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{\Large Joint European and National Astronomical Meeting for 1998}

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{\large \bf 7th European and Annual Czech Astronomical Society Conference}\\
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\centerline{\Large \bf \rm  9 -- 12 September 1998, Prague, Czech
Republic}
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\centerline{\Large \rm \underline {First Announcement}}

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\centerline{\Large \bf PROSPECTS OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS}
\centerline{\Large \bf FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM}

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     The 7th meeting of the European Astronomical Society
(EAS) will be held in Prague, Czech Republic, jointly
with the annual conference of the Czech Astronomical Society
(CAS). This will be the fourth time the EAS meets jointly
with one of its affiliated societies. The Conference will
cover selected fields of astronomy and astrophysics and is
open to all astronomers who would like to interact and
exchange their scientific expertise with their European
colleagues.
     Rapid progress in astronomy and the active role
European astronomers played in the process
guarantee that important results will be presented in Prague,
a city with a rich astronomical history going back to
the middle of XIVth century, when the oldest central
European university was established there. Incidentally,
Charles University of Prague is celebrating its 650th
anniversary in 1998. At the beginning of 1998 Czech
astronomers will remember the centenary of their prime
astronomical facility, Ond\v rejov Observatory (located 40 km
south-east of Prague). Thus, the forthcoming JENAM 98 is
perfectly timed to commemorate these events.


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{\Large \bf 1. Main Scientific Objectives}

{\bf Solar Physics}\\
{\bf Small Bodies in the Solar System}\\
{\bf Extra Solar-System Planets}\\
{\bf Astrophysics of Interacting Binaries}\\
{\bf Star Clusters and Galaxies}\\
{\bf High-Energy Astrophysics}\\
{\bf Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology}\\

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     These are the main topics that will be addressed in
plenary invited reviews and discussed in parallel sessions. Co-chairmen
of each parallel topic will be named soon and their contact
addresses will be announced in due time. Potential
invited speakers will be approached by the Scientific
Organising Committee (SOC) in the near future, too. As usual,
poster presentations will become an important part of the
Conference and instructions will be given to all
participants in the second announcement.

The SOC also deliberates on the inclusion of joint (panel)
discussions covering selected subjects:
{\bf Instrumentation,
History of Astronomy (including a half-day excursion
"Praga Astronomica" on Saturday afternoon, Sept. 12),
Teaching in Astronomy,
Young Astronomers \& Jobs,
Very Large Projects.}

Two associated meetings are also planned for the days
preceding and following the main Conference dates:
On Tuesday, September 8, 1998 the all-day workshop entitled\\
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    {\bf            SOLAR ECLIPSE 1999 WORKSHOP}
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will be held in Prague at the same place as the JENAM 98
Conference (see the attached separate announcement of the Workshop
Organising Committee).

On Sunday, September 13, 1998 a plenary meeting of the Czech
Astronomical Society (CAS), founded in 1917, will be organised in the
Planetarium of Praha where the summary of the JENAM-98
proceedings will be given by the Czech participants in the SOC
to members of the Society. In the course of this plenary
meeting the Z. Kv�z Award of the CAS will be handed over to
the awardee who will then deliver his/her address. The award
is given every second year to a person selected by a jury
for his/her outstanding results in the fields covered by the
late Dr. Zden\v ek Kv\' \i z (1932-1993): interplanetary matter,
variable star research, popularization of astronomy.


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{\Large \bf 2. Scientific Organising Committee -- SOC}

J. Bi\v c\' ak (Czech Republic),
S. Beckwith (Germany),
A. M. Cherepashchuk (Russia), \\
M. Fulchignoni (France),
J. Grygar (Czech Republic),
P. Heinzel (Czech Republic),
M. Huber (ESA-ESTEC),
M. Longair (United Kingdom),
J. Palou\v s (Czech Republic, Co-chairman),
J. P. Zahn (France, Co-chairman).


{\Large \bf 3. Local Organising Committee -- LOC}

J. Borovi\v cka, L. \v Cervinka (ICARIS Ltd), J. Grygar(Chairman), P. Hadrava,
P. Heinzel, J. Palou\v s (Co-chairman), R. Pla\v cek, M. \v Solc,
J. Vondr\' ak, M. Wolf.

Secretary: Z. Dienstbierov\' a

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{\bf Contact address:}

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JENAM$-$98, Z. Dienstbierov\' a           & Tel: +420.2.67103038\\
Astronomical Institute                    & FAX: +420.2.769023\\
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic & E-mail: zuzana@ig.cas.cz\\
Bo\v cn\' \i \ II 1401 & \\
141 31 Prague 4 - Spo\v rilov, Czech Republic & http://sunkl.asu.cas.cz/jenam98\\
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{\Large \bf 4. Agenda}

The scientific parallel sessions will be spread over
approximately 10 morning or afternoon intervals, each
lasting about two hours. Each subject will be organised and
chaired by two-to-three conveners. They
will referee and accept the contributed papers
and might also negotiate the separate publication of the
full proceedings of their sessions.
The SOC of JENAM-98 will prepare the special booklet with the
abstracts of the contributed and review papers, prior to the
Conference. However, the SOC does not intend to publish any
proceedings of the Conference afterwards.


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{\Large \bf 5. Conference Location}

The Conference will be held in the building of the Faculty
of Civil Engineering of the Czech Technical University (\v CVUT) in
Praha 6-Dejvice, in a walking distance from the terminal
Dejvick\' a (Victory Circle) of the subway line A. The area of
the Conference can be reached easily from the Prague
international airport (in about 20 minutes by rather cheap
and reliable public transport and in about 15 minutes by
rather expensive taxi-cabs), from all Prague main railway
stations (adjacent to subway lines) and also by car.
Everybody knows where the circular passage on Victoria
Circle (V\' \i t\v ezn\' e n\' am\v est\' \i \ in Czech)
in Dejvice is and from
that place you will easily spot the campus of the Technical
University with several big parking lots.
It is not very useful to use a car in downtown congested
traffic but with subway line A you can easily reach the
very center of the town from the station Dejvick\' a in 10
minutes.
The weather in the first half of September in Prague is
mostly stable with plenty of sunshine, light winds and very
little rain. You may expect maximum afternoon temperatures
around 25$^\circ$ C while at night they occasionally drop to
15$^\circ$ C.
Unfortunately, the conference halls are not air-conditioned.



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{\Large \bf 6. Arrival and Departure}

Prague international airport has daily connections with
almost all European capitals and many other major cities.
There are also direct flights from some overseas
destinations. Prague is connected by Intercity and Eurocity
trains with Germany, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Slovakia,
Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, France, Benelux and
Scandinavian countries. There are also many direct
international bus lines to all neighbour and many more
distant European countries with rather cheap reservation
return tickets. These lines operate, however, only in
certain days of week, mostly around weekends. However, you
can reach Prague in about 16 to 20 hours even from such
distances as London, Madrid and Rome. The LOC will help you in
identifying these possibilities upon request.
Prague has a very good, dense and reliable system of public
transportation (buses, tramways, subway) and the time-tables
are observed with astonishing accuracy. You can purchase
rather inexpensive personal tickets for unlimited use in
one, two or even seven days in major terminals of the subway
and many other places. Thus, with minor exception (excursion
to the Ond\v rejov Observatory of the Astronomical Institute,
social programme) no special transport for the JENAM-98
participants is envisaged.


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{\Large \bf 7. Cultural Events}


Cultural life in Prague is very diverse and almost everybody
has his own list of preferences what to see or attend before
or after the official conference programme (we hope that
people will not prefer to attend cultural events
instead of the conference programme!). It is without saying
that the LOC together with ICARIS {\it Conference Management}
will be helping you in finding your way through
the rich spectrum of attractive offers.


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{\Large \bf 8. Accommodation and Board}

Accommodation in all price and comfort categories is not a
problem as long as you send your
{\sc Hotel Reservation Form} early enough. This form will be
distributed with the Second
announcement in February 1998. Please, mark your preliminary
interest in hotel category in the Pre-registration form. The
most economic accommodation in student hostels will be
provided in the Technical University campus. Bear in mind
that Prague has become a tourist center of attraction and
September is still a high tourist season. This might cause
a problem when finding places in restaurants for private
dinners etc. (reservations are recommended). However, during
JENAM-98 lunches in student cafeteria very near the Faculty
of Construction can be bought by conference participants.

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{\Large \bf 9. Financial Assistance}


At the moment we are seeking for local support for the
Conference that most probably will help us subsidize
hostel accommodation for student participants. Regretfully,
we shall have no means to reimburse  travel
expenses, hotel accommodation or registration fees. The Czech
Astronomical Society will partly support its active members
and we hope that other European Societies will follow
a similar approach.

The current rate of exchange is {\bf 1 US \$ $\sim $ 34 Czech crowns}.


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{\Large \bf 10. Pre-registration}

We strongly encourage completing and sending back to
ICARIS {\it Conference Management} the Pre-registration form
included in this announcement
before 31st December 1997. This will help us in proper
organisation of the meeting. Information about the registration
fees is given below.
Method of payment will be described in the Second Announcement,
which will be distributed before February 28 1998.

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         & \multicolumn{4}{|c|}{\bf Late Payment}\\
         & \multicolumn{4}{|c|}{\small\bf (until May 15, 1998)}
         & \multicolumn{4}{|c|}{\small\bf (after May 15, 1998)}\\
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General registration     &   & 120.- & & &  & 140.-  &    & \\
E.A.S. Ordinary Member           &   & 100.- & & &  &  110.- & & \\
E.A.S. Junior Member             &   & 50.- & & &  &  60.-   & & \\
PhD Students (no E.A.S. Members) &   & 80.- & & & &  100.-  & & \\
Accompanying Person       &   & 40.-  & & &   & 50.-  &   & \\
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    {\Large  SOLAR ECLIPSE 1999 WORKSHOP} \\

    {\large   ASSOCIATED WITH }\\
{\Large JENAM - 98 }\\
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{\bf Prague, The Czech Republic}\\
{\bf    September 8, 1998}
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A one-day workshop dealing with the solar eclipse of 1999
will be organised during the JENAM-98 conference.
The main topics of the Workshop will be theoretical and
observational problems in solar corona research,
especially during the August 11, 1999 eclipse.
Observers and theorists will come together to examine
what has been learned from earlier observations, to prepare
common  and/or coordinated observations in the forthcoming
eclipse to solve problems in solar corona research.

Invited reviews and oral/poster papers will be presented during the
Workshop, which will be held at the same facility
(Prague Technical University Campus)
as the JENAM-98 conference.
JENAM-98 conference fee covers also expenses associated to this
workshop.
Scientists interested in attending the workshop
are encouraged to contact one of the responsible persons
(as follows) as soon as possible and simultaneously mark your
interest in the preliminary registration form.

{\bf  V. Rusin        vrusin@ta3.sk \\
 E. Markova      markovae@mbox.vol.cz \\
 P. Kotrc        pkotrc@asu.cas.cz}


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{\bf Joint European and National Astronomical Meeting for 1998\\
{\Large \bf JENAM - 98}\\
Prague, Czech Republic, 9 -- 12 September 1998}

{\Large \bf P R E - R E G I S T R A T I O N \ \ F O R M
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\multicolumn{1}{c}{Direct questions to: {\bf icaris@bohem-net.cz}}
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Family Name:\ \hfill First name:\ \hfill Initials:\ \\
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Submit this form by normal post, FAX or e-mail as soon as possible but
not later than 31st December 1997 to:\\
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{\large ICARIS Ltd}, {\it Conference Management}\\
N\' am. Dr. Hol\' eho 8 \hspace*{6.28cm} {\bf phone: +420.2.6836100}\\
180 00 Praha 8 \hspace*{7.0cm} {\bf FAX.: +420.2.6840817}\\
Czech Republic \hspace*{7.0cm} {\bf e-mail: icaris@bohem-net.cz}


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{\bf Joint European and National Astronomical Meeting for 1998\\
{\Large \bf JENAM - 98}\\
Prague, Czech Republic, 9 -- 12 September 1998}

{\Large \bf P A P E R \ \ C O N T R I B U T I O N\footnote{If you wish
         to present more than one paper, please duplicate this form.}}
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