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Commemorating the 375th Birthday of Christiann Huygens

Titan - From Discovery to Encounter

International Conference to commemorate the 375th 
birthday of Christiaan Huygens, born 14 April 1629

Christiaan Huygens was one of the most respected leading European 
scientists in the 17th century. He was the first of what we would 
today call a "scientific director" of the Academie Française. One 
highlight in his carrier was the discovery of Saturn's largest moon, 
Titan, in 1655

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT

For ESA, the highlight of 2004 and early 2005 will be the arrival of 
the NASA/ESA Cassini-Huygens spacecraft at Saturn and the release of 
the Huygens probe into the atmosphere of Titan.  The aim of the 
conference is to bring together historians and space scientists to 
discuss:

o  Christiaan Huygens, the person, the scientist, his relations with 
   other scientists in the 17th century, like Cassini,

o  Descartes, Newton, etc. 

o  Observations of Saturn and its moons since the 17th century. 

o  The Cassini-Huygens mission and the latest observations on the way 
to the encounter of Titan.

Dates: 13 to 17 April 2004 
Location: ESTEC Conference centre

Scientific Programme Committee (all tbc)

Dennis Matson (dmatson{at}jpl.nasa.gov)
Cecille Ferrari (Cecile.Ferrari{at}cea.fr)
Tobias Owen (owen{at}ifa.hawaii.edu)
Fabrizio Bonoli (bonoli{at}bo.astro.it)
Fokko Dijksterhuis (f.j.dijksterhuis{at}wmw.utwente.nl)
Cees Grimbergen ( grimberg{at}doge.nl) 
Albert van Helden (A.VanHelden{at}phys.uu.nl)
Athena Coustenis (Athena.Coustenis{at}obspm.fr)
Jean Pierre Lebreton (Jean-Pierre.Lebreton{at}esa.int)
John Zarnecki (J.C.Zarnecki{at}open.ac.uk)

Local Organising Committee

Gonnie Elfering (Gonnie.Elfering{at}esa.int)
Jean Pierre Lebreton (Jean-Pierre.Lebreton{at}esa.int)
Clare Bingham (Clare.Bingham{at}esa.int)
Henk Olthof (Henk.Olthof{at}esa.int)

Programme

The programme will consist of invited papers, contributed papers, and 
posters. The intention is to publish the proceedings in the ESA SP 
series.

 Tuesday 13 April (pm):
   Opening session

   Invited talks

   Musical intermezzos

   Video presentation of the Cassini-Huygens mission 

 Wednesday 14 April: 
   Christiaan Huygens, the person, scientist and his relationships 
   with other scientists.

   Invited talk

   Contributing talks

   Invited birthday lecture

 Thursday 15 April (am):
   The Cassini-Huygens mission in historical perspective

   The contribution of Gerard P. Kuiper

   Invited talk

   Contributing talks

   Afternoon: excursion

   Conference dinner

 Friday 16 April
   Recent results of Saturn/Titan observations (ground- and 
   space-based) and theoretical studies 

   Invited talk
  
   Contributing talks

 Saturday 17 April
   Public outreach day

   Amateur astronomers' observations of Saturn and Titan

   Public lectures


CONFERENCE FEE:

150 Euro for the entire conference covering, coffee breaks, excursions and 
conference dinner, conference bag, proceedings, sandwich lunch on the public 
outreach day.

35 Euro, students 10 Euro, for the public outreach day only, covering coffee breaks, 
sandwich lunch, conference bag and proceedings.

SCHEDULE:

1st announcement: November 2002
Call for papers: April 2003
Deadline for paper submission: September 2003
Final Programme: December 2003

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
Please send e-mail to Henk.Olthof{at}esa.int 

http://sci2.esa.int/huygens/conference/

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