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3 March 2005
International Forum in Astronomy and Astrophysics
AUT Conference Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
Objectives of the Forum
The Forum accommodates all possible efforts to raise the standard of research and education in astronomy for all its members by promoting collaboration in both aspects. Recent remarkable achievements in the frontiers of astronomy and astrophysics will be reviewed by invited speakers. An ample of time is available for discussions, which is certainly the efficient way in distributing and sharpening knowledge and skill, promoting new ideas, and creating collaborations. A special attention would be given to SKA, as well as to on-going and promising future astronomical projects.
Forum Chair: Professor Sir Ian Axford
The sessions will cover the following topics:
1. New Developments in Radio Astronomy
2. High Energy/Cosmic Ray Astrophysics
3. Planetary Systems
4. Compact Objects, Microlensing, AGNs
5. The Milky Way, Interstellar Matter, Star Formation, Stellar Evolution
6. Galaxies, Large Scale Structure, Cosmology
7. Progress in Astronomical Instrumentation, Large Telescopes
Forum can be attended by teachers, students, amateurs, journalists etc. beside the professional astronomers.
Participants and speakers will include:
o Professor Ron Ekers, President of the International Astronomical Union
o Professor Sir Ian Axford
o Professor Brian Boyle, Director of ATNF, Australia
o Professor John Hearnshaw, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
o Professor Manfred Simon, Director of the International PAMELA Project, Germany
o Professor Tor Hagfors, Max-Plank-Institute for Aeronomie, Germany
o Professor Elaine Sadler, University of Sydney, Australia
and others
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