SKA Pulsar Key Science Project meeting
"Pulsar Searching and Thai-ming 2007-SKA"
March 29-30 2007

 

SKA Pulsar Key Science Project meeting

We are pleased to announce that the next SKA Pulsar Key
Science Project meeting will be held in Krabi Thailand
from March 29-30 2007 at the Sheraton hotel. The 2- day
meeting will be followed by a 4- day pulsar workshop
concentrating on current radio pulsar timing, searching and
GR closely linked to the SKA meeting from April 2-5.

Thailand was chosen for its low cost accommodation, fantastic weather
and reasonable travel costs from Europe, Australia and the US. We are
conscious of the fact that many topics of interest to pulsar astronomers
are not included in the program (ie theory/high energy studies,
psr-supernova remnant associations), but need to keep the attendance down for
space reasons and do not want to adversely impact numbers for
the planned 40th anniversary meeting in Canada in August that
covers a broader range of topics and is expected to command a
much larger audience.

The conference will be split into two workshops: a 2- day meeting to
discuss
SKA science and hardware in particular, followed by a more general 4-
day meeting
concentrating on searching and timing observations on the way toward the
SKA.

Pulsar Key Science with the SKA: 29- 30 March 2006
Searching & Timing - toward the SKA: 02- 05 April 2006

The meetings will be held in the beautiful region of Krabi, Thailand, at
The Sheraton Krabi Beach Resort, providing clear and warm water, white
beaches, a wide range of ex- conference activities, and a superb 5- star
accommodation.

During the conference we will try to organize excursions to beautiful
islands, snorkling paradises or 'James- Bond island.' Details will be announced
later.

Registration and accommodation:

Registration and accommodation booking will be handled directly via a
special
website being set up by Sheraton Beach Resort. WHILE DETAILS ABOUT THE
REGISTRATION PROCESS WILL BE PROVIDED SHORTLY, IT IS ESSENTIAL
THAT YOU SEND US A PRE- REGISTRATION NOTICE BY EMAIL IF YOU PLAN TO
ATTEND.

(To pulsar2007@jb.man.ac.uk )

As the number of participants is limited, note that a pre- registration
notice sent now but
cancelled later will potentially prevent other colleagues from
attending.

The registration fees for the two parts of the meeting are:

SKA Pulsar KSP: US$ 150 including lunch, coffee breaks, conference
dinner, wireless Internet,
conference bag and T- shirt

Searching/Timing: US$ 270 including lunch, coffee breaks, conference
banquet with Thai dance performance,
wireless Internet, conference bag and T- shirt

Payments will be made directly to the hotel when registering.
Reservations for accommodation will be made at the same time. Thanks to a very special
deal, Sheraton can offer us the rooms to a heavily reduced rate of

Room rate:
US$ 100 per room (single occupancy, incl. breakfast)
US$ 110 per room (double occupancy, incl. breakfast)

These rates are more than 50% off the normal room rate and breakfast and rooms are splendid.

To give you a feeling about the resort visit
http://www.sheraton.com/krabi, but wait
with booking and registration until we give you details about the
special
registration website.

Family & spouses:

We ask for registration of attending family members and spouses to provide them also with daily lunches and conference dinners.
The rates are:

- SKA Meeting US$ 105 (incl. daily lunch and conf. dinner)
- Pulsar Workshop US$ 150 (incl. daily lunch and conf. banquet)

Children older than 12 years will pay half price, younger childrenwill be at most half price (under negotiation).

A 'Kids Club' is available at the hotel to supervise and entertain children during the day. Particular favourite is the daily visit of a baby elephant at the beach.

Organizing committees:

* Scientific Organising Committee - Pulsar meeting

Matthew Bailes (Swinburne - Chair)
Yashwant Gupta (NCRA)
Simon Johnston (ATNF)
Michael Kramer (JBO - Co- Chair)
Philipp Podsiadlowski (Oxford)
Andrea Possenti (INAF)
Scott Ransom (NRAO)
Ingrid Stairs (UBC)
Ben Stappers (ASTRON)

* Scientific Organising Committee - SKA meeting

Matthew Bailes (Swinburne - Chair)
Jim Cordes (Cornell)
Bryan Gaensler (Sydney)
Simon Johnston (ATNF)
Michael Kramer (JBO - Co- Chair)
Joe Lazio (NRL)
Ben Stappers (ASTRON)

* Local Organising Committee

Busaba Kramer (NARI - Chair)

Please consult the conference website: www.manchester.ac.uk/jodrellbank/pulsar2007 and email all responses/pre-registrations to: pulsar2007@jb.man.ac.uk

 

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