[Cps] Fwd: Fwd: [Astrobio2015.soc] Please register and spread out the announcement

[Romina Di Sisto]

Hola! envio un aviso de interes!
Saludos,

Romina


Dear SOC colleagues,

I would like to invite all of you who are actually able to attend 
Astrobio2015 to register at:

http://www.eso.org/sci/meetings/2015/AstroBio2015/registration/registration-open.html

If not done yet, please spread out the announcement below.

Cheers and have a nice week-end
Claudio

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Astrobiology and Planetary Atmospheres

http://www.eso.org/sci/meetings/2015/AstroBio2015/

Santiago, Chile, September 28 - October 2, 2015



Scientific Rationale
====================


Astrobiology has become the meeting point for Astronomers, Biologists,
Geologists, and Climatologists interested in putting together the puzzle
of how life originated in the Universe.  Each year since the discovery of
the first extra-solar planet of a Solar-type star (51 Pegb), almost 20
years ago, humanity is one step closer to the discovery of the first
Earth-like planet in the habitable zone of its parent star, and the
road-map leading to discovery of exolife has already been sketched by the
world's major agencies.

A real armada of space missions is already scheduled to launch in the next
decade such as JWST, TESS, CHEOPS, and PLATO. Ground-based telescopes in
Chile, on the other hand, are deploying a powerful new suite of
instruments designed to find and characterise exoplanets, such as GPI in
Gemini, and ESPRESSO and SPHERE at the VLT. Additionally, Chile
concentrates several extreme environments like the driest desert and areas
with the largest density of thermal sources in the World, targeted by
Astrobiologists in Biological and Geological Sciences.

Chile is becoming one of the major poles of astrobiology worldwide with
active research groups at several major universities and observatories. An
important activity of the astrobiology community in Chile is the
organisation of a major biennial symposium of astrobiology in Chile
bringing together astronomers, biologists, geologists, and climatologists
from all over the world to discuss the most recent progress in the quest
for exolife. AstroBio 2015 is the third symposium of this series.  The
main aims of this symposium will be to:

1.      Bring together the major astrobiology groups from the World and
their South American counterparts

2.      Foster exchanges across all the major disciplines involved in the
field of astrobiology and in particular people working on climatology of
Solar System planets;

3.      Include a strong parallel outreach program aimed at informing the
public about this relatively new discipline with the participation of the
main experts in the world in the various disciplines.

Preliminary Program
===================

Confirmed keynote speakers:

* Charles Lineweaver (ANU, Australia)
* Pieter Visscher (University of Connecticut, USA)
* Jacques Laskar (Observatoire de Paris, France)
* Karen Meech (IfA Hawaii, USA)
* Svetlana Berdyugina (KIS, Germany)
* Kevin Hand (JPL, USA)
* Andrew Howard (IfA Hawaii, USA)
* James Jenkins (U. de Chile, Chile)
* David Catling (U. Washington, USA)
* Francois Menard (UMI-FCA, Chile/France)
* Ignasi Ribas (IEEC, Spain)
* Didier Paillard (LSCE, France)


The preliminary program is available at:

http://www.eso.org/sci/meetings/2015/AstroBio2015/program.html

Registration & Abstract
=======================

Registration fee:            EUR 250/EUR 150 for students
Deadline for payment:        September 1st

The registration fee is payable through the ESO shop via credit card. It
covers the welcome reception, the workshop dinner and all tea/coffee
breaks.

Abstract submission is open until *July 25*

Important Deadlines
===================

* Submission of abstracts: July 25, 2015
* Notification of talk selection: August 15, 2015
* Registration: September 1, 2015; earlier if the 100 conference slots are
filled before
* Payment of registration fee: September 1, 2015


Accommodation
=============

ESO is going to make a special arrangement with Hotel Director, in
Vitacura, Santiago. Located at only a few blocks from ESO, Hotel Director
will have a special rate for the participants at our conference.

Further information about the booking will be provided in good time.


HOTEL DIRECTOR (Vitacura)

The hotel only accepts payment in USD and CLP. Those persons who pay in
Chilean pesos will be charged the price of the room plus the 19% VAT. You
are exempt of this charge if you pay with US dollars, travellers' cheque,
or credit card (US$). This means that passengers paying in US$ can request
exportation invoice (factura de exportación). In this way, they do not pay
the VAT (IVA).

Daily rates include breakfast.

Address: Av. Vitacura 3600, Vitacura, Santiago
Tel: +56-2-23891900
Web page:
http://directoresvitacura-hotel.guestcentric.net/en/hotel-overview.html

Booking code and room rates are to be announced soon in the conference
website.

-----
Claudio Melo
Head of the Office for Science in Chile

ESO
Av. Alonso de Cordova, 3107
Vitacura, Santiago de Chile
Chile
Phone: +56 2 2463 3032         Fax: +56 2 2463 3101

cmelo en eso.org <mailto:cmelo en eso.org>
http://www.sc.eso.org/~cmelo <http://www.sc.eso.org/%7Ecmelo>
skypename: claudio_henrique_melo
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de la biotecnología. El estudio integral de estos ecosistemas, su 
valoración patrimonial y su preservación integral son un desafío que 
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