COSMO-PL SPRING MEETING 2006: FINAL REMINDER
Hi everyone,
This is the final announcement for the COSMO-PL SPRING MEETING 2006, Fri-Sat 19-20 May 2006 at the Toruń Centre for Astronomy, UMK. The Friday session will be held in the Radio Astronomy building in Piwnice, the Saturday session will be held in the Physics Institute. Atto-cosmology models (10^{-18}h^{-1}Gpc) predict 30% chance of rain in Toruń during the meeting. Details of how to get here and the program are below. Modification of the program to include people who have not yet confirmed their attendance is still possible. We hope to have internet access available during the meeting - bring your laptops!
WHERE Friday 19 May @Piwnice: Katedra Radio Astronomii, Centrum Astronomii
* PKS-Connex bus from "dworzec PKS" (Toruń centre) at 08.30g * http://www.astro.uni.torun.pl * return in evening 18.03 from Piwnice to Toruń
Saturday 20 @Instytut Fizyki
* sala XX, Instytut Fizyki, Grudziądzka 5 http://www.phys.uni.torun.pl * bus 22 or 27 from northside of the Toruń Główny train station takes about 3 minutes to town centre. * full path from station to Institute: http://www.fizyka.umk.pl/phys/DOJAZD/dojazd-w.html
PROGRAM
Friday 19 May 09:00-17:00
09:00 online cosmocoffee workshop moderator: Boud Roukema - http://www.cosmocoffee.info
11:00 real coffee/tea
11:30 A Big-Rip (phantom) scenario and an exotic future of the Universe Mariusz Dąbrowski (U Szczecin)
12:30 lunch
14:00 Strong lensing systems as a probe of dark energy in the Universe Marek Biesiada (U Śląski)
15:00 real coffee/tea
15:30 WMAP and cosmic topology Boud Roukema (UMK Toruń)
Saturday 20 May 09:00-17:00
09:00 (title tbd) Roman Juszkiewicz (CAMK)
10:30 coffee
11:00 Claims of dark matter detection: DAMA/NaI and INTEGRAL Agnieszka Szaniewska (UMK Toruń)
12:30 lunch
14:00 DE - Chaplygin gas, vacuum decaying cosm constant, Cardassian models Włodek Godłowski (OA-UJagelloński)
15:00 coffee
15:30 AGN recycling - birth and death Andrzej Marecki (UMK Toruń)
Looking forward to seeing you on Friday, Local Organising Committee http://cosmo.torun.pl/Cosmo/CosmoPlMeeting2006 http://cosmo.torun.pl/Cosmo/CosmoPlMeeting2006Program