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S E C O N D A N N O U N C E M E N T
J E N A M - 2 0 0 7
"Our non-stable Universe"
20-25 August 2007, Yerevan, Armenia
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Web page at http://www.aras.am/JENAM-2007/index.htm
Mirror page at EAS: http://www2.iap.fr/eas/Jenam07/index.htm
CONTENTS
1. General Information
2. Organizers
3. Meeting Venue
4. Scientific Sessions
5. Structure of the Meeting
6. Tentative Program
7. Armenia and Yerevan
8. Traveling to Armenia and Visas
9. Accommodation
10. Social Activities
11. Other Useful Information
12. Registration
13. Financial Support
14. Abstract submission
15. Proceedings
16. Important Deadlines
17. Contact Addresses
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1. GENERAL INFORMATION
JENAM is the Joint European and National Astronomy Meeting organized each
year
in one of the European countries jointly by the European Astronomical
Society
and one of the national astronomical societies. JENAM-2007 will take place
in
Yerevan (Armenia) and will be the 15th Annual Meeting of the European
Astronomical Society (EAS) and the 6th Annual Meeting of the Armenian
Astronomical Society (ArAS). JENAM consists of a number of EAS Symposia and
Special Sessions on various aspects of modern astronomy (see Scientific
Sessions).
The JENAM will consist of 6 Plenary sessions (invited reviews on hot topics
of
modern astrophysics), 7 EAS Symposia, and 7 Special Sessions (SPS). The EAS
Symposia will last 2-3 days each, 3 or 4 Symposia in parallel. The SPS will
last 1 or 2 days each, 3 or 4 SPS in parallel. Poster sessions will be
organized as well for each of the Symposia and SPS. Highlight talks for
young
astronomers will be organized, too. See the tentative program for more
details.
The opening and closing sessions, EAS Symposia and Special Sessions will be
organized in the conference halls and auditoria of the Yerevan State
University
(YSU) (see JENAM-2007 Venue). Exhibitions and poster sessions will be
organized
at the YSU entrance halls. The participants will stay at the Yerevan
central
hotels, and buses will take them every day to the University and back. A
detailed information on travel to Armenia and visas, Yerevan hotels (see
Accommodation), and local conditions is given in the corresponding
sections.
During the JENAM, the EAS General Assembly and EAS Council meetings will
take
place, as well as a Job Market for young astronomers, exhibitions, a number
of
social events, etc.
For social program see the section Social activities and sightseeing. A
number
of additional tours will be organized for accompanying persons and those
scientists not attending sessions on the given days.
2. ORGANIZERS
European Astronomical Society (EAS)
Armenian Astronomical Society (ArAS)
Yerevan State University (YSU)
Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO)
SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Harvey Butcher (Netherlands)
Anatol Cherepashchuk (Russia)
Thierry Courvoisier (Switzerland)
Michel Dennefeld (France)
Anne Dutrey (France)
Hayk Harutyunyan (Armenia)
Joachim Krautter (Germany), Co-chair
Tigran Magakian (Armenia)
Michel Mayor (Switzerland)
Areg Mickaelian (Armenia), Co-chair
Antonella Natta (Italy)
Artashes Petrosian (Armenia)
Ian Robson (UK)
Yervant Terzian (USA)
Yaroslav Yatskiv (Ukraine)
LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
A.M. Mickaelian, Chair
S.A. Ghazaryan, H.A. Harutyunyan, S.G. Harutyunyan, E.R. Hovhannisyan, L.R.
Hovhannisyan, N.D. Melikian, A. Melkonian, A.A. Sadoyan, L.A. Sargsyan
3. MEETING VENUE
The Yerevan State University (YSU) will be the venue of JENAM-2007. YSU is
the
main educational centre in Armenia. It was founded in 1920. YSU is situated
in
a walking distance from the centre of Yerevan in the educational area,
where
there are a number of other institutions. The present building is made in
an
Armenian architectural style and is a complex of a few blocks (hosting
different faculties) connected with each other. It has 21 faculties,
including
the Faculty of Physics, where most of the scientific sessions of the
JENAM-2007
will be held. The registration, poster sessions, exhibitions, and coffee
breaks
will be organized in the foyer of the main building of the University, just
at
1 minute walking distance from the Faculty of Physics. The main conference
hall
will be used for the Opening Ceremony and the Plenary sessions, the EAS
Symposia and Special Sessions will have their fixed conference halls and
auditoria (will be defined later).
All modern facilities will be available in the conference rooms and nearby
(computers, Internet, printing, photocopy, fax, etc.). Projectors and
computers
as well as possibility to connect your Laptops to the projectors will be
available. The poster sessions will take place in the entrance hall of the
YSU.
The authors of the posters are expected to be present in the poster halls.
Preliminarily, a space for 90x60cm will be allocated for each poster. All
necessary attributes will be available. Other details will be given in the
final announcement.
Please find more info on the Yerevan State University at:
http://www.ysu.am/site/index.php?lang=2
4. SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS
EAS SYMPOSIA
EAS S1: Extrasolar Planets
EAS S3: Violent Phenomena in Young Stars
EAS S4: High-Energy Astrophysics: the keV-TeV connection
EAS S5: Activity in Galaxies
EAS S6: Dynamics of Galaxies and Galactic Nuclei
EAS S7: Cosmology: New Facts and New Problems
EAS S8: Science with Virtual Observatories
JENAM-2007 SPECIAL SESSIONS (SPS)
SPS1: Stellar Structure and Evolution
SPS2: New Developments in Asteroseismology
SPS3: Gravitational Wave Astrophysics
SPS4: Astronomy from the Antarctic plateau
SPS5: Astronomy Education in Europe
SPS6: Archaeoastronomy
SPS7: Numerical Astrophysics
5. STRUCTURE OF THE MEETING
The main scientific sessions of the JENAM-2007 will be held during 5 days
(August 20-24, morning and afternoon sessions). August 25 is assigned for
excursions. However, some brief sessions and discussions may be planned for
that last day as well. The JENAM will consist of plenary talks, EAS
Symposia,
JENAM Special Sessions, and a number of other business meetings. The EAS
Symposia and the JENAM Special Sessions will consist of invited reviews and
contributed papers. Both oral and poster presentation of contributed papers
are
foreseen (will be decided by the SOCs and conveners of the corresponding
sessions). However, a generous amount of time will be reserved for
discussions.
The sessions will start with review papers, intended to engage the interest
of
all participants from the beginning, and to show specialists in the various
sub-disciplines how each field interacts with the data in other fields.
There
will also be more specialised reviews at appropriate points. The SOCs has
already invited a number of people to give review papers and has prepared
an
outline program for the meetings. Details are available on the web page of
each
individual session, which prospective attendees are urged to read, to see
how
their own work might best fit in. We also intend to have several Discussion
Sessions, each to be led by one or two experts who will introduce a list of
topics and then invite contributions from the participants.
Titles and abstracts of contributed papers are solicited as soon as
possible
(the deadline is May 1, 2007). We will endeavour to arrange forth posters
to be
displayed in a comfortable setting, and to ensure that adequate time is
available during the meetings for everyone to study and discuss them. The
SOCs
will select contributions which will be accepted and an opportunity will be
given to attendees to have short oral presentation of a number of posters,
too.
There are two kinds of talks: invited reviews with 30 min and contributed
talks
with 15-20 min durations, including a 3-5 min discussion. Posters will be
demonstrated during all the period of the JENAM. Beside the short
presentations
(3-5 min, without discussion) available for many of the posters, authors
will
be able to present and discuss their posters during the coffee-breaks and
time
before/after lunch.
All invited and oral contributed papers will be published in the
proceedings,
as well as abstracts (or short annotations) of posters. Please check with
the
corresponding SOC chairs.
6. TENTATIVE PROGRAM
August 19, Sunday
10:00-20:00 Registration
20:00-22:00 Welcome Reception
August 20, Monday
09:00-09:30 Official opening of the JENAM-2007
09:30-10:30 EAS symposia 1-3-5-7 and Special sessions 1-3-5-7
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:30 EAS symposia 1-3-5-7 and Special sessions 1-3-5-7
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 EAS symposia 1-3-5-7 and Special sessions 1-3-5-7
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-18:00 EAS symposia 1-3-5-7 and Special sessions 1-3-5-7
August 21, Tuesday
09:00-10:30 Plenary sessions
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:30 EAS symposia 1-3-5-7 and Special sessions 1-3-5-7
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 EAS symposia 1-3-5-7 and Special sessions 1-3-5-7
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-18:00 EAS symposia 1-3-5-7 and Special sessions 1-3-5-7
August 22, Wednesday
09:00-10:30 Plenary sessions
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:30 EAS symposia 1-3-5-7 and Special sessions 1-3-5-7
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:00 EAS General Assembly
15:00-16:30 Job Market and session for Young Astronomers
17:00-22:00 Excursion to the Byurakan Observatory and joint dinner
August 23, Thursday
09:00-10:30 Plenary sessions
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:30 EAS symposia 2-4-6-8 and Special sessions 2-4-6
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 EAS symposia 2-4-6-8 and Special sessions 2-4-6
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-18:00 EAS symposia 2-4-6-8 and Special sessions 2-4-6
August 24, Friday
09:00-10:30 EAS symposia 2-4-6-8 and Special sessions 2-4-6
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:30 EAS symposia 2-4-6-8 and Special sessions 2-4-6
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 EAS symposia 2-4-6-8 and Special sessions 2-4-6
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-18:00 EAS symposia 2-4-6-8 and Special sessions 2-4-6
19:00-22:00 JENAM-2007 banquet
August 25, Saturday
09:00-10:30 Additional special sessions
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:30 Joint discussion and Closing session
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-19:00 Excursions
7. ARMENIA and YEREVAN
Republic of Armenia is a mountainous country, situated in the south of
Transcaucasia, between the Black and Caspian Seas. To the north and east
are
Georgia and Azerbaijan, while its neighbours to the west and south are
Turkey
and Iran. Its territory is 29,800 square km and the population is 3,7
million.
Most of its territory lies 1,000 metres to 2,500 metres above sea level.
Armenia's highest mountain is Aragatz (4,090 m or 13,419 ft above sea
level)
whose jagged summit is snow capped all year round except for a short period
in
late summer (exactly the period of JENAM-2007). The lowest point, along
Debed
river, is 390 m or 1,280 ft. The greatest extent is 360 km. More than 100
mountain lakes number in Armenia. Sevan is the world's biggest lake at an
altitude of almost 2,000 metres above sea level. Gaining independence in
1991,
Armenia has undergone fast economic and political changes and is considered
to
be one of the most stable among all former Soviet Union countries.
Armenia is an ancient land with about 3,000 years history. It has been
inhabited since the early Stone Age. Ancient Armenia was one of the largest
states in the Middle East and was often pitted against Rome and Persia. The
Bible mountain Ararat is seen very picturesque from Yerevan. Many thousands
of
cultural monuments have been preserved in the territory of Armenia: from
stone-age buildings to medieval temples and other magnificent creations.
There
are some 40,000 historical and architectural monuments in Armenia: ancient
churches, monasteries, castles, fortresses, cross-stones (which are typical
only for this district) etc. Armenia is justly called a museum in the open
air.
Armenia is also a country of ancient science. Mathematics, astronomy,
philosophy and other sciences were developed in ancient and middle ages. At
the
beginning of the 20th century some European scientists found that just in
this
area in the foot of Masis (Ararat), 4800 years ago, the known division of
starry sky to constellations has come to its final form. Armenian alphabet
was
created in 405 A.D. In modern Armenia there are 130 research institutes
having
a staff of some 22,000 researchers. Yerevan State University (the venue of
JENAM-2007) is the largest educational centre in Armenia. It has modern and
comfortable conference halls and auditoria.
At the very beginning of the IV century, in the time of king Trdat III, an
important historical event took place in the life of the Armenian people:
the
Christianity was adopted in Armenia in 301 A.D. Armenia is the first
country in
the world which adopted Christianity as a state religion. A great
celebration
of its 1700th anniversary took place in 2001, and a lot of guests visited
Armenia from dozens of countries, including Pope and many other churches
heads.
Armenian wines and cognac are very famous. Wine making is part of the
Armenian
culture. The Armenian brandy (cognac) and various wines are of the highest
quality. The generous sun of the Ararat Valley, the fertile land and good
water
quality give the Armenian brandy its gold color and extraordinary taste.
Fruits
and vegetables, as well as national dishes are famous, too. The fruits and
vegetables are widespread in August: the famous peaches, apples, pears,
plums,
watermelons, grapes are very delicious in Armenia. Armenian water is known
as
one of the best in the world. Armenia is rich in mineral waters known
worldwide. Mineral waters of Armenia have a healing effect for kidney,
liver,
gall bladder and intestinal diseases. In addition, mineral water baths are
recommended for anomalies of nervous and supportive-protective systems. The
mineral water brands of Armenia are: Jermuk, Bjni, Arzni, Sevan, Lichk,
Dilijan
and others. Near the springs of these mineral waters health resorts are
established the water being used for treatment of different diseases.
Please find more info on Armenia at:
http: //worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/europe/am.htm
http: //www.armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=Main_Page
Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, is situated in the Ararat Valley, among
the
mountains at an altitude of 950 to 1,200 metres above sea level on the
river
Hrazdan. It has a population of about 1.4 million. Yerevan is one of the
oldest
cities in the world. There were many theories, conjectures and out-and-out
legends which speculated on its origin, till a basalt slab, discovered by
archaeologists on Arin-Berd Hill in 1950, provided documentary evidence of
the
date the city was founded. The fortress, founded in 782 B.C., was called
Erebouni, and it was gradually transformed into Yerevan. There are 20
museums
in Yerevan, including Matenadaran - a unique museum (and institute) with
collection of more than 10,000 ancient manuscripts. Yerevan has more than
120
libraries, 40 hospitals, about 10 theatres, Grand Opera, concert halls and
other cultural institutions.
There are some 33 hotels in Yerevan (see section Accommodation), most
equipped
with modern facilities. The best hotels are Ani Plaza, Ararat, Armenia
Marriott, Bass, Congress, Europe, Golden Palace, Golden Tulip Yerevan,
Hrazdan,
Hybusiness, Metropol, and Sil. The prices for a single room in these hotels
range from 60 to 150 Euros. The cheaper hotels offer rooms for 30-40 Euros.
The
JENAM organizers will discuss the possible discounts depending on the
number of
guests and will announce the reduced prices as soon as possible. For lower
prices, the Yerevan State University (YSU) Guest House will be offered as
well.
The Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO) hotel may be offered for
participants with financial difficulties. The JENAM buses will take every
morning the participants from a number of hotels (having large number of
guests) to the YSU.
Please find more info on Yerevan at:
http: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerevan
http: //www.cilicia.com/armo5_yerevan.html
8. TRAVELING TO ARMENIA AND VISAS
Armenias geographical location is very convenient for connections with all
of
the countries in Europe, Middle East, Asia, and the CIS. There is a number
of
international airlines land in Yerevan. One can use the flights from
Amsterdam,
Athens, Istanbul, Frankfurt, Kiev, London, Moscow, Munich, Odessa, Paris,
Prague, St.Petersburg, Tel Aviv, Vienna, and others, as well as numerous
connecting flights through Moscow, Vienna, and Prague. Given that the
prices of
the tickets may be higher when buying from Europe, the organizers have
discussed a possibility with some travel agencies to book and/or purchase
tickets for the JENAM participants in Yerevan. More details will be
announced
later. For this, please contact LOC after your main registration, when
arranging the practical matters of your travel.
The international airport is Zvartnots, situated 7.2 km southwest from
Yerevan.
Local time is GMT +3, and the summer time, GMT +4. Note that the Yerevan
airport tax is not included in the price of tickets; you will be asked to
pay
10,000 Armenian drams (about 20 Euros) before the departure.
You are strongly advised to contact the nearest Armenian Consulate or
Embassy
to inquire about visa regulations for your country. You should make your
visa
application well in advance. Besides, LOC can sent on request official
letters
of invitation to all participants to help for getting visas. In the case of
absence of Armenian Consulate and Embassy in your country, please contact
the
Russian Embassy for all arrangements. The Armenian Ministry of Foreign
Affairs
invites you to apply for and receive a visa electronically, on-line at
http://www.armeniaforeignministry.am/eVisa/. It is also possible to arrive
in
Yerevan without visas and get visas at the airport (paying 30 USD).
For the main flights from the European cities to Yerevan and back, please
check
our web information at http://www.aras.am/JENAM-2007/travel_visas.htm
9. ACCOMMODATION
There are 33 hotels in Yerevan, most equipped with modern facilities. The
best
hotels are Ani Plaza, Ararat, Aviatrans, Bass, Congress, Europe, Golden
Palace,
Golden Tulip Yerevan, Hrazdan, Marriott Armenia, Metropol, Sil, etc. The
prices
for a single room in these hotels range from equivalent of 60 to 150 Euros
per
night. Cheaper hotels offer rooms for 30-40 Euros. Though strangely most of
the
hotels offer high prices, but in fact they offer excellent conditions
compared
to these prices (checked by the JENAM LOC!). Note, the payments are
required in
local currency only, Armenian Drams (AMD, on 15.01.2007 1 Euro = 475 AMD),
and
the exchange rates may be changed. However, the JENAM organizers have
arranged
possible payment in Euros, which will be more convenient in sense of fixing
the
amount beforehand.
During the high season, the Yerevan hotels are full and almost do not offer
discounts, however the JENAM-2007 organizers have got some discounts
(5-12%)
for a limited number of rooms at 12 hotels (see the table for actual number
of
available rooms in each hotel for JENAM-2007). These are those hotels
situated
at walking distance from both the city centre and the YSU, venue of the
JENAM-2007 (see the table for distances). If you make your reservation
through
LOC, you will get special rates (some of the hotels have not yet announced
prices for 2007). In addition, the JENAM buses will take you every morning
from
these hotels (having large number of guests) to the YSU. Other hotels have
not
been considered because of larger distances from the city centre and the
YSU
(meeting venue) or the small number of available rooms; lodging in these
hotels
will not be convenient for the organization of transportation.
For lower prices, the Yerevan State University (YSU) Guest House will be
offered, where you can share a room with 1, 2, or 3 other participants (as
well
as in some other hotels). Dormitory rooms in the Envoy hostel in Yerevan
and
the Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO) hotel may be offered for
participants with financial difficulties as well (note, Byurakan is 35km
far
from Yerevan, however, the organizers will arrange the transportation for
every
day). Here the guests may share a room with 1, 2, or 3 other persons.
The list of all Yerevan hotels with their brief data is available at our
web
page at http://www.aras.am/JENAM-2007/Accommodation.htm.
At http://www.aras.am/JENAM-2007/hotel_rates.htm, the list of 25 Yerevan
hotels
and their room types together with standard and special (discounts for
JENAM-2007) prices are given, as well as the same information for the
Byurakan
Observatory hotel and Envoy hostel in Yerevan. Because of the high season,
the
discounts are not very much, typically 5-12%. However, after long
discussions,
we reached even better discounts than is usually given to the travel
agencies
(compare the rates on the web). Though in many cases the room rates on the
hotel web pages are given without VAT (20%) and/or the breakfast is not
included, we give here all prices including VAT and breakfast. The room
rates
are announced in local currency (Armenian Drams, AMD), and the payments are
accepted in AMD as well. The present (15.01.2007) exchange rates are 1 Euro
=
475 AMD, 1 USD = 365 AMD. However, the exchange rates may change (please
check
at http://www.cba.am/) and the prices in Euros or USD may change too. The
JENAM
LOC will find a way to accept the payments in Euros, so that there will not
be
losses in exchange.
To help in selection of your hotel and a room type, we give a corresponding
list for given ranges of prices available for your stay (in Euros; this
list is
available in the registration form):
<20E per night: sharing a room with 2-5 other persons in BAO hotel or Envoy
hostel (limited number of rooms)
20E- 29E per night: standard single room in hotel Shirak; sharing a twin,
triple or four pax room in Shirak, Regineh, or YSU Guest House
30E- 39E per night: standard deluxe in Shirak; single room or suite in YSU
Guest House; sharing a twin or triple room in Aviatrans, Hrazdan, Regineh,
Shirak, or Sil
40E- 49E per night: renovated single or deluxe in Shirak; single in Hrazdan
or
Regineh; sharing a twin in Ani Plaza, Ararat, Aviatrans, Europe, Hrazdan,
or
Metropol
50E- 69E per night: renovated or fully renovated single, standard or
renovated
deluxe rooms in Shirak; standard single in Ani Plaza, Aviatrans, or Sil;
suite
in YSU Guest House; sharing a superior twin in Ani Plaza or Ararat; sharing
a
standard twin in Congress or Golden Tulip Yerevan
70E- 99E per night: deluxe single in Ani Plaza or Metropol; standard single
in
Ararat, Congress, or Europe; suite in Regineh or Sil; fully renovated
deluxe in
Shirak
100E-150E per night: single in Golden Tulip Yerevan; superior single in Ani
Plaza, Ararat, or Golden Palace; suite in Aviatrans, Congress, Europe,
Hrazdan,
Metropol, Regineh, or Sil
> 150E per night: deluxe single in Marriott Armenia; suite in Ararat,
Golden Palace, or Golden Tulip Yerevan; executive suite in Ani Plaza,
Europe,
Metropol, or Regineh; VIP apartment in Shirak
For a reservation, at least 1 night prepayment will be required (before
June
1). Full payment will be required before July 20 (one month in advance).
Cancellation fees: price of 1 night before July 20; 50% from July 21 to
August
10; no refund after August 10.
The Accommodation Form is enclosed in the registration form and is
available
since January 15, 2007 at the JENAM-2007 web page.
10. SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
The social program includes Welcome reception (Sunday evening, 19.08.2007,
at
20:00-22:00, included in the registration fee), Excursion to the Byurakan
Observatory and Joint Dinner (Wednesday, August 22, at 17:00-22:00, 24
Euros),
JENAM-2007 banquet (Friday, August 24, at 19:00-22:00, 30 Euros),
Excursions to
Armenian sightseeing (Saturday, August 25, at 14:00-19:00; 14 Euros without
lunch). Beside the joint excursions on August 22 and 25, additional tours
will
be organized for accompanying persons and those scientists not attending
sessions on the given days. Thus, every day there will be several
excursions
for a number of participants. Additional receptions may be organized by
other
interested organizations as well. More details on the tours will be
available
in later announcements. Here we give the list of the most attractive tours
that
will be offered.
EXCURSIONS (all-day excursions include lunch)
YEREVAN CITY TOUR (5 hours with lunch, 20 Euros). The tour will start with
the
Republic Square, which is the centre of the city. Here there are Government
House, Hotel Marriott Armenia, several ministries, museums, Art Gallery of
Armenia with a collection of over 16,000 paintings. The excursion will
continue
with Matenadaran (a unique museum of ancient manuscripts), Ararat Cognac
(Brandy) Factory on the bank of the river Hrazdan, a lunch break in one of
the
nice Ring Park restaurants, Central Market, Tsitsernakaberd Park, Sports
and
Concert Complex, Erebouni Fortress (782 B.C.). On the way, the visitors
will
see many monuments, may do shopping. The excursion will end at the Opera
House.
ECHMIATZIN and ZVARTNOTS (5 hours with lunch, 20 Euros). This excursion
takes
you to an old city Echmiatzin, the former capital of the Kingdom of Armenia
(in
the II-IV centuries). Echmiatzin is 20 km from Yerevan, in the Ararat
Valley -
the granary of Armenia. The Cathedral is Echmiatzins main attraction.
Legend
has it that it was here that Jesus Christ descended from heaven to show
where
he wanted a church built. It was subsequently named Echmiatzin, which means
The
Coming of the Only Begotten. Echmiatzin is the centre of the Armenian
Apostolic
Church and all the Armenian eparchies. There are also churches of the Holy
Virgin of Hripsime (or St. Hripsime, 618 A.D.), St.Gayane (630 c.) and the
ruins of the church Zvartnots (VII c., about 2 km from Echmiatzin).
Echmiatzin
was the centre for world attenion in 2001 during the celebration of the
1700th
anniversary of adoption of Christianity in Armenia, first country adopting
Christianity as state religion.
GARNI and GEGHARD (5 hours with lunch, 20 Euros). The Sun Temple of Garni
(built in the Roman style, very like the Greek Parthenon) is 28 km from
Yerevan. There is an architectural complex of the 3rd century B.C. The
temple
itself was built in the 1st century A.D. by the Armenian King Tiridates. It
was
destroyed in 1679 in an earthquake, but was reconstructed in Soviet times.
This
was the summer residence of the Armenian kings. Archaeologists are still
working on the Garni complex. Near the temple, down to the gorge you can
see
the junction of two rivers, Azat and Geghard. 6 km from Garni there is a
fantastic sample of medieval Armenian architecture, the Geghard Cave
Monastery.
Its first mention is to be found in the 4th century, but the main cathedral
was
built in 1215. The structures inside and outside the mount are one,
compositionally and stylistically. The visitors will have lunch at Geghard
in
the open air.
AMBERD, TEGHER, and ORGOV (full day with lunch, 24 Euros). There are
wonderful
sightseeings in the Ashtarak District, around Byurakan. The mausoleum of
Armenian Arshakouni kings, built in 364 by Armenian sparapet (military
leader)
Vasak Mamikonian is in front of Byurakan (opposite bank of Amberd river),
in
historical Aghts village. A little higher from it, there is famous Tegher
St.
Astvatzatzin temple, with standing buildings since 1213. A little higher
from
Tegher there is famous picturesque Amberd fortress. In 10-11 centuries it
was a
well-built settlement and one of the important military strong points of
the
Armenian Bagratouni kings. Here in 1026, the St. Astvatzatzin church was
built.
Amberd is at a height of 2,300 metres above sea level. The institute of
Radiometric Measurements is located in Orgov. Its main instrument is a 54 m
Spherical Radio telescope, which is correlated with a 2.6 m optical
telescope,
working as a radio-optical telescope (ROT). The institute has also a 16 m
radio
dish, time service, etc.
LAKE SEVAN (full day with lunch and dinner, 36 Euros). Lake Sevan, the gem
of
Armenia, is a wonder of nature, located 60 km from Yerevan up a highway
which
cuts northward through mountains and rocks. Sevan fills a gigantic
depression
situated at a height of almost 2,000 metres above sea level. The poet once
said
of its waters that they were like a piece of sky that had descended to the
earth among the mountains. The average temperature of Sevans water in
summer is
+20-22C in the afternoon. The visitors may enjoy swimming if there is no
wind.
Sevan has always been famous for its fish, especially trout, called Ishkhan
(prince-fish), a fish which graced many great lords tables in times of old.
There are several sightseeings on the way to Sevan and around the lake,
too,
including medieval monasteries and the Noratus Cemetery, a place with
numerous
Armenian khach-kars (cross-stones).
KHOR VIRAP, NORAVANK, and KARAHUNGE (full day with lunch and dinner, 30
Euros).
A trip to south from Yerevan. Khor Virap is one of the closest points to
the
biblical Mt. Ararat (5165m), which is considered as one of the highest
mountains by its relative height (from foot to top), and has a fascinating
view. Khor Virap is famous because it is where Grigor Luisavorich (St.
Gregory
the Illuminator) was imprisoned for 13 years before curing King Trdat III
of a
disease. After this Armenia became the first Christian nation in the world
in
301. Noravank is a nice church (XII-XIV c.), where you reach through a
picturesque canyon from the highway. The trip will take you farther to the
Sisian region, to Karahunge. This ancient religious monument and
observatory
(also known as Zorats Kar) is the Armenian Stonehenge, and surprisingly,
the
name is quite similar by its meaning: kar means stone, and hunge sounds
similar
to henge, which has several explanations. There are several estimations of
the
age of Karahunge going back to 7600 years. There are numerous holes in the
standing stones indicating the directions of rise and set of some bright
stars
when you look through any two of them.
MT. ARAGATZ (full day with lunch and dinner, 32 Euros). Aragatz is the
highest
mountain in Republic of Armenia (the highest in the Armenian Highland and
historical Armenia is Mt. Ararat, 5165m). It is a large massive and has
four
summits situated around a volcanic crater. The highest is Northern Peak
(4090m), then Western (4080m), Eastern (3916m), and Southern (3879m). The
way
to the peaks goes from the south (passing through village Byurakan and
along
river Amberd), and there is a road taking to the altitude of 3250m, thus
making
the climbing relatively easy. There is a small beautiful lake at this
level,
where the water is cold even at the hottest summer time. This point is 25km
far
from Byurakan. The closest peak (Southern) may be reached in 2 hours, and
the
farthest and the highest one (Northern), in ~5 hours. Those who have heart
or
blood pressure problems are not encouraged to take this trip.
Please note that the above mentioned tours will be organized only if a
minimum
of 10 participants is reached for each tour. Some other excursions may be
organized too, including 2-3 days tours to farther regions of Armenia and
Karabakh (Artsakh).
Cancellation policy for the social events: full refund before June 1; 20%
charge before August 10; no refund after August 10.
11. OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION
CLIMATE
Armenia is often described as a sunny country. Its climate ranges from dry
subtropical to cold weather. It is rather hot in summer, but cold in
winter.
The average temperature in July is +25?C and -5?C in January. During the
Colloquium it will be the end of the summer hot period. Maximum of the
temperature, some 25-30?C, is expected. You may anticipate dry and hot
weather.
Rains are rare. However, you can take light coats for evenings, as the
daily
temperature amplitude is sometimes 15?C.
LOCAL CURRENCY
The Armenian currency is called Dram (Armenian Dram, AMD), and the exchange
rate is now (January 2007) approximately 1 Euro = 475 AMD. You may easily
change Euros, USD, GBP, RR, and other international currencies to Armenian
Drams in any bank or exchange offices.
12. REGISTRATION
The registration form is available at the JENAM-2007 web page. It includes
also
fields for accommodation, social activities, and request for travel
grants.
REGISTRATION FEES
Categories of participants Before June 1, 2007 After June 1, 2007
EAS and ArAS members 200 Euros 240 Euros
Other participants 240 Euros 280 Euros
Accompanying persons 120 Euros 140 Euros
The registration fee will cover transportation between the airport and
hotels
(for those hotels having reservations by LOC), between the hotels and the
meeting venue (Yerevan State University), the participants kits (bag,
abstract
book, program, etc.), a welcome reception, coffee breaks and refreshments
on
the five session days of the meeting, and the organization expenses.
Deadline for the early registration (with reduced fee) is June 1, 2007.
If you have problems with web access or with online registration, please
send
the completed form as an e-mail attachment to jenam2007@aras.am.
After the registration, your name will appear in the list of registered
participants. Please contact us if this does not happen within a week.
RECOMMENDATIONS for completion of the registration form
To make easier your registration and participation in JENAM-2007, we offer
a
simplified registration form, where your registration details,
accommodation,
social events, and travel grant application have been joined. Thus your
personal details will be filled in once, and all other necessary
information
and payment calculations are linked to each other.
It is not necessary to pay immediately at the registration. However, your
name
will appear in the list of participants as with "pending registration".
Your
registration will be accepted and confirmed after the payments only.
Cancellation policy for the registration fees: full refund before June 1;
20%
charge before July 20; 50% charge before August 10; no refund after August
10.
ACCOMMODATION information
When filling in the accommodation details, you have three alternative
options:
1. Choose yourself your hotel and room type from the given lists. You may
have
the second choice in case the first choice is already not available.
2. Ask LOC to find a room for you with a given range of prices and your
preferences and specific requirements. This makes you free from browsing
numerous options.
3. Make your own arrangements. Note: LOC does not take any responsibility
for
your accommodation and transportation in this case. However, it is strongly
recommended that you inform the LOC your address in Yerevan.
The room prices are given in Euros in the registration form and will be
revised
weekly to fit the Euro-AMD exchange rates (as the hotels accept AMD only).
It
will be convenient for the participants to select their rooms having the
prices
in Euros. The organizers will make the payments in AMD according to the
best
exchange rates at the moment of payment by a participant. When paying
directly
to the hotels, you should also pay in AMD or transfer Euros according to
the
hotel exchange rates.
Note: contrary to the prices in the hotel list and the hotel web pages, the
prices in the registration form are given for one person (not the room) in
case
of the twin, triple, and other rooms, where more than one person stays.
This
makes easier the calculations of the payments.
The LOC has made reservation for limited number of rooms in 16 hotels, so
please make your choice as soon as possible to warranty the availability.
PAYMENTS
Any payments will be accepted after March 1, 2007.
PAYMENT OPTIONS
There are three options for payments:
1. Bank transfer to ArAS HSBC bank (Euro) account.
2. Paying by credit card through the payment web interface form.
3. Late payment in cash or by credit card at the registration desk.
Note: If you wish to change anything in your registration form, just
re-submit
the form with the new data. Your last version will be accepted and the
payments
will be required according to the last version, too. If you have made any
payments before the re-submission, re-calculations will be made.
13. FINANCIAL SUPPORT
EAS and ArAS TRAVEL GRANTS
A limited number of EAS and ArAS travel grants will be available mainly
reserved for young participants and scientists from countries with limited
resources. However, other participants may apply as well (the decision will
be
made on the basis of the contributions). The application form is given
together
with the registration form. Please request funding only if you are certain
that
your available funds will not be sufficient. Please make sure that you have
submitted the abstracts of your contributions in order to support your
grant
application. Those who are going to apply for a grant are encouraged to
register as soon as possible. Decisions about funding will be made after
all
applications in the middle of May.
>From the allocated grants, the registration fee, accommodation, and other
local
expenses (excursions and banquet tickets) will be covered automatically (in
the
mentioned order). If remained, the money will be paid in Euros cash at the
registration desk.
14. ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
Abstracts of all oral and poster contributions should be submitted through
the
JENAM-2007 web interface, filling in the scientific session, type of the
contribution (invited, oral or poster), title, authors/affiliations, and
the
abstract (~10 rows or 600 characters). If you have difficulty with the web
interface, please send your abstract(s) to the JENAM LOC
(jenam2007@aras.am,
optional for travel grants) and the chair of the SOC of the corresponding
scientific session (see Sessions or Contacts on our web page).
15. PROCEEDINGS
The proceedings of the JENAM-2007 will be published in the EAS Publication
Series in 2008. The organizers of the EAS symposia and Special sessions are
encouraged to contact the Edtor of EAS Publication Series Jean-Paul Zahn
for
further arrangements.
The typical allocated size will be 8-10 pages for invited talks, 5-6 pages
for
contributed talks, and 1-2 page for poster contributions. More details will
be
given in the final announcement and at the JENAM-2007 sessions. The
deadline
for submission is October 31, 2007.
16. IMPORTANT DEADLINES
January 15, 2007: Second Announcement with a call for Registration, Travel
Grant Application, and Submission of Abstracts
May 1, 2007: Deadline for Submission of Abstracts and Travel Grant
Applications
May 15, 2007: Applicants to be informed on outcome of Travel Grant
Applications
and Confirmation of Acceptance of Abstracts
June 1, 2007: Deadline for Early Registration (with reduced fee) and Hotel
Reservation
June 30, 2007: Final Submission of Abstracts of accepted papers for the
Abstracts book
July 15, 2007: Final Announcement with the detailed Program
August 20-25, 2007: JENAM-2007 in Yerevan
October 31, 2007: Deadline for submission of papers for publication in the
Proceedings
17. CONTACT ADDRESSES
Postal Address: JENAM-2007, Armenian Astronomical Society (ArAS), Byurakan
Astrophysical Observatory (BAO), Byurakan 378433, Aragatzotn province,
Republic of Armenia
Telephone: +374-10-580656 (Areg Mickaelian)
Fax: +374-10-580656
E-mail: jenam2007@aras.am
World Wide Web URL: http://www.aras.am/JENAM-2007/index.htm
Mirror site at EAS: http://www2.iap.fr/eas/Jenam07/index.htm
SOC Co-Chairmen: Joachim Krautter (Germany),
jkrautte@lsw.uni-heidelberg.de
Areg Mickaelian (Armenia), aregmick@apaven.am
LOC: jenam2007@aras.am
LOC Chairman: Areg Mickaelian (Armenia), aregmick@apaven.am
For an inquiry and discussion of the details of the individual EAS symposia
and
JENAM special sessions, please contact the SOC Chairs and the Conveners of
the
corresponding sessions:
EAS S1: Michel Mayor
EAS S3: Tigran Magakian
EAS S4: Thierry Courvoisier
EAS S5: Ian Robson
EAS S6: Rainer Spurzem
EAS S7: Hayk Harutyunyan
EAS S8: Areg Mickaelian
JENAM SPS3: Sadoyan Avetis
JENAM SPS4: Vincent Coud du Foresto
JENAM SPS5: Magda Stavinschi
JENAM SPS7: Sadoyan Avetis