Daniel Green
Admin

We have now obtained a great venue for our seventh International
Workshop on Cometary Astronomy (IWCA VII):  the Madrid Planetarium on
Friday, 2026 August 14.  We are planning to hold this "pro-am" meeting
two days after the total solar eclipse of 2026 August 12 in Spain, and
we hope to attract a large number of cometary enthusiasts (both
professional and amateur astronomers) from around the world who plan to
travel to Spain for the eclipse.   We will remember our colleague and
friend Charles Morris at this meeting with dedicated time for
reflections and discussions of Charles and his work; Charles was very
involved with most of the previous Workshops dating back to 1982.
We have had many successful and fruitful meetings in this Workshop
series, dating back to the 1980s.  We want to know levels of interest in
attending this meeting, so we can decide the size of meeting room needed
and whether we should extend the meeting an extra day to Saturday (Aug.
15).  We have gotten the Madrid Planetarium at no cost, so we hope to
keep registration costs very low (if not zero, as we have often managed
in the past).  As in the past, our Workshops are heavily geared toward
panel discussions with focus on participation from the audience -- so
our meetings are different from the "usual" astronomy meetings where 30-
or 45-min talks are the norm.
We chose Madrid because of its central location in Spain, with allowance
of a full travel day between the eclipse and the start of the meeting.
Of course, many at the meeting will also be talking (informally) about
their experiences in viewing the eclipse, so should be a fun time.
We will post details at the ICQ website --
http://www.icq.eps.harvard.edu/IWCA.html -- as they become available,
including a list of all astronomers who tell us that they plan to be in
attendance at IWCA VII.  Please spread the word!   Please state your
intention or plans to attend the Workshop here in the comments section,
or via email or private messaging to me.
icq.eps.harvard.edu
ICQ Workshops on Cometary Astronomy (AWCA, IWCA)