Overview

This is the first conference in star formation in Vietnam. The last few years have changed drastically the landscape of star formation research, thanks to the successful operations of Herschel Space Observatory, ALMA, JCMT, PdBI, IRAM 30m, SMA…and the new development in numerical simulations and theory. We aim at to bringing together theorists and observers working on star formation, who would address the most recent advances in our knowledge of filament, core, cloud evolution and their interconnection. The conference will target to all aspects of star formation, including low-mass star formation, massive star formation, filamentary structure, giant molecular clouds, and galaxy-scale star formation. The workshop also aims at fostering close collaboration via smaller size focus groups.

The meeting consists of several invited talks (25min including 5min for Q&A), contributed talk (15min including 5min for Q&A), and posters. Selection of contributed talks will be done by the SOC by the end of May 2016. There will be time for focus group meetings and a half-day excursion. For young astronomers from developing countries, there will be also two days star formation bootcamp prior to the conference which cover fundamental knowledge of star formation.

Since 1993 the Rencontres du Vietnam, which is an official partner of UNESCO, has organised international scientific conferences and thematic schools to foster exchanges between Vietnamese or Asia-Pacific scientists and colleagues from other parts of the world.

The International Centre for Interdisciplinary Science Education (ICISE <http://rencontresduvietnam.org/>) in the city of Quy Nhon (Central Vietnam)  has the ambitious objective to focus on developing science and education, helping young Asian students and scientists to meet with the international science community, bringing the Kotaro Kohno (Univ. Tokyo, JP)​opportunity to accelerate their knowledge by attending lectures and sharing ideas with overseas high-level counterparts.

ICISE Maps

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Scientific Organizing Committee

Philippe André (CEA, FR) Henrik Beuther (MPIA, DE) Ian Bonnell (St Andrew, UK)
Joseph Girart (Barcelona, ES) Alyssa Goodman (CfA, US) Doug Johnstone (HIA, CA)
Paul Ho (EAO, US) Kee-Tae Kim (KASI, KR) Kotaro Kohno (Univ. Tokyo, JP)​
Mark Krumholz (Santa Cruz/ANU, US/AU) Di Li (CAS, CN) Hua Bai Li (HKU, HK)
Sheng Yuan Liu (ASIAA, TW) Chris Matzner (UofT, CA) Karl Menten (MPIR, DE)
Thierry Montmerle (IAP, FR) Frederique Motte (Grenoble, FR) Fumitaka Nakamura (NAOJ, JP, Chair)
ScientificToshikazu Onishi (Osaka Pref. Univ., JP) Peter Schilke (Univ. of Cologne, DE) Ken’ichi Tatematsu (NAOJ, JP)
Koji Tomisaka (NAOJ, JP)

 

Local Organizing Committee

Pham Ngoc Diep (VNSC) (TBC) Le Minh Tan (Tay Nguyen University) (TBC) Nguyen Luong Quang (NAOJ & CITA)
Nguyen Quynh Lan (Hanoi Pedagogy university) (TBC) Jean Tran Thanh Van (ICISE)

 

Conference venue

The conference will be organized at the International Center for Interdisciplinary Science and Education in Vietnam (ICISE) by Rencontres du Vietnam, a scientific non-profit organization. The venue is located at a beautiful beach in Vietnam, thus allowing participants also to enjoy the nature, culture while having rich scientific discussion. Information can be found here: http://rencontresduvietnam.org/introduction/.

Timeline

31 Nov 2015: First announcement & registration open

30 Jan 2016: Confirmed list of invited speakers & second announcement

30 Mar 2016: Oral abstract and financial support deadline

30 April 2016: Poster abstract deadline & registration deadline

1 May 3016: LOCs begins to help with VISA and arranges welcome

 

Supporting Institutions

Ministry of Science and Technology, Vietnam/NAFOSTED

Rencontres de Moriond/ARISF

 

Contact

For questions regarding the scientific program, please contact:

Quang Nguyen-Luong (quang.nguyen-luong@nao.ac.jp)

Fumitaka Nakamura (fumitaka.nakamura@nao.ac.jp)

For administrative information, please contact:

Aimie Fong (rencontres.vietnam@gmail.com)
Secretary of the Rencontres du Vietnam

BP 33, F-91192, Gif sur Yvette, France
Tel: 33 (0)1 69 28 51 35 / 33(0)7 81 29 44 15