Dear Colleague,

We are pleased to invite you to participate in the “Waves and Instabilities in Space and Astrophysical Plasmas” workshop to be held in Eilat on the campus of the Ben Gurion University of the Negev from Sunday June 19, 2011 (arrival) to Friday June 24 (departure). The meeting is organized under the auspices of the Office for Science and Technology of the French Embassy in Israel, with the support of the Ben Gurion University of the Negev.

There will be no registration fees.

The format of the workshop and the length of the talks will be specified after the list of participants has been finalized. We thus kindly invite you to confirm your attendance at your earlier convenience, and to send us a tentative title of your talk with a brief abstract.

The participation of young scientists, both PhD students and post-doc fellows, is strongly encouraged. We shall do our best to cover part of their local expenses.

Located on the northern tip of the Red Sea, Eilat is a touristic resort with a large number of hotels of different standings. An agreement which will enable the participants of the workshop to benefit of a special price (1 shekel is approximately 0.2 Euros) was made with:

Adi Hotel : 220 (single) , 280 (double) or 380 (triple) Israeli Shekel per night

http://www.eilathotels.org.il/?p=102

Americana Hotel: 265 (single) or 330 (double) Israeli Shekel per night.

http://www.eilathotels.org.il/?p=106

Please make your choice (or inform us that you arrange accommodation on your own) , as indicated

on the registration form.

Domestic flights connect Tel Aviv (both from Ben Gurion and Sde Dov airports) and Eilat.

Bus services are also available from the central bus stations of Beer-Sheva, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Time tables are found at

http://mslworld.egged.co.il/EggedTimeTable/WebForms/wfrmMain.aspx?

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Furthermore, charter flights also connect some European airports to Eilat, especially during the summer.

Early reservations are highly recommended for both the hotel and the flights (both international and domestic) in this highly touristic period.

Please return the registration form to mond@bgu.ac.il or to sulem@oca.eu at your earliest convenience and before January 31, 2011.

We hope that you will be able to join us for a meeting of great scientific interest to be held in a beautiful location on the Red Sea.

Looking forward to welcoming you in Eilat. We wish you a Happy New Year.

Michael Mond and Pierre-Louis Sulem