****************************************************************************** * * Final Announcement * * ESO Workshop * * DEATHS of STARS and LIVES of GALAXIES * * Santiago de Chile * April 8-12, 2013 * ****************************************************************************** Dear participants, Please find below the latest information about the workshop that takes place next week. We are looking forward meeting you on Sunday! Kind regards, The Organisers === REGISTRATION and COCKTAIL === Registration and a cocktail reception will take place in the grounds of the ESO offices in Vitacura, not far from Hotel Director, on Sunday 7 April from 16:00 till 19:00. We hope to see many of you there, for a friendly start of the workshop. The workshop will start on Monday 8 April at 09:00am sharp. === TRANSPORT FROM AIRPORT === The easiest way to reach Hotel Director from the airport is to use taxi or van service. Please make sure to use only autorised services. We encourage you to use Transvip. The Transvip office is located in the central hall, just after going through customs. Please mention that you are coming for an ESO conference and you will be entitled to the special price of 17,500 CLP. This is valid for 3 persons, so do not hesitate to share with other participants. === DINNER === The conference dinner will take place in a very nice place outside Santiago. For the main course, there is the choice between meat, salmon or vegeterian (corn pie with soybean meat). Please inform us of your choice when registering. === SOCIAL ACTIVITIES === Our social activities are now fully booked. Please make sure to pay your fee when registering, preferably in Chilean Pesos. The cost of the vineyard tour on Wednesday afternoon is 20.000 CLP, while the city tour of Friday afternoon costs 10.000 CLP. === INFORMATION FOR SPEAKERS ==== A PC  (Windows [Powerpoint]) and a Mac (Powerpoint and Keynote) will be available for the presentations, and in order to save time, we plan to use these, instead of switching between the speakers' laptops. Your contribution will be published on our conference web site.   Invited talks: 40 min + 10 min discussion Contributed talks: 20 min + 5 min discussion To upload your contribution to our FTP server, please use (anonymous ID):ftp://ftp.eso.org/pub/dslg2013/contributions/oral/ with the following format: session_number-Name(file) i.e. ftp://ftp.eso.org/pub/dslg2013/contributions/oral/S_II-ITOH.ppt === INFORMATION FOR POSTERS ==== Each poster author will be provided with one side of a free-standing board. The posters are limited to a standard A0 (841 x 1189 mm; 33.1 x 46.8 inch, portrait orientation) size or smaller. Please check on arrival in the abstract book the number associated to your poster and put up your poster on the associated spot. As we plan in publishing your poster on our conference web site, we kindly request you to upload the electronic version of your poster (PDF or PPT) on our ftp server (please use anonymous ID): ftp://ftp.eso.org/pub/dslg2013/contributions/posters/ with the following format: Name_slide (i.e. ITOH_slide.ppt) === WEATHER INFORMATION === April is the beginning of Autumn in Santiago. The month of April is therefore characterized by falling daily high temperatures, with daily highs decreasing from 25°C to 21°C over the course of the month. Daily low temperatures range from 6°C to 9°C, so don't forget your pull-over or jacket for mornings and evenings. On average, there is only 10% precipitation chance in early April. ===CONTACTS=== Conference e-mail: dslg2013@eso.org Webpage: http://www.eso.org/dslg2013/