[MODEST] 1st Announcement IAU Symposium 312 Star Clusters and Black Holes Across Cosmic Time, Beijing, China, Aug. 25-29, 2014

[Rainer Spurzem]

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Dear Colleague

We are happy to announce IAU Symposium 312 “Star Clusters and Black Holes in Galaxies across Cosmic Time”,
which will be held in Beijing, P.R. China, from August 25-29, 2014, hosted by Chinese Academy of Sciences
(National Astronomical Observatories and National Science Library).

*PLEASE NOTICE BELOW THE URGENT DEADLINE (Mar 31) FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT APPLICATION, INCLUDING YOUNG RESEARCHERS
AND DOCTORAL STUDENTS!!**

Pre-Registration is now open at*_*http://silkroad.bao.ac.cn/iaus312/*_*  *
*Full registration, visa forms and a first draft programme will appear soon.

Note that China requires a visa from visitors and we need to provide prospective participants
with an official invitation.

_Rationale:_*  Black Holes, dense star clusters, and galactic nuclei move into the focus of cosmological galaxy
formation and evolution. High-resolution observations as well as simulations, in our local
environment as well as in the distant universe approach the central engine and its co-evolution with
stars and gas around. Black Holes formed in astrophysical environments are expected gravitational
wave sources. China, and the National Observatories of Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC/CAS) as well
as Peking university are at the forefront of these endeavors and seek to increase international cooperation.

Topics that will be addressed are:

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    Black Holes in Galactic Nuclei

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    Galaxy Mergers and AGN Feedback

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    Dynamics of Stars and Gas around Black Holes

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    Accretion Disks

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    Galactic and Extragalactic Globular Clusters

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    Nuclear Star Clusters

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    Dwarf Galaxies

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    Gravitational Wave Emission from Star Clusters and Galactic Nuclei

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    Gravitational Wave Instruments

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    Electromagnetic Counterparts of Gravitational Wave Emission

_Currently confirmed invited speakers (note that this list is still growing and 
not complete...):_

Kelly Holley-Bockelmann (Vanderbilt Univ., USA),     Tal Alexander (Weizmann 
Inst., Israel),
Lucio Mayer (Univ. of Zurich, Switzerland),                 Luis Ho (KIAA, China),
Omer Blaes (UCSB, USA), Jorge Cuadra (PUC, Chile),
Feng Yuan (SHAO, China), Rainer Spurzem (NAOC, China),
Pau Amaro-Seoane (AEI, Germany),                             Eric Peng (Peking 
Univ., China),
Mark Gieles (IoA Cambridge Univ., UK),                     Duncan Forbes 
(Swinburne Univ., Australia),
Giampaolo Piotto (Padova Univ., Italy), Enrico Vesperini (Indiana Univ., USA),
Tom Maccarone (Texas Tech Univ., USA),                    Eva Grebel (Heidelberg 
Univ., Germany),
Mirek Giersz (CAMK, Poland), Natalia Ivanova (Univ. of Alberta, Canada),
Alister Graham (Swinburne Univ., Australia),                Ken Freeman (Mount 
Stromlo Obs., Australia),
Pavel Kroupa (Univ. Bonn, Germany),                          Dana Casetti 
(S.Conn. State Univ., USA),
Joan Centrella (NASA, USA), Alberto Sesana (AEI, Germany),
Matthew Benacquista (UTB, USA), Luciano Rezzolla (Univ. Frankfurt, Germany),
Kazuaki Kuroda (KAGRA, Japan), Yun-Kau Lau (AMSS, China),
Stefanie Komossa (MPIfR, Germany), Diederik Kruijssen (MPAGarching, Germany),
Fukun Liu (Peking Univ., China), Jeffrey McClintock (Harvard CfA, USA),
Jay Strader (Univ. of Michigan, USA), Thorsten Naab (MPA, Germany),
Sera Markoff (Univ. Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Please note that the deadline to apply for an IAU grant is approaching soon;
please URGENTLY submit a title and abstract to our conference website if you are interested;
from there you can download the form for IAU support (it MUST reach us by*March 31, 2014,*  
by the latest!!).
Or get the form from_http://www.iau.org/static/meetings/GrantSymposium.pdf_  ;
send the filled from to_iaus312 at nao.cas.cn  <mailto:iaus312 at nao.cas.cn>_  .
(And please do not forget to complete the pre-registration and abstract submission
procedure on our website, if not done already).

_Deadlines:_

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    March 31 Submit IAU grant application form to SOC (with abstract)

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    April 15 (approximately) Opening of Full Registration, Accommodation Service

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    June 1 Early Bird Registration Deadline

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    June 1 Abstract Submission Deadline

_Registration Fees:_

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    2500 Yuan RMB (300 EUR) Early Bird

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    3000 Yuan RMB (350 EUR) Normal

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    3500 Yuan RMB (Only RMB) On-Site

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    1250 Yuan RMB (150 EUR) Students with Certificate

Thank you very much and best wishes,

Rainer SPURZEM and LIU Fukun on behalf of LOC and SOC


*Local Organising Commitee*

Liu Fukun (KIAA/DoA/PKU, co-chair), Rainer Spurzem (NAOC/KIAA/PKU, co-chair), 
Licai Deng (NAOC), Eric Peng (KIAA/DoA), Thijs Kouwenhoven (KIAA), Lijun Gou 
(NAOC), Qingjuan Yu (KIAA), Youjun Lu (NAOC), Lixin Li (KIAA), Peter Berczik 
(NAOC), Gareth Kennedy (NAOC), Luca Naso (NAOC), Jifeng Liu (NAOC), Shuo Li 
(NAOC), Yohai Meiron (KIAA), Maxwell Xu Tsai (NAOC/KIAA)

*Scientific Organising Committee*


*Liu Fukun, Rainer Spurzem (co-chairs, China), **Joan Centrella (USA), Stefanie 
Komossa (Germany, China), Jufu Lu (Xiamen, China), Steve McMillan (Philadelphia, 
USA), Douglas Heggie (Edinburgh, UK), Giampaolo Piotto (Padova, Italy), Alison 
Sills (Canada), Joss Bland-Hawthorn (Australia), Hyung-Mok Lee (Korea), Ron 
Ekers (Australia), Martin Gaskell (Chile), Kim Venn (Canada)*



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  Rainer Spurzem, Professor, State Specially Recruited Expert, Office A121
  National Astronomical Observatories of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  NAOC/CAS, 20A Datun Rd., Chaoyang District, Beijing 100012, China
  Office Phones: Direct: +86 10 6480 7215  Mrs. Hazel Wei: +86 10 6480 6001
  spurzem at nao.cas.cn                       http://silkroad.bao.ac.cn
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