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12 Questions on Star and Massive Star Cluster Formation
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An new-format ESO workshop held in Garching, July 3-6, 2007

organized by:  Tom Wilson and Markus Kissler-Patig

	SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT

	The 12 questions have been selected!
	The registration is open!

More infos at: www.eso.org/star07
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Objective of the Workshop:
The goal is to bring together two communities: the one working on star formation 
(mostly galactic) and the one working on the formation of young massive clusters 
(mostly extra-galactic). We will link galactic with extra-galactic work, optical/NIR 
techniques with sub-mm/mm/radio ones, the formation of stars with the one of massive 
star clusters - observations and theory. Views will be exchanged on topics such as 
the earliest phases of star and star cluster formation, ultra-compact and ultra-dense 
HII regions, embedded massive stars and star clusters,  stages at which stars and 
clusters emerge in the NIR and the optical, ending with young massive clusters 
observed in starburst.

The Format:
The format is bold and new, aiming to focus attention on the critical 12 questions 
in this area.
We will have 12 dedicated sessions (one per question) of ~2h each.
Each session will start with a 20 min introduction, and include a few 10-15 min 
contribution,as well as a short presentation of all posters, and a final 30 min 
discussion (for which single slides can be sent to the question coordinator).

The Questions: 
We called (until Dec 15th 2006) for proposals of questions around which the program
would be built. A question was supposed to be: 
1) of interest to both communities: star formation and star cluster formation; 
2) focussed enough that it can be interestingly debated in 1.5-2h.
Tom Wilson and Markus Kissler-Patig relied then less on their wisdom and more on some 
local experts who got the ~40 questions (with authors remaining anonymous) and were 
asked to select the 12 most suited ones for the workshop.
The 12 selected questions are listed on www.eso.org/star07/question.html

REGISTER NOW:
The registration is now open (until April 30th). 
When registring, you are kindly asked to specify to which question you would like to 
contribute, and whether you would like to do so in a short (10-15 min) presentation 
or by a poster. All general discussions are obviously open to everyone and you are 
encouraged to send single slides to the respective coordinators to support the discussion. 
The coordinator(s) of the question will build the final program of their session 
in coordination with the workshop organizers.
The final programme will be posted in May.


We hope for your numerous contributions and to see you in July in Garching,

Tom Wilson & Markus Kissler-Patig