Astrophysics in the LOFAR era

23 - 27 April 2007, Emmen (NL)

A scientific workshop organised by

LOFAR / ASTRON

Registration

Please register through the conference web site. The registration deadline is March 1, 2007. The logistic will limit the number of participants to 100. In case we get more registrations that we can accept, the SOC will have to select eligible participants, placing the remaining ones in a waiting list.

The Conference fee is EUR 350 if paid through bank transfer before March 1, 2007 and EUR 380 if paid cash at the conference desk. This conference fee includes food, lodging, abstract book, evening activities, field trip and conference banquet.

 

Questions

If there are further questions please contact workshop@lofar.org

Financial Support

We expect to have some funding available to provide financial support especially for Young scientists. Participants who wish to request financial support should state that in the registration form. The Participants will be notified soon after March 1st about the outcome of their request.

 

Financial Support

Abstract submission Participants who wish to present a contribution to the workshop are requested to submit title, abstract, and type of presentation (poster or 15-20min talk) along with the registration form. The deadline for the Abstracts and Registration is March 1st, 2007. The presentations (posters) accepted for the conference will be made known soon after the selection by the SOC.

General

The number of participants will be limited to ~100.

The workshop will begin on Monday afternoon and finish at lunchtime on Friday. There will be invited talks featuring the LOFAR system, results of the first prototype stations and the initial science drivers of the development for LOFAR. Discussion sessions will be held and additional workgroup discussion will be encouraged. Contributed talks and posters focusing on future LOFAR science in the context of past and current work are welcome.

There will be no formal proceedings volume, but we plan to make the presentations available on the conference website

 

Payment

Bank details of Stichting ASTRON for bank transfer:
Fortis Bank, PO Box 1814, 3000 BV te Rotterdam
Account number: 642388180
IBAN: NL76FTSB0642388180
BIC (or SWIFT-code): FTSBNL2R
Please indicate your name, institution and state “LOFAR workshop”.