2nd Announcement

This is the Second Announcement of the Workshop Exploring the Nature of the Evolving Universe II to take place at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, USA, from July 16 to 20, 2012.

We ask everyone, including invited speakers, to REGISTER for the workshop in our webpage. Registration fee will cover breakfasts, coffee breaks, 3 lunches and other expenses. Participants can register per day ($45) or for the entire week ($200). Those who received a registration waiver are also required to register and click on the waiver button. You should have already received a letter with the waiver by now, in case you were granted one. Registration fee is the same every day. We want to avoid payment on the day of the conference. In case you are not able to pay online, let us know in advance and we will find a solution, but you do need to tell us in advance. The DEADLINE for registration is June 29th.

https://regstg.com/Registration/RegForm.aspx?rid=0a7429eb-cc5a-4e4b-aa34-6676ed10e5d9&action=add

Local participants are also required to say the dates they will arrive and leave in the registration form. That will help us knowing how many days each one plans to attend the meeting.

Preliminary version of the PROGRAM is listed at: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/23735554/program_cuadc_1st%20Sheet1.pdf. Check the time, day and title of your talk and let us know if there is any problem. This file will be updated regularly.

WE ARE ACCEPTING REGISTRATION FOR POSTER PRESENTATION. POSTERS can be of any size. Any participant who has a poster presented in other conferences may bring it to the workshop too.

LODGING: We have blocked several rooms at CUA's dormitories and encourage anyone interested on that to register online and pre-pay using a credit card when filling the registration form. Check-in is Sunday and check-out is Friday. In case you need extra days, or prefer to stay in a hotel, CUA has provided us with a list of suggested hotels  http://evolvinguniverse-cuadc.blogspot.com/2012/04/hotels-in-area.html - confirmation is sent 24 hours later. DC is very touristic, book your hotel as soon as possible.

Foreign participants may need a visa to enter USA. We will be glad to provide you with a letter of acceptance in case you need that to apply for a visa or for funding.

We are planning on two afternoons free of workshop activities (Wednesday and Friday, no lunch will be provided on those days). Washington DC has a variety of options and we hope everyone will take this opportunity to do some networking and get to know the Nation's capital.

We are in the process of arranging the venue for the CONFERENCE DINNER (Wednesday 7pm) and each participant will pay for that independently. Depending on how much we collect on registration fees we will try to pay for conference dinner for all students.

If you know that you will not be able to attend the meeting, please, cancel your pre-registration so we can plan how many meals to order.

DIRECTIONS to the Physics Department at CUA are provided here http://faculty.cua.edu/sober/hannan_directions.htm

If you are taking public transportation, the best way to get to CUA is via subway. We are on the red line, 3 stations North of Union Station, one station before Fort Toten.

Here is the map of campus http://welcome.cua.edu/CUAMap.pdf
We are located on Hannan Hall and the Workshop will be on room 108, Herzfeld Auditorium.
Parking will be available right outside Hannan Hall.

A 3rd announcement will be emailed 10 days before the workshop. Meanwhile check our blog for updates and our Facebook group. http://evolvinguniverse-cuadc.blogspot.com/

Thanks and see you in Washington DC!

Duilia de Mello
SOC-chair

SOC
Chris Corbally (Vatican Observatory)
Duilia de Mello (CUA) - chair
Nicolas Lehner (Univ of Notre Dame)
Roberto Saito (PUC-Chile)
Enio da Silveira (PUC-Rio)