Organizations:

  The Meeting is organized by

V.V. Sobolev Astronomical Institute of St.Petersburg State University,
 St.-Petersburg, Russia
Main Astronomical Observatory, Russian Academy of Sciences,
 St.-Petersburg, Russia
Special Astrophysical Observatory of Russian Academy of Sciences,  Nizhnij Arhyz, Russia
Russian Geographical Society, St.-Petersburg, Russia
S.I. Vavilov Institute for the History of Natural Sciences and Technology,  Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Enrico Fermi Center, Rome, Italy
Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi, Rome, Italy
Lyon Observatory, Lyon, France
Tuorla Observatory, Turku, Finland

Scientific Organizing Committee:

Yu. Baryshev (Russia), Co-Chair
S. Colafrancesco (Italy)
Yu. Gnedin (Russia)
V. Gorokhov (Russia)
M. Joyce (France)
I. Karachentsev (Russia)
S. Levshakov (Russia)
T. Nieuwenhuizen (The Netherlands)
Yu. Parijskij (Russia)
G. Paturel (France)
L. Pietronero (Italy)
V. Reshetnikov (Russia)
A. Sandage (USA), Honorary Member
V. Sokolov (Russia)
F. Sylos Labini (Italy)
P. Teerikorpi (Finland), Co-Chair

Local Organizing Committee:

A. Brinken, I. Taganov, A. Zemtsov, Yu. Baryshev, V. Orlov, P. Tarakanov, Y. Milanova, T. Sokolova, V.Yanushevskiy.

Contacts:

E-mail: ppc08@mail.ru
Web: http://ppc08.astro.spbu.ru