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Meeting Announcements American Astronomical Society's Division on Dynamical Astronomy meeting Location: Radisson Hotel, Santa Barbara, California, USA Dates: 10-14 April 2005 Contact: Marc A. Murison (DDA secretary) murison@usno.navy.mil Web Site: http://dda.harvard.edu/ (1) MEETING - The 36th annual meeting of the DDA is being held this year April 10-14 (Sunday through Thursday) in beautiful Santa Barbara, CA. Please see the DDA web site http://dda.harvard.edu/ for a link to the web pages containing all of the meeting information. A few details are listed below. Note especially that ALL of the DEADLINES are the same date this year: March 10. (2) ABSTRACTS - The ABSTRACT DEADLINE is March 10. (For those of us lacking round tuits: 9:00 pm EST on March 10, to be precise.) Abstracts must be submitted via the abstract submission form that is set up for us by the AAS. A link to the abstract submission form is on the DDA meeting web page (see above link), or you can go there directly by pointing your browser to http://abstracts.aas.org/dda05 Detailed instructions and help are conveniently available on the submission form. (3) VENUE - The meeting venue this year is the Radisson Hotel Santa Barbara, which is on the beach and quite nice. Amenities include a heated pool and jacuzzi, fitness room, beach access, and a shuttle to downtown Santa Barbara. You can visit the Hotel's web page at http://www.radisson.com/santabarbaraca We have a block of rooms set aside for DDA members (reduced rate: $109.50 during the meeting). The reduced-rate RESERVATION DEADLINE is March 10. Please see http://dda.harvard.edu/meetings/2005/res.html for pricing details. Reservations can be made by calling (800) 333-3333 (yes, that really is the Radisson's number!). To get the reduced rate, you MUST mention "AAS-DDA Conference" when you make your reservation. (4) REGISTRATION - The meeting registration is again being handled for us by the AAS. Meeting registration details are at this DDA web page: http://dda.harvard.edu/meetings/2005/reg.html Meeting registration cost is $150 for members and $75 for students, and the cost of the banquet (held on Wednesday evening, April 13) is $40. Please note that you must pay for your banquet tickets when you register; it is unlikely that there will be any unsold tickets left by the time the meeting begins. The MEETING REGISTRATION DEADLINE is March 10. After March 10, you may still register for the meeting, but it'll cost you $25 more. To register, go to the above web page and click on the register link, or you may go to the AAS's registration page directly: http://www.aas.org/divisions/dda/registration.html (5) STUDENT STIPEND WINNERS! - We are very happy to announce the winners of this year's Student Stipend competition: Ruth Murray-Clay, UC-Berkeley Advisor: Eugene Chiang Title: A Signature of Planetary Migration: The Origin of Asymmetric Capture in the 2:1 Resonance and Ke Zhang, University of Maryland Advisor: Doug Hamilton Title: Dynamics of Neptune's Small Satellites Ruth and Ke will both be giving talks on their work at the meeting. (6) INVITED SPEAKERS - The slate of invited speakers and their topics this year is - Brouwer Prize Winner: John Papaloizou (Queen Mary University, London): TBD - Joe Burns (Cornell): Latest from Cassini - John Chambers (Carnegie DTM): Planet Formation Theory - Chas Beichman (JPL): Dust/Debris Disks Around Solar-Type Stars - Andrea Ghez (UCLA): Dynamics of the Galactic Center - Peter Englmaier (Universität Basel): Milky Way Gas Dynamics and this year's tutorial series talk is - Luis Aguilar (Obs. Astronomico Nacional): Stellar Orbits in Galaxies Talk titles will appear on the DDA meeting page as they become available. A Decade of Extrasolar Planets around Normal Stars Location: Space Telescope Science Institute; Baltimore, MD, USA Dates: 2-5 May 2005 Contact: Quindairian S. Gryce (meeting coordinator) gryce@stsci.edu 410-338-4970 or Mario Livio (scientific information) mlivio@stsci.edu We are pleased to announce the 2005 May Symposium at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), from Monday May 2, 2005 to Thursday, May 5, 2005. This year's title will be: A Decade of Extrasolar Planets Around Normal Stars. A reception will be held on Sunday, May 1, 2005 from 4 pm to 6 pm. The symposium will cover a variety of topics related to the formation, evolution, and detection of extrasolar planetary systems and their properties. The program will be composed primarily of invited talks. The deadline for early registration is April 1, 2005 with a registration fee of $350. After April 1, 2005, the registration fee will be $375. Please not that early registration payments must be received at STScI prior to April 1, 2005. The registration fee covers the opening reception, conference dinner on May 4, 2005, plus morning and afternoon snacks. For registration and additional information go to http://www.stsci.edu/institute/conference/may_symp or contact Mrs. Quindairian S. Gryce, Meeting Coordinator at gryce@stsci.edu or 410-338-4970. For scientific information please contact Mario Livio, Chair at mlivio@stsci.edu or 410-338-4439. The current list of confirmed speakers and topics: Eric Agol, University of Washington Detection of Secondary Planets by Transit Timing Phil Armitage, University of Colorado Migration William Borucki, NASA/Ames Research Center The KEPLER Mission Alan Boss, CIW Extrasolar Planets: Past, Present, and Future Robert Brown, STScI Long Period Potential Planetary Systems Tim Brown, High Altitude Observatory Planetary Atmospheres Adam Burrows, University of Arizona Planetary Atmospheres Nuria Calvet, CfA Evolution of Protoplanetary Disks Richard Durisen, Indiana University Gravitational Instabilities Lynne Hillenbrand, Caltech Dust Disk Lifetime Olenka Hubickyj, NASA/Ames Research Center Core Accretion Hal Levison, Southwest Research Institute Formation of the Solar System Douglas Lin, University of California Overview of Extrasolar Planets Jack Lissauer, NASA/Ames Research Center Overview of Planet Formation Renu Malhotra, University of Arizona Debris Disks with Embedded Planets Geoffrey Marcy, University of California - Berkeley Distribution of Physical Parameters Michel Mayor, Observatoire de Geneve Planetary Statistics Jaymie Matthews, University of British Columbia Results from MOST Michael Meyer, University of Arizona Surveys of Debris Disks Norman Murray, University of Toronto Dynamics Joan Najita, NOAO Gas Disk Lifetime Iain Neill Reid, STScI Properties of Host Stars Kailash Sahu, STScI Planets Across the Galaxy Reem Sari, Caltech Formation of Outer Planets Dimitar Sasselov, CfA Planetary Sizes Sara Seager, CIW Signatures of Exoplanet Atmospheres Jeffrey Valenti, STScI Metallicity of the Host Stars The Scientific Organizing Committee is: Robert Brown Ronald Gilliland Mario Livio, Chair Steve Lubow Keith Noll Peter McCullough Iain Neill Reid Massimo Robberto Kailash Sahu Dave Soderblom William Sparks Jeffrey Valenti Return to Double Star Library home page Return to USNO Astrometry Department home page