We are going to organise an international meeting on BL Lac objects in Turku
in Finland. The meeting time will be right after the Midsummer festivities in
Finland, between 22-26th June 1998. So you could take this opportunity also
to enjoy the Midnight Sun and the pleasant summer weather in Turku, or
elsewhere in Finland. This meeting will be 20 years after the first meeting
on BL Lac objects, held in Pittsburgh 1978.
The meeting will be held in the new chemistry building at the Turku
University, which is within a walking distance from the town centre.
We are planning for a meeting with about 100 participants.
Deadline for preregistration is 31st October 1997.
Topics to be discussed
- Multifrequency monitoring campaigns of BL Lac objects.
- OJ-94 project results
- New satellite observations, EGRET, XTE, SAX, HST and VSOP.
- BL Lac host galaxies and environments
- Theoretical knowledge on BL Lac phenomenon
- BL Lac objects and other AGNs
Scientific Organising Committee
- M. Aller (Univ. of Michigan)
- G. Chisellini (Milano Univ.)
- B. Hartman (NASA)
- A. Marscher (Boston Univ.)
- I. McHardy (Univ. of Southampton)
- M. Rees (IOA, Cambridge)
- A. Sillanpää (Tuorla Observatory), Co-chairman
- L. Takalo (Tuorla Observatory), Chairman
- E. Valtaoja (Tuorla Observatory)
- S. Wagner (Landessternwarte, Heidelberg)
Local Organising Committee
- A. Sillanpää (Chairman)
- L. Takalo (co-chairman)
- K. Nilsson
- S. Reinikainen
- M.-L. Porsanger
- T. Pursimo
- E. Valtaoja
- P. Heinämäki
We have reserved rooms in three hotels in Turku for the participants. Turku
can be reached by plane from Helsinki or Stockholm, by bus or train from
Helsinki and by ferry from Stockholm. If you plan to attend or want to
receive more information of the meeting, please fill the preregistration
form in the WEB-page.
Contact address
L.O. Takalo
Tuorla Observatory
Vaisalantie 20, 21500 Piikkio, Finland
Phone: 358-2-2744258
Fax: 358-2-2433767
email: takalo@astro.utu.fi