STROMFEST

1-2 October 2009,  ASTRON Dwingeloo

stromfest [at] astron [dot] nl

Richard Strom turned 65 this year. Richard has been with ASTRON for more than 35 years and in the Netherlands even longer. To celebrate this we are organizing a Stromfest where many of the topics that interest Richard, and on which he worked himself, will be presented.

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

The main themes to be presented at the Stromfest are:
- History of Astronomy
- Observations of Ancient Supernovae
- Galactic Supernova Remnants
- Pulsars and Instrumentation
- Planetary Radio Astronomy
- Radio Galaxies and Polarization
- Future Large Radio Telescopes

DA 240 - WSRT 608 MHz

J.P.Leahy, A.H. Bridle, R.G. Strom

The Stromfest will be held at ASTRON, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands on October 1-2, 2009. The meeting starts at 13:00 on Thursday and will end around 16:00 on Friday.

Invited and confirmed speakers are: Wayne Orchiston, Richard Stephenson, Woody Sullivan, John Dickel, Philipp Kronberg, Tony Willis, Jean-Mathias Griessmeier, Dave Green, Ben Stappers, Bo Peng and Richard Schilizzi.

Tycho SNR - WSRT 1.4 GHz

R.G. Strom, R.M. Duin

There is time in the scientific program for an additional 8-10 talks on topics in the areas indicated above. We expect that among these additional talks there will be a few contributions on the first results with LOFAR, the revolutionary new radio telescope that’s being rolled out right now.

If you would like to attend the Stromfest, and possibly deliver a talk yourself on any of the above topics, please inform the SOC. You can send your email, and any other enquiries, to: stromfest [at] astron [dot] nl

CTB 80 - VLA 1.4 GHz

G. Castelletti, G. Dubner

The Stromfest SOC:
Ger de Bruyn (chair), Ed van den Heuvel, Raffaella Morganti, Jan Noordam, Hugo van Woerden, Ben Stappers, Marjan Tibbe  

The Stromfest LOC:
Ger de Bruyn (chair), Liesbet Elpenhof, Marjan Tibbe, Valeriu Tudose