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 *                     Third Announcement                       
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 *                        ESO Workshop                            
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 *                DEATHS of STARS and LIVES of GALAXIES               
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 *                        Santiago de Chile
 *                        April 8-12, 2013                       
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 This is the third announcement for the ESO conference "Deaths of Stars and
 Lives of Galaxies", to be held in Santiago de Chile, on April 8-12, 2013.
 The venue of the meeting will be the ESO Headquarters in Santiago, Chile.

 More detailed information is available on our web page
 http://www.eso.org/dslg2013
 or by e-mail to dslg2013@eso.org

 We encourage you to circulate the announcement among your colleagues.

 IMPORTANT DEADLINES
     * Registration: 28 February 2013
     * Payment of registration fee: 28 February 2013
     * Hotel Director booking: 7 March 2013



 GOAL OF THIS WORKSHOP

 The meeting will cover topics related to the final stages of stellar evolution and the many important aspects of astronomy that
 depend on understanding how stars die and what happens to their remnants.
 Topics related to the stars themselves and how their later stages of evolution proceed, as well as how their demise affects their
 immediate surroundings and host galaxies, will be addressed. The meeting will bring together researchers in quite diverse areas
 of stellar astrophysics, but which actually have strong connections as has recently become apparent, such as the relationship
 between supernova impostors and protoplanetary nebulae.


 WORKSHOP PROGRAMME

 The workshop, spread over a week and held at the ESO-Chile headquarters in Santiago, will be introduced by 16 invited speakers,
 with ample time for contributed talks and extended discussion/break-out sessions. We have received far more abstracts for talks
 than slots available and the SOC had a hard time to make the final selection.The final programme is now available online at

 http://www.eso.org/sci/meetings/2013/DSLG/programdslg2013_b.pdf

 Unless we hear otherwise, we will assume that all participants who were not allocated a talk will present a poster.


 HOTELS AND LOCAL INFORMATION

 ESO has made a special arrangement with Hotel Director, in Vitacura, Santiago. Located at only a few blocks from ESO, Hotel
 Director will have a special rate for the participants at our conference.

 http://www.eso.org/sci/meetings/2013/dslg2013/accommodation.html

 There are also other hotels that are described in the web page
 http://www.eso.org/sci/meetings/2013/dslg2013/hotels.html


 PLEASE BOOK YOUR FLIGHT AND HOTEL WELL IN ADVANCE

 For local information about public transport, weather, restaurants, etc, please check
 http://www.eso.org/sci/meetings/2013/dslg2013/local.html



 SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

 A welcome drink and regstration will take place on Sunday 7 April.
 A traditional Chilean dinner - included in the conference fee - will take place outside Santiago on Thursday night.
 Additionally, an afternoon tour of a local vineyard and a city tour ending in Bellavista will be organised for interested
 participants. Please check the web page for details. If you plan to attend one of these two social activities, please send an
 e-mail to dslg2013@eso.org before 7 March 2013.


 REGISTRATION FEES

 Registration fees will be 250 Euros and should be paid via Credit Card at the time of registration for the latter to be valid.
 Please note that we are unable to provide any help to cover registration fee or travel.


 CONTACT US

 Conference e-mail: dslg2013@eso.org

 Webpage: http://www.eso.org/dslg2013/