Grav17, 2nd circular.

This is the second and final announcement of Grav17 conference.

Grav17 will be held in La Falda, Córdoba (ARGENTINA), from April 3rd through April 7th, 2017.

The venue of the conference is the Hotel del Lago: http://www.hoteldellago.com.ar/

This is the seventh in a series of conferences organized by the General Relativity and Gravitation Group at FaMAF (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba) since the year 2006.

The conference is intended to bring together specialists working on gravitation and closely related topics, including classical and quantum gravity, mathematical relativity, numerical relativity, gravity in arbitrary dimensions, astrophysics and astro-particle physics.

Graduate students and advanced undergraduate students are encouraged to apply, limited funds will be available for financial help for students.

The working languages of the conference will be Spanish and English.

A list of confirmed invited speakers includes:

            Abhay Ashtekar, Penn State University,  USA.

            Florian Beyer, University of Otago,  New Zealand.

            Jörg Frauendiener, University of Otago,  New Zealand.

            Helmut Friedrich, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Germany.

            Gabriela González, Louisiana State University and LIGO,  USA.

            Luis Lehner, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Canada.

            Alejandro Pérez, Université de Marseille, France.

            Jorge Pullin, Louisiana State University, USA.

            Martín Reiris, Universidad de Montevideo, Uruguay.

            Manuel Tiglio, San Diego Supercomputer Center, USA.

            Gabriela Vila, Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía, Argentina.

            Robert Wald, The University of Chicago, USA.

For registration, information on hotel reservation and rates, and updates on the Grav17 meeting please check the conference's web page:

http://www.famaf.unc.edu.ar/~ortiz/grav17/

Important deadlines:

• March 1st for registration (through the webform at the above page). There is no registration fee.
• March 10th for abstract submissions (also through the conference page).

For hotel booking please contact the Hotel's reception desk Tel. 0054 (0)3548 422407/421266, write to hoteldellago@yahoo.com.ar, or fill in the "Formulario de Contacto" at the hotel's webpage.  When making your reservation please mention that you are attending the Grav17 meeting to get the special rates.

Questions should be addressed to the Conference's email: gravconference@gmail.com

Further information on the General Relativity and Gravitation group at FaMAF and the previous Grav meetings can be found at

http://www2.famaf.unc.edu.ar/grupos/grg/