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HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER
NUMBER 60 February 2003
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E-mail: elaset@astro.auth.gr WWW: http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset
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TOPICS:
1. Short News
2. The 6th Hellenic Astronomical Conference
3. Members in new positions
4. I.K.Y. scholarships for 2003
5. Hel.A.S. credit card technical difficulties
6. JENAM 2003
7. Research funding under the EU 6th Framework Program
8. Calendar of year 2003 illustrated with sky-maps
9. Upcoming Astronomy meetings in Greece
10. About this newsletter...
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1. SHORT NEWS
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The latest issue of Hipparchos has just been sent to all members.
Check your mailboxes! As usual the issue is also available as a PDF
file in the web server of Hel.A.S.
2. THE 6th HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL CONFERENCE
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The 1st announcement for the 6th Hellenic Astronomical Conference has
been issued. You may recover it, in PDF format, from:
http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset/events/helas2003_1st.pdf
The conference will take place on 15 - 17 of September 2003 at the
facilities of the National Observatory of Athens in Palaia Penteli.
The deadline for submitting your contribution to the convenors of the
corresponding session is May 31 2003 while the registration fees have
been set to 30 Euros for Ordinary and Associate members and 20 Euros
for Junior members.
More information on the conference will become available in a
dedicated web page in the near future.
3. MEMBERS IN NEW POSITIONS
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We would like to congratulate Aris Karastergiou who received his
PhD from the Max Planck Institut in Bonn (Germany) in July 2002 and
recently moved as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Sydney in
Australia.
Dr. Kleomenis Tsiganis recently moved from the University of
Thessaloniki to the Observatoire de la Cote d' Azur in Nice (France)
as a "Marie Curie" Fellow.
4. I.K.Y. SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 2003
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The National Scholarship Foundation (I.K.Y.) has announced the
2003-2004 program for graduate student and postdoctoral scholarships
in Greece as well as abroad. The written examinations for the graduate
student scholarships are expected to take place in Athens (Arsakeion
School at Psychiko) some time in April. You may retrieve additional
information and application forms from the web site of I.K.Y. and
more specifically at:
http://www.iky.gr/scholarships/ellines/
The application deadline is 21 February 2003.
5. Hel.A.S. CREDIT CARD TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES
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Due to some technical problems the Society is currently unable to
process requests for payment of the membership fees using a VISA
credit card. While we are working to reestablish this possibility
please use the alternate options for paying your membership dues, as
these are described in the PDF file of the invoice available in our
web server. For more information please contact the Treasurer of
Hel.A.S.
6. JENAM 2003
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The next Joint European and National Astronomy Meeting, entitled
"New Deal in European Astronomy: Trends and Perspectives", will take
place in Budapest, Hungary from August 25 to 30, 2003. This will be
the 12th meeting of the European Astronomical Society.
For more information on the agenda and registration details visit:
http://www.konkoly.hu/jenam03/
7. RESEARCH FUNDING UNDER THE EU 6TH FRAMEWORK PROGRAM
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The first call for research funding under the auspices of the 6th
Framework Program of the European Union is out. Additional
information and details can be found at:
http://fp6.cordis.lu/fp6/calls.cfm
Of particular interest may be the "Human resources and mobility"
program which provides funding for graduate and postgraduate research.
8. Calendar for year 2003 illustrated with old maps of the sky
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An interesting calendar of the year 2003 has been prepared by the
University of Patras astronomy group and the Patras based
Astronomical Society Orion.
(http://www.orionas.gr & http://www.greek-astronomy.com)
The calendar is beautifully illustrated with historical maps of
the sky from the years 1500 - 1800 A.D. If interested, contact
Dr. V. Zafiropoulos, Tel. 2610-436724.
9. UPCOMING ASTRONOMY MEETINGS IN GREECE
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The following meetings will take place in Greece in the coming
months. Please check the corresponding web pages or contact the
organizers by e-mail for more information.
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NATO Advanced Research Workshop on
Effects of Space Weather on Technology Infrastructure
Rhodes, 25-29 March 2003
http://www.space.noa.gr/esprit2003/
or contact:
Dr. I. Daglis (daglis@space.noa.gr)
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International Conference on
Multi-Wavelength Cosmology
Myconos Island, 16-20 June 2003
http://www.astro.noa.gr/~my03/
or contact:
Dr. M. Plionis (my03@astro.noa.gr)
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INTERNATIONAL TOPICAL CONFERENCE ON PLASMA PHYSICS:
Complex Plasmas in the New Millennium
Nomikos Conference Center, Santorini Island, 8-12 September 2003
Pre-registration at http://itcpp.conferences.gr
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6th Hellenic Astronomical Conference
Athens, 15-17 September 2003
Details are available in the 1st announcement
available at the web server of Hel.A.S.
(http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset/meetings.html)
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10. ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER
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This Newsletter was edited by Vassilis Charmandaris and Kanaris
Tsinganos. It was forwarded to the 219, out of the 237, members of
Hel.A.S. who have e-mail access.
The next edition of the Newsletter will be mailed around March 1st
2003. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures,
job openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece)
or comments before February 20, 2003. All correspondence concerning
the Newsletter should be addressed to:
elaset@astro.auth.gr
If you do not wish to receive future issues of this Newsletter or the
e-mail address to which it was sent is not your preferred one, please
let us know.
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HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER
NUMBER 60 Extra issue February 10th, 2003
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E-mail: elaset@astro.auth.gr WWW: http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset
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Dear colleagues
We issue this extra Newsletter because it has just been brought to our
attention by the Greek National Committee for Astronomy that the General
Secretariat for Research and Technology of the Greek Ministry of Development
has not clarified as yet if any funding will be provided to Greek astronomers
who wish to attend the 25th General Assembly of the International
Astronomical Union (IAU) which will be held in Sydney, Australia, during
13-26 July 2003.
The organizing committee of the IAU would like to remind all members of
Hel.A.S. that it can always provide travel funds to a limited number
of intending participants who are unable to obtain support from
national sources. The application form can be down loaded from:
htto://www.astronomy2003.com
following the links Scientific Program > downloads > travel grant
application form. Please note that the deadline for applications is
15 February 2003.
Initial abstracts for any oral or poster presentation must be
submitted online by 1 March 2003 or, if one is applying for an IAU
travel grant, by 15 February. Details are provided under the "Call for
Papers" section of the above mentioned web page.
For more specific questions you may contact directly the IAU
organizers by e-mail at enquiries@iau-ga2003.org
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