[Cos-top] Benasque meeting, anyone?

[Boud Roukema]

hi everyone on the cos-top mailing list,

There are at least two cosmology workshop-type meetings this northern summer
at which cosmic topology is likely to be discussed:

* Pune, Maharashtra (India, monsoon time but the monsoon in Pune is
   mild (not strong) ;)
    "Cosmology with CMB and LSS"

    21 July - 31 Aug (full = 6 weeks = 3 * 2-week sessions, but can
    stay for a shorter time)
    http://icts.tifr.res.in/sites/cmb/index


* Benasque, Pyrenees (mountains on spanish/french border)
   "Modern Cosmology"
   27 July - 14 August 2008
   http://benasque.ecm.ub.es/2008cosmology/2008cosmology.htm

   http://cosmocoffee.info/viewtopic.php?t=1093


Tarun Souradeep is one of the main organisers of the Pune meeting and
cosmic topology is listed for the third two-week part of the full session;
Glenn Starkman and Dominik Schwarz are listed as participants for the 
Benasque meeting.

i'm thinking of going to the Benasque meeting (leaving a day or two before
the end).

Is anyone thinking of going to one of these meetings?  i can't imagine
that i'll be over two weeks together with Glenn and Dominik without having
any useful discussions on cosmic topology, and it would probably make sense
that more of us are together than less.  Both the Pune and Benasque meetings
sound like they'll be as much workshops where real work will get done rather
than just standard conference presentations.

The deadlines for both are 15 April.

cheers
boud