... SAO RAS . ... In 2016, a leading center of the Russian ground-based observational astronomy, Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences, is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The Observatory organizes an international conference "Multi-spin galaxies 2016", as a part of the festivities. ... Afanasiev Victor (SAO RAS, Russia) . ... Mapelli Michela (INAF - Padova, Italy) . Moiseev Alexei (SAO RAS, Russia) - chair . ... Karachentsev Igor (SAO RAS, Russia) . ... Russia), . ...