Dear Colleagues,
We are happy to announce the 2015 KIAA-PKU Astrophysics Forum —“Optical and Infrared Facilities for Chinese Astronomy” to be held Nov 16-17, 2015 at Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University.
The conference would be about what the optical-IR community needs now, and over the next 5-10 years in China. The conference will cover the following topics.
• Plans for existing and future domestic optical telescopes.
• Access to international optical-IR telescope facilities.
• Future large optical-IR telescopes in China.
• Chinese participation in large international projects.
• Astronomical instrumentation
Website: http://kiaa.pku.edu.cn/astroforum15
Registration Deadline: Oct 27, 2015
Please register and submit your topics of interest at:
http://kiaa.pku.edu.cn/astroforum15/?q=content/registration-now-open-0/
The forum will be structured around a series of invited talks, followed by extensive discussions in the form of
discussion panels and audience participation. The topics of discussion and the detailed program will be based
on the interests of the registered participants.
For logistics information of the conference:http://kiaa.pku.edu.cn/astroforum15/?q=logistics
Please pass this information onto anyone who might be interested in attending!
Luis C. Ho (co-chair SOC)
Xiangqun Cui (co-chair SOC)
on behalf of the SOC and LOC
