XXIV GAMOW INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL
CONFERENCE:
"ASTRONOMY AND BEYOND: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND
GRAVITATION, ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS, RADIO ASTRONOMY,
ASTROBIOLOGY AND GENETICS"
AUGUST 19 - 23, 2024
ODESA, UKRAINE
Second announcement
Organizers: Odesa I.I. Mechnikov National University, Institute of Radio Astronomy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (IRA NASU), Ukrainian Astronomical Association (UAA), Odesa National Maritime University, Odesa Astronomical Society.
SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Chairs of SOC: A.I. Zhuk (ONU, Odesa; CASUS, Görlitz, Germany)
Vice-chair: M.I. Ryabov (IRA NASU, Odesa, ryabov-uran@ukr.net)
Secretary: S.M. Melikyants (ONU, Odesa, sedamelikk@gmail.com)
Members of SOC: I.L. Andronov (ONMU, Odesa), M. Capaccioli (Naples University, Italy), S.V. Chebotar (ONU, Odesa), L.L. Jenkovszky (ITP, Kуiv), K. Georgieva (SRTI, Sofia, Bulgaria), N.I. Koshkin (ONU, Odesa), I. Kudzej (Vihorlat observatory in Humenné, Slovakia), T.V. Mishenina (ONU, Odesa), A.S. Miroshnichenko (University of North Carolina, USA), I. Shmeld (VIRAC, Latvia), O.M. Ulyanov (IRA NASU, Kharkiv), I.B. Vavilova (MAO NASU, Kyiv), Y.S. Yatskiv (MAO NASU, Kyiv), V.V. Zakharenko (IRA NASU, Kharkiv).
LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Chair of LOC: V.I. Truba (Rector of ONU)
Vice-chair of LOC: M.I. Ryabov
Members of LOC: V.O. Borshchenko, V.V. Breus, L.L.Chinarova, N.I. Koshkin, L.S. Kudashkina, S.M. Melikiants, S.L. Strakhova, A.L. Sukharev, V.O. Yushchenko, D.A. Zabora
The XXIV Gamow conference is devoted to:
– the 120-th anniversary of George Gamow
– the 460-th anniversary of Galileo Galilei
– the 145-th anniversary of Albert Einstein
Anniversaries of the Odesa Astronomical Observatory:
– the 110-th anniversary of Alexander Schulberg
SCIENTIFIC TOPICS:
Cosmology, gravitation, astroparticle physics, high energy physics, extragalactic astronomy, astrophysics, radio astronomy, solar activity and solar-terrestrial relations, Solar system, exoplanets, astrobiology, genetics.
IMPORTANT CONFERENCE EVENTS
Open registration and abstract Second announcement Third announcement Final registration Abstract submission The Conference opening The Conference closing | 22 April 29 June 1 August 1 August (deadline) 1 August (deadline) 19 August 23 August |
The Conference Program will be organized in the form of on-line sessions and will include:
– Plenary reports on anniversaries
– Plenary sessions in the form of 30–40-minute reports
– Section meetings with 15–20-minute reports
– The affiliate sections and subsections
– Discussions
A “poster session” can be provided for participants in the form of short 5–8-minute oral presentations.
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
August 19
10.00 – 13.00 Opening of the conference,
Greeting talks and Memorial reports
14.00 – 18.00 Plenary session
August 20
10.00 – 13.00 Plenary session
14.00 – 17.00 Plenary session
17.00 – 19.00 Meeting of the Ukrainian Astronomical Association
August 21 – 23
Section sessions
SECTIONS:
1. August 21 (Wednesday) (10.00 – 13.00, 14.00 – 18.00)
Cosmology, gravitation, astroparticle physics, high energy physics.
(Chair A.I. Zhuk)
2. August 21 (Wednesday) (10.00 – 13.00, 14.00 – 18.00)
Astrophysics: nucleosynthesis, stellar atmospheres, kinematics, structure and
chemical evolution of the Galaxy.
(Chair T.V. Mishenina)
3. August 22 (Thursday) (10.00 – 13.00, 14.00 – 18.00)
Astrophysics: Interacting Binary Systems and Variable Stars.
(Chair I.L. Andronov)
4. August 22 (Thursday) (10.00 – 13.00, 14.00 – 18.00)
Extragalactic astronomy and Astroinformatics.
(Chair I.B. Vavilova)
5. August 22 (Thursday) (10.00 – 13.00, 14.00 – 18.00)
Solar System, Exoplanets and Near-Earth astronomy.
(Chair N.I. Koshkin)
6. August 23 (Friday) (10.00 – 13.00)
Radio astronomy.
(Chairs O.M. Ulyanov, О.А. Litvinenko);
7. August 23 (Friday) (14.00 – 18.00)
Sun, solar activity, solar-terrestrial relations and astrobiology.
(Chairs V.M. Efimenko, M.I. Ryabov)
8. August 23 (Friday) (10.00 – 13.00, 14.00 – 18.00)
Biologic section «Gamow's ideas in 21st century biology»
(Chair S.V. Chebotar);
9. August 21 (Wednesday) (14.00 – 18.00)
Astronomical education, Astronomy Outreach:
Subsection «Astronomical Education and Astronomy Outreach»
(Chair I.L. Andronov);
10.August 22 (Thursday) (14.00 – 18.00)
Subsection «Planetariums in Ukraine»
(Chairs G.V. Zheleznjak, M.I. Ryabov
Program and abstracts will be posted on the web page of the Conference: www.gamow.odessa.ua
Publications:
Scientific articles based on plenary and section reports are welcome for publication in the journal «Odesa Astronomical Publications» (http://oap.onu.edu.ua/). The next issue will be published this year, the deadline for submission is September 30.
Please send articles to the following addresses: Oki Oao <okioao26@gmail.com>, or astronomical_observatory@onu.edu.ua. We also plan to publish reports on radio astronomy in «Radioastronomy and Radiophysics». The reports related to the headings of the "Space Science and Technology" journal of the NAS of Ukraine (http://space-scitechjournal.org.ua/en)can be published in issues 4-6, 2024.
For more details regarding the Conference, please contact us:
Phone: +380 97 2758214 (Viber, Telegram)
E-mails:
SOC and LOC: ryabov-uran@ukr.net
Secretary: sedamelikk@gmail.com
Web-site: www.gamow.odessa.ua