XIV ADVANCED SCHOOL ON ASTROPHYSICS (www.astro.iag.usp.br/~xiveaa) August 3-8, 2008 1st Announcement The ADVANCED SCHOOL ON ASTROPHYSICS is organized by the Astronomy Department/IAG at the University of São Paulo (USP). This edition is focused on: "Theory and Observations of Accretion Disks". Lectures will be presented by the following invited speakers: - Andrew King - Michael Eracleous - Neal Turner - Ramesh Narayan - Ronald Remillard - Steven Balbus The meeting will be held at the "Grande Hotel Sao Pedro" (http://www.hoteis.sp.senac.br/jsp/hotel/) located in the country side of the Sao Paulo state (SP), in the town of "Aguas de Sao Pedro". Nearest international airports are: - Campinas "Viracopos" (CPQ) - 1.5 hours drive to the conference hotel. - Sao Paulo "Guarulhos Intl." (GRU) - 3.0 hours drive to the conference hotel. Below is the application form which should be sent by e-mail to xiveaa@astro.iag.usp.br until June, 3rd 2008. Acceptance will be notified by e-mail before June, 10th, 2008. Conference fee: US$250,00 US$200,00 (for advanced PhD students) the conference fee should be paid in cash (US$ or BR$) upon arrival to Aguas de Sao Pedro. We wont be able to accept credit cards. We request that each accepted participant arrange for visa, travel, hotel reservations and ground transportation from/to the airport. Organizing Committee: Joao Steiner Marcos Diaz (Chair) Vera Jatenco-Pereira ============================================================================== XIV ADVANCED SCHOOL ON ASTROPHYSICS August 3-8, 2008 APPLICATION FORM Name: Institution: Country: E-mail: PhD student [ ] Advisor: Thesis subject: