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January 12 -- 16, 1998
Puebla, Mexico
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Dear Colleague,
This is the second announcement for the Conference requesting you
to send the following items in order that they reach us before
DECEMBER 8, 1997.
* Abstract of your contribution
* Completed Hotel registration form
* Registration fee and hotel advance
This announcement also contains a preliminary list of speakers.
IF YOU HAVE NOT YET FILLED OUT THE PRE-REGISTRATION FORM,
YOU CAN DO SO VIA THE WEB FORM AT
http://www.inaoep.mx/~turb98/gh-conf2-app.html
Alternatively you can get the pre-registration form by contacting
turb98@inaoep.mx
This information is also available via the World Wide Web (WWW) at
http://www.inaoep.mx/~turb98/
PRELIMINARY LIST OF INVITED SPEAKERS (Updated 29 October 1997)
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| Remy Avila : Atmospheric Turbulence |
| Robert Braun : Neutral gas in spiral galaxies |
| Joel Bregman : Multicomponent models of the ISM |
| James Cordes : Interstellar scintillation |
| Bruce Elmegreen : The initial mass function |
| Edith Falgarone : Intermittency |
| Charles Gammie : Turbulence in disks |
| Peter Goldreich : Incompressible MHD turbulence |
| Randy Jokipii : ISM turbulence and cosmic ray transport |
| Chris McKee : The Magnetic Field in the Galaxy |
| Jorge Melnick : Turbulence in giant HII regions |
| Guido Munch : Turbulence in the Orion Nebula(Historical dinner speech)|
| Phil Myers : Line width-size relations in molecular clouds |
| Eve Ostriker : MHD waves and cloud support |
| Stan Owocki : Turbulence in stellar winds |
| Paolo Padoan : Models of Turbulent Clouds |
| Annick Pouquet : MHD compressible turbulence |
| Francois Roddier : Adaptive optics: beating atmospheric Turbulence |
| John Scalo : Large-scale star formation |
| Ken Sembach : The ISM outside the gaseous disk of the Milky Way |
| Steve Spangler : Small-scale structure and turbulence in the ISM |
| S. Sridhar : Sources and Sites of Interstellar Scintillation |
| David Thilker : Super-Shell populations in spiral galaxies |
| Steve Tufte : Line widths and velocities of the diffuse ionized gas |
| Enrique Vazquez : ISM turbulence and the virial theorem in clouds |
| Rene Walterbos : Turbulence in the ionized gas of spiral galaxies |
| Jonathan Williams: The structure of molecular clouds: Are they fractal? |
| Ellen Zweibel : Non-linear MHD |
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Important Notices
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Please check whether you need ***A VALID VISA*** to enter the country.
Visas can be issued by any Mexican embassy or consulate. Normally a
tourist visa should be adequate to cover your stay at the conference.
During the Christmas--New year period, flights to and from Mexico are
usually heavily booked, so make your reservations as early as possible.
Conference Location and Dates
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The Conference will be held at the Edificio Carolino
(University of Puebla) near downtown Puebla. The dates are from Monday
January 12th to Friday January 16th, 1998.
The city of Puebla, home of over one million inhabitants, is one of the
most important Colonial cities in Mexico, and has recently been declared
part of the World Heritage by UNESCO. It is located 120 km South-east of
Mexico City. INAOE, the host Institution, is situated in the small town of
Tonantzintla, which is about 10 km west of downtown Puebla. INAOE enjoys
a spectacular view of the volcanos Popocatepetl and Iztlacihuatl, both
reaching altitudes in excess of 5000 meters.
Abstracts
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Please send your abstracts, set in LaTex documentstyle (without
personal macros) or simple ASCII, so that they arrive here before
DECEMBER 8, 1997. A book containing all the abstracts will be available
to you during the conference. The abstracts will also be available at
the Astronomical Data System (ADS) abstract service.
Conference Proceedings
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The proceedings of the conference will include invited reviews and a
selected number of contributed papers and is planned to be published
by the Cambridge University Press.
GENERAL INFORMATION
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Getting to Puebla
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The standard arrival point is the international airport of Mexico City.
Upon arrival at the airport, customs consists of a brief passport check
and then pushing a button which randomly selects red light (bag search)
or green light (pass).
The following instructions should prove helpful for you to reach your
hotel. There is a comfortable busline called "Estrella Roja" which runs
from the airport to the city of Puebla. These leave from the airport zone D
(International Arrivals are in zone E) every 30 mins and run practically all
day. The fare is around N$60 (new mexican pesos) and is collected on the bus
by an attendant, who also serves soft drinks and snacks. The bus ride takes
about two hours. The destination in Puebla is either the central bus station,
CAPU (when leaving the Airport on the hour from 6:00 hrs to 22:00 hrs) or
Estrella Roja's own station (street "4 Poniente", when leaving the airport
on the half-hour from 7:30 hrs to 22:30 hrs). If arriving at CAPU we
recommend that you get a regulated taxi (yellow and white) ticket to
your hotel at one of the kiosks with a TAXIS sign on it. Make sure you
take a yellow and white taxi. Taxis from "4 Poniente" have the standard
black and yellow colors. Standard fares within Puebla (e.g. from CAPU to
the Hotel Colonial) are around N$20 and the fare from CAPU to INAOE
(Tonantzintla) is around N$40.
We advise you against driving to Puebla unless you are familiar
with Mexico City and the Mexico-Puebla motorway. Nor do we recommend
taking taxis from the airport to Puebla (approx fare 500 to 600 pesos).
Accommodation
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You can choose one of the following hotels for your accommodation
during the conference. Both are less than 5 minutes walking distance
from the conference center.
1. Hotel Colonial (Puebla):
This is a modestly priced, but very nice, hotel located downtown.
Single room : US$20 per night
Double room : US$28 per night (US$14 per person)
Advance : US$30 (per person)
2. Hotel San Leonardo (Puebla) :
Single room : US$40 per night
Double room : US$44 per night (US$22 per person)
Advance : US$60
You can reserve the hotel of your choice by filling out the Hotel
registration form at the end of this announcement. HOWEVER YOUR
RESERVATION IS CONFIRMED ONLY AFTER YOU SEND THE
ADVANCE AMOUNT LISTED ABOVE. The method of payment is described below.
The rooms will be allocated on a first come first serve basis.
Registration Fee
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The conference registration fee is US$ 250 for non-students and US$ 200 for
students. There is a US$ 50 discount for those registering before December
8th.
The registration fee includes
-- Conference proceedings
-- Reception, Sunday evening
-- Reception, Monday evening
-- Morning and afternoon tea/coffee, Monday to Friday
-- Breakfast and Light lunch (at the hotels), Monday to Friday
-- Excursion to Cacaxtla and Wednesday Lunch at INAOE
Method of payment of Registration fee and Hotel advance
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Add the amount of the advance appropriate to your choice of hotel to the
registration fee and transfer the money to one of the following bank
accounts before DECEMBER 8, 1997.
1. Bank of America
Douglas Office 8422
1001-5 "G" Avenue
Douglas, AZ 85607
Fax: 520 364-5498
Telephone: 520 364-2451
Account Name : INAOE
Account Number : 235048983
Wiring Route Number : 121-000-358
2. Bancomer,
Sucursal Cholula No 8,
Av. Morelos #1
Cholula,
Puebla 75480 MEXICO
Fax: (+52) (22) 470 140
Tel: (+52) (22) 470 310 and 470 142;
Account Name : INAOE
Account Number: 1586860-3
The list of banks that are affiliated to Bancomer is at
the end of this note (after the hotel registration form).
PLEASE INFORM US THROUGH FAX OR EMAIL OF YOUR TRANSFER
(NAME, DATE, CONCEPT AND AMOUNT) so that we can confirm receipt.
*PLEASE NOTE*: Transfers to the Mexican bank can be in either pesos
or US dollars.
Transfers to the US bank MUST be in US dollars
Receptions
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We will have an informal reception for participants and their guests
on the evening of Sunday 11th January. Drinks and snacks will be provided.
There will also be a formal reception on Monday evening.
Wednesday Afternoon Excursion
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The sessions on Wednesday (14th January) finish around noon and there will be
a free afternoon to explore the prehispanic temple of Cacaxtla and the INAOE
installations. We will offer a Lunch at INAOE where you may enjoy the
music of the traditional Mexican Mariachis.
Conference Dinner
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The conference dinner will be held on Thursday evening (15 January) at a
restaurant to be announced shortly. We anticipate the cost of the dinner
to be no more than US$40 per person.
Money
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The Mexican currency is the new peso represented by the symbol N$. The present
correct exchange rate with the U.S. dollar is about N$ 8.4 = 1 USD but this
changes with time (the dollar usually going up). Please
make sure you have some pesos with you BEFORE leaving the Mexico City airport,
where there are plenty of currency exchange offices. Once in Mexico, not all
places take US dollars or traveller's checks. Foreign credit cards are
accepted in major restaurents, stores and hotels.
Best exchange rates are found in CASAS de CAMBIO (exchange houses) open only
on weekdays, usually from 9 am to 5 pm. Most banks open only on weekdays,
also from 9 am to 5 pm. The airport has 24 hour money exchange counters.
USA cash or travellers checks are easier to change into pesos than other
types of currency.
Climate
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Puebla is located at an altitude of 2200 meters (7100 feet). There is
usually no rain at this time of the year. The average temperature varies from
some 20 C (68 F) in the daytime to about 5 C (41 F) in the night/morning.
Sometimes the night time temperature can drop just below the freezing point.
Note that the air is thin and dry.
Language
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Spanish is the official language in Mexico. Because Puebla is not overly
frequented by tourists, very few people speak English. We advise you to
have a good dictionary and a phrasebook when you venture out.
Health
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Come prepared if you have a medical condition that can be affected by
high altitude. The main health risk is traveller's diarrhea and precautions
can be taken to reduce this risk. Please refer to a good travel guide for
details.
Food
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Mexican cuisine is among the best in the world, but those visiting for
the first time should take some precautions. There are some spicy sauces
(salsas picantes) which could be very aggressive to unaware mouths: before
adding any sauce to your food, try a small amount of it on a piece of bread.
Also, to avoid traveller's diarrhea (or any other stomach disease), do not
drink tap water and do not eat raw fruits or vegetables without skin.
Drink only bottled water.
--------------Contact address and Hotel registration Form-------------------
Please complete the following Hotel registration form and
either e-mail this form to turb98@inaoep.mx
or reply by FAX (addressed to Alberto Carraminana), to the following number
(+52 22) 472 231 from outside the country, or
(91 22) 472 231 within Mexico
Hotel registration form can also be filled out directly on the WEB
(STRONGLY RECOMMENDED)
http://www.inaoep.mx/~turb98/hotel-reg.html
For more information, please contact :
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| Interstellar Turbulence |
| c/o Alberto Carraminana, |
| Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica, Optica y Elect |
| Coordinacion de Astrofisica |
| A.P. 51 y 216, |
| C.P. 72000 |
| Puebla, Puebla |
| Mexico. |
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| email : turb98@inaoep.mx |
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or look at our web page:
http://www.inaoep.mx/~turb98/
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H O T E L R E G I S T R A T I O N F O R M
Deadline: December 8, 1997
Interstellar Turbulence
January 12--16, 1998, Puebla, Mexico
LAST NAME :
FIRST NAME :
EMAIL :
Address :
Telephone : FAX:
The Hotel in which you wish us to arrange accommodation with in Puebla :
1. Hotel Colonial ( )
2. Hotel San Leonardo ( )
3. None ( )
Type of Room : Single ( ) Double ( )
If you would like to share a room with another conference participant
please provide his/her name :
Date of Arrival :
Date of Departure :
Are you a student? [YES/NO]
Are you likely to attend the reception? [YES/NO]
Are you likely to attend the conference dinner? [YES/NO]
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The banks that are affiliated to Bancomer in different countries are:
Argentina: Banco de Galicia y Buenos Aires
Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires
Banco Frances de Rio de la Plata
Banco Quilmes
Banco Rio de la Plata
Brasil: Banco Bamerindos do Brasil
Banco Bradesco
Banco do Estado de Rio de Janeiro
Banco Real
Banco Safra
Chile: Chemical Bank (New York)
France: Banque Francaise du Commerce Exterieur
Banca Nationale de Paris
Credit Lyonnais
Societe Generale
Germany: Bayerische Hypotheken und Wechsel Bank
Bayerische Landesbank Girozentrale
Berliner Handels und Franfurter Bank
Commerzbank
Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Genossenschaftsbank
Deutsche Sudamerikanische Bank
Dresdner Bank
Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale
India: Chemical Bank (New York)
Italy: Banca Commerciale Italiana
Banca di Roma
Banca Nazionale del Lavoro
Chemical Bank (New York)
Japan: Bank of Tokyo
Fuji Bank
Sumitomo Bank
Spain: Banco Central Hispanoamericano
Banco Espa~nol de Credito
Banco Santander
UK: Barclays Bank
Midland Bank
National Westmister Bank
USA: Chemical Bank (New York)
Rest of the World: Chemical Bank (New York)
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This is the updated WEB version of the second announcement that was
circulated on the 13th of October
Last modified on 9 December 1997