Dear ALMA friend,

I would like to bring to your attention a special session at the IAU
on ALMA on 24 August.  ALMA will also be covered in the session on
facilities of the next decade on 16 August.  I invite you to attend one
or the other of these if you will attend the IAU, and to stop by the ALMA
booth.  The presentations will
be available afterwards on the North American ALMA Science Center
website, http://www.cv.nrao.edu/naasc/

Event                                       Day      Time 

Astronomical Facilities of 
the Next Decade                             Aug. 16-17 all day 16th, am 17th
                 Jean Turner speaks on ALMA in the morning of Aug. 16th.

The ALMA Era for Astrophysics Begins        Aug. 24      0930-1200 Dressing Room
                                                                         225

    * There will be an ALMA booth near the ESO and NRAO displays.

The 24 August session is the special ALMA session.  As I understand its
format, it will be (http://www.cv.nrao.edu/~awootten/mmaimcal/ALMAIAU.txt):
"The ALMA Era for Astrophysics Begins" 
IAU, Prague, Aug. 24, 2006     
Start time (9:30) End time (12:00)
Dressing Room 225

M. Tarenghi (Director): "Scope, Science Goals and Organization"  30 min

A. Beasley (Project Manager):                   "Present Status" 30 min

N. Kaifu or R. Kawabe: "ALMA Enhanced by the ALMA Compact Array" 30 min

Break for 30 minutes

Reviews of ALMA Science Meetings: Synergy with other projects (total time 60 min). 
This will be organized by the regional Project Scientists.

The SZ Effect and ALMA (Meeting in Orsay Apr 2005)          
Galactic and Extragalactic ISM Modelling in an ALMA Perspective (Meeting in Onsala Oct 2005)                                
Stellar Physics with ALMA (Meeting in Montpellier Oct 2005) 
>From z-Machines to ALMA (Meeting in Charlottesville Va, January 2006)       
Complex Molecules in Space: present status and prospects with ALMA (Meeting in Aahrus, Denmark, May 2006)                              
The fate of gas in galaxies (Meeting in Dwingeloo, NL, July 2006)   
Subaru-ALMA Science (Meeting in Hilo, March 2006)           
ALMA Science (Ast. Soc. of Japan Meeting in Wakayama, March 2006)   

Clear skies,
Al Wootten