SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM (.pdf file - 17.08.2009)

THIRD ANNOUNCEMENT (pdf)
SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT: CALL FOR PAPERS, VISA, HOTEL ACCOMMODATION (doc)
SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT: CALL FOR PAPERS, VISA, HOTEL ACCOMMODATION (pdf)
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT (pdf)

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT

On 20 December 2007, the 62nd General Assembly of United Nations proclaimed 2009 the International Year of Astronomy. UNESCO was designated as the lead agency and focal point for the Year. The UNESCO Thematic Initiative "Astronomy and World Heritage" contributes to the preparation of the International Year of Astronomy, and will provide an opportunity to raise public awareness, especially with young people, about the safeguarding of scientific heritage, and to enhance the links between science, education and culture. During the opening ceremony of the International Year of Astronomy, which took place on 15 January 2009, the Director-General of UNESCO officially launched the cycle of activities "Astronomy and World Heritage: across time and continents". One of the main activities of this cycle is the international conference on "Astronomy and World Heritage: across time and continents" will be hosted by the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan, 19 – 24 Aug. 2009, Kazan, Russia (http://www.astroheritage.ru). In the framework of the congress “ASTROKAZAN-2009” will be organized the Symposium “The Moon, moons & Planets: Robotic Explorations and Comparisons”, Aug. 19 - 26, 2009, Kazan University, Russia

Organizing Committees of the International Scientific Symposium “The Moon, moons and Planets” extend a warm welcome to all participants and their guests. We wish you a very pleasant stay in Kazan. The Symposium is open to all scientists interested.

The Symposium will give a broad outlook of scientific areas: geometrical, analytical, qualitative, bifurcation and structure analysis of early and modern the Moon, Earth and planets on micro-, meso- and large scales; fundamental physics from ground and space, micro-arcsecond astrometry; physics, dynamics and chemistry of the Moon, moons and planets, geophysical budget of planetary rotation, resonance structure and geophysical rhythms, differential rotation, free core nutation, free libration, LOD, topography, gravitational and magnetic fields of the Moon, moons and planets, mascons, lunar and planet dichotomy; modern ground observations, space missions and future prospective: LLR, Mars-Express, SMART-1, Messenger, Venus-Express, SELENE, Chang’e-I, Chandrayaàn-I, LRO + LCROSS, Fobos-Grunt, ILOM, Luna Glob, MoonLITE, ILN, Bepi Colombo, ExoMars, LaRa, EJSM , TSSM, Europe lander.

International Scientific Symposium “The Moon, moons and Planets” hosted and organized by Kazan State University, Russian Ministry of Education and Science, Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Academy of Science of Tatarstan

General Description:

The International Scientific Symposium (ISS) “The Moon, moons and Planets” will be devoted to the bicentenary celebration of the Astronomy department of Kazan University (1810 yr). The Kazan State University is one of the oldest and largest institutes of higher learning in the Russia. It was founded on November 5, 1804. The history of Kazan University abounds in the names of outstanding scientists, staunch revolutionaries, eminent public figures, educators, painters actors. The history of the University is the history of Russian science, social thought and culture: N.I. Lobachevsky - the founder of non-Euclidean geometry (1826); N.N.Zinin obtained aniline (1842), K.K. Klauss - discoverer of ruthenium (1844), A.M. Butlerov propounded the theory of composition of organic compounds; I.M. Simonov discovered the Antarctic during the round-the-world expedition of 1819-1821 led by F.F. Belinsghausen and M.P. Lazarev. Prof. M. Kovalsky predicted the rotation of our Galaxy. Kazan University takes pride in its graduates the great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, composer M.A. Balakirev, writers S.T. Aksakov, P.I. Mel'nikov-Pechersky and Velimir Khlebnikov. Researchers who brought fame to Kazan university in the post-Second World War years were E. Zavoisky (physics), A. Arbuzov and G. Kamai (chemistry), N. Chetaev (engineering) and N. Chebotarev (mathematics).

A new scientific trends were started by Prof. A.Z. Petrov, who classified Einstein spaces by the structure of the curvature tensor, by Prof. S.A. Altshuller, Prof. V.M. Kozyrev who discovered nuclear-magnetic resonance, by Prof. Sh.T. Khabibullin, who developed the non-linear theory of Lunar Physical Libration. The telescope purchased by Lobachevsky is still used in the University Observatory, where worked the brilliant astronomer I.Simonov. From 1819 to 1821 he took part in the round-the-world Antarctic expedition of F.Bellinsgausen and M.Lazarev and became the first climatologist of Antarctica.

International Advisory Committee:

• Marov M. – Chair, GEOKHI RAS, Russia
• Nourgaliev D. - Vice-Rector of Kazan Univ, Russia
• Abalakin V. – Pulkovo Observatory, RAS, Russia
• Boss A. – Carnegie Institute, USA
• Brzezinski A. – SRC PAS, Poland
• Chen D. – Purple Mountain Observatory, China
• Emel’yanov V. – SAI, Moscow University, Russia
• Ferrandiz J. – Universidad de Alicante, Spain
• Ferraz-Mello S. – Univ. de Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Foing B. – ESA, EU
• Galimov E. – GEOKHI RAS, Moscow, Russia
• Goswami J. – ISRO, India
• Head J. - Brown. Univ., USA
• Kawano N. – NAOJ, Mizusawa, Japan
• Sasaki S. - NAOJ, Japan
• Schubert G. – UCLA, Los Angeles, USA
• Williams J.G. – JPL, USA
• Ye Shuhua - SHAO/CAS, China
• Zharkov V. – IFZ RAS, Moscow, Russia
• Zuber M. - MTI, USA

Scientific Program Committee:

• Arlot J. - Observatoire de Paris, France
• Avsyuk Yu. - IFZ RAS, Moscow, Russia
• Barkin Yu. – SAI, Moscow, Russia
• Bhandari N. – PRL, India
• Getino J. – Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
• Gusev A. – Kazan Univ., Russia
• Heki K. – Sapporo Univ., Japan
• Hanada H. - NAOJ, Japan
• Kascheev R. – Kazan Univ., Russia
• Kopeikin S. - University of Missouri, USA
• Kholshevnikov K. – S-Petersburg Univ, Russia
• Kuskov O. - GEOKHI RAS, Russia
• Ksanfomality L. – IRI RAS, Russia
• Markov Yu. – MAI, Russia
• Nefed'ev Yu. – EAO, Kazan Univ., Russia
• Ping J. – Shanghai AO, China
• Shevchenko V. - SAI, Moscow Univ., Russia
• Souchay J. – Observatoire de Paris, France
• Sponh T. - DLR, Berlin, Germany
• Valeev S. – Ul’yanovsk Univ., Russia

Local Organizing Committee:

• Nefed’ev Yura - Chairperson, Director of EAO , Kazan University, Russia
• Kascheev Rafael - Co-chairperson, Astronomy Dept., Kazan University, Russia
• Gusev Alexander - Co-chairperson, Geophysics Dept., Kazan University, Russia
• Petrova Natalia - Executive Secretary , Astronomy Dept., Kazan University, Russia
• Members: Oleg Bel’kovich, Naufal Rizvanov, Inga Dubyago, Margarita Kibardina, Dasha Khristoforova, Leonid Rakhimov, Mikhail Shpekin, Eduard Utemov, Renat Zagretdinov

List of plenary and invited speakers: Bernard Foing, Lev Zelenyi, Michail Marov, Hiroshi Araki, Yuri Barkin, Narendra Bhandari, Jose Ferrandiz, Juan Getino, Hideo Hanada, Shuanggen Jin, Sergei Kopeikin, Oleg Kuskov, Yuri Markov, Koji Matsumoto, Noriyuki Namiki, Hirotomo Noda, Jinsong Ping, Sho Sasaki, Vladislav Shevchenko, Jean Souchay

Scientific Contributions

Plenary review speakers: 1 hour, Invited speakers: 30 min.; Contributed talks: 15 min.; Poster presentation, Panel discussions, Resolutions and Recommendations. The official language of the Symposium is English, French, Russian, Spanish.

Proceedings

Proceedings of the Symposium will be published before the Symposium as a special extended Abstract Book (electronic format, PDF): Plenary review – 10 pages (5Mb), Invited report – 6 p. (3Mb), Contributed speaker - 3 p. (1.5Mb), Poster presentation – 2 p. (1Mb).

Instruction for preparing of papers will be given in 2nd announcement. Text of reports must be received by the organizers by 1st July 2009 by e-mail Moons2009@mail.ru. Papers will be subject to refereeing by the SOC of Symposium.

Symposium Fee

The registration fee is 300 Euro, student - 150 Euro, accompanying person – 80 Euro, 900 rubles for CIS participants. The fee covers admission to Reception, opening Ceremony, Scientific Sessions, coffee breaks, Abstract Book, the complete set of the participant. The cost of the Symposium dinner is not included in this fee. Payment of the registration fee will be carried out at registration desk.

Symposium Location

The conference will be held in the magnificent and historic building of the Kazan University. The beautiful city Kazan, situated 800 km East from Moscow, is one of the most remarkable and ancient towns at the left bank of the greatest river Volga, Russia. The ancient monuments of Kazan together with its beauty and cultural and scientific atmosphere, made it historic centre as a Russian Treasure. Kazan, one of the biggest and most important cultural and industrial centres on the Volga River, referred to as "the port of five seas, with a population nearing 1.2 million made up of 77 different ethnic groups, is the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan.

Tatarstan is the most northern frontier between Muslim and Orthodox Christian worlds, a secular republic with stability based on a high percentage of mixed marriages, official support for two languages and cultural tolerance. As a transportation hub, Kazan serves a region encompassing over 80 million people.

Entry Visa to Russia

To visit Russia you must have a valid passport. The LOC will mail every participant an official invitation letter which will be sufficient to obtain a entry visa to Russia. According to the Russian legislation, it must be the Organizing Committee who applies for a visa for the participants of the Conference. Therefore please fill in and send us the Application Visa Form at your earliest convenience. The requests will be send by us to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia. then they send papers to a consulate (a particular one, so people should mention which one they prefer), then applicant send papers and photos to the consulate and receives a visa.

Application Visa Form will be given in 2nd announcement (15 April 2009).

Accommodation

The expected prices for most hotels will be from about 10 Euro (student hostel) to 100 Euro per night. Hotel reservations should be made before May 25, 2009. Complete hotel pricing and reservation information will be sent with the Second Announcement (15 April, 2009). Almost all accommodation is within walking distance from the Symposium site ("Tatarstan") and taxi, microbus, tram, trolleybus (“Korston”,"Safar", "Regina", "Bulgar"). Reservations should be made through the conference organizers.

Travel

Kazan is located approximately 800 km east of Moscow, Russian capital. Getting to Russia by air:
On-line: Frankfurt am Main - Kazan, Istanbul – Kazan (international airport, 20 km from Kazan)
Non on-line: to Moscow, then to Kazan by air (45 min) or by express train "Tatarstan" Moscow - Kazan (10 hours), No. 1 which leaves Moscow at about 9.28 p.m. from Kazanskii Railway Station and arrives to Kazan at about 7.10 a.m.). The average temperature of August is 18-210C.

Preliminary List of Sponsoring Organizations

Kazan State University, Russian Ministry of Education, Ministry of Industry, Science and Technology of the Russian Federation, Russian Academy of Sciences, Academy of Science of Tatarstan, Russian Foundation for Basic Research.

Cultural Program and Social Events

There will be a number of social events: Evening Public lectures, Concerts of the cathedral chorus of the Raif's Cloister, the "La Primavera", the state ensemble of song and dance of the Republic of Tatarstan, the theatre of opera and ballet, the conservatory, fashion show: 'Melita' Co. and "Larisa" Agency and much more

Tours and Excursions

Tours and excursions to Moscow, St.-Petersburg, Gold Ring of Russia, Walking tour of the Kazan’s downtown, Kremlin, Rows by boat on the river Volga to city of the Bolgar the Great (IX - XII centuries) and to Island Sviyazsk Russian fortress XVI century, Excursion in the Raif's Cloister, in the state museum of local lore, history, and economy, in the state art museum, in historical and special museums of Kazan University, the mosque of Margjany, St. Petropavlov's cathedral, the Lobachevsky scientific library, the Kazan state Circus, Zoo, Kazan Derby, auto track on the "High mountain", fishing, tourist travels by boats, bicycles and walk around Kazan etc. are available.

Deadlines and Important Dates

site: http://www.astroheritage.ru
e-mail: Moons2009@mail.ru