************************************************************************ IERS Message No. 294 March 23, 2016 ************************************************************************ Symposium "The Science of Time" Symposium "The Science of Time - Time in Astronomy & Society, Past, Present and Future" 5-9 June 2016 Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA Symposium Topics - The scientific and technical uses of time and time series data - The civil and scientific understanding of time - education and outreach - The history of time and timepieces, clocks and calendars - Social, cultural, and religious uses of timing information - High-precision time from sundials and the pendulum to atomic clocks and pulsars - Impact of precise time and frequency measurement in astronomy & basic science - Earth rotation and time - Time and solar-system ephemerides - The physics of time Important deadlines - Oral presentation : April 14 - Early registration: April 15 - Hotel reservation : May 5 SOT webpage: http://sot2016.cfa.harvard.edu/ ************************************************************************ IERS Messages are edited and distributed by the IERS Central Bureau. If not stated otherwise, the IERS is only the distributor of the message and is not responsible for its content. To submit texts for distribution and to subscribe or unsubscribe, please write to . Archives: http://www.iers.org/Messages/ ************************************************************************