The Galactic Plane in Rio : IAU General Assembly


Our special session is part of the twenty-seveth General Assembly of the IAU, being held in Rio de Janeiro, during the period Aug 03-14 2009.

All information about the General Assembly including other symposia and sessions, travel, accomodation, social programme, and so on can be found at the General Assembly Web Pages

Note that to register, and to submit abstracts for this Galactic Plane conference, you must do so via the General Assembly web pages. However, interested parties are welcome to contact the Scientific Organising Committee if they have specific queries.

Details for speakers and poster presenters can be found at http://www.astronomy2009.com.br/instrpres.html

Note that speakers MUST upload their talk to the IAU GA presentation PC at least two hours before they are due to speak. Speakers will NOT be allowed to connect their own laptops to the GA projectors.