5th VVV Science Meeting, Con-Con 2014

Scientific Rationale

VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) is one of the six ESO Public Surveys for 4-meter VISTA Telescope. VVV is scanning the Milky Way bulge and an adjacent section of the midplane, where star formation activity is high. The survey will take 1929 hours of observations during seven years (2010–2016), covering ~109 point sources across an area of 520 deg2, including 33 known globular and ~420 open clusters. During the Fifth VVV Science Meeting we will discuss the results of the first four years of the VVV Survey as well as to plan the strategies for the next years. The Meeting is being planned to include contributed talks, poster sessions and plenary discussions.

Registration

There is no registration fee, but advanced registration for the workshop is required. Registration is now CLOSED, team members are accepted inmediatly, others have to wait for a reply from the committee after filling the Registration Form.

Scientific Program

The final program is posted at the bottom of the page.

Venue

The meeting will be held at Hotel Radisson Con-Con, Av. Borgoño 23.333, Concón, V Región de Valparaíso, Chile. Hotel costs will be covered by the organization. The organization is covering the stay for Thursday and Friday nights (except for V Region locals), and all the meals for all attendants to the conference. http://www.radisson.cl/pages/radisson-concon-reuniones-y-eventos Official Website[:es]

Scientific Rationale

VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) is one of the six ESO Public Surveys for 4-meter VISTA Telescope. VVV is scanning the Milky Way bulge and an adjacent section of the midplane, where star formation activity is high. The survey will take 1929 hours of observations during seven years (2010–2016), covering ~109 point sources across an area of 520 deg2, including 33 known globular and ~420 open clusters. During the Fifth VVV Science Meeting we will discuss the results of the first four years of the VVV Survey as well as to plan the strategies for the next years. The Meeting is being planned to include contributed talks, poster sessions and plenary discussions.

Registration

There is no registration fee, but advanced registration for the workshop is required. Registration is now CLOSED, team members are accepted inmediatly, others have to wait for a reply from the committee after filling the Registration Form.

Scientific Program

The final program is posted at the bottom of the page.

Venue

The meeting will be held at Hotel Radisson Con-Con, Av. Borgoño 23.333, Concón, V Región de Valparaíso, Chile. Hotel costs will be covered by the organization. The organization is covering the stay for Thursday and Friday nights (except for V Region locals), and all the meals for all attendants to the conference. http://www.radisson.cl/pages/radisson-concon-reuniones-y-eventos Official Website

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