FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT

This is the FIRST announcement of the Symposium:

"The Nuclear Region, Host Galaxy and Environment of Active Galaxies: A Symposium to celebrate the 60th birthday of Deborah Dultzin-Hacyan"

organized by the Instituto de Astronomia (UNAM), to be held on April 18 to 20, 2007 in Huatulco, Mexico.

The hotel hosting the meeting will be the all inclusive Gala Beach Resort Huatulco,  located in the Tangolunda Bay. Detailed information can be obtained in http://www.astroscu.unam.mx/congresos/agn2007/infohotel.html
Please reserve room before January 1, 2007.

The registration fee is $250 (US Dlls.) that will cover the publication of the proceedings book and conference costs.

Please register to the meeting, the SOC needs to program the oral presentations!

The meeting will cover topics ranging from the nearest environment of the black hole, to the environment of the host galaxies of AGN.

SOC: Virginia Trimble (USA), Iraida Pronik (Crimea),
Catherine Boisson (France), Elena Terlevich (UK, Mexico),
Josefa Masegosa (Spain), Irene Cruz-Gonzalez (Mexico),
Elena Pian (Italy), Sueli Viegas (Brazil),
Dawei Xu (China), Erika Benitez (chair, Mexico)

LOC: Erika Benitez (chair, Mexico), Irene Cruz-Gonzalez,
Yair Krongold, Hector Hernandez-Toledo, Raul Mujica,
Vahram Chavushyan, Alfredo Diaz, Alenka Negrete, Mercedes Andrade.

Invited Talks (confirmed):

Suzy Collin
Jack Sulentic
Vahe Petrosian
Megan Urry
Thaisa Strochi-Bergmann
Martin C. Gaskell
Isabel Marquez
Paola Marziani
Manolis Plionis
Stefanie Komossa
Luc Binette
Esko Valtaoja
Roberto Cid-Fernandez

For more information you can visit the conference website:
http://www.astroscu.unam.mx/congresos/agn2007/

Please forward this announcement to your colleagues.

Best regards,

Dr. Erika Benitez
Instituto de Astronomia,
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Circuito Exterior S/N
Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico DF.

Original art work by Natividad Amador (Juchitan, Oaxaca, 2005).