@inbook{94a7ff98b3c142dd95549f279d257b3c,
title = "Address by the scientific organizing committee",
author = "Richards, {Mercedes T.} and Ivan Hubeny",
note = "Funding Information: We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the IAU, travel support provided to participants by many international organizations, logistical and administrative support from the Astronomical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, and financial support through discounts from many local businesses in the High Tatras region of Slovakia. We also thank Dr. Richard Komˇz{\'i}k for serving as chief editor of the Abstract Book, developing and maintaining the conference web pages, managing the computer and audio-visual equipment for the presentations, and providing Internet access for participants. We are also grateful to Suzanne Richards for transcribing the discussion Funding Information: Funding by the International Astronomical Union, Astronomical Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, American Astronomical Society International Travel Grant Fund, S{\'U}H - Slovak Central Observatory, Hurbanovo, TESCO Poprad, Sintra Poprad, Papyrus Poprad, The Town of Vysok{\'e}Tatry, The Town of Poprad, The High Tatras Tourism Association, Nord Svit, and Buntavar Svit is gratefully acknowledged. Funding Information: The symposium was sponsored and supported by IAU Divisions III (Planetary Systems Sciences), IV (Stars), V (Variable Stars), and IX (Optical & Infrared Techniques); by IAU Commissions C25 (Stellar Photometry & Polarimetry), C27 (Variable Stars), C29 (Stellar Spectra), C36 (Theory of Stellar Atmospheres), C42 (Close Binary Stars), C53 (Extrasolar Planets), and C54 (Optical & Infrared Interferometry); and by the IAU Working Groups on Ap & Related Stars and Active B Stars.",
year = "2011",
month = jul,
doi = "10.1017/S1743921312000014",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9781107019829",
series = "Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union",
publisher = "Cambridge University Press",
number = "S282",
pages = "xxxi",
booktitle = "From Interacting Binaries to Exoplanets",
edition = "S282",
}