Announced Conferences 2008

International Meeting   April 8th - 12th, 2008

The Astronomical Institute of the Romanian will celebrate the centenary of its Bucharest Observatory in 2008. A meeting with large international participation will be organized on this occasion.

Topics of discussion:

• SY1: History of Romanian astronomy, and education by astronomy in the European framework (convener Magda Stavinschi)
• SY2: Celestial mechanics and astrometry today (conveners Vasile Mioc and Petre Popescu)
• SY3: Dynamics of solar atmosphere and heliosphere (convener Cristiana Dumitrache)
• SY4: Stellar astrophysics, extragalactic astronomy, and cosmology (conveners Nedelia Popescu, Marian Suran, Alexandru Dumitrescu)

They cover the main areas of the Romanian astronomical research along these hundred years. The conference will constitute an opportunity for surveying the most significant results of the Romanian astronomy, for exchanging ideas, for putting the bases of new cooperations.

A special one day session will be devoted to solar physics on 11th April 2008.

Practical Information:

For more information, please access periodically the site:

http://www.astro.ro/~centenar

On behalf of the organizing committee,
Sincerely,

Vasile Mioc and Cristiana Dumitrache

Contact:

Vasile Mioc (Scientific Organizing Committee)

Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy
Str. Cutitul de Argint 5
RO-040557 Bucharest, Romania

Phone:+4021-3356892
Fax:+4021-3373389

Email:vmioc@aira.astro.ro