SGAA/SSAA News No 30 – 2/09/2015
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1. Call for “Astronomy Outreach” projects
2. General Assembly in Locarno (15-16 October 2015, Registration until 30 September)
3. The Swiss Academy of Sciences has 200 years
4. Symposium for celebrating the 100 years of General Relativity in Zürich (12-14 November)
5. The 28th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics (13-18 December 2015)
6. Cotisation to EAS (reminder)
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1. Call for “Astronomy Outreach” projects
In 2015, the SSAA offers financial support of up to 9000 CHF for
projects on Astronomy Outreach.
Funding is possible for diverse outreach projects, including support for
exhibitions, the preparation of material for schools, the organisation
of events, and alike. Projects will be funded on a competitive basis.
Please send a brief project description and your budget request to
(Kevin Schawinski).
The deadline for the call is: september 30, 2015.
Requests may also be supported outside this call, if funding permits.
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2. General Assembly in Locarno (15-16 October 2015, Registration until 30 September)
During the general assembly, to be held 15-16 october 2015 at Locarno,
some time will be reserved for short oral presentations of
PhD and post-doc talks.
To apply, persons defending their PhD in 2015 or 2016 or post-doc fellows,
are invited to send a title + short abstract to the Secretary
(e-mail below) before 15 September 2015.
Also, the selection of the Saas-Fee course 2016 will be done at this
General Assembly. We look forward to receiving interesting proposals.
If possible, please contact the SSAA secretary in advance.
If you plan to attend the assembly, please register at the website below
(DEADLINE September 30)”, Thanks.
The scientific program will be updated in September
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3. The Swiss Academy of Sciences has 200 years
You will find below the program of the activities organized by the
Swiss Academy of Sciences for celebrating its 200 years Jubilee.
http://www.naturalsciences.ch/research_live
Explore science in Switzerland thanks to the application
that you can download here
http://www.naturalsciences.ch/special/scienceguide
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4. Symposium for celebrating the 100 years of General Relativity in Zürich (12-14 November)
The Symposium will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Einstein’s four papers on
General Relativity from November 1915. A review of the history of the creation of
Einstein’s masterpiece, from its roots in Bern, the important steps forward in Zurich
and up to its completion in Berlin will be followed by an extensive overview covering
the later developments up to present-day research. This will include discussions on
the impact of the theory on our view of the universe as well as on progress
in technology for everyday life.
For more details see the webpage
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5. he 28th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics (13-18 December 2015)
The 28th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics will be held
in Geneva, Switzerland, from December 13 to 18, 2015.
It is organized by the Astronomy Department and the Physics Section
of the University of Geneva.
The Symposium will include both invited and contributed talks and posters.
Information about this conference can be found on the weblink below
https://indico.cern.ch/event/336103/
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6. Cotisation to EAS (reminder)
Since 2015 the EAS members pay their membership fee
to the European Astronomical Society ONLINE:
http://eas.unige.ch/members.jsp?tab=payment
New members are invited to fill the online form at:
http://eas.unige.ch/members.jsp?tab=become
All the information are available at the following page:
http://eas.unige.ch/members.jsp
Note that the payments of the fees for the SSAA and the EAS
can no long be made through the payment of the SSAA fee.
Those of you who have however made already their payment
through the SSAA, the SSAA will of course forward
the payment to EAS. But, please, next year made your payment
directly through the EAS online link indicated above.
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