The 1st One-Day Hellenic Cosmology Meeting
The Astronomical Institute of the National Observatory of Athens has decided
to organize, on a regular basis, a one or two-day Cosmology meeting in order to
present the new results and trends of this subject to the Greek scientific
community and public. The first one-day Cosmology meeting took place on the
9th of April 1998 and it consisted of the following events:
- A scientific workshop (09:00 - 14:00) in
which recent research on various Cosmology topics were presented.
- A public lecture at 19:00 by Prof.
Michael Rowan-Robinson (Imperial College) entitled: "Exploring the Universe"
- A tour of the facilities and telescopes
of the National Observatory of Athens.
The speakers of the morning session were:
- S. Cotsakis (Univ. of Aegean)
- I. Georgantopoulos (N.O.A.)
- L. Perivolaropoulos
(Univ. of Crete)
-
M. Plionis (N.O.A.)
Seminar text
- M. Rowan-Robinson (Imperial College)
- N. Voglis (Univ. of Athens)
Professor N.Spyrou
of the University of Thessaloniki could not be present due to the Olympic
airways strike.
Poster of the meeting
Program of the morning session
Local organizing committee:
S. Basilakos, I. Georgantopoulos, E. Kontizas, N. Matsopoulos and
M. Plionis
Sponsors:National Observatory of Athens, Department of Mathematics - University of the Aegean
For more informations and suggestions contact Dr. M.Plionis (tel: 6132066,
Fax: 8040453)
plionis@sapfo.astro.noa.gr
