The First Year of ALMA Science

NEW! Posters & Presentation download

The pdf files of a fraction of the presentations that were given at the conference and of the posters that were displayed are now available on-line, respectively via the Poster Info and Program pages. More will be added when we receive them from their authors.

Puerto Varas, Chile, December 12-15, 2012

ALMA Early Science operations have started at the end of September 2011. Over one hundred high science profile projects have been identified as high priority for execution. The first exciting scientific results from Science Verification datasets and Cycle 0 observations are coming out in refereed journals since the beginning of 2012. At the end of the year, the ALMA users community will be in a position to review the first science results produced by this new and unique facility. The conference will cover all the ALMA Science topics covered by Early Science observations, from observations of the Solar System bodies to objects in our own Galaxy, the local to high redshift Universe. While the conference will be focused on ALMA observational results, we plan to include presentations and discussions on related theoretical implications and predictions as well as relevant complementary data from other major facilities. The conference will also be an ideal venue to discuss the scientific priorities for the ALMA development plan upgrades in the context of the first results from Early Science.

To allow more ALMA users to propose contributions based on results from their Cycle 0 projects we selected a late deadline for abstract contributions on Oct 31, 2012.

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The conference is co-sponsored by the Joint ALMA Observatory and the ALMA partners (ESO, NAOJ and NRAO) with additional support provided by CONICYT and by the EC-FP7 Radionet3 project.

About Puerto Varas

Puerto Varas is a small, attractive resort town on the shore of Lake Llanquihue in Southern Chile, in a picturesque setting featuring two volcanoes, Osorno and Calbuco, in the background, across the lake. It is famed for its German-influenced architecture, its gastronomical offer and its cultural life. Puerto Varas is a short drive (less than 30 minutes) from Puerto Montt airport, which is connected to Santiago international airport by several daily flights (about 2 hours long).