-23 August 2006 (1.5 day) URL: http://syrte.obspm.fr/iauJD16/ Editors Proceedings: Nicole Capitaine (CE) Jan Vondrak James L. Hilton Chief Editor's address: Dr. Nicole Capitaine Observatoire de Paris SYRTE 61, avenue de l'Observatoire F-75014 PARIS France Phone: +33 1 4051 2231 Fax: +33 1 4051 2291 Email: nicole.capitaine@obspm.fr ----------------------------------------------------------------- JD 17 Highlights of Recent Progress in the Seismology of the Sun and Sun-like Stars Prague, Czech Republic, 23 August 2006 (1.0 day) URL: http://www.soho18.org/JD17/ Editors Proceedings: John W. Leibacher (CE) Michael J. Thompson Chief Editor's address: Dr. John W. Leibacher National Solar Observatory GONG P.O. Box 26732 TUCSON, AZ 85726 USA Phone: +1 520 318 8305 Fax: +1 520 318 8400 Email: jleibacher@noao.edu Email: jleibacher@spd.aas.org ================================================================= SPECIAL SESSIONS ================================================================= SpS 1 Astronomical Facilities of the Next Decade Prague, Czech Republic, 16-17 August 2006 (1.5 day) URL: - - - Editors Proceedings: Gerard F. Gilmore (CE) Richard T. Schilizzi Chief Editor's address: Dr. Gerard F. Gilmore Institue of Astronomy University of Cambridge Madingley Road CAMBRIDGE, CB3 0HA United Kingdom Phone: +44 122 333 7548 Fax: +44 122 333 7523 Email: gil@ast.cam.ac.uk ----------------------------------------------------------------- SpS 2 Innovation in Teaching/Learning Astronomy Methods Prague, Czech Republic, 17-18 August 2006 (2.0 day) URL: http://www.communicatingastronomy.org/innovation2006/ Editors Proceedings: Jay M. Pasachoff (CE) Rosa M. Ros Chief Editor's address: Dr. Jay M. Pasachoff Hopkins Observatory Williams College 33 Lab. Campus Dr. WILLIAMSTOWN, MA 01267-2565 USA Phone: +1 413 597 2105 Fax: +1 413 597 3200 Email: jay.m.pasachoff@williams.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------- SpS 3 The Virtual Observatory in Action: New Science, New Technology, and Next Generation Facilities Prague, Czech Republic, 17-18 & 21-22 August 2006 (3.0 day) URL: http://www.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/VoscienceIAUPrague Editors Proceedings: Nicholas A. Walton (CE) Andrew Lawrence Roy Williams Chief Editor's address: Dr. Nicholas A. Walton Institute of Astronomy University of Cambridge Madingley Road CAMBRIDGE, CB3 0HA United Kingdom Phone: +44 122 333 7503 Fax: +44 122 333 7523 Email: naw@ast.cam.ac.uk ----------------------------------------------------------------- SpS 4 Hot Topics Prague, Czech Republic, 18 & 22 August 2006 (2 x 0.5 day) URL: Editors Proceedings: .. (CE) <..> Chief Editor's address: .. Phone: Fax: Email: ----------------------------------------------------------------- SpS 5 Astronomy for the Developing World Prague, Czech Republic, 21-22 August 2006 (2.0 day) URL: http://sps5.saao.ac.za/ Editors Proceedings: John B. Hearnshaw (CE) Peter Martinez Chief Editor's address: Dr. John B. Hearnshaw Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Canterbury Private Bag 4800 CHRISTCHURCH 8020 New Zealand Phone: +64 3 364 2533 Fax: +64 3 364 2469 Email: john.hearnshaw@canterbury.ac.nz ----------------------------------------------------------------- SpS 6 Astronomical Data Management Prague, Czech Republic, 22 August 2006 (0.5 day) URL: http://www.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/Astrodata/SpecialSession Editor Proceedings: Raymond P. Norris Chief Editor's address: Dr. Raymond P. Norris CSIRO ATNF PO Box 76 EPPING, NSW 1710 Australia Phone: +61 417 288 307 Fax: +61 2 9372 4310 Email: Ray.Norris@csiro.au ----------------------------------------------------------------- SpS 7 Astronomy in Antarctica Prague, Czech Republic, 22-23 August 2006 (1.5 day) URL: http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/jacara/iau/ Editor Proceedings: Michael G. Burton Chief Editor's address: Dr. Michael G. Burton School of Physics University of New South Wales SYDNEY, NSW 2052 Australia Phone: +61 2 9385 5618 Fax: +61 2 9385 6060 Email: m.burton@unsw.edu.au ================================================================= Again, I do look forward to working with you all, and wish you much success with the editing of your Joint Discussion and Special Session manuscripts. Please feel free to contact me in case of questions or comments. 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