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FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
August 24, 2006

Dear Colleague,

We are pleased to announce the second Puerto Vallarta conference on "New Quests in Stellar Astrophysics". Five years ago we organized the first meeting aimed at stressing the importance of stellar physics to understand the properties of stellar systems at different scales. We now want to focus on the UV interval to review our current knowledge on the properties of evolved stellar populations. This would be a unique opportunity to collect an up-to-date view of the outcomes from various space missions, from the long-lived IUE to current facilities such as GALEX and FUSE. This fresh panorama will undoubtedly impact on the preparation of future missions such as the World Space Observatory. The conference is also motivated by the recent access to the rest-frame UV light of distant red galaxies, gained through large optical facilities. This driveway has derived in a renewed interest on the stars that presumably dominate or have important effects on the integrated UV characteristics of evolved nearby objects. The conference intends to convene scientists interested in some of the main aspects associated with the ultraviolet properties of old populations.

Among the main topics to be discussed are:

• Breaking the Age-Metallicity Degeneracy
• Nature and Effects of UV-bright Evolved Stars (BSS, EHB, etc)
• Recent Advances in Populations Synthesis @ UV Wavelengths
• The UV (observed and theoretical) Spectra of Late and Intermediate Type Stars (A,F,G and K)
• Stellar Populations in High z Red Galaxies
• The UV up-turn in Ellipticals revisited
• Mid-UV Morphology of Globulars and Local Ellipticals
• Ultraviolet Instrumentation for the Future

Scientific Organizing Committee

• Carlos Allende-Prieto (USA)
• Alessandro Bressan (Italy)
• Lucio Buson (Italy)
• Alberto Buzzoni (Italy)
• Leticia Carigi (MEX)
• Miguel Chavez (MEX-Chair)
• Ana Ines Gomez (Spain)
• Rosa Amelia Gonzalez (MEX)
• Jay Holberg (USA)
• Raul Jimenez (USA)
• Maria Lucia Malagnini (Italy)
• Patrick McCarthy (USA)
• Ricardo Schiavon (USA)

Local Organizing Committee

• Emanuele Bertone (Chair)
• Daniel Rosa-Gonzalez
• Miguel Chavez

Puerto Vallarta is a well-known beach resort of Mexico, on the Pacific coast. It enjoys a very pleasant weather in April.

If you are interested to receive further information please fill-out the pre-registration web-form at http://www.inaoep.mx/~puerto07/registration.php. Check this conference web site for important updates and for details on the venue.

This conference is sponsored by the Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica, Optica y Electronica (INAOE) and the Universidad de Guadalajara (UdeG), Mexico.

We look forward to seeing you in Puerto Vallarta!

On the behalf of the SOC and LOC

Miguel Chavez
Astrophysics Department-INAOE and
Institute of Astronomy and Meteorology-UdeG
Mexico