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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:14:48 -0400
From:
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Subject: First Winter School of the Valongo Observatory
First Winter School of the Valongo Observatory: A Joint Event with
Chilean Institutes
We announce the First Winter School at the Valongo Observatory, to be held between the 22nd and 26th of July, 2013, and organized jointly with Chilean institutions. The event will comprise four courses in different areas of Astrophysics, and will be targeted towards graduate
students and young researchers.
The programme is as follows:
I. Romano Corradi (IAC, Spain) - Stellar Evolution: Symbiotic Stars (and their relation with SNe) II. Chris Flynn (Swinburne University, Australia) - Galactic Structure and Dynamics III. Leopoldo Infante (PUC, Chile) & Verónica Motta (Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile) IV. Lisa Kaltenegger
(MPIA, Germany / Harvard, USA) - Exoplanets/Astrobiology
Registration will be free of charge.
Registration is now open and limited to 80 participants. Priority will be given to graduate students and young researchers.
Further information and instructions on how to register can be found at the Winter School homepage:
http://www.ov.ufrj.br/fws
We call your attention to the fact that World Youth Day will happen during the same week, including a visit by the Pope on July 24th. Therefore we advise you to register and book your flight as well as accommodation, as soon as possible.
A list of hotels/hostels will promptly be send to each one upon registration.
We are very much looking forward to seeing you in Rio in July!
Regards,
The Organizers
Denise R. Gonçalves and Thiago S. Gonçalves
> Denise R. Gonçalves
> Associate Professor - Observatório do Valongo - UFRJ (Brazil) Ladeira
> Pedro Antonio 43, Saúde
> 20080-090 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
> Phone:
+55 21 2263-0685 ext. 205
> Fax:
+55 21 2203-1076