We kindly invite you to participate in the 30. Optical Meeting organised at the University Courses on Svalbard (UNIS). For further information please follow this internet link:


http://alomar.rocketrange.no/atmospheric_studies/


This web page will be updated with the programme and other information as the workshop draws closer. You will also find information here on the venue of the meeting, the weather and sights that you can expect. We are working on a package that will get you from Oslo, Norway to the meeting and back to Oslo, all expenses covered. The cost of this package will be in the approximate range 11,500 NOK to 16,000 NOK. Details and a reservation form will follow on the web page in due course. General information on UNIS, Longyearbyen, and Svalbard can be found at http://www.unis.no/.


There will be scientific sessions covering several relevant topics, and one session celebrating the 25th anniversary of Nordlysstasjonen (The Auroral Station) in Adventdalen. This Special Session will be chaired by Alv Egeland. More information to follow on the web page.


Kindly inform your colleagues about this meeting! Please accept our apologies if you have received this First Circular more than once!


To make sure you get a place at this meeting, kindly send your notification of interest to uph@ffi.no or another member of the Scientific Organising Committee as soon as you can, but before 1 February 2003. Indicate, if you can, a title or the general subject of your talk or poster. The deadline for registration and abstracts will be 1 June 2003.


Sincerely yours,


The Local Organising Committee


                                Dag Lorentzen, Fred Sigernes, Jon Børre Ørbæk


The Scientific Organising Committee


         Michael Gausa, Georg Hansen, Ulf-Peter Hoppe (chair), Berit Kjeldstad, Jøran Moen, Finn Søraas