The Program Organizing Committee for ADASS V has the following members: Rudi Albrecht (ST-ECF/ESO), Roger Brissenden (SAO), Tim Cornwell (NRAO), Dennis Crabtree (DAO/CADC), Bob Hanisch---Chair (ST ScI), Rick Harnden (SAO), Gareth Hunt (NRAO), George Jacoby (NOAO), Barry Madore (IPAC), Dick Shaw (ST ScI), Karen Strom (U. Mass.), and Doug Tody (NOAO). The Local Organizing Committee is chaired by Jeannette Barnes (softconf@noao.edu).
As in previous years, the program will consist of invited and contributed talks on special topics, poster papers, software demos, and special sessions called "Birds of a Feather" (BOFs). A BOF session is usually scheduled for 1\(mi2 hours, not concurrent with the general session but it can overlap with other BOFs. The structure of a BOF is usually at the leader's discretion. If anyone would like to sponsor a BOF, or has a suggestion for one, please send mail to softconf@noao.edu.
The previous Conference, ADASS IV, was held in Baltimore in late September 1994 and was hosted by ST ScI. There were over 300 registered participants for the Conference representing 17 countries. There were 38 oral presentations during the General Sessions including 11 invited talks. More than 90 poster papers and 15 software demos were presented as well. Five special sessions (BOFs) were also held. The Proceedings for ADASS IV, like those of the earlier conferences, will be published as part of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) Conference Series. We expect this volume to be available mid-summer 1995. The ASP has also given ADASS permission to make the Proceedings available over the World Wide Wide, as was done with the Proceedings for ADASS III (held in Victoria in October 1993)---see the URL:
Additional information will become available about ADASS V early next year. A preliminary announcement will be electronically mailed to the Conference mailing list at that time. Detailed registration information will be mailed by regular post in the spring of '95. If you would like have your name added to the Conference mailing list please send an email message to softconf@noao.edu (the current mailing list is comprised of attendees from the past four Conferences) and include your name and email/postal addresses. Interested parties can also browse the latest information via the World Wide Web using the URL:
Materials for the Conference will also be made available by anonymous FTP in the directory iraf/conf/adass-95 on the node iraf.noao.edu.
Jeannette Barnes, George Jacoby, Doug Tody
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