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Fermi and Jansky

From: <Philip.Edwards_at_email.protected>
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:03:51 +1000

Dear Colleagues

The deadline for Registration and Hotel Reservation for this meeting
has been extended to September 25th. The abstract submission deadline
remains on the same day, Sept 25th. Looking forward to seeing you in
November.

On behalf of the organizers,
Roopesh Ojha

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            First Announcement

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 FERMI AND JANSKY - OUR EVOLVING UNDERSTANDING OF AGN

                 Nov 10-12, 2011
 Harbourtowne Conference Center, St. Michaels, MD, USA
  http://fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/fermi_jansky/
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Dear Colleague,

We are delighted to announce a workshop "Fermi and Jansky - Our
Evolving Understanding of AGN" to be held at the Harbourtowne
Conference Center in lovely St. Michaels, MD from Nov 10th through
12th. Participants are expected to arrive on the evening of the 9th,
and the meeting is expected to finish at lunchtime on the 12th.

Scientific rationale:

A large number of exciting results from the marriage of gamma-ray and
radio data has made the last couple of years uniquely fulfilling for
students of active galactic nuclei. Three years into the Fermi era it
is time to step back and reassess our science goals based on what we
have learned so far. Additional progress is likely to need new
theoretical studies and modified observing strategies. This meeting
will bring together observers, theoreticians and modelers to reframe
and recalibrate the questions to be addressed while Fermi is observing
and specify the types of data that can best answer them.

Logistics:

The registration and abstract submission will open on August 11th, 2011.
The number of participants is limited to 40 to facilitate discussions so
you are encouraged to register early.

The meeting will take place at the Harbourtowne Conference Center
(http://www.harbourtowne.com/) in the historic town of St. Michaels
(it dates back to the mid-1600s, practically pre-historic by US
standards), which is located on Maryland's storied Eastern Shore about
halfway between the Susquehanna River and the Atlantic mouth of the
Chesapeake Bay. Directions to the hotel from all three area airports
are at: http://www.harbourtowne.com/harbourtowne-directions.html.

A block of rooms has been pre-booked at the hotel. Please print and
fill out the booking form, sign it, and either fax it to
+1-301-286-1681 (Attention: Lynette Queen) or scan and email it to
lynette.queen_at_nasa.<!--nospam-->gov. There is a conference fee of US$210 payable at
the same time and using the same form as your hotel booking. Please
note that this covers the cost of all meals during the meeting. An
accompanying partner can be accomodated for an additional $61 per day
($183 for all three days) to cover their meals. These rooms are only
available at this special rate till SEPTEMBER 9TH so please be sure to
book by that date. This form and other details are on the conference
website at http://fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/fermi_jansky/ For any
questions the contact email address is Roopesh.Ojha_at_gmail.<!--nospam-->com.

Proceedings:

Proceedings of the workshop will be published online. Details will
be send out in a later posting and posted on the conference webpage

Important dates

Aug 11 2011 First Announcement
Aug 11 2011 Registration and abstract submission open
Sep 9 2011 Deadline for hotel bookings
Sep 25 2011 Deadline for abstract submission
Oct 12 2011 Program announced
Nov 10 2011 Workshop begins
Nov 20 2011 Deadline for submitting proceedings

Scientific organizing committee:

Charles Dermer (Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC)
Matthias Kadler (Univ. of Würzburg, Germany)
Alan Marscher (Boston University, Boston MA)
Julie McEnery (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD)
Roopesh Ojha (Chair; NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD)
Anthony Readhead (Caltech, Pasadena, CA )
Gregory Taylor (Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM)
Gino Tosti (Univ. of Perugia, Italy)
Stefano Vercellone (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Palermo, Italy)
Robert Wagner (Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany)
Anton Zensus (Max-Planck-Institut for Radioastronomy, Bonn, Germany)

Local organizing committee:

Michael Dutka, William McConville, Roopesh Ojha, Jeremy Perkins,
Lynette Queen (Secretary)

We apologize in advance if multiple copies of this announcement
make it into your mailbox. Looking forward to seeing you in November.

On behalf of the organizers,
Roopesh Ojha
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Dr Roopesh Ojha
NPP Senior Fellow
Astrophysics Science Division
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Received on 2011-09-12 13:06:46