The Virtual Observatory in action: new science, new technology, and next generation facilities.
IAU XXVI General Assembly, Special Session 3
Prague, August 17-18 2006
This conference will highlight scientific achievement enabled by the world-wide Virtual Observatory initiatives, review technical progress towards the VO vision, and examine the importance of the VO for future astronomical facilities.
Location and Date
The location for the conference is Prague, The Czech Republic. Our conference is a "Special Session" during the IAU General Assembly which runs through the period August 14-15 2006. Together with a related session on Astronomical Data Management, the VO special session covers 3.5 days in the period Aug 17-22 :
Thursday
Aug 17
pm
SPS3 - VO Science
Friday
Aug 18
all day
SPS3 - VO Science
Monday
Aug 21
all day
SPS3 - VO Science
Tuesday
Aug 22
am
SPS3 - VO Science
Tuesday
Aug 22
pm
SPS6 - Astronomical Data Management
News
The travel grant application deadline has now passed.
As of May 2nd, 166 people have registered their intention to attend our conference (out of 704 in total for the GA), and 22 people have already submitted abstracts (the deadline is June 22nd)
