<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,<br class=""><div><font color="#5856d6" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div>This is the second announcement of the meeting MODEST 15-S, to be held from December 7 - 11 2015 in Kobe, Japan, to honour the achievements of Prof. Steve McMillan.<br class=""><font color="#5856d6" class=""><br class=""></font>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.<br class=""><font color="#5856d6" class=""><br class=""></font>Deadlines for registration:<br class=""><b class="">September 7 (early registration and talks)</b><br class="">November 7 (late registration)</div><div><font color="#5856d6" class=""><br class=""></font>Registration is now open, at <a href="http://modest15s.net/" class="">http://modest15s.net</a>.<br class=""><font color="#5856d6" class=""><br class=""></font>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).<br class=""><font color="#5856d6" class=""><br class=""></font>We may be able to provide limited travel support funding. <b class="">Note that the deadline for requesting travel support is September 7.</b><br class=""><font color="#5856d6" class=""><br class=""></font>Please forward this email to any colleagues that may be interested.<br class=""><font color="#5856d6" class=""><br class=""></font>Best regards,<br class="">Steven Rieder<br class=""><font color="#5856d6" class=""><br class=""></font>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=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Enrico Vesperini</div></div></div><br class=""></body></html>