Ενημερωτικό Δελτίο 60 - Φεβρουάριος 2003

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                       HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
                           ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER
             NUMBER 60                               February 2003

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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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   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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