Conferences

Selection of international conferences dealing with meteors, interplanetary dust:

• IAU Colloq. 181 Dust in the Solar System and Other Planetary Systems Apr.10-14 2000 at University of Kent at Canterbury. For more information: http://www.ukc.ac.uk/physical-sciences/space or email M.L.Watts@ukc.ac.uk. Note the following deadlines: 22 January 2000 ELECTRONIC abstract submission deadline; 15 February 2000 Deadline for Registration forms. Late registration rate applies after this date. See www page for details of abstract submission, registration, local arrangements and program.
• Leonid MAC Workshop 2000, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, April 16-18, 2000.
  List of Sessions:Comet grain ejection and meteoroid stream dynamics; Satellite impact hazard; Meteoroid composition and structure; Meteor-induced chemistry and physical phenomena; The role of meteors in creating the conditions for life s origin on Earth; Plans and coordination for November 2000 and beyond. This meeting is sponsored by NASA, the U.S. Air Force, and the Israel Space Agency. Registration with a brief outline of the matter that will be presented, is due on March 1, 2000. On line registrations and submission of abstracts can be done at:
  http://leonid.arc.nasa.gov/workshops/
  Information on the workshop is available at:
  http://leonid.arc.nasa.gov/workshops/
• Catastrophic Events and Mass Extinctions: Impacts and Beyond Conference, Vienna, Austria 9-12 July 2000. Abstract deadline: (hard-copy submission) Feb. 25, 2000, (electronic submission) Mar. 3, 2000. For more information: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/impact2000/impact2000.2nd.html
• The XXIVth General Assembly of the IAU will be held at the University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, during the period August 7-18, 2000. For more information consult the IAU Bulletin 85 (sent to IAU members) or http://www.iau.org/ga24.html. (Jan. 10, 2000 posting).
• IAU XXVth General Assembly, Sydney, Australia, August, 2003.

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For a complete list of international astronomy meetings see http://cadcwww.dao.nrc.ca/meetings/meetings.html.

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