*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*
|  1st Announcement of                                                  |
|                                                                       |
|  The VSOP Symposium on                                                |
|                                                                       |
|         High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Revealed by Space-VLBI    |
|                                                                       |
|	        	January 19-21, 2000                             |
|                                                                       |
|               ISAS,  Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan                      |
|                                                                       |
|         Hosted by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science.   |
|                                                                       |
|               http://www.vsop.isas.ac.jp/Symposium.html               |
|                                                                       |
|                                                        June 22, 1999  |
*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*

This is the first Announcement of the VSOP Symposium on High Energy 
Astrophysical Phenomena Revealed by Space-VLBI to be held from
Wednesday 19 January to Friday 21 January, 2000, at the Institute of
Space and Astronautical Science, Japan. This Announcement includes 
preliminary details of the scientific program, and the
Expression of Interest form, to be returned by 30 July, 1999.

		---------------------------------------
		|        Scientific Program           |
		---------------------------------------

Following the successful launch of the VLBI Space Observatory Programme 
(VSOP) satellite HALCA in February 1997 there have been many exciting 
results from space VLBI observations. The purpose of the symposium is to 
bring together people working on VSOP observations, supporting multi-
wavelength observations, and theoretical interpretations of these 
observations to celebrate the third anniversary of HALCA's launch, and 
the tenth anniversary of the "Frontiers of VLBI" symposium at ISAS. 
A mixture of invited talks, contributed papers, and poster presentations 
will cover the current status of observational and theoretical research. 
The program is expected to include the following topics:

  *  High Brightness Temperature sources
  *  Intra-Day Variables
  *  GeV and TeV gamma-ray sources
  *  GHz-Peaked-Spectrum sources
  *  Structural changes revealed by monitoring
  *  Survey programs
  *  Future prospects for Space VLBI

Proceedings will be published within two months of the symposium: details 
of the paper format will be distributed in later Announcements. A latex
template for abstracts will be included with the second Announcement.
A conference banquet is being planned, and post-conference tours to 
Usuda and Nobeyama, Mitaka, the historic city of Kamakura and the 
January sumo tournament will be arranged if there are sufficient 
numbers of interested people.

           ----------------------------------------------------
	   |              Important Dates                     |
	   ----------------------------------------------------

       June 22, 1999    	Preliminary Announcement    

       July 30, 1999            Expression of interest deadline   

      August 6, 1999		2nd Announcement 

    October 15, 1999		Abstracts due for contributed papers

    December 1, 1999		Final Announcement with programme etc

 January 19-21, 2000            Symposium    

    February 4, 2000            Manuscript deadline

         March, 2000		Publication of proceedings


           ----------------------------------------------------
	   |            Expression of Interest                |
	   ----------------------------------------------------

Please complete the following form and return it to 
submit@vsop.isas.ac.jp  by Friday July 30, 1999.  
Please keep your answers within the square brackets.

---8<------------------------------------------------------------------------

           <<<< VSOP Symposium Expression of Interest Form >>>>

   
o. Name(LAST NAME, first name):
             [                                                       ]

o. Institution:  
             [                                                       ]

o. Postal address (be sure to include country):
             [                                                       ]
             [                                                       ]
             [                                                       ]
             [                                                       ]

o. E-mail:   [                                                       ]

o. Phone:    [                                                       ]

o. Fax:      [                                                       ]

o. Attendance:
   Are you interested in attending the symposium? (yes/no)   [       ]
	
   If no, would you like to be kept on the mailing list
   for circulars and program? (yes/no)                       [       ]

o. Papers/Posters: 
   If you plan to contribute a paper and/or poster, please 
   provide provisional title(s) and preferred format(s):

   Title:    [                                                       ]
   Preferred format:  (oral/poster)                          [       ]

   Title:    [                                                       ]
   Preferred format:  (oral/poster)                          [       ]

o. If you are interested in any post-conference tours, please 
   indicate your preferences (maximum of two) below:
   (Usuda & Nobeyama, Mitaka, Kamakura, sumo) 
             [                                                       ]



Please e-mail the completed form to  submit@vsop.isas.ac.jp  by July 30th.

---8<------------------------------------------------------------------------