Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:20:42 -0400 From: "Jim.Ray" Subject: [IGSMAIL-5802]: IAU Symp 261. Relativity in Fundamental Astronomy To: IGSMail Reply-to: jim.ray@noaa.gov Message-id: <488DB99A.5010609@noaa.gov> Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Windows/20080708) Sender: owner-igsmail Precedence: bulk ****************************************************************************** IGS Electronic Mail 28 Jul 05:20:48 PDT 2008 Message Number 5802 ****************************************************************************** Author: Jim Ray (forward IAU announcement) FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT IAU Symposium 261 RELATIVITY IN FUNDAMENTAL ASTRONOMY: Dynamics, Reference Frames, And Data Analysis 27 April - 1 May 2009, Cavalier Hotel, Virginia Beach, USA PRINCIPAL TOPICS: - Astronomical reference frames in the relativistic framework - Relativistic modelling of observational data - Astronomical tests of relativity - Relativistic dynamical modelling - Relativity in astrodynamics and space navigation - Modern observational techniques in fundamental astronomy - Time measurement and time scales - Astronomical constants and units of measurements This meeting is expected 1) to summarize the advances in Applied Relativity in the past quarter of a century; 2) to highlight the astonishing achievements in testing General Relativity and to elucidate the tests to be expected in the near future; 3) to facilitate the communication and collaboration between scientists working with high-accuracy data of different kinds by providing a chance to meet at a common scientific meeting; 4) to consider and initiate the future developments of Applied Relativity. FURTHER INFORMATION: Please see http://www.aas.org/divisions/meetings/iau/