_________________________________________________________________________1. General assembly 14 nov 2009 in Luzern (last announcement)
2. Swiss Virtual Observatory day, Geneva 21 jan 2010
3. Ambartsumian prize nominations
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1. General assembly 14 nov 2009 in Luzern (last announcement)
The agenda and various reports for the business session are available at
http://obswww.unige.ch/SSAA/index.php?page=assemblee-2009&hl=eng
Members are reminded to propose Saas-Fee courses for 2011, which will
be selected during the business session, following the normal procedure.
The above page also contains the full program of the 13-14 nov event
(Annual congress of scnat, General Assembly of the SSAA, Closing ceremony IYA2009).
We look forward to see many members at this special occasion.
The SSAA committee
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2. Swiss Virtual Observatory day, Geneva 21 jan 2010
A one-day introduction to Virtual Observatory tools will take place
21 jan 2010 at the Geneva Observatory. For more information consult: http://www.euro-vo.org/pub/fc/swissvoday.html
(preliminary webpage).
For registrations please e-mail Daniel Schaerer (daniel.schaererATunige.ch)
More details will be e-mailed to the participants in due time.
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3. Ambartsumian prize nominations
Viktor Ambartsumian Prize is one of the important awards in
astronomy/astrophysics and related sciences. It is being awarded to outstanding scientists having significant contribution in physical-mathematical sciences from any country and nationality. The Prize totals USD 500,000 and is being awarded once
each two years, starting with 2010.
The announcement is available at
http://obswww.unige.ch/SSAA/uploads/pdf/VAprize_announcement.pdf
For more information see http://vaprize.sci.am/index.html
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