Media Invited To Gamma Ray Bursts 2010 Conference

Press activities have now been planned for “Gamma Ray Bursts 2010 Conference,” a meeting of over 200 astronomers, which will take place on November 1-4 in Annapolis, MD. A press briefing featuring several notable results from the meeting will be held in the morning on Wednesday, November 3, 2010, and will be available to reporters who are not in attendance as a media telecon. Specific logistical details for the telecon will be distributed in a subsequent media advisory.

Meeting registration for the media is free and can be arranged by sending e-mail to Prof. Lynn Cominsky (lynnc@universe.sonoma.edu), who is the press officer for the meeting. Most of the conference events for the “Gamma Ray Bursts 2010 Conference” will be held at the Historic Inns of Annapolis’ Governor Calvert House, 58 State Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401. For reservations, call 1-410-263-2641.

For more information, please visit the symposium website: http://fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/grb2010/