1st Santa Barbara Astrophysics Meeting

Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
University of California, Santa Barbara
Friday, May 4, 2007

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Announcement

The Santa Barbara Astrophysics Meeting is the first of what we hope will become an annual event. The purpose of this meeting is for everyone actively doing astrophysics research in Santa Barbara (UCSB/KITP/LCOGT) to inform each other about their work. Faculty, postdocs, researchers, and especially graduate students are encouraged to attend and give talks. Young/unaffiliated/disillusioned grad students are also encouraged to attend so that they can learn about the different research groups at UCSB. The meeting is open and there will be no registration fee. There will be free food (yes, listen closely grad students) for those who register by the April 13 deadline. While all members of the Santa Barbara astrophysics community are encouraged to attend and give talks, priority for speaking slots will be given to grad students (who should prepare to have their arms twisted if necessary) and postdocs/research staff.

We look forward to seeing you!

Lars Bildsten
Nairn Baliber
Marc Favata
Phil Marshall

Photos from the meeting are now available!



Talks

The meeting will follow an informal format. There will be no plenary talks. Instead, all participants, especially postdocs and graduate students, are invited to contribute talks on their current research. Unless we are overwhelmed with speakers, we will allot equal time to everyone who requests to speak, and we will not have parallel sessions. We anticipate the duration of each talk to be about 5-10 minutes, and expect the meeting to run from about 9am-5pm. There will be no printed proceedings, but those who wish may post their talks to this website after the meeting.

The meeting will take place in the Auditorium of the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, located in Kohn Hall on the University of California, Santa Barbara campus. Overhead and laptop projectors will be available, but we very strongly encourage all speakers to send us their talks as a .pdf or .ppt file so that we can use a single laptop to display the presentations.


When you are ready to submit your presentation, email it to sbastro07@gmail.com and put "presentation" in the subject line. We suggest that you submit your talk as a pdf file. Powerpoint will also be accepted, but it's up to you to make sure that the fonts and graphics will display correctly. Put your [last name].pdf(ppt) as the filename

Talks from the meeting are now available!



Registration

There will be no registration fee. Refreshments will be provided at coffee breaks, and there will be a catered lunch in the KITP courtyard. There will also be a wine and cheese reception in the KITP courtyard following the meeting.

The registration deadline is April 13, 2007.
This early deadline is neccessary to help us facilitate our preparations. Please register if you plan to attend and let us know if you would like to give a talk. Please also provide a preliminary talk title or indicate the subject area of your research. Final talk titles and your presentation files will need to be submitted by May 2 at 10pm. You can register at the:

This meeting is not an "official" KITP event, however, so please do not contact any of the KITP staff; send all inquiries to sbastro07@gmail.com.

Directions and Parking

Directions (coming from the south): Take 101 N to Santa Barbara. Take the UCSB exit (Hwy 217). This drops you on to a short stretch of highway, which ends at the East gate to UCSB. The KITP (located in Kohn Hall) is the building to the left. You can find a campus map here. Here is a map of the Santa Barbara area, with the locations of the KITP and Best Western marked. In addition, here is a more detailed map of the area surrounding the University.

To find parking when you arrive, turn right at the East gate onto Mesa Road. Continue along Mesa Rd. until the intersection with Ocean Road and turn left. The closest parking is in Lot 16 or the Mesa Parking Structure. If those are filled further parking can be found by continuing on Ocean Rd to Lots 21 and 27. To park on campus you will need to purchase a permit from one of the dispensers located in the lots. Visitors should park only in those lots or structures indicated with a "C" on the above campus map or the yellow areas in this parking map.

Further resources:

For more information, please contact the organizers at: (sbastro07 {at} gmail.com).
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