5th announcement

Dear colleagues,

It is an update on IAU symposium 279 on SNe and GRBs, to be held at Nikko,
Japan, on 12 - 16 March this year.
This circular contains important notices on the following topics.
 - Scientific program,
 - Hotel booking.
 - Online payment (to complete your registration).
 - Financial support
Please visit regularly and frequently the symposium web site for updated
information.


** Scientific program
The preliminary program has been decided and is now on the symposium web
site. As we have received more than 150 abstracts, we could not accommodate
all these contributions as oral presentations. Thus, we had to arrange many
abstracts as poster presentations even in the case the abstracts are
submitted as oral contributions. Please check the type of the presentation
assigned to your presentation in the program on the symposium web site.


** Hotel booking
We have booked rooms for the symposium participants, in the conference site
and nearby hotels. The hotel booking request form is to be open in a few
days. You will receive a separate notification once it is available. For
your information, the price for one person w/o meal is roughly 6,000 -
15,000 JPY per night in these hotels.


** On-line payment open
Online payment for the registration fee and banquet is now open at the
symposium web site.

The registration fee is 25,000 JPY, which includes welcome reception,
coffee/tea break, and proceedings. It does NOT include the banquet fee.
The banquet fee is 5,000 JPY for one person. The banquet will be held on 15
March (Thu) at Hotel Nikko Senhimemonogatari.

We accept the payment only by a credit card. The payment deadline is
February 10, 2012. The registration is complete only after confirmation of
payment.

** Financial support
Our selection process for the travel support is in progress. In case you
have applied to the support but not received the result yet, you will
receive a separate notification in a few days.

Notes to those who has received [will receive] the support notification: The
support will be paid by cash in Japanese yen at the symposium registration
desk upon your arrival. We ask you to complete the registration fee payment
through the internet, even in the case you get the support reimbursed at the
symposium site.