<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear Colleagues,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We're happy to announce the meeting MODEST 15-S, to be held from December 7 - 11 2015 in Kobe, Japan, to honour the achievements of Prof. Steve McMillan.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">At this meeting, we will discuss various topics that Steve has focused on, such as the long-term evolution of star clusters, few-body encounters, multiple populations in star clusters and computational techniques for the N-body problem.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Deadlines for registration:</div><div class="">September 7 (early registration and talks)</div><div class="">November 7 (late registration)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Registration is now open, at <a href="http://modest15s.net" class="">http://modest15s.net</a>.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We will ask for a modest conference fee of ¥10.000 (approx. €75/$85) to cover the social activities (excursion/tasting at a Sake brewery and the conference dinner).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We may be able to provide limited travel support funding.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please forward this email to any colleagues that may be interested.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best regards,</div><div class="">Steven Rieder</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">On behalf of the scientific organising committee,<br class="">Douglas Heggie<br class="">Junichiro Makino<br class="">Simon Portegies Zwart (chair)<br class="">Steven Rieder<br class="">Alison Sills<br class="">Enrico Vesperini</div></body></html>