MEETING TITLE:
Cosmic Dust

WEBSITE:https://www.cps-jp.org/~dust/

VENUE:
Tohoku University
Aramaki aza Aoba 6-3, Aoba-ku
Sendai 980-8578
JAPANDATE:
Monday, August 15 - Friday, August 19, 2016

OBJECTIVES:
This series of Cosmic Dust meetings aims at finding a consensus among experts on theformation and evolution of cosmic dust: where it comes from and where it goes. The meetingis organized by dust freaks who are very enthusiastic not only to make the goal achievable
but also to establish a dust community across every scientifically relevant disciplinefor the development of cosmic dust research. For this reason, the primary objective of
the meeting is to bring together professionals who deal with cosmic dust as well as provide
an opportunity for participants to develop interpersonal relationships and scientificinteractions among themselves.

SCOPE:All kinds of cosmic dust such as- intergalactic dust
- circumnuclear dust
- interstellar dust
- protoplanetary disk dust
- debris disk dust
- cometary dust
- interplanetary dust
- circumplanetary dust
- stellar nebular condensates

- presolar grains- micrometeorites- meteoroids- meteors- regolith particles- planetary aerosols
are the subject of discussion. The meeting is open for any aspects of dust research bymeans of different methods of studies (in-situ and laboratory measurements, astronomicalobservations, laboratory and numerical simulations, theoretical modeling, data analyses,etc.). All dust-related topics, for example, the formation of molecules and their reactions
on and their desorption from the surface of dust particles, are also welcome. Publishing
the proceedings of this meeting is currently planned as a special issue of a peer-reviewed
journal, while paper submission to the proceedings is not obligatory.

ADMISSIONS APPLICATION:
Please complete online meeting application at the CPS website in order to attend themeeting. The deadline for the application is May 13, 2016, 11:59 p.m. Japan Standard Time
(GMT+09:00). Because the number of participants is limited to a maximum of 50, the online
application does not guarantee admission to the meeting. Participants will be determinedat the discretion of the SOC and all applicants will be notified of the admissions decision
by May 31, 2016. Priority will be given to those who contribute to oral or poster sessions
and retain enthusiasm for discussions throughout the meeting. For further details, please
visit the Cosmic Dust website.
https://www.cps-jp.org/~dust/Application.html

REGISTRATION FEE:
The early bird rate of 10,000 JPY is available for those who complete both admissions
application and abstract submission by April 30, 2016. The registration fee for those whocomplete admissions application on and after May 1, 2016 is 15,000 JPY. While no payment
is required at the time of admissions application and abstract submission, the registrationfee should be paid by cash on arrival at the venue. No matter what circumstances arespecified, the registration fee will not be waived.

BEST POSTER AWARD:
The best poster award will be given to the most excellent content and presentation ofa poster at the Cosmic Dust meeting, although higher priorities are given to posters bystudents and junior scientists. The award winner will be announced at the end of themeeting.

IMPORTANT DATES:
30 April 2016, Deadline for Early-Bird Application
13 May 2016, Deadline for Admissions Application
31 May 2016, Notification of Admissions Decision
15-19 August 2016, Cosmic DustSCIENTIFIC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (SOC):
Jean-Charles Augereau (IPAG, France)
Cornelia Jager (Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Germany) HidehiroKaneda (Nagoya University, Japan) Hiroshi Kimura (Kobe University,Japan) [Chair] Ludmilla Kolokolova (University of Maryland, USA) Aigen
Li (University of Missouri-Columbia, USA)LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (LOC):
Hiroki Chihara (Osaka Sangyo University) Takayuki Hirai (JAXA/CAC)
Akio Inoue (Osaka Sangyo University) Hidehiro Kaneda (NagoyaUniversity) Hiroshi Kimura (Kobe University) Hiroshi Kobayashi (NagoyaUniversity) Takaya Nozawa (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan)
Hiroki Senshu (Chitec/PERC) Takashi Shimonishi (Tohoku University)[Chair] Ryo Tazaki (Kyoto University) Koji Wada (Chitec/PERC)CONTACT INFORMATION:<dust-inquiries@cps-jp.org
Please mind that any email attachment will be blocked.

BRIEF HISTORY:The Cosmic Dust meeting started in 2006 as a session called “Cosmic Dust” of the 3rd AOGS
(Asia-Oceania Geoscience Society) annual meeting in Singapore. Dust freaks have kept onorganizing the session at subsequent AOGS meetings in Korea (2008), India (2010), andTaiwan (2011). The Cosmic Dust series has been recognized as the most successful sessionof the AOGS Planetary Sciences Section. In 2012, the time was ripe to be free from organizing
restrictions on the AOGS meeting. From that time on, the Cosmic Dust meeting is totally
independent of any international conference. The past meetings on Cosmic Dust have been

held in a relaxed and joyful atmosphere. So will be the coming one!?