\documentstyle{article} \pagestyle{myheadings} \setlength{\textwidth}{160mm} \setlength{\textheight}{240mm} \setlength{\topmargin}{-5mm} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{0mm} \setlength{\evensidemargin}{0mm} \setlength{\parindent}{0mm} \setlength{\parskip}{\medskipamount} \setlength{\unitlength}{1mm} \begin{document} \centerline{\Huge \rm 2nd Astronomical Conference } \medskip \centerline{\it \Large \rm organised by the } \medskip \centerline{\Huge \rm Hellenic Astronomical Society (HEL.A.S.) } \medskip \fbox{ \centerline{\Large \rm 29 June -- 1 July 1995, Thessaloniki, Greece} } \medskip \centerline{\Large \rm \underline {Second Announcement}} \medskip This is the second Announcement for the ``2nd Hellenic Astronomical Meeting" to be held in Thessaloniki between June 29th and July 1st, 1995. The Scientific Organising Committee has decided to dedicate the Conference to the late Professor John Xanthakis who passed peacefully away, at the age of 90, on July 10, 1994. As of May 29, 1995 we have received 165 registrations, including 41 from the Balkans and other European countries. 148 abstracts have been accepted and a number of people have sent us their hotel registration. A third Announcement with the list of contributed papers will be sent early next month. If required, we may send additional updates to all registered participants. \medskip \section {Location} The Conference will take place in the hotel ``{\it Xenia-Helios}", located in Perea, a resort village about 20 km away from Thessaloniki (8 km from ``Macedonia" airport). Buses between Thessaloniki and Perea run fairly frequently (every 20 minutes). A ``postscript" file with a detailed map of the region can be found in the URL address of the Laboratory of Astronomy of the University of Thessaloniki: ``http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset/2conf/" The hotel can comfortably host about 180 participants. Its facilities include a large auditorium, several smaller conference-rooms (for parallel sessions), a gourmet restaurant, bar and a private beach. A special agreement has been negotiated:\\ \centerline{Single room (half pension): 10 400 drachmas} \centerline{Double room (half pension): 7 300 drachmas/person} \centerline{Lunch or supper: 2 300 drachmas/person} \section{Arrival and Departure} You can come to Thessaloniki by car, bus, train or aeroplane. If you arrive by bus, train or aeroplane, you can reach Perea either by public transportation or taxi. Public buses (No. 72, {\it Nea Mihaniona}) run every twenty minutes. They start from ``Plateia Dikastirion", about 300m north of the well known ``Plateia Aristotelous" and follow the route along ``Egnatia Street - Nea Egnatia - G. Papandreou - Airport Avenue - Perea". The Conference Hotel lies about 500m along the shore from the bus-stop ``{\it Paralia Pereas}". The bus fare costs 135 drachmas. If you hire a taxi from Thessaloniki, it will cost you about 3000-3500 drachmas. From the airport, it costs about 2500-3000 drachmas. If you come by private transportation, please follow the signs for {\it Nea Mihaniona} and the {\it Airport}. You pass the {\it Airport} junction (look for our Conference signs there!) and continue towards {\it Nea Mihaniona}. The next village, after about 8 km, is {\it Perea}. However, about 2 km before reaching Perea, please turn right (towards the sea) at the traffic lights, following signs for the Conference. After about 2.3 km, you reach the {\it Xenia - Helios} hotel and park in the parking-lot infront of it. There is ample parking space in the parking lot and around it. Please contact the Information Desk if you need any help with your departure. \section {Pre-registration} The Local Organising Committee (LOC) will do its best to ensure that your participation runs smooth and comfortable. In order to take care of the details of your participation we would appreciate very much if you could fill up the form at the end of this message (even if you have already sent us some of the requested information) and send it to: \\ \begin{center} 2nd Hellenic Astronomical Conference \\ Local Organising Committee \\ Laboratory of Astronomy \\ University of Thessaloniki \\ GR-54006 Thessaloniki, Greece \\ FAX: (Greece) 31 995384 \hspace*{1.3cm} E-mail: elaset@astro.auth.gr \\ \end{center} \vskip 0.1cm \section {Agenda } As already mentioned in the first Circular, all contributions have been grouped into 6 general {\it Subjects}: {\bf \large \it 1. Sun and the Planetary System \\ 2. Stars and Stellar Systems \\ 3. Galaxies and Extragalactic Systems \\ 4. Relativity, Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology \\ 5. Celestial Mechanics, Stellar Dynamics and Chaotic Systems \\ 6. Astronomical Infrastructure in Greece } \subsection {Oral contributions} An outline of the basic programme is given in the Table below. In order to accommodate all accepted contributions, {\it parallel sessions} have been scheduled. The first three columns give the temporal distribution of the {\it sessions}. The last three columns describe the distribution of the {\it Subjects} (by their number, 1 to 6) in the {\it parallel sessions}. At the time of writing we have firm commitments from all invited speakers: Professor H. Els\"asser, Max-Planck-Institut f\"ur Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany. \\ Dr. D. Kazanas, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, USA. \\ Professor Gr. Nicolis, Univerit\'e Libre des Bruxelles, Belgium. \\ Professor Professor K. Papadopoulos, University of Maryland, USA. \\ Professor J.C.B. Papaloizou, Queen Mary and Westfield College, U.K. \\ Professor R. Wielebinski, Max-Planck-Institut f\"ur Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany. %\newpage \begin{center} Oral Contributions \\ \vspace*{0.3cm} \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline {\bf Date} & Time & Session & Auditorium & Room A & Room B \\ \hline & 11:00-13:00 & I & Inv. talk + 2 & 1 & 3 \\ & & & & & \\ 29/6 (Thursday) & 16:00-18:00 & II & Inv. talk + 1 & 2 & 3 \\ & & & & & \\ & 18:15-20:15 & III & 1 & 2 & 3 \\ \hline & 08:30-10:30 & I & Inv. talk + 4 & 2 & 3 \\ & & & & & \\ & 11:00-13:00 & II & 4 & 2 & --- \\ 30/6 (Friday) & & & & & \\ & 16:00-18:00 & III & Inv. talk + 6 & 1 & --- \\ & & & & & \\ & 18:15-20:15 & IV & Inv. talk + 6 & 1 & 5 \\ & & & & & \\ \hline 1/7 (Saturday) & 08:30-10:30 & I & Inv. talk + 5 & --- & --- \\ \hline \end{tabular} \end{center} \subsection {Poster contributions} Poster contributions will be displayed in a prominent location during the conference. The space available for each poster is equivalent to {\underline {six}} A4 pages. If properly prepared, poster contributions will be included in the {\it Proceedings} of the Conference as all other contributions. The authors are requested to be available, close to their Poster stand, between 15:00 and 16:00 during the first day of the Conference (Thursday) and, if possible, during coffee breaks. \section {Proceedings} The Proceedings will be published in English. As mentioned earlier we have received about 150 abstracts. This means that in order to keep the Proceedings to about 600 pages, each accepted paper should not exceed 4 typed pages. The full text (hard copy + diskette) of all contributions (oral or poster) should be submitted to the Chairman of the Scientific Organising Committee (Professor L.N. Mavridis) {\bf before or during the Conference}. The editors would be grateful if all contributions are submitted in LATEX. In this case, please use the simple style ``article.sty". In all other cases please submit a camera ready hard copy + the full text in ASCII format (about 15 words/line and 50 lines/page). For further information please contact the Secretary of the Local Organising Committee (Assoc. Professor J.H. Seiradakis). A summary in Greek will be requested from the native speakers and appreciated from all others. \section{Cultural events} We expect that most participants will arrive on Wednesday, June 28, 1995 afternoon or early evening. The Conference Information Desk at the hotel will be open between 18:00 and 22:00. Please verify your registration and pick up the Conference material. The formal sessions will start on Thursday morning at 09:00 with the opening of the Conference. The meeting will close on Saturday evening and we expect all participants to depart by Sunday morning (July 2nd). A small welcome drink will be offered on Thursday evening. The official {\it Conference Dinner} (included in the registration fee) will be held on Friday evening, June 30, 1995. Vegetarian items will be available on request (please indicate your preferences in the enclosed form). We expect that the {\it Dinner} will be followed by a performance of a local dance ensemble. On Saturday morning, after the end of the scientific sessions (11:00) we are offering a guided tour at the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki which, among others, hosts the famous {\it Vergina exhibition} which includes some wonderful items from the royal tomb of Philipp II, the father of Alexander the Great. The Museum entry costs 1500 drachmas. Transportation to the Museum is free. After lunch, at about 15:00, we plan an excursion at the {\it Petralona Cave}, the site where the skeleton of a prehistoric man about 150 000 years old was excavated. Please bring sturdy shoes. A 20 min walk among stalagmites and stalactites will impress and charm everybody, even those who are still musing about astronomical conferences. Entrance to the cave costs 800 drachmas. All participants will be back to Perea by 21:00, after enjoying swimming at the Chalkidiki peninsula. Transportation to Petralona and Chalkidiki is free. Please indicate in the attached form if you are interested in joining the cultural events. \section {Fees and Financial Support} As mentioned in the first Circular, the registration fees are 10000 drachmas (US \$ 40). This includes the Conference Dinner and the Proceedings of the Conference. Members of the Hellenic Astronomical Society can register free of charge as long as they have paid their dues to the Society. The Local Organising Committee is pleased to announce that the {\it National Committee of Astronomy - Ethniki Astronomiki Epitropi-}, responding to their request, has decided to offer 800 000 drachmas to support the participation of Greek astronomers. For further information please contact: \centerline{Ethniki Astronomiki Epitropi (Dr. K. Poulakos)} \centerline{Akademia Athinon} \centerline{Anagnostopoulou 14} \centerline{GR-106 73 Athina, Greece} \centerline{Tel.: (Greece) 1 360 7686 \hspace*{1cm} FAX: 3631606 \hspace*{1cm} E-mail: ventura@iesl.forth.gr} as soon as possible (before June 6, 1995). The National Observatory of Athens, responding to a similar request has decided to support six members of staff and two students working at the Observatory. Finally, it should be mentioned that the Local Organising Committee, even now is working towards securing financial support from local sponsors and hopes to be able to offer limited support to Greek astronomers who have not managed to get financial support from other sources. \section {Mail and photocopying} All mail to be received by participants during the Conference should be addressed to: \begin{center} Hotel {\it Xenia - Helios}\\ Perea \\ GR-59017 N. Epivates, Thessaloniki \\ Greece \\ Tel.: (Greece) 392 25551--4 \hspace*{2cm} FAX: (Greece) 392 25555 \\ \end{center} Electronic messages can be sent to ``elaset@astro.auth.gr". However, please bear in mind that the Local Organising Committee will not be in constant contact with the above electronic address, which is hosted in the campus of the University of Thessaloniki. Limited photocopying will be available during the Conference for urgent needs only. Please contact the Information Desk. \vspace*{2cm} Please fill in the following form (even if you have already provided some of the requested information). \newpage \centerline{\bf 2nd Hellenic Astronomical Conference } \centerline{\bf organised by the Hellenic Astronomical Society (HEL.A.S.) } \medskip \begin{center} \fbox{ TRANSPORTATION, HOTEL, MEALS, CULTURAL EVENTS } \end{center} \medskip Title (e.g. Professor, Dr., Mr, Mrs, etc) : \\ First Name: \\ Last Name: \\ Institution Address: \\ City: \\ State: \\ Zip: \\ Country: \\ Phone: \\ Fax: \\ e-mail: \\ \medskip \centerline{ \bf \large 1. Transportation:} \vskip 0.1cm Date of arrival: \hspace*{2cm} Approximate time of arrival: \\ By Private transportation: {\Large $\Box$}, By bus: {\Large $\Box$}, By train: {\Large $\Box$}, By air: {\Large $\Box$} (Please tick one box) \\ Date of departure: \hspace*{2cm} Approximate time of departure: \\ \vskip 0.5cm \begin{center} {\bf \large 2. Hotel Reservation:} \vskip 0.1cm \begin{tabular}{|c|c|} \hline Date & Number of persons \\ \hline 28/29 June & \\ \hline 29/30 June & \\ \hline 30 June/1 July & \\ \hline 1 July/2 July & \\ \hline \end{tabular} \vskip 0.5cm {\bf \large 3. Meals } \vskip 0.1cm \begin{tabular}{|c|c|} \hline Date & Number of persons \\ \hline Wednesday 28 June: (Supper -- to be served between 20:00 and 22:00) & \\ \hline Thursday 29 June: (Lunch) & \\ \hline Friday 30 June: (Lunch) & \\ \hline Saturday 1 July: (Lunch) & \\ \hline \end{tabular} \vskip 0.5cm {\bf \large 4. Cultural Events} \vskip 0.1cm \begin{tabular}{|c|c|} \hline Event & Number of persons \\ \hline Vergina Exhibition & \\ \hline Petralona and Chalkidiki & \\ \hline \end{tabular} \end{center} \vskip 1cm Send to (normal post, FAX or E-mail for further information): \vskip 0.7cm \begin{tabular}{|lr|} \hline 2nd Astronomical Conference & FAX: +30 31 99 5384 \\ Local Organising Committee & E-mail: {\sf elaset@astro.auth.gr} \\ Department of Physics & \\ Section of Astrophysics, Astronomy and Mechanics & \\ University of Thessaloniki, GR-54006 Thessaloniki, Greece & \\ \hline \end{tabular} \end{document}