Dear Colleagues:<\/p>\n
It is my pleasure to welcome you all as participants of the Kobe workshop,
\nJuly 22 through August 23, 2013, which will start in a week and a bit.
\nOur apologies for the late notice, but it turned out that until this
\nweek there were still uncertainties in the scheduling of some of the
\nmajor participants. However, now everything has been decided, and
\nactually on the same dates as I have mentioned to many of you earlier
\nas tentative dates. (So nothing has changed in the last two months, other
\nthan that the tentative dates have now become the same real fixed dates)<\/p>\n
First things first: if you have any question about any logistical aspects
\nof your visit, please contact Miyuki Tsubouchi, Jun Makino’s assistant,
\nat <anu@mail.jmlab.jp>. She can help you with reimbursement, housing,
\nas well as advice about travel.<\/p>\n
Secondly, here is the list of participants: http:\/\/www.jmlab.jp\/?page_id=113<\/p>\n
And here is a description of our plans, which I have already mailed quite
\na while ago to most of you.<\/p>\n
Jun Makino and I are organizing a very informal “working workshop” on
\nthe topic of Large-Scale Simulations of the Formation and Evolution of
\nPlanetary Systems, in Kobe, Japan, during a five-week period from July
\n22 through August 23, this summer, 2013.<\/p>\n
The location of Kobe is chosen because of the K-computer, two years ago
\nthe world’s fastest super-computer, built and run by the Japanese RIKEN
\norganization, which is providing the funding for workshops like the one
\nwe are now organizing.<\/p>\n
With “working workshop” we envision typically only one talk per day,
\nwhile the rest of the time is left free for participants to engage in
\ndiscussions, which may or may not result in spontaneous collaborations.<\/p>\n
Individual participants can visit for any length of time, from a few days
\nto one or more weeks, as they prefer. We will reimburse airplane fare
\nto and from Kobe, as well as lodging in Kobe.<\/p>\n
In the middle of our five-week “working workshop” we will also hold a
\ntwo-day “talking workshop”, on August 7-8, during which we will have
\nmore talks, more like a typical workshop. This workshop, too, will be
\nvery informal. Our main topic will be planetary formation and early
\nevolution. We will kick off with talks by Bill Bottke and Hal Levison,
\nand then we’ll take it from there. If you are interested in giving a
\nbrief talk during those two days, please let me know (at piet@ias.edu),
\nand I will try to coordinate the speakers. However, our emphasis
\nduring the talking workshop too will be discussions more than speeches.<\/p>\n
Looking forward to seeing you in Kobe!<\/p>\n
Greetings from Jun,<\/p>\n
Piet<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"