The massive-star community has an established track record of organizing
influential conferences, many of them under the auspices of the
International Astronomical Union. IAU Symposia are held about every five
years. Their science themes incorporate the major hot topics on massive
stars at the time of the conference. The past conferences have been:
- 1971 - Buenos Aires:
IAU Symp. 49, Wolf-Rayet and High-Temperature Stars
- 1978 - Victoria:
IAU Symp. 83, Mass Loss and Evolution of O-Type Stars
- 1981 - Cozumel:
IAU Symp. 99, Wolf-Rayet Stars: Observations, Physics,
Evolution
- 1985 - Porto Heli:
IAU Symp. 116, Luminous Stars and Associations in
Galaxies
- 1990 - Bali:
IAU Symp. 143, Wolf-Rayet Stars and Interrelations with Other
Massive Stars in Galaxies
- 1994 - Elba:
IAU Symp. 163, Wolf-Rayet Stars: Binaries, Colliding Winds,
Evolution
- 1998 - Puerto Vallarta:
IAU Symp. 193, Wolf-Rayet Phenomena in Massive
Stars and Starburst Galaxies
- 2002 - Lanzarote:
IAU Symp. 212, A Massive Star Odyssey: From Main Sequence
to Supernova
- 2007 - Hawaii: IAU Symp. 250 Massive Stars as Cosmic Engines
- 2013 - Rhodes, Greece: Massive Stars:From alpha to omega
The currently planned meetings are:
2016 - Auckland, New Zealand: IAU Symp 329, The lives and death-throes of massive stars
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