Second announcement
The XIII meeting of Finnish space researchers FinCOSPAR 2011 will take place on 31.8.-2.9.2011 at the Kasnäs Archipelago Spa, on the southernmost tip of the island of Kemiö, about 100 km from Turku and 180 km from Helsinki. The meeting is organized by the Finnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO (FINCA), University of Turku, together with the Finnish National COSPAR committee.
The meeting will bring together about 50-60 space researchers from all the Finnish institutes engaged in space research and astronomy, as well as our colleagues from several foreign universities. The program of the conference consists of invited talks, contributed presentations and posters. The topics covered include but are not limited to: the physics of the Earth magnetosphere and ionosphere, solar physics, influence of the Sun on the Earth and its climate, solar system planets and planetary rings, stars and star formation, the Galaxy, other galaxies and supermassive black holes in their centres, structure formation in the Universe, physics of plasmas in astrophysical and geophysical contexts, and space instruments. One of the sessions is organized to discuss recent results by Finnish astronomers using the facilities at the European Southern Observatory (ESO).
The working language of the conference is English. The registration deadline is approaching: to ensure your place in the meeting, please send your contact details and abstract (in Registration on the left panel) by 10 June, 2011. The program of the meeting will be posted here at the end of June.
Updated information about the meeting appears in the panels "Location and travel", "Lodging" and "Registration".
Welcome to the meeting!