========================================================================= Second announcement - get registered ********* Registration is now open ******** The Cosmic Wheel and the Legacy of the AKARI Archive: From Galaxies and Stars to Planets and Life Ito International Research Center Conference, The University of Tokyo to be held from October 17 - 20, 2017 at Ito Hall, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan [http://www.ir.isas.jaxa.jp/AKARI/akari2017/] e-mail: [akari2017@ir.isas.jaxa.jp] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Registration and submission of presentations are now ready. Please visit: http://www.ir.isas.jaxa.jp/AKARI/akari2017/registration.html Submission deadline for abstract of oral presentation: June 30 Application deadline for financial support: June 30 Registration fee is 18,000 JPN and the reduced student registration fee is 12,000 JPN. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Contents 1. Objectives of the conference 2. Main topics 3. Invited speakers (New) 4. Important dates (Revised) 5. Proceedings (New) 6. Venue 7. Accommodation 8. Travel Support (Revised) 9. Social Events (Revised) 10. Scientific Organizing Committee +++++++++++++ 1. Objectives +++++++++++++ From its launch in 2006, until 2011, AKARI made all-sky surveys in six bands from 9-160 microns together with nearly 20,000 pointed observations, which provide near- to far-infrared imaging and spectroscopic data of great significance across astronomy, from planetary systems to distant galaxies. The aim of this conference is twofold; first to highlight the most important AKARI contributions to our understanding of astronomical processes; and second to expose the astronomical community to the potential of the AKARI legacy, so that the archive can be fully exploited in the following decades. Now all the AKARI observations, both the all-sky surveys and the pointed observations, have been reprocessed, producing high-quality final data-products, most of which have been made public at [http://www.ir.isas.jaxa.jp/AKARI/Archive/] . As such, AKARI data can be directly combined with observations from other world-class facilities, as well as aiding future observations with upcoming missions and telescopes. ++++++++++++++ 2. Main topics ++++++++++++++ * AKARI legacy archive and current and future missions/facilities * Recent science results and future applications # Solar system and planetary formation # Interstellar Medium # Star-formation # Stellar evolution # Galaxy evolution +++++++++++++++++++ 3. Invited speakers +++++++++++++++++++ Victor Ali-Lagoa Francois Boulanger Bernhard Brandl Dave Clements Asantha Cooray Yasuo Doi Frederic Galliano Mitsuhiko Honda Myungshin Im Jes Jorgensen Inga Kamp Hidehiro Kaneda Kotaro Kohno Mikako Matsuura Margaret Meixner Takafumi Ootsubo Thomas Roellig Nicola Schneider Ji-Yeon Seok Takashi Shimonishi Massimo Stiavelli Toshiya Ueta Serena Viti ++++++++++++++++++ 4. Important dates ++++++++++++++++++ The registration is now open at [http://www.ir.isas.jaxa.jp/AKARI/akari2017/] Deadline for abstract: June 30* Deadline for travel support: June 30 Selection of contributed talks: end of July Selection of travel support: end of July Announcement of program: early August Deadline of registration: September 19 * We will accept abstract for poster presentation until September 19. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 5. Proceedings and special volume in PASJ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ We will publish the conference proceedings as a volume of the ( [https://repository.exst.jaxa.jp/dspace/jaxapress?select=jaxapress&genre=type&target=type3&locale=en] ) Details will be announced later. In addition, we plan to publish a special volume in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan ( [https://academic.oup.com/pasj] ). This is a fully peer reviewed journal and you can publish your results in a full paper. We strongly encourage you to contribute to this volume. For those who wish to publish their results in this PASJ volume please inform us your intention at the registration. ++++++++ 6. Venue ++++++++ The conference will be held at the Ito hall, part of the Ito International Research Center [http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ext01/iirc/en/hall.html] on the Hongo campus of the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. The Hongo campus is located in the center of Tokyo and you can easily find hotels and restaurants in close proximity as well as many places for entertainment. You can access the campus from the major airports in Tokyo (Narita or Haneda). The access to the Hongo campus can be found at: [http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/about/access.html] The weather in October is usually mild in Tokyo and if you are lucky, you might be able to see colored autumnal leaves of the ginkgo trees on the campus. ++++++++++++++++ 7. Accommodation ++++++++++++++++ The conference webpage provides links to hotels in the area of the University of Tokyo at Visitor information. The conference place is located near the ‘Ueno area’, one of the downtowns of Tokyo. It is also close to ‘Ochanomizu.’ The University is located in the middle of Tokyo and it is easy to access by public transportation. Because of the increase of visitors to Tokyo, hotels in Tokyo are very quickly booked. We strongly recommend you to book a hotel well in advance. +++++++++++++++++ 8. Travel support +++++++++++++++++ Support of local expenses is available for a limited number of attendants. Those who wish the support should apply via the registration form by the end of June. You will be notified the result by the end of July. ++++++++++++++++ 9. Social Events ++++++++++++++++ We will have a poster session with welcome drink in the evening of the 17th. A conference dinner is scheduled in the evening of the 19th. We also plan to arrange a bus tour on October 21. Details will be announced later. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 10. Scientific Organizing Committee +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Peter Barthel, University of Groningen, NL Olivier Berné, IRAP, France Helen Fraser, Open University, UK Woong-Seob Jeong, KASI, Korea Hidehiro Kaneda, Nagoya University, Japan Hyung Mok Lee, Seoul National University, Korea Margaret Meixner STScI, USA Thomas Müller, MPE, Germany Yoko Okada, Universität zu Köln, Germany Chris Pearson, RAL, UK Tsutomu Takeuchi, Nagoya University, Japan Issei Yamamura, ISAS, Japan Takashi Onaka, University of Tokyo, Japan (Chair)