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Dear MODEST community, due to some trouble to post to this to the<br>
MODEST mailing list from Kazakhstan I am posting this announcement<br>
on behalf of Chingis Omarov, director and chair of LOC of the<br>
proposed MODEST-13:<br>
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FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT<br>
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<p> International Workshop MODEST-13<br>
Star Clusters across Cosmic Time<br>
&<br>
School for young scientists/students<br>
New Techniques of Modeling and Observing<br>
August 19-23, 2013<br>
Almaty, Kazakhstan<br>
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<p>Fessenkov Astrophysical Institute is pleased to announce and to
invite<br>
you to a 3-day workshop “Modeling Dense Stellar Systems - 13” and
a 2-day school for young<br>
scientists “New Techniques of Modeling and Observing” that is to
be held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.</p>
<p> Scientific rationale</p>
<p>Our present understanding of dense stellar systems and its
subsystems<br>
has greatly evolved in the past years due to the development of
new methods and approaches in<br>
computational astrophysics. Dense stellar systems not only occur
in thousands of globular clusters<br>
around and among galaxies, but also at the lower end of scaling
relations for black holes and<br>
galactic nuclei. And recent research reveals that their could be a
continuous transition from<br>
dense stellar systems to small galaxies. Obviously, all these
developments are connected with new<br>
high resolution observational data available today. Star Clusters
are tracers and building blocks of<br>
galaxy formation, and their importance as gravitational wave
sources through their stellar or<br>
intermediate mass black holes is getting into the focus. In this
context, we announce both the workshop<br>
MODEST-13 and a school “New Techniques of Modeling and Observing”
to allow learning and<br>
exchange for students and scientists of all levels and of
different simulation and observing communities.<br>
We will seek to invite outstanding lecturers for the school to
present the state-of-the art and future<br>
perspectives in the field.</p>
<p> Meeting Venue</p>
<p>The event will be held at Fessenkov Astrophysical Institute,
Observatory 23, 050020 Almaty, Kazakhstan<br>
and additional premises (tbd -depending on number of
participants). The former capital of Kazakhstan,<br>
once known as Alma-Ata, with a population of 1.4 million and a
just opened metro subway line, is the<br>
financial, commercial and cultural center of Central Asia; it
boasts large tourist and expatriate<br>
communities. Western,Turkish and Asian culture intersect here. The
city has a very favourable geographic<br>
location, at the foothills of heavenly mountains (Tian Shan,<br>
<a
href="http://www.reiseabenteuer-gus.de/bilder/almatybildnr1.htm">http://www.reiseabenteuer-gus.de/bilder/almatybildnr1.htm</a>
).<br>
The climate is generally moderate and pleasant, winters can be
cold.<br>
</p>
<p> Registration and fee</p>
<p>March 30, 2013 – is the deadline of filling applications for
participation in the workshop<br>
Last name ______________________________________<br>
First name______________________________________<br>
Academic degree________________________________<br>
Address_______________________________________<br>
Place of employment, position______________________<br>
E-mail_________________________________________<br>
Fax___________________________________________<br>
Tel.___________________________________________<br>
Paper subject area_______________________________<br>
I am planning to make verbal presentation ?<br>
I am planning to make poster paper ?<br>
Paper title _____________________________________<br>
Authors of paper________________________________</p>
<p>
You can register at the website [soon to be disclosed through this
list]</p>
<p>We aim for a MODEST registration fee of 100 Euro for regular
participants and 50 Euro for young scientists/students.<br>
This is subject to confirmation.</p>
<p> Accomodation in Almaty</p>
<p>We recommend you the following hotels:<br>
Holiday Inn: <a
href="http://www.holidayinn.com/hotels/us/en/reservation/findandbook">http://www.holidayinn.com/hotels/us/en/reservation/findandbook</a><br>
Tien Shan hotel: <a href="http://tienshan-hotels.com/">http://tienshan-hotels.com/</a></p>
<p>If you have other preferences in accommodation, please contact us
and we will be pleased to help you in finding<br>
other accommodation.<br>
</p>
<p> Financial support</p>
<p>A partial financial support might be provided for a limited
number of students.<br>
</p>
<p> Committees</p>
<p>SOC: to be determined from MODEST community and local scientists</p>
<p>LOC: Chingis Omarov (Chair), Rainer Spurzem, Maxim Makukov,
Bekdaulet Shukirgaliev</p>
<p><br>
Visa information</p>
<p>Note: the simplest way to get visa is to apply for a tourist
visa!<br>
And for the conference participants and their accompanying persons
who need a business entry visa to the<br>
Republic of Kazakhstan shall provide the following information to
the conference Secretariat via e-mails<br>
(<a href="mailto:sekretariat@aphi.kz">sekretariat@aphi.kz</a>, cc:
<a href="mailto:chingis.omarov@gmail.com">chingis.omarov@gmail.com</a>)
not later 01 May 2013 (to obtain visa support from<br>
the Organizing Committee of the Conference):</p>
<p>1. Last name, first name;<br>
2. Sex;<br>
3. Date and Place of Birth;<br>
4. Citizenship;<br>
5. Nationality (if different);<br>
6. Place of residence (address);<br>
7. Place of employment and position;<br>
8. Passport number, place of issue, issue and expire dates;<br>
9. Visa duration;<br>
10. Expected date of arrival to Almaty and flight number;<br>
11. Place of visa issue in your country.</p>
<p> Traveling to Almaty</p>
<p>The following airlines fly to Almaty: Lufthansa, KLM, British
Airways, Turkish Airlines, Etihad Airways,<br>
Air Astana etc. There are direct flights e.g. to Frankfurt,
London, Vienna, Prague, Istanbul, Moscow,<br>
St. Peterburg, Beijing, Bangkok, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur, Delhi, Abu
Dhabi, Sharjah which serve as hubs to<br>
further destinations.</p>
<p> Transportation from the airport to your hotel/accommodation
will be provided for free.<br>
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Kind regards
Chingis Omarov
Director and Chair of LOC
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Rainer Spurzem, Visiting Professor <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:spurzem@nao.cas.cn">spurzem@nao.cas.cn</a>
National Astronomical Observatories of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences
NAOC/CAS, 20A Datun Rd., Chaoyang District, Beijing 100012, China
Phone +86 10 6480 6001 Office A330 <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://silk0.bao.ac.cn/spurzem.html">http://silk0.bao.ac.cn/spurzem.html</a>
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Zentrum für Astronomie Univ. Heidelberg (ZAH)
Mönchhofstrasse 12-14, 69120 Heidelberg
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