The Istituto di Radioastronomia (INAF) on behalf of the European VLBI Consortium, will host the "9th European VLBI Network Symposium on The role of VLBI in the Golden Age for Radio Astronomy" and the EVN Users Meeting on September 23-26 2008. The Symposium will be held in Bologna at the Conference Centre of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche and Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica Campus, where the Istituto di Radioastronomia is located.
The purpose of this conference is to report on the very latest VLBI results, including both recent scientific and technical developments in an era during which many new powerful radio facilities, e.g. e-MERLIN, e-VLA, LOFAR, ALMA, SKA, etc. are coming along.
The meeting will have an informal character and includes reviews, contributed papers and posters. The EVN Users Meeting will be held during the conference at the Medicina Radio Observatory Visitor Centre. The traditional football match will also be organized (start your training).
The Scientific Organizing Committee is formed by the members of the EVN Consortium Board of Directors and by the past and present EVN Programme Committee Chairman.
Your faithful Local Organizing Committee will be formed by Daniele Dallacasa, Marcello Giroletti, Karl-Heinz Mack, Franco Mantovani, Mauro Nanni, Barbara Neri, Carlo Stanghellini.