ASTEROIDS 2001: From Piazzi to the 3rd MillenniumAsteroids 2001:
From Piazzi to the 3rd Millennium
ASTEROIDS 2001: From Piazzi to the 3rd Millennium
SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT
GENERAL INFORMATIONThe international conference "Asteroids 2001: from Piazzi to the 3rd Millennium" will be held in Santa Flavia (Palermo) from 11 to 16 June 2001. The conference aims to present the current understanding of asteroid science. Invited reviews, contributed papers, and poster papers will be presented. In addition, Asteroids 2001 will bring together authors for the Space Science Series book "Asteroids III", that will be published by the University of Arizona Press. The conference is organized by Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo G.S. Vaiana, Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e Astronomiche dell'Universita' di Palermo, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Universita' di Catania, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania and Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino as part of the celebrations of the 200th anniversary of Giuseppe Piazzi's discovery of 1 Ceres from the tower of Palermo Observatory on January 1st 1801.
Registration and attendance at the Asteroids 2001 conference is open only to professionals in astronomy, planetary science, and their students.SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
Topics to be discussed at the conference include:
1. History
2. Ground-based observations: techniques and reports of results
3. Space-based observations
4. Composition and physical structure
5. Asteroid families and collisional processes
6. Interrelationships with inner SS objects: Near-Earth Objects, Meteorites, Meteor streams
7. Interrelationships with outer SS objects: Trojans, Centaurs, Edgeworth-Kuiper objects,
Comets
8. Dynamical structure
9. Inventory, origin, evolution, etc.
The above scientific programme will include two daily sessions. Morning sessions, except the opening one, will typically include 2 invited reviews and 9 contributed papers, afternoon sessions will typically include 2 invited reviews and 7 contributed papers. Contributions for oral presentation will be selected by the SOC on the basis of the submitted abstracts.
Invited talks will be 25 minutes in length plus 15 minutes for discussion. Contributed talks will be 10 minutes in length plus 5 minutes for discussion. Presenters will be asked to carefully honour their assigned time.
Authors will be notified in due time if their contribution is scheduled as an oral or poster presentation.
The preliminary scientific programme will be available on the web after April 10th.CONFERENCE VENUE AND HOTEL RESERVATION
The conference venue is the Hotel Zagarella & Sea Palace in Santa Flavia, a small seaside resort village 27 km east of Palermo. We expect all participants to stay in this hotel. We have booked a block of 300 rooms at the following daily rates (inclusive of breakfast):
*** Hotel Zagarella & Sea Palace
SS 113 - Via Nazionale, 77- Loc. Solanto
C.A.P. 90017 - Tel. +39 091 903077 - 957343
Fax +39 091 901422 -
Single room
Lit. 120,000
Double room (single occupancy)
Lit. 160,000
Double room
Lit. 210,000
For half board treatment (accommodation plus dinner) please add a charge of Lit. 30,000 per person per day.
Hotel booking is handled exclusively by Centro Masterly Congress Organizer agency. You should print the hotel reservation form and fax it to Centro Masterly (0039 091 6116263, from USA dial 011 39 091 6116263) strictly by April 20th, 2001. We suggest that you also contact Centro Masterly by e-mail (rorestivo@tin.it) to let them know that your hotel booking form has been submitted. The Centro Masterly agency will confirm the receipt of your fax and the availability of your request.
Sixty (60) single rooms at the cost of Lit. 120,000 per night will be available on a "first come, first served" basis. A one-night deposit is required for reservations. We invite you to make your reservations as soon as possible, in order to take advantage of our special rate. A refund can be obtained for cancellations notified before June 3rd, 2001.
Participants who simply do not turn up or fail to contact the Centro Masterly agency to cancel their hotel booking before June 3rd, will be charged the first night of accommodation.CONTRIBUTED PAPERS AND CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
With the exception of papers selected for oral presentation, all other contributions will be presented as posters. Ample time will be allocated for the display of posters and for informal discussions in the poster area. We will provide poster panels of cm 110 (h) x 90 (w) dimensions.
For the selection and organization of the meeting programme, participants who wish to present a contribution (either oral or poster) are kindly requested to send a one-page (500 words max.) abstract before March 21st, 2001, following the instructions for abstract submission. Only abstracts received before this date can be considered for oral presentation. Abstracts received after this date will be automatically assigned to posters on a space-available basis. Late abstracts received after poster space has been exhausted will be rejected.
All contributions must be sent to the following e-mail address: piazzi2001@alpha4.ct.astro.it. Please state if you intend to present it as a poster or if you wish your paper to be considered for an oral presentation.
As a general rule, Icarus will consider publication of the oral presentation papers and Memorie della Societa' Astronomica Italiana will consider publication of the poster papers. Yet, authors may have some flexibility on the choice between these journals depending on the length and the content of their manuscripts. All manuscripts will undergo the normal review process for these journals.
Marcello Fulchignoni (Observatoire de Paris: fulchignoni@obspm.fr) will serve as the Special Editor for the Icarus issue. Carlo Blanco (Universita' di Catania: cblanco@alpha4.ct.astro.it) and Mario Di Martino (Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino: dimartino@to.astro.it) will serve as the Special Editors for Memorie della Societa' Astronomica Italiana.
The instructions for authors will be given later.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DEADLINE FOR FINAL MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION IS 15 SEPTEMBER 2001.REGISTRATION
A fee of Lit. 650,000, (students Lit. 250,000) is charged to participants who register before or on April 20th, 2001. The charge for registrations made after April 20th is Lit. 750,000, (students Lit. 350,000). This includes transportation from the airport to the hotel on Sunday 10th June, the abstract booklet, a welcoming reception at the hotel, coffee breaks and light lunches during the conference (Monday to Friday), a half-day excursion to Segesta with banquet, and the closing dinner.
Accompanying persons wishing to take advantage of the above events/services (light lunches from Monday to Friday excluded) are also requested to register, at the reduced fee of Lit. 200,000.
Registrations are handled by the LOC in Palermo. Please fill in all fields of the secure electronic form herewith provided; you will be notified straight away of the receipt of your submission. The LOC will contact you as soon as possible to confirm your registration.
Cancellations:
90% refund if LOC is notified before June 3rd;
50% refund if LOC is notified after June 3rd.FINANCIAL SUPPORT
Limited financial support (in the form of grants for exemption from the registration fee and/or accommodation) will be provided for scientists with special needs. Participants who are in need of financial support are invited to contact the LOC at the e-mail address piazzi2001@alpha4.ct.astro.it, by the end of February.
SOCIAL EVENTSThe programme includes a welcoming reception at the hotel on Sunday 10th June at 21.30. A half-day excursion is scheduled in the afternoon of Wednesday 13th June to visit the archaeological site of Segesta, followed by a banquet in the private club "Circolo Nautico Costa Ponente" in Mondello. A garden dinner is also planned for the closing of the conference on Friday 15th June, in Palermo. These events will be free of charge for registered participants and registered accompanying persons. In addition, registered participants will be offered a light lunch each day for the entire conference (Monday to Friday). Lunch tickets for accompanying persons will be available at the cost of Lit. 25.000 per person per day.
Optional tours, including visits to Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo, will be organized by Centro Masterly and can be purchased during the conference: full-day excursions to various touristic locations in Sicily are planned for Saturday 16th June, if a minimum number of participants is reached. Details and prices will be available on the web site at a later stage.TRANSPORTATION TO THE SANTA FLAVIA CONFERENCE SITE
The easiest way to reach Palermo is by air. There are a few direct flights from a number of European cities, but usually the most convenient way to reach Palermo from abroad is via a connecting flight in Rome or Milano Malpensa.
From the Falcone and Borsellino airport, you can easily reach the centre of Palermo by public transportation. A frequent bus service runs from just outside the arrival area. The bus fare from the airport costs Lit. 9,000 and can be paid on the bus. You should get off at Stazione Centrale (last stop) and then take a train to Santa Flavia. Frequency of trains is approx. every 30-60 min., duration of the journey less than 20 min. The ticket costs about Lit. 4,000, to be paid before boarding. For a timetable of the train service, please consult the Ferrovie dello Stato site at http://orario.fs-on-line.com/ (enter "Palermo Centrale" in the "Stazione di partenza" box, "Santa Flavia" in the "Stazione di arrivo" box). Please note that the timetable will be changed on June 9th.
The distance between Santa Flavia Station and the Hotel Zagarella is approx. 2 Km.
Palermo can also be reached through other means of transportation: ferries from Naples or other cities, bus, trains.
On Sunday 10th June a free shuttle service handled by Centro Masterly Congress Organizer will be available from the airport starting at 14.00. A bus will leave the airport every two hours until arrival of the last scheduled flight. To ensure better service, it is important that you fill in the last entry in your hotel reservation form.
We are arranging for fixed taxi fares (from the airport to the hotel and back; from Santa Flavia Station to the hotel and back) to be charged to participants for the whole duration of the meeting by one or more taxi companies. We shall give details later.
For the return trip to the airport, sign up sheets to share a taxi will be posted.CLIMATE
Temperatures in Palermo in June are usually around 25º-30º, with little difference between night and day. A sweater or a light jacket may be useful in the evening. Rain is unlikely.
DEADLINES
DEADLINE
APPLY TO:
Application for funding
28 February 2001
piazzi2001@alpha4.ct.astro.it
Abstract submission
21 March 2001
piazzi2001@alpha4.ct.astro.it
Programme available online
10 April 2001
www.astropa.unipa.it/Asteroids2001/Programme.html
Registration (Lit. 650,000)
20 April 2001
ceres2001@astropa.unipa.it
Hotel booking
(after 20 April only on availability)20 April 2001
rorestivo@tin.it
Fax: 0039 091 6116263 (from USA dial 011 39 091 6116263Cancellation (90% refund)
3 June 2001
ceres2001@astropa.unipa.it
Hotel Cancellation
3 June 2001
rorestivo@tin.it
Fax: 0039 091 6116263 (from USA dial 011 39 091 6116263Meeting dates
11-16 June 2001
www.astropa.unipa.it/Asteroids2001/Index1.html
Manuscript submission (for journal special issues)
15 September 2001