Action Items/Deadlines: GSD2008 conference Strasbourg March 16-20, Please register asap through website!
                        MODEST 8e Mini Summer School on Dynamics of Dense Stellar Systems 
                                  and Gravitational Wave Generation, March 12-14, see notes at bottom!
                        Abstracts for oral talks: FEB. 10, 2008
                        Abstracts for poster or late oral talks: MARCH 1, 2008
                        Penalty for registration after MARCH 1, 2008
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Galactic and Stellar Dynamics  in the Era of High-Resolution Surveys (GSD2008)

                               Strasbourg, France, 16-20 March 2008

url http://astro.u-strasbg.fr/scyon/GSD2008.html  email strasbourg2008@astro.u-strasbg.fr
    http://www.ari.uni-heidelberg.de/meetings/gsd2008/    MODEST 8e email spurzem@ari.uni-heidelberg.de

Topics:   O The stellar (I)MF and ISM in the local universe
          O Dynamics & Evolution in Our and Nearby Galaxies
          O Dynamics of (Nearby) Galaxy Mergers
          O Populations, Dynamics & Stellar Evolution
          O Instrumentation and Computing

Confirmed Speakers: Athanassoula, Baumgardt, Boily, Dasyra, Ferriere, Gerhard, Gilmore, 
                    Ibata, Jordan, Klessen, Kroupa, Merritt, Moore, Naab,
                    Portegies Zwart, Robin, Spurzem

SOC: Combes, Henslers (co-chairs), Freeman, Gerhard, Grebel, Heggie, Ibata, Merritt,
           Moore, Teyssier

            First Announcement and Call for Contributions
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Dear colleague,

The meeting Galactic & Stellar Dynamics aims to showcase high resolution spectroscopic and
photometric observations of nearby galaxies and state-of-the-art theoretical tools now available
for their interpretation.

GSD2008 is sponsored jointly by the French and German national astronomical societies.
It is scheduled as one of the regular Spring Meetings of the Astronomische Gesellschaft, and
in tandem with the Thematic Days frequently sponsored by the French SF2A.

The meeting will take place at the European Doctoral College in the University Louis Pasteur in
Strasbourg, France, from __March 16 to 20, 2008__. The EDC is located on the Victoire boulevard,
opposite the grounds of the Observatoire astronomique (the Observatory).


REGISTRATION DETAILS: FORM,  DEADLINE
The registration desk is open: visit the conference url and click on the
"Registration" button on the left. The expanded text shows you the links to the registration database.

--> Contributions for oral talks will receive full consideration until ** 10 FEBRUARY ** 
--> Contributions for posters or late oral talks considered until      ** 1 MARCH **
--> We will make every effort to accept late registrations and abstracts, but after ** 1 MARCH **
    there is no guarantee that they show up in the programme/abstract booklet.
--> Registration will remain open until the beginning of the meeting, and we welcome any hot
    late registration and abstract, but please understand that after ** 1 MARCH ** we cannot guarantee 
    the inclusion into the final programme and abstract booklet.

REGISTRATION FEE:
The fee is set at 90 euros for PhD students and 120 euros for post-docs and staff.

--> A penalty of 30 euros will apply to all those registering after ** 1 MARCH **
--> You may settle your registration fee in cash when you first reach Strasbourg, however it is also possible
to settle this by filling out the payment form, and send it to us (by mail, fax, or email).

IMPORTANT DATE: HOTEL BOOKING
We have made a number of block-bookings at local hotels, however the bookings will not be guaranteed after
** 10 February **

--> Hurry up to make a hotel booking: better safe than sorry. It is easier to cancel if you decide not to come finally.
--> Mention the keyword "GSD2008" or "Scientific meeting at the Observatoire" to point the hotel staff to our block-booking.

LINKS:
-->The conference url is   http://astro.u-strasbg.fr/scyon/GSD2008.html
-->To register, follow the link posted there, or go to url   http://gsd2008.u-strasbg.fr/openconf.php

CONTACT: Please do not hesitate to contact  the organisers at this email address: strasbourg2008@astro.u-strasbg.fr

Looking forward to seeing you in Strasbourg!

Christian Boily & Rainer Spurzem
(for the LOC)


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Final note on MODEST 8e mini summer school - this event is intended to connect with the GSD2008
conference in Strasbourg, and attract colleagues to visit both. Please find details to the teaching
programme on the webpage http://www.ari.uni-heidelberg.de/meetings/gsd2008/ . A registration can be 
done via http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~aernst/.cgi-bin/register.html  (may be redirected in the
future), or direct mail to spurzem@ari.uni-heidelberg.de . Please register UNTIL MARCH 1, 2008.