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Conference ACH-2009 | First announcement

International conference
Asteroid-Comet Hazard ? 2009

First announcement

About conference

The Russian Academy of Sciences, the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Saint Petersburg Scientific Center of RAS, the Institute of Applied Astronomy of RAS invite you to participate in the International scientific conference «Asteroid-Comet Hazard-2009» which will be held 21-25 September 2009 in St. Petersburg.

The purposes of the conference are to provide a common forum for experts of diverse background and disciplines to come and exchange information and ideas, to recommend subsequent development of research, to attract public attention to severe hazard due to asteroids and comets approaching the Earth and necessity of more active international cooperation of the research directed to protection of civilization from this hazard.

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Topics to be discussed

It is supposed to discuss the next topics:

1. Study of small bodies of the Solar system (physics, dynamics, origin and evolution of asteroids, comets, meteoroids).
2. Asteroid-comet hazard (origin and dynamic evolution of objects approaching the Earth, observations, physical properties, cataloguing, data bases, estimation of collision probability with the Earth and other bodies).
3. Collisions of cosmic bodies with the Earth (study of the traces of past catastrophes, modeling of collisions and their consequences, the threshold for global catastrophe).
4. Counteraction (discovering hazardous cosmic objects, methods and means of acting upon near-Earth objects, organization of passive and active counteracting the asteroid and comet impacts, the technologies to address the study of asteroids and comets in near-Earth space, missions to hazardous bodies).
5. International-legal aspects of counteracting the impact hazard. Collaboration of different countries in solving the problem. Dealing with mass-media.

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Program committee
Finkelstein А.М.
(Chairman)
Institute of Applied Astronomy of RAS, Russia
Shor V.A.
(Vice-chairman)
Institute of Applied Astronomy of RAS, Russia
Medvedev Yu.D.
(Scientific secretary)
Institute of Applied Astronomy of RAS, Russia
Adushkin V.V. Geospheres Dynamics Institute of RAS, Russia
Akim E.L. Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of RAS, Russia
Emelyanov V.A. TSNIIMASH, Federal Space Agency, Russia
Fortov V.Е. Institute for High Energy Densities of RAS, Russia
Harris A. Space Science Institute, Boulder, CO, USA
Lupishko D.F. Institute of Astronomy of Karazin Kharkov University, Ukraine
Marov M.Ya. Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of RAS, Russia
Marsden B. Minor Planet Center, USA
Milani A. University of Piza, Italy
Muinonen K. Helsinki University, Finland
Pittich E. Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
Pol' V.G. Lavochkin Scientific-Production Association, Russia
Rickman H. University of Uppsala, Sweden
Rykhlova L.V. Astronomical Institute of RAS, Russia
Shustov B.M. Astronomical Institute of RAS, Russia
Simonenko V.A. Russian Federal Nuclear Center ? E.I. Zababakhin Institute of Technical Physics, Russia
Sukhanov K.G. Lavochkin Scientific-Production Association, Russia
Yatskiv Ya.S. Main Astronomical Observatory of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine
Yeomans D. NASA Near Earth Object Program Office, USA
Zajtsev A.V. Planetary Defense Center, Russia

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Local organizing committee
Medvedev Yu.D.? Chairman
Chernetenko Yu.А. ? Vice-chairman
Shuygina N.V. ? Secretary
Bondarenko Yu.S. 
Lysenkov E.A.  
Sal'nikov A.I.  
Valyaev V.I.  
Zabotin A.S.  

Phone:(812) 275-10-15 (Nadezhda V. Shuygina)
FAX:(812) 275-11-19
E-mail address: mail
(Please, in all email correspondence, use in the Subject field, 'ACH-2009')
Web-page: vm-www.ipa.nw.ru/conference/ach2009/

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Format of the Conference

Languages of the conference are English and Russian.

Abstracts of papers, in case they are written in Russian, should have detailed summary in English. Contributed paper can be submitted for oral presentation or as poster. Depending upon the number of papers offered, it is hoped to provide 30 minutes for invited papers and 15 minutes for contributed ones, including discussion. For oral presentation a multimedia projector will be in your disposition. Area up to 0.6 square meter will be provided for poster (9 pages of A4 format). Submitted papers are reviewed by the Program Committee and selected on the basis of their suitability for inclusion in the program. The Committee reserves the right to reject paper or to change form of its presentation. Papers will not be accepted for reading ?in absentia?. It is supposed that Proceedings of the Conference will be published soon after the end of the Conference.

Abstracts of papers must be submitted by May 15, 2009 in electronic form.

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Registration fee

The registration fee is 3000 Rubles (approximately 120 USD or 85 EURO) for participants and 1500 Rubles for accompanying persons. It should be paid in cash while registration.

Registration fee does not include travel expenses, accommodation and other expenses of the participant.

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Accommodation

Participants of the conference will be accommodated in the hotels of St. Petersburg. Detailed information about prices in the hotels will appear in the second announcement.

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Cultural program

The conference will be hosted by the Institute of Applied Astronomy. Building of the Institute is situated close to historical center of St. Petersburg.

St. Petersburg is one of the most beautiful cities of the world, which celebrated three-hundredth anniversary. Numerous architectural ensembles of the city and its suburbs, bridges and embankments of Neva river and canals form inimitable in its beauty appearance of the city. World-wide known museums, first of all, Hermitage and Russian museum, possess unique collections of works of art and world masterpieces.

There are dozens theatres in St. Petersburg, including Mariinsky theatre of opera and ballet.

Participants of the conference will have opportunity to attend museums and theatres, to have excursions to palace ensembles in St. Petersburg suburbs.

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Important dates
30 March 2009Second announcement
15 May 2009Registration and submission of abstracts
15 June 2009Third announcement. Program of the Conference.
21-25 September 2009The Conference ACH-2009

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Registration

We ask to inform us about your intention to participate in the conference. Please fill in on-line form at

http://vm-www.ipa.nw.ru/conference/ach2009/profile/ (preferable way)

or send the following registration form to the LOC:

mail

before 1 March, 2009:

Family name
First name
Second name
Scientific degree
Country
Affiliation
Affiliation (short form)
Position
Postal address
Phone
FAX
E-mail address
Title of paper
Type of presentation (oral/poster)

We are looking forward to seeing all of you here in St. Petersburg.

Organizing committee

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