TO: Astronomers from New Mexico and surrounding states FROM: Geoff Bower SUBJECT: 15th Annual New Mexico Symposium -- 2nd Announcement. On Saturday, October 30, 1999, the fifteenth annual New Mexico Symposium will be held in Socorro at the NRAO Array Operations Center. The symposium will start at 9:00 AM and finish before 5:30 PM. We invite all astronomers from New Mexico and surrounding states to attend this symposium and to present a paper. We especially encourage students and postdocs to present papers. There is no charge for registration for this symposium. At the Symposium, we will have time for roughly 20 oral presentations in a format with ten minutes presentation and five minute discussion. We will also have room to accommodate at least 20 poster presentations. If you prefer to present a poster, please so indicate on your response. In the evening, Frank Drake, Research Professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz and President of the SETI Institute, will deliver the 1999 Jansky Lecture. He will speak on "Progress in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence". This free lecture will start at 8:00 pm. The general public is encouraged to attend. The lecture will be in the Macey Center. Please fill out the information requested below as soon as possible, but no later than October 8, 1999. Our mailing list of local astronomers is undoubtedly incomplete, so please circulate this invitation to your colleagues. If you have any special requirements for your presentation, or any questions about the symposium, contact me at the above address, or by E-Mail: . A web page has been established for the meeting at http://www.nrao.edu/~gbower/nmsymposium99/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME: Institution: E-Mail Address: Mailing Address: Position (student, postdoc, etc.): ___I will attend ____I will not attend I want to give a 10 minute talk ____Yes ____No I want to give a poster paper ____Yes ____No The title will be: The authors should be listed as (Name, Institution): If too many wish to talk, and you have requested to talk, would you be willing to switch to a poster? ____Yes ____No Between the symposium and the Jansky lecture there will be an NRAO sponsored dinner, to which all participants are invited. Please indicate if you can attend the dinner. ____Yes ____No Please respond via E-Mail: gbower@nrao.edu or mail to: Terry Romero NRAO PO Box O Socorro, NM 87801