*************************************************************************************************** Second announcement ESO/ALMA WORKSHOP: STAR FORMATION FROM CORES TO CLUSTERS Santiago, Chile, March 6 - 9, 2017 http://www.eso.org/sci/meetings/2017/star-formation2017.html Conference email: sf2017@eso.org Organizers: ESO, ALMA *************************************************************************************************** We would like to share with you the latest information about the workshop in Santiago, in March 2017. Important Deadlines Submission of abstracts: December 1st, 2016 Notification of talk selection: January 15, 2017 Registration: January 20, 2017; earlier if the 100 conference slots are filled before Hotel Director booking: February 5, 2017 Payment of registration fee: February 8, 2017 ********************************************************************************** Sessions: (two invited speakers will present observations and theory, respectively, for each topic) Topic: Molecular clouds and star forming regions (formation, evolution, chemistry, structure) Zhi-Yun Li, University of Virginia, USA Manuel Fernández López, Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía, Argentina Topic: Pre- and protostellar cores Stella Offner, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA Nami Sakai, RIKEN, Japan Topic: Outflows, envelopes, first conditions of disk formation Eduard Vorobyov, University of Vienna, Austria Mike Dunham, SUNY Fredonia, NY, USA Topic: Earliest stages of the sub-stellar regime Dimitris Stamatellos, University of Central Lancashire, UK Nuria Huelamo, CAB, INTA-CSIC, Spain Topic: Multiplicity at early stages of star formation, small clusters Richard Parker, Liverpool John Moores University, UK Masao Saito, NAOJ, Japan ********************************************************************************** Registration & Abstracts Registration fee: EUR 250 / EUR 150 for students Deadline for payment: February 8, 2017 The registration fee is payable through the ESO shop via credit card. It covers the welcome reception, daily lunches, the workshop dinner and all tea/coffee breaks. Abstract submission is open until December 1st, 2016 ********************************************************************************** Accommodation ESO has a special arrangement with Hotel Director, in Vitacura, Santiago. Located only a few blocks (walking distance) away from ESO, Hotel Director will have a special rate for the participants at our conference. For information about the booking code and room rates, please check URL http://www.eso.org/sci/meetings/2017/star-formation2017/accommodation.html The hotel only accepts payment in USD and CLP. Those persons who pay in Chilean pesos will be charged the price of the room plus the 19% VAT. You are exempt of this charge if you pay with US dollars, travellers' cheque, or credit card (US$). This means that passengers paying in US$ can request exportation invoice (factura de exportacion). In this way, they do not pay the VAT (IVA). Daily rates include breakfast. Address: Av. Vitacura 3600, Vitacura, Santiago Tel: +56-2-23891900 Web page: http://directoresvitacura-hotel.guestcentric.net/en/hotel-overview.html