Nederlandse Natuurkundige Vereniging

We are pleased to announce the 13th International Symposium on Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics (CosPA 2016), to be hosted by the University of Sydney from November 28 to December 2, 2016. 

The aim of CosPA 2016 is to bring together theorists, experimentalists, and observers working in the fields of particle physics, cosmology, and astrophysics to discuss the latest results and ideas, and prospects for progress. Topics to be discussed at the conference include: 

- Particle astrophysics

- Dark matter and dark energy

- Cosmic microwave background and large-scale structure

- Inflation and early universe cosmology

- Gravity and gravitational waves

The scientific programme will consist of five mornings of invited plenary talks covering topics of recent interest.  A number of parallel sessions will be held in most afternoons to provide an opportunity for junior scientists to present their work. Wednesday afternoon is left free for self-organised excursions, and a public talk will be scheduled for the evening of Tuesday November 29. 

The conference will take place at the Sydney Nanoscience Hub, located on the University of Sydney's Camperdown Campus, about 3km from Sydney's Central Business District. 

Important dates:

- Registration and abstract submission opening day: May 9, 2016

- Abstract submission deadline: September 23, 2016

- Acceptance notification: October 7, 2016

- Early registration deadline: October 14, 2016

- Late registration deadline: November 14, 2016 

Contact: physics.cospa2016@sydney.edu.au 

More details can be found on the conference web site: 

https://indico.cern.ch/event/491882/overview 

We look forward to seeing you in Sydney! 

Local Organising Committee:

Jan Hamann (The University of Sydney)

Gary Hill (The University of Adelaide)

Archil Kobakhidze (The University of Sydney)

Geraint Lewis (The University of Sydney)

Michael Schmidt (The University Sydney)

Kevin Varvell (The University of Sydney)

Yvonne Wong (The University of New South Wales) 

International Advisory Committee:

Nicole Bell (The University of Melbourne)

Pisin Chen (National Taiwan University)

Kiwoon Choi (Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon)

Tamara Davis (The University of Queensland)

Richard Easther (The University of Auckland)

Xiao-Gang He (National Taiwan University)

W.-Y. Pauchy Hwang (National Taiwan University)

Bo-Qiang Ma (Peking University)

Sandip Pakvasa (University of Hawaii)

Raymond Volkas (The University of Melbourne)

Bin Wang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

David Wiltshire (University of Canterbury)

Jun'ichi Yokoyama (The University of Tokyo)