[mmaimcal] 2nd Worldwide Conference: Science with the Atacama Large Millimeter Array

[Alwyn Wootten]

The scientific preparations for ALMA are being extremely active since the
birth of
the project. The various science committees, groups of astronomers working
for ALMA,
and regional communities interested in the project meet regularly to
exchange ideas
about the scientific capabilities and first observations to be carried out
with the
interferometer. A first world-wide conference on "Science with the Atacama
Large
Millimeter Array" took place in Washington, D.C. (USA), on 6-8 October 1999.

The conference to be held in Madrid (Spain), on 13-16 November 2006, will
be . Tthe
second world-wide meeting on "Science with the Atacama Large Millimeter
Array"his
international ALMA conference is envisioned as a way for the astronomers
interested
on ALMA, not necessarily radioastronomers, to exchange views, to plan
preparatory
observations in view of the scientific exploitation of the interferometer,
and to
obtain the information needed to orient their scientific work to the best
possible
use of ALMA.

The conference will cover a wide range of topics, which will indeed
include the main
scientific drivers of ALMA: the formation and evolution of galaxies, the
physics and
chemistry of the interstellar medium, and the processes of star and planet
formation.

Then web page for the symposium is http://www.oan.es/alma2006/

The calendar for the symposium is as follows :

  a.. November, 2005: First announcement

  b.. January 15th, 2006: Second announcement (call for contributions).

  c.. June 15th, 2006: Deadline for contributions. Registration (reduced
fee).

  d.. September 15th, 2006 : Final deadline for registration. Third and final
announcement

  e.. October 31st, 2006: Last chance to modify the abstracts over the web.

  f.. November 13-16, 2006: Symposium