The organisers would like to cordially invite you to register for

                           The Euro-VO DCA workshop

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                       "Theory in the Virtual Observatory”
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                        to be held in Garching, Germany.

                             April 7- April 9 2008

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Please visit our web-site at:

            http://www.si.inaf.it/eurovow2008/index.htm

for further details.

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The Virtual Observatory is an international astronomical community-based initiative. 
It aims to allow global electronic access to the available astronomical data archives 
of space and ground-based observatories, as well as simulation databases. It also aims 
to enable data analysis techniques through a coordinating entity that will provide common 
standards, wide-network bandwidth, and state-of-the-art analysis tools.

VO efforts have mainly concentrated on observational data archives and services, but 
recently results from theoretical research have started attracting more attention. 
The main goal of this workshop is to outline needs and challenges that computational 
and theoretical astrophysics will be facing in the coming years, and to identify how 
the unique capabilities intrinsic to the Virtual Observatory concept can meet them. 

To achieve its goals, the workshop targets two main audiences:
- The first is the community of theoreticians who wish to take the initial steps necessary 
to publish their results online, making them accessible to the world-wild community, or 
who want to make available on-the-fly services to extract or analyze theoretical data.
- The second audience comprises users of such published data sets and services. This 
includes other theoreticians, but a particular goal is to support observers who seek 
theoretical data and/or on-line services to make possible detailed comparisons with 
their observational results.

The following topics have been identified for discussion during the workshop (TBC):
- 3D simulations: N-body, hydro, MHD etc
- micro-simulations: stellar evolution, stellar atmospheres, population synthesis etc.
- theory-theory interoperability: how do theorists share/use each other's results
- theory-observational interface: use of theory data and services by observers
- theory and grid

In order to ensure an intense debate and a high level of interaction, a substantial 
fraction of the Workshop will be dedicated to round-table discussions focused on each 
of the above topics.

This workshop is organised back-to-back with the Euro-VO DCA workshop "Grid and the 
Virtual Observatory" , which takes place from April 9-11, 2008, also in Garching. 
It is assumed that many participants will want to attend both workshops. Information 
about that workshop can be found at the same website.

Invited Speakers:
Mark Allen, Emmanuel Bertin (TBC), Stefano Borgani, Santi Cassisi, Stephane Charlot, 
Francoise Genova, Peter Hauschildt (TBC), Ilian Iliev, 
Guinevere Kauffmann, Gerard Lemson, Franck LePetit, Mário João Monteiro (TBC), 
Ben Panter, Simon Portegies-Zwart (TBC), Carlos Rodrigo, Maurizio Salaris, 
Luis Manuel Sarro, Joop Schaye, Volker Springel, Matthias Steinmetz, Peter Teuben, 
Nic Walton, Herve Wozniak


Scientific Advisory Committee:
S. Cassisi (INAF), M. Cervino (IAA-CSIC), Dave DeYoung(NOAO), G. Lemson (MPE), P. Osuna (ESAC), 
J. Schaye (Leiden), H. Wozniak (Lyon), N. Walton (Cambridge)

Local organizing committee:
G. Lemson, A. Carlsson,  J. Kim, J. Zuther (MPE); G. Taffoni (Trieste)