Third Announcement: Final Information to the Participants IAU Symposium No. 212

A MASSIVE STAR ODYSSEY,
FROM MAIN SEQUENCE TO SUPERNOVA

Costa Teguise, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, 24-28 June 2002

Words of welcome

We are very grateful to all of you for your pleasant and constructive collaboration in getting the symposium organized. Thanks to your efforts we will have a very interesting symposium, covering numerous exciting aspects of massive stars. We hope that, in these few months before travelling to Lanzarote, all of you will be able to finalize your preparations and manuscripts.

Scope of the symposium

The physics of massive stars has major highlights. During their evolution from the main sequence to the pre-supernova phase they dominate the interstellar radiation field and the enrichment of the interstellar medium with heavy elements. They are progenitors of supernovae, sources of cosmic rays, and provide nucleosynthesis tests. In the last decade the major role of massive starbursts in the evolution of the universe has become evident. Recent years have seen avalanches of new observational results in the field of massive stars and massive starbursts from ground-based, airborne and space observatories, from the Galactic Center to Local Group galaxies and high-z galaxies. Due to their luminosity and spectroscopic features, the consecutive phases of massive stars and starbursts can be observed out to huge distances, and thus be studied at great variety. While rapid observational developments are taking place on both the stellar and extragalactic fronts, also at the theoretical and modelling sides are continuing important developments in stellar atmosphere modelling techniques, galaxy/starburst spectral synthesing and stellar interior modelling. This all calls for a symposium, that will cover the evolutionary phases of massive stars (M > 20 solar masses) from the main sequence to the supernova phase. The key astrophysical themes of the symposium are:

The Scientific Programme can be found here.

The symposium will join the flourishing fields of hot luminous stars, dense supersonic stellar winds, hydrodynamics of wind-wind and wind-shell interaction, interstellar matter, high energy astrophysics, evolution of massive stars, and galactic evolution. We will benefit from the importance of IAU Symposia in bringing together specialists in different fields and associated with different IAU Divisions and Commissions. As such, the symposium will be multi-disciplinary in order to provide optimal cross-fertilization.

Science contributions

The Scientific Programme of the symposium, to be carried out from Monday 24 June through Friday 28 June, consists of 18 Invited Review papers, 37 Invited papers, and 9 oral contributions and over 100 Poster Papers. The poster papers will be on display in the coffee-tea-break area throughout the whole duration of the symposium. Ample time will be available for discussion.

Invited Review papers (18): Tom Abel (USA), Robert D. Blum (Chile), David Branch (USA), You-Hua Chu (USA), Peter S. Conti (USA), Donald F. Figer (USA), Chris L. Fryer (USA), Doug R. Gies (USA), Huib F. Henrichs (the Netherlands), Artemio Herrero (Spain), Roberta M. Humphreys (USA), Rolf-P. Kudritzki (USA), Sally Oey (USA), Stan P. Owocki (USA), Max Pettini (UK), Delphine Russeil (France), Daniel Schaerer (France), and Hans Zinnecker (Germany).

Invited papers (37): Cristina E. Cappa (Argentina), Robert F. Carswell (UK), Mike F. Corcoran (USA), Paul A. Crowther (UK), Laurent Drissen (Canada), Natascha M. Förster-Schreiber (the Netherlands), Zoltan Haiman (USA), Margaret M. Hanson (USA), Alexander Heger (USA), John D. Hillier (USA), Peter A. Höflich (USA), Karel A. van der Hucht (the Netherlands), Kelsey E. Johnson (USA), Lex Kaper (the Netherlands), Jürgen Knödlseder (France), Cornelia C. Lang (USA), Norbert Langer (the Netherlands), Claus Leitherer (USA), Andre Maeder (Switzerland), Paola Marigo (Italia), Phil Massey (USA), Francesca Matteucci (Italia), Anthony F.J. Moffat (Canada), Pat W. Morris (USA), F. Najarro (Spain), Ken'ichi Nomoto (Japan), Jerome A. Orosz (the Netherlands), Joachim Puls (Germany), Stephen J. Smartt (UK), Linda J. Smith (UK), David K. Strickland (USA), Marie-A. Treyer (France), Peter G. Tuthill (Australia), Kim A. Venn (USA), M.R. Villamariz (Spain), Nolan R. Walborn (USA), and Rolf Walder (Switzerland).

We expect that much new and recent material will appear in the Poster Papers , which constitute an essential and crucial ingredient of the symposium (see the Scientific Programme). For this reason, ample time will be reserved for poster viewing. The available space per poster is 1x1 m. All posters should be posted on Sunday, June 23, at latest, and will be on display during all five days of the symposium.

The List of Participants can be found here.

Organization

The symposium is sponsored and supported by the IAU Divisions IV (Stars), VI (Interstellar Matter), VII (Galactic System), VIII (Galaxies), and XI (Space and High Energy Astrophysics); and by the IAU Commissions No. 26 (Binary and Multiple Stars), No. 28 (Galaxies), No. 29 (Stellar Spectra), No. 34 (Interstellar Matter), No. 35 (Stellar Constitution), No. 36 (Theory of Stellar Atmospheres), No. 37 (Star Clusters and Associations), and No. 44 (Space and High Energy Astrophysics).

Scientific Organizing Committee:

A.M. Cherepashchuk (Russia), P.A. Crowther (UK), A. Herrero (co-chair, Spain), K.A. van der Hucht (co-chair, the Netherlands), G. Koenigsberger (Mexico), N. Langer (Netherlands), C. Leitherer (USA), A. Maeder (Switzerland), P. Massey (USA), J. Melnick (Chile), A.F.J. Moffat (Canada), P.W. Morris (USA), V.S. Niemela (Argentina), M.S. Oey (USA), J. Puls (BRD), D. Schaerer (France), and J.-M. Vreux (Belgium).

Local Organizing Committee:

C. Esteban (chair), A. Herrero, R. Villamariz, S. Simon, A.R. López-Sánchez, E. Bejarano, J. de Araoz, and T. Karthaus.

Special Sunday Sessions

On the day preceding the symposium, Sunday, 23 June, two Special Sessions will be held:

Those interested should contact directly the session organizers.

Proceedings

The proceedings of the symposium will be published in the regular IAU Symposia series by the IAU publisher: the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (San Francisco, USA), within six months after the symposium. The editors of the proceedings are Karel A. van der Hucht, Artemio Herrero and César Esteban. The required style file IAUS212.sty and additional files are available in Instructions to Authors
The maximum page allocation for manuscripts is:
- 9 pages for Invited Review Papers;
- 7 pages for Invited Papers;
- 5 pages for Oral Contributions; and
- 2 pages for Poster Papers.

Discussion will be included, based upon written Discussion Sheets, to be completed by participants entering into the discussion during the symposium, and to be answered in writing by the speakers.

To ensure prompt publication of the Proceedings, and to ensure that your paper is included, please observe the instructions given in theInstructions to Authors site very carefully. In particular:

Detailed instructions are given in the readme.txt file of the Instructions to Authors site.

The price of your hardcover copy of the proceedings, including postage and handling, is included in the registration fee for the symposium.

Travel information

The Canary Islands are rather remote from continental Europe, however their connection by air is extremely good. The international airport of Lanzarote: Arrecife (ACE), is connected by three to five daily regular flights to Madrid and twice a week to Barcelona. There are also regular flights to London (twice a week) and charter flights to many other European airports. Several times a day there are connections to the international airports of the two largest islands of the archipelago: Gran Canaria and Tenerife. Early flight reservations are advised.

Lanzarote

The Canarian Archipelago is made up of seven volcanic islands located in a privileged part of the Atlantic. Lanzarote (see map) is the most north-eastern island in the archipelago, measures 60 km by 21 km and is located at 29º northern latitude, 125 km from the African coast. Arrecife is the capital city of the island. The island offers the beauty of sub-tropical beach resorts within a unique recent volcanic environment. In 1994 Lanzarote was declared a Reserve of the Biosphere by UNESCO.

Lanzarote is named after a Genoese navigator called Lancellotto Malocello who arrived on the island during the second half of the 14^th century. Fishing and agriculture once formed the basis of the island´s economy but have since been overtaken by the excellent quality of its tourism industry. The world famous artist César Manrique´s sensitive response to unique geography and people of Lanzarote was instrumental in creating a pervasive artistic identity throughout the island. Extremely great care has been taken in preserving the historical and artistic heritage of the island. Amongst the most outstanding attractions are:

• The National Park of Timanfaya, a volcanic field created by the devastating volcanic eruptions which lasted from September 1730 until April 1736;
• Jameos del Agua, one of the most interesting galleries of connecting caves and underground grottoes in the world;
• Mirador del Río, an unique lookout point located in the northern part of the island, on top of a cliff almost 500 meters above the sea;
• La Geria, the native's ability in adapting to the arid environment has created some curious crop growing systems that result in one of the most original landscapes of the world;
• César Manrique Foundation, is the island's cultural centre par excellence that has won international recognition, houses some of the work of the world famous artist;
• Teguise, ancient capital city of the island.

In June the average temperature on Lanzarote is 25º C and no rain is expected. Current weather on Lanzarote and five days weather forecast can be found in http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/Lanzarote_SP_c.html.

Useful web pages about Lanzarote:

http://www.lanzarote.com
http://www.lanzarotedigital.com
http://www.canaryforum.com

Costa Teguise

The touristic resort of Costa Teguise belongs to the municipality of Teguise, one of the oldest towns in the Canary Islands. Soon after the Spanish conquest of Lanzarote in the early 15^th century, Teguise was established as the island capital, due to its strategically important position, built on high land with a good defensive aspect. Its name derives from a native princess of the island called Teguise, who married a member of the family of Juan Bethencourt, the French nobleman who conquered Lanzarote and other islands of the Canarian Archipelago in the name of the Crown of Castille. Teguise held the position of capital of Lanzarote until 1852 when the role passed over to Arrecife.

Teguise is one of the most important cultural and tourist centres of the island. Its streets, with palaces, convents and squares reflect the splendid history of this lovely town. The most outstanding monuments of Teguise are: Palacio Spinola, the church of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, the San Francisco and Santo Domingo convents and, outside the city and on the summit of a volcano: the Fortress of Santa Bárbara, and impressive castle reputedly the oldest on the island, built at the end of the 15^th century.

You can find more information about Teguise at: http://www.teguise.com

Costa Teguise is the most recent development within the borough of Teguise, described as one of the "best planned touristic zones" in the whole of Spain. The popular Playa Bastián beach is the perfect place to quietly enjoy the sub-tropical sunshine. The Las Cucharas beach is a windsurfer's dream! There is an 18 hole international-standard golf course only a few minutes drive away and also nearby there is an aqua park for the kiddies. There is a tree-lined promenade and a great selection of bars and shops.

Hotel information and reservations

Symposium participants are advised to arrive on Lanzarote about Saturday 22 June, and to depart from Lanzarote about Saturday 29 June, 2002. All symposium participants will be lodged in Hotel Occidental Oasis, Costa Teguise, Lanzarote, which we selected for its quiet and beautiful location and excellent rooms. It is at 25 m to the small and lovely El Ancla beach. Please, do not confuse with Hotel Oasis the Lanzarote, which is also at Costa Teguise!.

Hotel bookings will be made through the LOC. We have a travel agent, who has negotiated special rates for the Conference hotel. The price for full board per person/per day and the orientative price for the whole week (from Saturday 22 to Saturday 29) per person are the following:

The prices include all local taxes and the hotel must add no additional costs in your bill. Please, remember that drinks during lunch and dinner at the Hotel are not included, they must be paid apart (this includes even drinking water!). If you have not yet done so, please fill the hotel reservation form (the deadline was March 15, 2002).

The hotel is outside the urban centre of Costa Teguise. You can get the town centre by foot (20 minutes), by bus (line 1 of Arrecife Bus, 5 minutes, about 0.90 EURO) or by taxi (2-3 EURO).

Method of payment

IMPORTANT!!!

You can cancel your booking WITHOUT charge UNTIL April 14, 2002. After this date, on April 15, 2002, YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR ONE NIGHT FULL BOARD TO YOUR CREDIT CARD. This is a specific requirement of the hotel as guarantee for booking. Take in to account that the amount paid for one night full board is NOT REFUNDABLE, even if you decide to cancel AFTER April 15, 2002.

Hotel address

Hotel Occidental Oasis
Avda. del Mar s/n
E-35509 COSTA TEGUISE
Lanzarote, Spain
phone: +34-928-590-410/71
fax: +34-928-590-791
email: oasis@occidental-hotels.com
http://www.occidental-hoteles.com/eng/msie/hoteles/hotel_oasis.htm

Getting to the hotel and local transport

In principle the LOC will not provide transport from the airport to the conference site or vice versa. The bus service -here buses are called guaguas- run frequently and cheaply and are quite comfortable. Taxis are inexpensive compared to European standards. Renting a car may also be an alternative, since car rentals in Lanzarote are rather cheap and of very good quality. The booths of Cicar, Autos Reisen and Autos Cabrera Molina generally offer the best rates. You can find prices as low as 27.5 EURO per day (including local taxes, full insurance and unlimited mileage) for renting a small car.

The Hotel Occidental Oasis can be reached from the airport by taxi, or bus:

• By taxi: would cost about 11 EURO and takes 15-20 minutes.

• By bus: you have to take two buses to reach the hotel, the first one is Line 4 of Arrecife Bus (green and white buses) that goes from the airport to Arrecife, the trip takes 15 minutes and costs about 0.81 EURO. At Arrecife, just at the last stop of Line 4, you can take the bus of Line 1 (that goes from Arrecife to Costa Teguise) of the same company, it has a stop at the entrance of the Hotel Occidental Oasis (before reaching the centre of Costa Teguise), this trip takes 20 minutes and costs about 0.90 EURO. Buses timetables can be found here.

Conference venue and facilities

The sessions will take place at the conference hall of the Hotel Occidental Oasis, which is at the basement of the hotel building. The hall has a maximum capacity of 150 people. It has good acoustics and air-conditioning. The facilities available for the conference include:

• Ample area for poster exhibitions adjacent to the conference hall. Individual panels (1m x 1m) will be provided.
• A small computing centre with high-speed links. This will be provided by the IAC for the conference and will be only available during conference hours!
• Slide, overhead, video and computer display facilities. Special needs can be catered for if we are advised well in advance.
• Coffee-breaks will be held outside the conference hall, in the huge and beautiful main lobby of the hotel.

Changing money

At June 2002, the EURO will be the official currency of all European Union countries. The foreign exchange rates are available here. If you need to change foreign currency take into account that there are no banks or exchange desks at the Lanzarote Airport. We advise to bring EUROs with you or exchange money at Madrid or any other European airport. Several banks are available in Costa Teguise, open Monday to Friday from 8:00h to 14:00h, and equipped with ATM or cash dispensers for a variety of cards: VISA, MasterCard, Maestro, AMEX, etc.

Health and insurance

All participants are strongly recommended to arrange for medical insurance for the duration of their stay in the Canary Islands. The LOC will not accept liability for sickness or accidents. Spanish public health centres have co-operation agreements with most European Union countries.

There are some private clinics in Costa Teguise: Clinic Costa Teguise (Calle la Rosa 39, phone: 928591014) and Clínica Lanzarote (Avenida Islas Canarias 5, phone: 928592606). The largest public hospitals are at Arrecife, the capital city of the island: Hospital General de Lanzarote (phone: 928811795) and Hospital Insular (phone: 928804992).

In case of any kind of emergency, directly dial 112.

Registration

The registration fee for the symposium is 180 EURO, covering inter alia the food and beverages during the breaks, the programme and abstract booklet and a hardbound copy of the proceedings. The fee should be paid by credit card (only VISA or MASTER card are accepted) or in cash at the Registration Desk upon arrival. Credit cards will be charged with the cost of the registration fee 15 to 20 days prior to the meeting. The registration fee for accompanying persons, which covers participation in the welcome reception, the Conference dinner and half-day excursion is 100 EURO.

For those who wish to pay the registration fee by credit card (only VISA or MASTER card) please send the following information to the LOC IAU212 via fax to the number: +34 922 605210 (this information will be strictly confidential):

• name of participant
• name on card
• number of accompanying persons
• credit card type (VISA/MasterCard)
• credit card number
• credit card expiration date

Visa

Symposium participants from non-European Union countries should consult the Spanish Embassy or Consulate in their country and can request, if necessary, a letter of invitation from the LOC, in order to apply for a visa. This has to be done several months before the symposium takes place, since visa applications can take quite some time. If you need a visa-related letter of invitation, please contact the LOC as soon as possible. If a requested visa for entry to the Canary Islands has not been granted by April 1, 2002, then the LOC should be notified.

Please note that participants from many countries, such as USA, Canada, Australia, Japan or most Latin American countries do not need a visa if entering Spain for less than three months.

Social events

There will be a number of social events during the conference. The following is a first approximation to the social activities that we intend to include within the conference timetable. We will update this programme on our web pages as soon as these activities have been definitively scheduled.

We expect that all of the above social events are covered by the registration fee. You will be requested at Registration Desk to confirm your attendance.

Calendar of events

Addresses

General contact address
 
IAU Symposium No. 212
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
E-38200 LA LAGUNA
Tenerife, Spain
phone: +34-922-605-261
fax: +34-922-605-210
e-mail: iau212@ll.iac.es
URL: http://www.iac.es/project/iau212