44th Annual Meeting of the Division on Dynamical Astronomy - DDA 2013 Paraty, Brazil, May 5-9, 2013 =================== THIRD ANNOUNCEMENT =================== This is the third and last circular with information of the Paraty meeting. We look forwrads to see you in Brazil next week. 1. Shuttle Service Rio/Paraty 2. Alternative Ways to Get to Paraty 3. Registration Hours and Posters 3. Final Program Revisited 4. Banquet Details 5. Weather and Currency 6. In Case of Trouble --------------------------- Shuttle Service Rio/Paraty *** PLEASE READ CAREFULLY *** --------------------------- According to the information provided by the participants, the organizers have defined the following schedule for the shuttle service on Sunday, May 05. The service will be provided by 2 buses and 1 car. a) Bus #1 08:00 AM - Departing from Scorial Rio Hotel Address: Rua Bento Lisboa, 155, Largo do Machado Meeting point: in front of the hotel entrance 09:00 AM - Departing from Galeão International Airport (GIG) Meeting point: INFRAEREO Information Desk located at the Departure Sector in both Terminals (1 & 2) - This service is prioritary for participants that will be already hosted in Rio or will arrive on Sunday flights before 7:00 AM. - Participants hosted in hotels in Copacabana, Ipanema, Flamengo or downtow Rio are suggested to get this bus at the Scorial Hotel, because it is much closer than the airport. b) Bus #2 11:30 AM - Departing from Galeão International Airport (GIG) Meeting point: INFRAEREO Information Desk located at the Departure Sector in both Terminals (1 & 2) - This service is prioritary for participants that will arrive on Sunday flights between 7:00 AM and 10:00 AM. c) Observatory's Car 04:00 PM - Departing from Galeão International Airport (GIG) Meeting point: INFRAEREO Information Desk located at the Departure Sector in Terminal 2 only. - This service is reserved for participants that will arrive on Sunday flights after 12:00 AM. General remarks: - The use of this service is prioritary to paricipants and accompanying people that reserved the shuttle. Other participants might use it only upon availability. - The number of places at each bus is limited. Therefore, if you miss Bus #1 for whatever reason, it is not guaranteed that you could use Bus #2. - Participants are requested to be at the meeting points at least 15 minutes in advance of departure time. - Departure times will have a tolerance of 10 minutes. - Departure times could be modified in case of flight delays. - A person from the organization will be gathering the participants at the meeting points. Note: Participnats must confirm upon registration on Sunday afternoon whether they will use the shuttle service to return to Rio on Thursday. --------------------------------- Alternative Ways to Get to Paraty --------------------------------- If you did not reserve the shuttle service or for whatever reason you miss it, here are directions on how to get to Paraty by bus. - From Rio de Janeiro: Pick a taxi to the Novo Rio Bus Station (from the Galeão/GIG Airport it costs approx. $30-$40 USD), and from there get a bus of company Costa Verde (desk 86 & 87). This company has a regular service to Paraty departing at the following hours: 05:15, 07:00, 08:00, 09:00, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 14:00, 16:00, 18:00, 20:00, 21:00. The service costs $31 USD (per person, one way trip), and the trip takes between 4 and 5 hours. For more info check http://www.costaverdetransportes.com.br/index.html - From São Paulo: Pick a taxi to the Tiete Bus Station (from the Guarulhos/GRU Airport it costs approx. $50-$60 USD), and from there get a bus of company Reunidas Paulista (desk 409). This company has a regular service to Paraty departing at the following hours: 08:00, 12:15, 16:00, 20:00, 23:00. The service costs $25 USD (per person, one way trip), and the trip takes between 5 and 6 hours. For more info check http://www.reunidaspaulista.com.br/. Alternatively, there is a shuttle service from the Guarulhos Airport to the Tiete Bus Station (check http://www.airportbusservice.com.br/). ------------------------------ Registration Hours and Posters ------------------------------ The registration desk will be open Sunday from 3:30 PM to 6:00 PM at the foyer of the House of Culture, and also Monday from 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM. The posters can be displayed at the foyer of the House of Culture from Monday 2:00 PM. ----------------------- Final Program Revisited ----------------------- The scientific program suffered some changes due to last minute cancellations, particularly in Monday afternoon, Tuesday morning and Thursday morning. Here is the new schedule. 05 May DDA Business Meeting - 04:00 PM to 05:30 PM Welcome Reception - 06:00 PM to 08:00 PM 06 May 100 Exoplanets I - 08:00 AM to 10:05 AM David Nesvorny Katherine Deck Miles L. Timpe Rory Barnes. Marco Sansottera 105 Exoplanets II - 10:35 AM to 11:15 AM Cristian Giuppone Douglas P. Hamilton 101 Asteroids I - 11:15 AM to 12:15 PM Valerio Carruba Vladislav Sidorenko Davide Farnocchia 102 Asteroids II - 02:00 PM to 03:20 PM Desireé Cotto-Figueroa Julien Frouard Daniel J. Scheeres Frank Laipert 103 Stars - 03:20 PM to 04:20 PM Michele Trenti Nathan A. Kaib Mauri Valtonen 104 Brouwer Award Talk - 04:40 PM to 05:40 PM Jerry Sellwood Business Meeting - 05:40 PM to 07:00 PM Brouwer Prize Reception - 07:00 PM to 08:00 PM 07 May 200 Comets and TNOs I - 09:00 AM to 10:00 AM Patryk S. Lykawka Nader Haghighipour 201 Comets and TNOs II - 10:30 AM to 12:15 PM Audrey Compère Marina Brozovic Alex Gonring Kevin J. Walsh David A. Minton 202 Comets and TNOs III - 03:00 PM to 03:40 PM Julio Fernandez 203 Rotation - 03:40 PM to 04:40 PM Tadashi Yokoyama Benoit Noyelles Sylvio Ferraz-Mello 204 Poster Session - 04:40 PM to 06:40 PM 08 May 300 Planet and Satellite Formation I - 08:00 AM to 09:40 AM Cristian Beauge Mark Wyatt Daniel Tamayo Katherine A. Kretke 301 Planet and Satellite Formation II - 10:10 AM to 11:50 AM André Izidoro Kevin J. Walsh Ernesto Vieira Neto Emilie Verheylewegen Matija Cuk 302 Planet and Satellite Formation III - 02:00 PM to 02:40 PM Tatiana A. Michtchenko 303 Orbits and Chaos I- 02:40 PM to 04:25 PM Maryame El Moutamid Maria Helena Morais Aaron Rosengren Matthew S. Tiscareno Ángel Rincón 204 Poster Session 04:30 PM to 06:30 PM Banquet - 07:00 PM to 09:30 PM 09 May 400 Orbits and Chaos II - 09:00 AM to 09:40 AM Pablo Cincotta 401 Rings and Satellites I - 09:40 AM to 10:00 AM Glen R. Stewart 402 Rings and Satellites II - 10:00 AM to 10:40 PM Philip D. Nicholson Matthew M. Hedman 403 - Closing Session - 11:10 PM to 11:30 PM --------------- Banquet Details --------------- The banquet on Wednesday evening will be held at Restaurante Margarida Cafe, located at walking distance from the House of Culture. There will be three options of meal: meat, fish and pasta (vegetarian), with the same side dish and dessert. Participants who payed for the banquet must inform upon registration on Sunday afternoon which option of meal they will choose. The banquet includes three (3) beverages that could be water, juice, soda, beer or caipirinha. --------------------- Weather and Currency --------------------- For the next week, Paraty expects temperatures between 17° and 29º Celcius, partially cloud cover sky and low rain probability. Currency exchange rates are stable at 2,00 BRL per USD, and 2,64 BRL per EUR. ------------------ In Case of Trouble ------------------ Fernando Roig - (21) 8747 6958 mobile Daniela Lazzaro - (21) 9232 2595 mobile Meta Marketing e Eventos - (21) 2220 2097 phone You can make a collect call from any public phone in Rio de Janeiro by dialing 9090 instead of the area code 21.