2016 May 10

Dear colleagues,

This is the 2nd announcement of the 10th East-Asia Meeting on Astronomy (EAMA10) to be held at Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea during September 26-30, 2016. 

The registration is now open, and you can now submit your application for talks/poster presentations at EAMA10. We expect to finalize the program soon after the abstract submission deadline (July 15, 2016). If you have questions, please contact us at eama10@astro.snu.ac.kr.

There are three special announcements. 

(1) One is the call for special sessions. We will be happy to host several special sessions during EAMA10. Please submit your requests if you would like to host a special session (see below). (2) Another is about social events. We will have a welcome reception on the evening of 9/26 (Monday). Light meals and drinks will be served. Also, we will have a short excursion to a small district of traditional Korean houses in the late afternoon of 9/28 (Wednesday). The conference banquet will be held at a Korean restaurant in the district. For more information, please see the meeting website. The cost for both the welcome reception and the banquet/short excursion is included in the registration fee. (3) We have a small amount of fund available to support some of the local expenses for participants who need financial assistance to attend the meeting. If you need financial assistance, please indicate so in the registration form, "special requests". Please note that the fund is limited and we cannot guarantee the support for all the requests.  

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 Call for Special Sessions 

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As part of EAMA10, we are going to offer the opportunity to organize

special sessions of about 1.5 to 3 hour duration. The format is free

and up to the organizers; possible formats are panel discussions,

series of talks, and others. If you want to propose a special session,

please send (1) the title of the session, (2) a short description

of the session, and, if applicable, (3) a list of speakers together

with their tentative titles, to eama10@astro.snu.ac.kr. 

The SOC will review the proposal and, if possible, include the session 

into the program. The deadline for the special session proposal is 

2016 June 30. 

--- Scientific Rationale ---

East-Asia Meeting on Astronomy (EAMA) aims at promoting collaborations of astronomers in East Asia. Since its first meeting in 1990 in China, the EAMA has been indeed providing a place to discuss the ideas and to coordinate the efforts on fostering collaborations among East Asian countries as well as among individuals. The formation of EACOA (East Asian Core Observatories Association) in 2005 was a meaningful output of EAMA. The upcoming 10th EAMA (EAMA10) will be held on September 26-30, 2016 in Seoul, Korea. The astronomical activities in the East Asian region are now quite diverse and more collaborative than ever before, without mentioning individual projects. EAMA10 will contribute to further promoting such activities by discussing regional activities, current and future large facilities, science projects, and astronomy education and public outreach in East Asian countries. As the 10th meeting, it will be also a good opportunity to look back the astronomical achievements of the East Asian region during past 25 years and to foresee its next 25 years.

  Sincerely yours,

    Bon-Chul Koo, SOC Chair & Myungshin Im, LOC Chair

     on behalf of the EAMA10 SOC/LOC