Deutscher Orientalistentag 18-22 Sep 2017 Jena
with talks on "Stars, gods, and rainbows" 21 Sep 14-18h

IAU Focus Meeting FM 5 (2018 Aug 20–22)
"Understanding historical observations to study transient phenomena" during the 2018 General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union
SOC co-chairs are Thomas Posch (U Vienna) and Ralph Neuhäuser (U Jena)

"Planet Formation and Evolution 2017" is an international workshop organized by the Astrophysical Institute and University Observatory (AIU). This workshop is part of the activities of the DFG Research Unit FOR 2285 "Debris Disks in Planetary Systems" . The topics include planet formation, exoplanets and planetary systems, protoplanetary and debris disks, astrobiology, and planetary research in general. We expect more than 160 participants from all over the world. To the conference website

AG-2017 Splinter Meeting "Exoplanets"

A splinter session on exoplanets will take place at the annual meeting of the Astronomishe Gesellschaft (AG) meeting in Goettingen.   The aim for the splinter is to give an overview of current and future exoplanet research in the German community.  The splinter session will be held on Wednesday, 20 September 2017, from 14:00 to 19:00.

Organizers: Sandra Jeffers (Göttingen), Alexander Krivov (Jena), Heike Rauer (Berlin),  Ansgar Reiners (Göttingen)