List of Symposia selected for 2012

3 June 2011

1) Symposia to be held during the General Assembly (Beijing):

The Executive Committee and Division Presidents have exceptionally selected 8 Symposia (instead of the usual 6).

1. IAUS 288 — Astrophysics from Antarctica
   Contact: Michael Burton, Australia
   m.burton@unsw.edu.au
2. IAUS 289 — Advancing the physics of cosmic distances
   Contact: Richard de Grijs, China
   grijs@kiaa.pku.edu.cn
   
3. IAUS 290 — Feeding compact objects: Accretion on all scales
   Contact: Zhang Chengmin, China
   zhangcm@bao.ac.cn
4. IAUS 291 — Neutron stars and pulsars: Challenges and opportunities after 80 Years
   Contact: Richard Manchester, Australia
   dick.manchester@csiro.au
5. IAUS 292 — Molecular Gas, Dust, and Star Formation in Galaxies
   Contact: Martin Bureau, UK
   bureau@astro.ox.ac.uk
6. IAUS 293 — Formation, detection, and characterization of extrasolar habitable planets
   Contact: Nader Highighipour, USA
   nader@ifa.hawaii.edu
7. IAUS 294 — Solar and astrophysical dynamos and magnetic activity
   Contact: Alexander Kosovichev, USA
   sasha@sun.stanford.edu
8. IAUS 295 — The intriguing life of massive galaxies
   Contact: Daniel Thomas, UK
   daniel.thomas@port.ac.uk

2) Symposium to be held outside the General Assembly:

1. IAUS 287 — Cosmic masers - from OH to Ho
   Stellenbosch, South Africa (29/1-3/2/2012)
   Contact: Roy Booth, South Africa
   rbooth@ska.ac.za

Special Sessions and Joint Discussions for the General Assembly will be announced later.