AUGUST 2007 - TOPICS

Short News The 8th Hellenic Astronomical Conference General Assembly of Hel.A.S. Job Opening PhD positions at AIP Upcoming Astronomy meetings in Greece About this Newsletter

1. SHORT NEWS

In order to prepare for the International Year of Astronomy 2009, a conference entitled "Communicating Astronomy with the Public 2007 (CAP 2007)" will take place in Athens on 8-11 October 2007. The conference aims to bring together the producers of astronomical information (research scientists), public information officers (connected with large observatories and space missions), and mediators (science reporters and writers, staff members from museums, planetariums). For more information visit the conference web site at: http://www.communicatingastronomy.org/cap2007/index.html

2. THE 8th HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL CONFERENCE

Within the next few days several updates to the web site of the 8th Conference of Hel.A.S. will take place: http://www.ee.duth.gr/hac/ The web pages with information on Transportation logistics and Conference Location and Fees will be enriched and two more links will be added in the main page. One will be the Conference Program and the second will be the Conference Registration Form. We wish to remind all Hel.A.S. members who plan to attend the conference that they have to complete this Conference Registration Form to indicate the exact dates of their arrival and departure. The form should be mailed to the LOC at the e-mail aangelou@xan.duth.gr before August 30, 2007. Hel.A.S. will try to provide some financial assistance to as many graduate students, who will attend the conference, as possible. Those interested should send by e-mail an application with the justification of their estimated expenses, as well as any other sources of funding they may have, to the President and Treasurer of Hel.A.S. (president@helas.gr, treasurer@helas.gr)

3. GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF HEL.A.S.

The next General Assembly (GA) of Hel.A.S. will take place on Friday September 14 2007 at 4:00pm in Thassos during the 8th Conference of Hel.A.S. All members of the Society are strongly encouraged to attend. If you have any topics that you would like to be included in the agenda of the meeting please send them by e-mail to the Secretary at secretary@helas.gr. As usual, one of the topics which will be discussed is the election by the GA of new members who have applied to join the Society. Since new members are added only once a year, if you know of individuals, in particular graduate students or young postdocs, who would be interested to join Hel.A.S., please suggest to them that they should contact the Secretary of the Society before the end of August 2007.

4. JOB OPENING

There is an opening for the position of the director in the Research Center for Astronomy and Applied Mathematics of the Academy of Athens. The application deadline is August 10, 2007. For more information please visit the web site of the Academy at: http://www.academyofathens.gr/ecportal.asp?id=1053&nt=105&lang=1

5. PHD POSITIONS AT AIP

A number of positions for a PhD in the areas of Extragalactic Astrophysics and Cosmology have opened in the Astrophysical Institute of Postdam (Germany). For more information visit: http://www.aip.de/jobs.html

6. UPCOMING ASTRONOMY MEETINGS IN GREECE

The following meetings will take place in Greece. Please check the corresponding web page or contact the organizers by e-mail for more information.

8th Hellenic Astronomical Conference Thasos Island, 13 - 15 September 2007 Chaos in Astronomy Athens, 17 - 20 September 2007 Solar Extreme Events 2007 International Symposium: Fundamental Science and Applied Aspects Athens, 24 - 27 September 2007 5th Conference of Greek Amateur Astronomers Patras, 5-7 October 2007 Communicating Astronomy with the Public 2007 (CAP 2007) Athens, 8-11 October 2007 The Cosmic Odyssey of the Elements Aegina island, 23-27 June 2008

7. ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER

This Newsletter was sent to all members of Hel.A.S. who have e-mail access. The next edition of the Newsletter will be mailed around September 1st 2007. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures, job openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece) or comments before August 25, 2007. 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 inform the Secretary of Hel.A.S.

AUGUST 2007 EXTRA - TOPICS

Inauguration of the "Aristarchos" Telescope About this Newsletter

1. INAUGURATION OF THE ARISTARCHOS TELESCOPE

On behalf of the Director of the Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics Prof. C. Goudis, we would like to invite all members of Hel.A.S. to join us to the inauguration of the 2.3m Aristarchos Telescope and the Helmos Observatory. The inauguration will be made by the minister or Development Mr. D. Sioufas. The formal invitation to the event, which will take place on Tuesday August 21 2007, at 11:00am is available at: http://www.helas.gr/events/aristarchos07.pdf Note though, than since private vehicles are not allowed to the telescope site, all people interested to attend should be at the Helmos ski resort NOT LATER THAN 9:00am on August 21st, in order to be able to join the organized transportation to the telescope.

2. ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER

This Newsletter was sent to all members of Hel.A.S. who have e-mail access. The next edition of the Newsletter will be mailed around September 1st 2007. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures, job openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece) or comments before August 25, 2007. 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 inform the Secretary of Hel.A.S.