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 18th, 280 people have registered their intention to attend our conference (out of 1290 in total for the GA), and 25 people have already submitted abstracts (the deadline is June 22nd)