The well known connections between astronomy, cosmology and fundamental pysics draw closer every day. Recent developments include the structures in the cosmic background radiation, evidence for an accelerating universe, searches for dark matter, evidence for neutrino oscillations, space experiments on fundamental physics and discoveries of extrasolar planets. The three European international organizations - the European Southern Observatory, CERN and the European Space Agency) - are thus involved in scientific endeavours and technologies that overlap considerably, and the importance of close communication and co-operation between them is clear.
This joint symposium is the first to be co-organized and co-sponsored by all three. Topics will include scientific areas of interest to the communities of the three organizations: astronomy from ground and space; cosmology and astroparticle physics; and fundamental physics in a wider context. The event is meant to give a broad overview, and to highlight the contributions of the three organizations, their plans and the synergies between them. The programme will consist largely of invited reviews and discussion, but there will be some shorter contributed papers and posters.
More details and a registration form will be available at "http://www.eso.org/gen-fac/meetings/symp2002" or you can contact Christina Stoffer and Britt Sjoeberg, European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 2, 85748, Garching bei Muenchen, Germany; e-mail "symp2002@eso.org"; fax +49 89 32006 480.
NuPECC has decided to update its December 1994 report, "Impact and applications of nuclear science". Three groups of experts have been formed to review the three selected topics: life science, energy, and atomic and materials science. Their reports will be presented and discussed at a workshop, Nuclear Science: Impact, Applications, Interactions, to be held in Dourdan near Paris, France, on 21-23 November. All information and the registration form can be found at "http://www.nupecc.org/iai2001".
