[AAA] Second announcement - Supernovae through the ages, Easter Island, Chile, August 9-13, 2016

[Asociación Argentina de Astronomía - Comisión Directiva]

Estimados,
Podrían dar difusión a la siguiente conferencia (ver mensaje más abajo)?
Muchas gracias,
Melina Bersten


Dear Colleagues,


To celebrate the careers of Mark Phillips and Nicholas Suntzeff, the
Millennium Institute of Astrophysics -- MAS -- has the pleasure to make the
2nd announcement of the conference:
 

“Supernovae through the ages: understanding the past to prepare for the
future”

 

website: www.sn2016.cl

venue: Easter Island, Chile, August 9-13, 2016

contact: sn2016.loc en gmail.com

 

The registration and abstract submission are now open, the deadline is March
31st, 2016. Late registration will be possible after this date. The early
registration fee is 350 USD, while the late registration fee will be 400
USD. The registration fee includes coffee breaks as well as the welcome
reception and the conference dinner.

 

We have some funds available for PhD students and postdocs. You can find the
details about how to apply on the conference website.

 

—Travel and accommodation—

 

A list of recommended hotels is available in the website. Attendees must
make their own reservations directly with the hotels. Note that affordable
options (‘cabañas´) are available. For more information please check the
accommodation page in the conference website.

 

Although the conference will occur during the low travel season, tickets
from Santiago to Easter Island can get expensive as the travel date
approaches. We encourage you to make your reservations as soon as possible.

 

—Childcare—

 

The LOC is acting as an intermediary with local nurseries that can provide
babysitting service in the hotel room during the talks. Interested attendees
must fill out the corresponding section in the registration form.

 

—Scientific topics—

 

- Past/current/future discovery and follow-up surveys

- Supernova science in the era of big data

- Supernova discovery and follow-up within hours of explosion

- Supernova cosmology

- Supernova hosts/environments and rates

- Supernova explosion models, progenitors, and their link to stellar
evolution models

- Extreme/peculiar events

- The first supernovae

 

—Preliminary Invited Speakers List—

 

M. Bersten (IALP CONICET-UNLP)

S. Blondin (LAM)
T. Davis (University of Queensland)
F. Forster (CMM/MAS)
M. Fraser (Cambridge)
A. Frebel (MIT)
A. Heger (Monash University)

K. Maeda (Kyoto University)

D. Maoz (Tel-Aviv University)
R. Margutti (NYU)
G. Narayan (NOAO)
A. Piro (Carnegie Observatories)
A. Rest (STScI)
B. Shappee (Carnegie Observatories)
N. Smith (University of Arizona)

 

—Committees-

 

Local Organizing Committee:

 

M. Hamuy (Chair, U. Chile/MAS)

J. P. Anderson (ESO Chile)

N. Atencio (MAS)

F. Förster (CMM/MAS)

L. Galbany (U. Chile/MAS)

D. Gómez (MAS)

K. Takáts (U. Andrés Bello/MAS)

 

Scientific Organizing Committee:

 

J. L. Prieto (Chair, U. Diego Portales/MAS)

J. P. Anderson (ESO Chile)

A. Clocchiatti  (PUC/MAS)

I. Domínguez (U. Granada)

N. Elias-Rosa (INAF-OAPd)

I. Hook (U. Lancaster)

M. Kasliwal (Caltech)

E. Levesque (UW)

M. M. Phillips (LCO)

B. Schmidt (ANU)

K. Shen (Berkeley)

C. Stubbs  (Harvard)

N. Suntzeff (Texas A&M)

M. Tanaka (NAOJ)

 

—Sponsors—

 

- Millennium Institute of Astrophysics (MAS)

- Millennium Science Initiative (ICM)

- Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (CONICYT)

- National Science Foundation (NSF)

- Carnegie Institution for Science

- Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation (Texas A&M University)

- Comité Mixto ESO/Chile

- European Southern Observatory (ESO)

 

Best regards